NFL Analysis
4/27/24
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Sataoa Laumea NFL Draft 2024: Combine Results, Scouting Report For Seattle Seahawks OL
The 2024 NFL Draft is here, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information.
Here's our report on Sataoa Laumea.
Sataoa Laumea'S 2024 NFL COMBINE RESULTS
- Height: 6-foot-4
- Weight: 319 pounds
- 40-Time: Did Not Perform (DNP)
- 10-Yard Split: DNP
- Vertical: 26"
- Broad Jump: 8' 8"
- 3-Cone: DNP
- Shuttle: DNP
Sataoa Laumea 2024 NFL DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
STRENGTHS:
- Showed core and lower body strength to anchor well in pass protection. Able to stalemate speed-to-power.
- Had 45-degree and vertical sets with efficient kick slide, active hands and lateral movement to seal the edge.
- In pass protection, showed a stiff jarring with heavy hands early in his pass set that controlled the pass rusher.
- Showed good feel in pass protection for resetting hands to maintain leverage and control of the pass rusher.
- Came off the ball in the run game with explosive quickness and strong heavy hands to create immediate displacement.
- Efficient as a base and drive blocker in the run game. Kept his feet moving on contact, showing balance to sustain.
- Functional athleticism and mobility to both reach second-level landmarks and climb off first-level combo blocks.
- Showed good balance and body control reacting to gap shooters and the natural power to drive them out of the point of attack.
- Played much more of a power game than an athletic movement game, and that profiles much better at offensive guard.
WEAKNESSES:
- His arm length is a definite concern at right tackle. And his stocky body frame and build is more so that of an offensive guard than a right tackle.
- Lacks the needed lateral movement and range to be an effective 1-on-1 pass protector at right tackle. Too stiff in his core.
- Often too late and too wide with hands in pass protection, allowing pass rusher to get inside and drive him back.
- Lack of higher level and desired lateral agility and range showed at times in pass protection and run blocking.
NFL TRANSITION:
Laumea comes out of Utah with extensive experience at both right guard and right tackle. My sense is that the lack of overall length in his frame — particularly his shorter-than-desired arm length for an offensive tackle — will necessitate a transition to right guard at the next level.
He has a stout, compactly built frame with plus athletic movement and strong, heavy hands that he deploys actively and effectively — both as a drive and base blocker in the run game and in pass protection, where he strikes with force and power early in his pass sets.
Laumea has the traits to develop into a starting offensive guard at the next level. But he has started a lot of games in his college career, and some of his deficiencies and flaws remain. So not only will he need to be coached, but he must apply that coaching to his play on the field.
Overall, the more I watched of Laumea, the more I believe he can be an effective starter. But he is very much a projection based on the inconsistent execution in his 2023 tape.
OTHER NOTES:
Laumea came out of California as a highly regarded 4-star recruit, and he became a starter during his freshman season at Utah. In 2021 and 2022, Laumea started at right guard before moving to right tackle for the 2023 season. He finished his college career with 44 consecutive starts — with 19 coming at right guard and 25 at right tackle.
