{"id":209918,"date":"2025-01-12T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T20:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=209918"},"modified":"2025-01-12T09:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:21:19","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-early-scouting-report-cam-skattebo-asu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/12\/2025-nfl-draft-early-scouting-report-cam-skattebo-asu\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft Early Scouting Report: Cam Skattebo, Arizona State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running back Cam Skattebo thrust himself into the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/11\/defensive-nfl-draft-risers-in-2024-conference-championships\/\" target=\"_self\">2025 NFL Draft<\/a> spotlight with his massive 2024 campaign and late-season heroics to push ASU into the playoffs, but does the scouting report reflect his collegiate dominance?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Overview, Film Analysis, And Early 2025 Scouting Report Of <\/b><b>Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Measurables:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5\u201911\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">215 lbs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Player Background:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cam Skattebo finished high school as an <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/cam-skattebo-46080548\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unranked recruit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020 from Rio Linda HS in California and enrolled at Sacramento State. The FCS season was canceled in 2020, granting him an extra year of eligibility. He came into 2021 as one of the top options on the Hornets&#8217; offense and had his first year of producing. He carried the ball 57 times for 520 yards and six scores, adding on over 100 receiving yards and a touchdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His 2022 season was one of the best in the FCS, with over 1,300 yards on seven yards per carry with ten total TDs. He entered the portal as a three-star transfer and committed to Arizona State, immediately becoming a dangerous weapon. Skattebo rushed for almost 800 yards and 10 total scores in 2023, but that was just a teaser for his 2024 campaign. As one of the best RBS in the nation, he racked up over 2,300 all-purpose yards with 24 total TDs as one of the nation\u2019s best backs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Accolades:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Team All-Big Sky (2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Team All-Big Sky (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Sky Conference Player of the Year (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Team All-American (2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention All-PAC 12 (2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Team All-Big 12 (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Team All-American (2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Strengths\/Pros:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s impossible to talk about Skattebo and not mention his simply absurd contact balance. It\u2019s very rare to see players who can seemingly bounce off of every defender that hits them and continue to stay up and running. He keeps his base solid and momentum driving through leg tackles when rushing forward. He sinks into his base extraordinarily well to minimize the impact of hits from all angles, staying on his feet and often remaining in one consistent motion. His fakes on play actions are believable and he can drag some defenders\u2019 eyes off of developing routes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skattebo knows how to distribute his weight into hits and use his functional strength to drive through defenders. His effectiveness against physical defenses doesn\u2019t decline as the game progresses, and his play style maintains natural violence that lets him grind out every last yard. His vision is decent through the interior, hitting holes when he can and working vertically. He\u2019s surprisingly twitchy in his compact movements and navigates through traffic well. He contorts his body to flow with running lanes and his instincts are impressive at the second level.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses\/Cons:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the world saw in the second half of the Sun Devils\u2019 playoff game against Texas, Skattebo\u2019s conditioning and stamina are legitimate issues. His already-subpar burst and straight-line speed degrade as time passes and his movements worsen quicker than most backs. He\u2019s never truly a breakaway threat, often getting hawked down in the open field. His acceleration concerns bleed into handoff transitions, drifting through them instead of immediately shooting gaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skattebo labors heavily through lateral cuts and his feet are incredibly heavy. He doesn\u2019t work through smaller holes very efficiently and relies heavily on wider gaps being opened for him. He\u2019s not able to bounce runs effectively, lacking the athleticism to get around second-level defenders. His routes out of the backfield are very stiff and he isn\u2019t very smooth when securing the ball and turning upfield. He borders on being a liability as a blocker at times, with rough technique and inconsistency in squaring up pass rushers.<\/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\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dallas Cowboys<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>NFL Projection:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cam Skattebo is a pure old-school gamer. He won\u2019t be a top-tier back in the NFL but he should absolutely find himself a home as a potentially solid starter. His deficiencies as a prospect are pretty set in stone outside of, hopefully, his conditioning. If he can extend his fresh legs to later in the game and continues to be a bowling ball, NFL defenses will have an issue on their hands. Skattebo will be a serviceable short-yardage rotational back at his worst and could be a main piece of a run-first offense if his skills translate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Prospect Grade:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late 3rd 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. BYU<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Oklahoma State<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Patrick Breen &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview And Film Analysis Of 2025 NFL Draft Prospect And Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo, A Mauling Power Back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5364,"featured_media":210004,"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":[32605,33151,33150,33114,27083],"class_list":["post-209918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2025-nfl-draft","tag-arizona-state-football","tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","tag-cam-skattebo","tag-scouting-report"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209918","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=209918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210005,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209918\/revisions\/210005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}