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4/1/25
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LeQuint Allen 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Syracuse Orange RB
Height: 6001 (verified)
Weight: 204lbs (verified)
Year: Junior
Pro Comparison: A leaner Rachaad White
Scouting Overview
Syracuse Orange running back LeQuint Allen projects as a potential passing down back at the NFL level. He’s got some killer routes that put coverage assignments into blenders and pairs them with some very appealing effort, strain, and physicality as a pass protector.
It’s not all perfect, as Allen can challenge defenders too high at times and has some concentration drops in his film. But the foundation here is sturdy and can serve as a differentiating role and skill set from the rest of a very deep collection of Day 3 runners.
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 |
| RB | LeQuint Allen | Syracuse | 120 | 35 |
Positives
- Showcases good vision on runs to allow blocks to develop
- Offers good hands and route running upside as a pass catcher out of the backfield
- An aggressive, physical player in pass protection assignments that will stick free runners to set the depth of the pocket
Negatives
- Is a bit of a high-cut frame that lacks the preferable contact balance
- Feels unlikely to push the pile and earn hard yards due to missing leg power & leverage
- Missing the home-run explosiveness in the open field
Background
Allen is from Millville, NJ, and played high school football for Millville HS. There, Allen was a two-way talent who was named Gatorade’s 2022 New Jersey Player Of The Year. Ranked as a 3-star recruit (247 Sports), Allen enrolled at Syracuse as a member of the school’s 2022 recruiting class.
Allen got his first career start in Syracuse’s appearance in the Pinstripe Bowl as a true freshman and then rushed for more than 1,000 yards as a starter during his sophomore campaign in 2023. It almost didn’t happen. Allen was involved in an altercation late in 2022 while coming to the defense of his teammate and was subsequently charged with third-degree assault. He was initially suspended for the entirety of the 2023 season, but that decision was nullified in mid-July.
Then, as a junior in 2024, Allen posted another productive season amid Kyle McCord’s record-setting passing season for the Orange. Allen would go on to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft after the season, foregoing his final year of eligibility.
Tale Of The Tape
Allen is a productive back who has spent each of his three seasons at Syracuse leveling up his game. He’s on the right trajectory as he makes the leap to the pros and will do so while turning 21 in training camp of his rookie season, so there’s upward mobility for further development and maturation here.
As he’s built and plays the game, Allen can be a productive runner when playing behind a well-developed front. He’s not necessarily a prominent threat to create a lot of added yardage on his own to runs. Allen is built lean and doesn’t showcase the kind of force to destroy soft tackle challenges and break free in a pile, nor does he offer the kind of electric home run speed or explosiveness to be a game-breaker in the open field.
He’s patient, and he showcases good vision and a willingness to let blocks develop.
The most natural transition that awaits him is as a passing down back — Allen profiles well in these phases of the position. He’s aggressive and assertive in pass protection; Allen will step up sharply and maintain pocket depth when stepping into interior gaps to challenge free runners.
His eyes are active, and he showcases good vision to see pressure from across the formation. There are times when he is intermittently a bit too eager to jump out into his routes and will haphazardly leave an assignment on the table, but the growth is stable, and he’s got the right attitude.
As a pass catcher, he’s not immune to the occasional concentration drop when trying to get his eyes into the open field to identify space to run after the catch. But he’s deceptive at the top of the route when releasing out of the backfield and is a capable target running bullets and wheels that break up the sideline in addition to his behind-the-line-of-scrimmage work and when running option/choice style routes.
Allen also offers some special teams experience as a returner, giving him multiple ancillary roles to possibly fill for an NFL team to help provide added value amid his modest “traditional” running back profile.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Allen projects as a rotational back and potential third-down specialist at the NFL level. He offers good vision as a runner but is not built for heavy workloads between the tackles.
Instead, he shines on the edges and is a slippery assignment in routes while showing the needed appetite for contact to win as a pass protector.
Grade: 69.50/100.00, Sixth Round value
Big Board Rank: 203
Position Rank: RB21
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