NFL Draft
3/7/25
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Jared Wilson 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Georgia Bulldogs Center
Height: 6030 (verified)
Weight: 310lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Junior
Pro Comparison: Brian Schwenke
Scouting Overview
Georgia Bulldogs center Jared Wilson projects as a developmental starter at the NFL level. He comes into the league with just one year of starting experience, leaving him plenty of growth potential.
His natural quickness and athleticism are apparent in his film, but they do come at the expense of displacement ability and power in the run game. He’s likely a better fit for a zone-heavy rushing scheme, where his ability to capture angles swiftly out of his stance can give him angular leverage on the point of attack.
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 |
| OL | Jared Wilson | Georgia | 4.84 | 1.72 | 112 | 32 | 4.56 |
Positives
- Has good foot speed and agility to redirect in space and flash with good reactive quickness
- Offers a dense, thick build and a better wingspan (80”) than you’d expect for a shorter center
- Offers good connectivity and gravitational pull once his hands are set on blocks
Negatives
- One year of starting experience leaves room for growth with his processing consistency and ability to call out protections
- Lack of power and lower-body churn will limit him against heavy-anchored interior defenders
- Can be overactive with the initial assignment, even if they vacate his real estate
Background
Wilson is from Clemmons, NC, and played high school football for West Forsyth HS. There, he was a 3-star recruit (247 Sports) who gathered offers from a slew of powerhouse programs as an interior offensive lineman. Wilson was initially committed to North Carolina before decommitting and enrolling with the Georgia Bulldogs as a member of their 2021 recruiting class.
Wilson played in 21 games across his first three seasons with the program, including a redshirt season to maintain his fourth year of eligibility. He assumed a starting role with the Bulldogs in 2024 and earned Second-Team All-SEC honors for his performance throughout the season. Wilson left Georgia for the 2025 NFL Draft with an additional season of eligibility remaining.
Tale Of The Tape
Wilson is an athletically gifted interior lineman who boasts some good flashes of play and technique. He’s not a finished product, but he does project as a scheme-specific starter who can thrive if asked to serve as a chess piece on the second level of run schemes and help string out the point of attack.
As a run blocker, Wilson shows sharp feet that allow him to quickly fire out of his stance and gain positioning and angles on opposing defenders. His suddenness can set up successful blocks on wide angles and make him a viable candidate for inside and outside zone schemes. His ability to stay attached to blocks is aided by sufficient balance and good grip strength. Wilson often illustrates a compact punch that lands inside and helps him gather control of the defender before mirroring or riding out the block.
His overall power appears to be lacking, however. Wilson looked much more consistent in his execution of zone concepts, where he could parlay the momentum of a defender into his redirected track. When needing to uproot, jolt, and create push to reset the line of scrimmage, he was caught leaning without lower-body leg churn. These instances left him vulnerable to getting pulled off his base of support.
As a pass protector, Wilson offers the lateral mobility to flash late and close gaps against twists and free runners. His anticipation of these pressure stunts can be more rapid, but that’s what you’d come to expect from a first-year starter getting his first consistent week-to-week opportunity in 2024.
Wilson has good blocking posture and a naturally compact build that lets him stay squatted on his hips to play with control and fit hands. He does not have the greatest reach, so long-armed defenders can manipulate him at the fringes of their wingspan if they can out-reach him.
Wilson’s initial recognition upfront can be a tick late, but his peripheral vision, with slants away or crashes into his frame with a secondary defender behind it, appears to be a strength. His ability to sort and pass off bodies along the front is aided by his quick-twitch ability. As he gains more polish in anticipation, he should be able to tackle these challenges consistently and head-on.
Wilson played 79 snaps at guard between 2022 and 2023 but is predominantly a center player. Given his lack of point-of-attack power, he likely will be best utilized as an uncovered lineman as often as possible.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Wilson is a fluid athlete with the movement skills to be an effective NFL center. His athletic range and quickness will be assets to him in schemes and situations that can force defenses out of shaded nose tackles overtop of his alignment in the heart of the offense.
Given his status as a one-year starter, he’d be well served having the opportunity to develop before playing, although he does appear to lack diverse appeal as a utility player with guard flex.
Grade: 72.00/100.00, Fourth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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