{"id":204678,"date":"2024-12-14T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=204678"},"modified":"2024-12-14T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:50:34","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-early-scouting-report-elijah-arroyo-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/14\/2025-nfl-draft-early-scouting-report-elijah-arroyo-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft Early Scouting Report: Elijah Arroyo, Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami tight end Elijah Arroyo came into his own with a breakout 2024 season as a top option for the Hurricanes. Here is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/11\/defensive-nfl-draft-risers-in-2024-conference-championships\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025 NFL Draft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Early <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/13\/2025-nfl-draft-early-scouting-report-josaiah-stewart-michigan\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scouting Report <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and film analysis on him.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Overview, Film Analysis, and Early 2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report\u00a0 of <b>Miami TE Elijah Arroyo<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Measurables:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\u20194\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">245 lbs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Player Background:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A consensus <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/elijah-arroyo-46093996\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four-star recruit and Top-10 tight end<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country, Elijah Arroyo picked Miami out of Independence HS in Texas. The 2021 graduate\u2019s career with the Hurricanes has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. He played in all 12 games his freshman season and started one. He snagged five passes for 86 yards and a score. His 2022 season was cut short after five games and 66 receiving yards with a major injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arroyo medically redshirted and continued to battle through injuries the following season. He was only able to get into four games in 2023, catching just one pass for 11 yards in the team\u2019s final game. In 11 games in 2024, he surpassed all of his previous career totals and emerged as a top target. He caught 31 passes for 526 yards and six touchdowns and even threw one pass for seven yards and another TD.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Accolades:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Team All-ACC (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Strengths\/Pros:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arroyo plays with a savviness that makes him a highly effective receiving threat against zone coverage. He swiftly works through soft coverage and finds open space early and often. He\u2019s smooth when driving downfield and has decent lateral movement to act as a safety valve in the short game. His versatility lets him line up as a fullback and be a legitimate blocking and receiving option that deceives defenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He corrals the ball well at the catch point and contorts himself well to attack it and secure grabs. Arroyo has a quick hip turn after the catch and he\u2019s a nifty ball carrier when navigating through traffic. His effort is his biggest strength in the blocking game, showing aggression when paving lanes downfield. He has enough power behind his drive to set the edge and works as a decent help blocker. His footwork is solid on the outside and he re-adjusts his base with precision.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses\/Cons:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much of what plagues Arroyo as a pass catcher is a slow release and he struggles against man coverage. It can sometimes look like he\u2019s running in sand on his get-off and doesn\u2019t generate much initial explosiveness. He gets jammed too much at the line and hasn\u2019t shown a complete enough route running skillset to counter. He needs to learn how to win against more than soft zone and tighten up his cuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Arroyo is sometimes a serviceable blocker, he doesn\u2019t have the strength, violence, or peripheral awareness to hold up for an extended time. He needs to fire off the line more to make up for the size difference against bigger EDGEs but is routinely too patient. He gets beat by delayed blitzes too much as an extra lineman and doesn\u2019t rotate as much as he should. Multiple injuries in his collegiate career will also be a talking point if any hampering issues come to light.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Potential Team Fits:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denver Broncos<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indianapolis Colts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Rams<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>NFL Projection:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vast improvements Arroyo needs to make as an all-around player leave his eventual ceiling still up in the air. At worst, he should be a reliable option who can work the short and intermediate game with occasional blocking success. If he can expand his route tree and become a more vicious blocker, he could be a good starter at the next level. At his current state, however, a TE2 that flashes behind a top-tier starter is the most likely outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Prospect Grade:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early 4th Round<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Film Exposures:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Florida<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Georgia Tech<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Syracuse<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Photo: [Sam Navarro] &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview And Film Analysis Of 2025 NFL Draft Prospect And Miami TE Elijah Arroyo, A High-Effort Veteran Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5364,"featured_media":204683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647],"tags":[32605,33075,33074,32569,27083],"class_list":["post-204678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2025-nfl-draft","tag-elijah-arroyo","tag-miami-football","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-scouting-report"],"modified_by":"Michael Zimmelman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204684,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204678\/revisions\/204684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}