Trey Ragas 2021 NFL Draft Profile
Position: Running back
Height: 5’10
Weight: 230lbs
School: University of Louisiana
Trey Ragas 2021 NFL Draft Profile
Overview
Ragas was born on November 7th, 1996, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended Archbishop Shaw High School. In his junior year, Ragas rushed for 1,813 yards with 23 touchdowns, earning Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team Class 5A All-State selection honors. As a senior, Ragas rushed for 1,928 yards and 21 touchdowns. He received an honorable mention for Class 5A All-State. He is the all-time leading rusher in Archbishop Shaw’s history. Ragas was a three-year letter winner and a two-time member of the New Orleans Advocate All-Metro Team. 247Sports rated him as a three-star prospect while Rivals rated him a two-star prospect. He committed to the University of Louisiana.
Ragas missed the entire freshman season due to injury. During the following season, he had 142 carries of 813 yards with nine touchdowns. Additionally, he completed nine receptions of 32 yards. Ragas had team-highs in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, rushing attempts, and average yards per carry. He was the team’s leading rusher and also tied for first in average yards per carrying, sixth in rushing yards, and tied for fifth in scoring touchdowns in the conference.
In his sophomore year, Ragas had 207 carries of 1,181 yards with eight touchdowns. He also completed 25 receptions of 229 yards with two touchdowns. Ragas had the Sun Belt Conference’s third-highest rushing total and was tied for the most 100-yard games with seven in 14. As a junior, Ragas had 116 rushing attempts of 820 yards with 11 touchdowns. Additionally, he had six receptions of 60 yards with a touchdown. He received Third-Team All-Sun Belt honors and was 10th in the conference yardage total while also being fifth for scores on the ground. Nationally, he was 91st in total yardage and 4oth for scores on the ground. He was third on the team in rushing yardage and rushing touchdowns. Ragas broke ULL’s rushing yardage and touchdown records for a single season.
As a senior, he had 131 rushing attempts with 758 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also had nine receptions of 106 yards and two touchdowns plus four kickoff returns of 46 yards. Ragas received Second Team All-Belt Conference and Pro Football Focus First Team All-Sun Belt performer honors. He is ranked fifth in rushing and fourth for touchdowns in the conference while being 37th and 22nd nationally.
Strengths
- Good center of gravity to stay on his feet/Takes multiple defenders to bring him down
- High usage in College
- Patient in order to find openings
- Isn’t stationary/Always keeps his feet moving
- Tough and physical
Weaknesses
- Lacks a second gear
- Production dropped off in his last two seasons
- Lacks fluidity in lateral movement
- Average pass catcher
- Older player/May have already hit his ceiling
Player Comparison: Antonio Williams
Teams With Need At Position: Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Projection: Seventh Round
Bottom Line on Trey Ragas
Ragas is an older prospect. which means he may have already hit his potential and will be seen as the fifth running back option for teams. His low center of gravity and physical style will be beneficial in the short run to gain situations. His receiving skills are not refined, so his usage will be one-dimensional limiting the options teams will have for him. Teams may take a late-round pick on him, but there is also the chance he goes undrafted.
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