Wyatt Milum NFL Draft 2025: Scouting Report for West Virginia IOL

HEIGHT: 6'6"

WEIGHT: 315

HAND: 10¼"

ARM: 32⅝"

WINGSPAN: 79⅝"

POSITIVES

— Heavy hands to deliver jolt on contact, displace and steer defenders away from the ball

— Solid athletic ability, burst and angles on climbs and pulls to line up his target

— Does a nice job locating the hip/ribs as the drive man on doubles to bump, feed and secure the first level before releasing to the second

— Excels on play-action with a tight, stiff punch to gain quick control, clench and end reps quickly

— Active, effective catch hand in pass protection helps to slow down inside counters

— Good play strength in his anchor to timely halt and sit down on power

— Mixes up his sets and hands to disrupt the timing of rushers

— Plays with good spacing, timing and recognition to sort and handle basic line games and stunts

NEGATIVES

— Upright playing style with some lower-half stiffness

— Middling lateral quickness and redirect skills leads to quick access to his edges

— Will dip his head, lean and be tardy cutting off moves across his face

NOTES

— 4-star recruit from the 2021 class, per 247Sports

— No. 1 ranked tackle recruit in West Virginia

— Zero sacks allowed during the 2023 season

— Has starts at both right and left tackle

OVERALL

Wyatt Milum is a four-year starter at tackle inside West Virginia's run-heavy (60-40 run-pass split) multiple-run scheme. Milum has a long torso, below-average arm length, and a well-rounded build with solid athletic ability and good play strength.

Milum is an experienced and skilled run blocker who excels at fitting and covering up defenders on angle-drive and down blocks with very good grip strength to clench and sustain once latched. He also locates the hip/ribs of defenders as the drive-man on double-teams to jolt and feed them over. Milum shows good timing and solid burst on climbs to line up backers and work inside-out on targets as a puller to secure lanes off of his backside. He runs into issues against spiking/slanting defenders across his face, where he will get caught leaning and be late to redirect and cut off penetration. He will also step under himself on the backside of outside zone cut-offs, leaving him a tick behind the target.

In pass protection, Milum has a stiff, jarring punch with tight hand placement to gain access to the frame of rushers, especially on play-action jump sets where he routinely ends the rep quickly near the line of scrimmage. Milum handles the bull rush well due to a quick, firm anchor, and he shows good processing skills to sort and handle lines, games, and stunts. On true dropback reps, he does a nice job of mixing up his pass sets and strikes to bait and disrupt the timing of rushers, but his upright playing style leaves his balance shaky against adept counter moves, causing him to either get caught flat-footed or straight-legged, leaving him tardy to redirect.

Overall, Milum is an experienced, skilled run blocker with good play strength and powerful hands to displace and sustain blocks. He excels in pass protection on jump sets with a stout anchor to end reps quickly once latched. His upright playing style, sawed-off build, and mediocre lateral quickness lead to getting caught flat-footed and overextended when being set up by rushers capping his ceiling on true drop-back passes against high-end edge-rushers.

GRADE: 7.1 (High-Level Backup/Potential Starter — Late 3rd Round)

OVERALL RANK: 103

POSITION RANK: IOL12

PRO COMPARISON: Luke Goedeke

Written by B/R NFL Scout Brandon Thorn

Prospect workout numbers, measurables (40-yard dash, hand size, etc.) and 2024 statistics will be added at a later date.