{"id":223317,"date":"2025-03-18T07:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=223317"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:37:13","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-scouting-report-oluwafemi-oladejo-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/18\/2025-nfl-draft-scouting-report-oluwafemi-oladejo-ucla\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Oluwafemi Oladejo, UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UCLA linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo has been a recent riser after a fantastic Senior Bowl week, but how does his full NFL <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/12\/2025-nfl-draft-scouting-report-dj-giddens-kansas-state\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scouting report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More 2025 NFL Draft Profiles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Overview, Film Analysis, And 2025 Scouting Report Of UCLA Linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Measurables:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\u20193\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250 lbs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Player Background:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2021 graduate out of California was ranked as a <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/oluwafemi-oladejo-46047057\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three-star recruit and Top-60 linebacker prospect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Oluwafemi Oladejo initially committed to California, appearing in contests immediately after he joined the program. He played in nine games his freshman year, starting one of those, and tallying 36 total tackles. His 2022 campaign saw him start 10 of the 12 games he played, both collegiate career-highs. Playing outside linebacker, Oladejo accumulated 91 tackles, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, a sack, and an interception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He entered the transfer portal that offseason, eventually taking his talents to the UCLA Bruins. His first season with the team was a decent one, starting four games and playing in 13. He made 54 total tackles, 2.5 of which for loss, sacked the QB once, and picked off a pass. He made the switch to edge rusher midway through the 2024 season and stuck with it. His final season in college included 57 tackles, 13.5 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, and two pass deflections.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Accolades:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2025 Reese\u2019s Senior Bowl Invitee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Strengths\/Pros:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As he displayed in his standout Senior Bowl performance, Oladejo is a fiery player and vocal leader. He plays with viciousness, which lets him win late, and finishes plays with a bang. He doesn\u2019t lack creativity, especially as a pass rusher. He throws many different moves out there and isn\u2019t afraid to attempt new sequences. His thicker build comes with increased lower-half strength, driving through the ground well and using sharp pursuit angles to track down ball carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His arms also flash impressive power and control, ripping ball carriers to the ground and throwing them down. Oladejo has a good awareness of early traffic and navigates it along the edge. His hands are always moving and he has fantastic grip strength when committing to an angle. He holds contain well on the outside and is a smart player when tasked with rotating between schemes. His coverage experience helps him counter option plays and stay disciplined in short zones.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses\/Cons:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oladejo is a \u201ctweener\u201d in most of the wrong ways. His inexperience at the edge position shows in his routine lack of a pass-rush plan. The tag also applies in that he simply doesn\u2019t have the bend to play on the edge, nor does he have the fluid athleticism to stay as an off-ball linebacker. When rushing the passer, he\u2019s far too chaotic and lacks technical skills to consistently win at the line. He blends raw moves too much and throws his body around far too wildly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His approach off the edge is usually based on heavy movement transitions, getting him out of position. Oladejo rotates around the line too much and needs to commit to driving through the blockers more. His get-off is slow, rarely exploding off the line and seemingly creating his plan on the fly. He lets his eyes drift forward and he gets stunted too often, re-adjusting slowly and hardly ever getting tactical after his first move fails.<\/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\/washington-commanders\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Commanders<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detroit Lions<\/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<\/ul>\n<h3><b>NFL Projection:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oladejo has been the recipient of a heavy increase in media attention after his standout Senior Bowl week and many have begun pushing him into the top three rounds of mock drafts. Unfortunately, much of his tape doesn\u2019t reflect that level of hype. He can become a solid player at the next level, but it will certainly be a task for NFL coaches to figure out where he fits best. He has the raw violence in his game but needs to either commit to fully developing as an edge rusher or revert to linebacker. His profile fits best as an early-to-mid Day 3 selection with a decent foundation but legitimate projection questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Prospect Grade:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late 4th Round to Early 5th 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. Penn State<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Nebraska<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 vs. Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Photo: Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview And Film Analysis Of 2025 NFL Draft Prospect And UCLA Linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo, A Fiery And Relentless Hybrid Defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5364,"featured_media":223323,"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":[32605,33392,27083,29359,33173],"class_list":["post-223317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2025-nfl-draft","tag-oluwafemi-oladejo","tag-scouting-report","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-ucla-football"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223317","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=223317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223324,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223317\/revisions\/223324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}