2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Oregon DL Jamaree Caldwell

From now until the 2025 NFL Draft, we hope to scout and create profiles for as many prospects as possible, examining their strengths, weaknesses, and what they can bring to an NFL franchise. These players could be potential top-10 picks, all the way down to Day 3 selections, and priority undrafted free agents. Today, a scouting report on Oregon DL Jamaree Caldwell.

#90 JAMAREE CALDWELL/DT OREGON – 6020, 342 POUNDS. (SENIOR)

MEASUREMENTS

THE GOOD

– Built like a prototypical nose tackle with dense and squatty build
– Explosive coming off of the ball and shoots gaps quickly
– Strong upper and lower body to anchor against double teams and run over interior OL
– Plays with consistently good pad level and gets low to win leverage
– Big pop in his hands when he hits guys
– Centers struggle to hold anchor against him
– Great bull rush and long arm move with some swim moves performed well
– “Four hands guy” as he stacks and sheds 1-on-1 battles easily
– Good play recognition and awareness to react fast to run or pass plays
– Has the lateral agility and light feet to shoot down the line to get after runners
– Significant short-area quickness to get into the backfield quickly

THE BAD

– Short arms and wingspan necessitate the urgency to win early for him
– Doesn’t have a lot of twitch to elude or go around blockers
– Needs to work on having more effective hand counters when his bull rush fails
– Typically uses only a couple of pass rush moves and struggles if they don’t win
– The more tired he became later in games at times, the higher his pad level got
– Struggles to get off of drive and combo blocks if he doesn’t win initially
– Doesn’t wrap up as tackler consistently and lunges too much
– Sack production came when he wasn’t playing as a NT at Houston
– Injury history concerns may scare off teams for a guy that big

BIO

– Career: 68 total tackles, 18 TFL’s, 8.