NFL Draft
3/24/25
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Jabbar Muhammad 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Oregon Ducks CB
Height: 5090 (verified)
Weight: 185lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Corn Elder
Scouting Overview
Oregon Ducks cornerback Jabbar Muhammad is a scrappy, undersized cornerback who has produced a lot of ball production during his college career. Muhammad has been the subject of a lot of targets but plays with the kind of short memory and psyche needed to be a successful player.
His limitations in transitional quickness, length, and strength may relegate him to a nickel corner role at the NFL level, where he will need to showcase more consistent tackling and run support to stick as a frequent snap-taker.
2025 NFL Combine Results
| Position | Name | School | 40-Yard Dash | 10-Yard Split | Broad Jump | Vertical Jump | 3-Cone Drill | 20-Yard Shuttle | Bench Press |
| CB | Jabbar Muhammad | Oregon | 29.5 | 7.01 | 4.19 | 13 |
Positives
- More than 40 career passes defensed underscores his ability to locate the football at the catch point
- Plays with good foot speed and aggressive angles at the top of the stem
- Was willing and capable at the college level of playing physically in the contact window
Negatives
- Despite improvement in 2024, boasts a notable career missed tackle rate of more than 15%
- Lacks the length to successfully deter route releases or consistently play from the trail on the perimeter
- Aggression can be manipulated by savvy receivers and quarterbacks
Background
Muhammad is from DeSoto, TX, and played high school football for DeSoto HS. There, he was a three-year letterman on the gridiron who also participated in track & field. A 3-star recruit (247 Sports), Muhammad generated interest from programs like Colorado, Texas Tech, and Houston before committing to Oklahoma State as a member of their 2020 recruiting class.
Muhammad played in five games during the COVID-19 pandemic season in 2020 before playing in every game for Oklahoma State as a redshirt freshman in 2021. He made his first career start in the Fiesta Bowl that season vs. Notre Dame and then assumed a full-time starting role for the Cowboys in 2022 — he started all 12 games that season.
After his redshirt sophomore season, Muhammad entered the transfer portal as a 3-star recruit and landed with the University of Washington for the 2023 season. He was named First Team All-PAC 12 for his play as a starter and helped Washington reach the College Football Playoff’s National Championship Game.
Muhammad then entered the transfer portal after his one season with Washington and enrolled at Oregon for his final season of eligibility. He started 14 games for the Ducks and was named Second Team All-Big Ten. Muhammad ended his college career with an accepted invitation to the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl.
Tale Of The Tape
Muhammad has taken a long, windy path to the NFL. Three years at Oklahoma State and one each in the last two seasons between Washington and Oregon have given him exposure to a lot of different talent and play styles to play in the secondary.
He’s played sparingly in the nickel but has primarily been an outside corner. His ability to live on the perimeter at the NFL level feels unlikely on account of being stuck between two separate archetypes. He likes to play physically but doesn’t offer the size and length. Still, Muhammad also shows good angles in zone to attack the catch point but lacks elite transitional quickness to thrive overtop of routes.
As a coverage player, he’ll be best served at his stature playing in the nickel, playing hook coverages and triggering on underneath targets. He can play feisty in man coverage from the slot against receivers, and coaches can rest easy that he’s got leverage baked overtop of his courtesy of the safeties playing behind him.
Muhammad takes sharp angles at the top of the stem, which has allowed him to squeeze and compress many routes at the catch point and force incompletions. Ball production is comfortably the best part of his game.
There’s a sixth sense present with the coverage production — although his interceptions were down in 2024, and his 2023 interception production was somewhat fortuitous, thanks to errant throws. If he were longer or a bit more twitchy, he’d have hauled in a bunch more interceptions, but instead, he’s scraping at the hands of receivers and raking at the football.
Part of his production comes from aggression that can be manipulated. Muhammad is eager to jump windows and understands how tight his margins are. He’s a modest athlete with his transitional burst, and that, paired with his lack of length, is a poor mix to play on an island.
As a run support player, Muhammad has not been charged with a ton of inserts like he would in the NFL as a nickel. He’s played off and not been charged with setting edges or otherwise been run off the line of scrimmage before working his eyes back late after executing his coverage assignment first.
When he needs to tackle, Muhammad’s size and wingspan can create challenges. He does not have a great tackle radius, nor does he have a lot of authority to explode into contact and punish ball carriers on the perimeter. One rep vs. Ohio State saw him struggle to deconstruct the block on the perimeter before reaching out and grabbing a facemask for a personal foul call.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Muhammad projects as a nickel cornerback at the NFL level. His refinement of tackling and run support will be an important piece of his projection.
As a result, he should be considered a developmental talent. Muhammad would ideally fit in a zone system if he could refine his route leveraging and optimize his aggression in coverage.
Grade: 70.00/100.00, Fifth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 196
Position Rank: CB22
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