Jalen Farmer
Kentucky
Scouting Report

Farmer is a tone-setting mauler who plays with a nasty disposition and legitimate knockout power at the point of attack — when he locks onto you in the run game, the play is over. His elite arm length (34 3/4 inches) and stout anchor give him a reliable floor in pass protection, but inconsistent technique — late hands, rising pad level, and a tendency to lunge — creates rep-to-rep variance that will drive NFL coaches crazy before they fix it. The tools are tantalizing and the Senior Bowl dominance was real, but this is a player you're drafting on projection more than polish. In the right gap-heavy scheme with patient coaching, Farmer has the ceiling of a decade-long starter; in the wrong system, the technique issues could keep him on the bench.

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Pro ComparisonJohn Simpson / Robert Hunt hybrid

Kyle Crabbs explicitly comped Farmer to a hybrid of John Simpson and Robert Hunt — powerful, mauling guards who win with physicality and nastiness rather than finesse. Simpson's raw power profile with Hunt's punch violence captures the playing style, though Farmer's technique issues make Bradford (Anthony Bradford, 6.6 grade in 2023) the more realistic floor comp per Brandon Thorn.

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