Samson Okunlola
Miami (FL)·6'6"·300 lbScouting Report
A smooth, athletic former five-star still finding a home.
The case for
- Former five-star tools are intact: easy movement, flexible joints, a frame that carries weight well
- Four pressures allowed across a 16-game national playoff run
- No sacks and one hit on 254 pass-blocking snaps in 2025
The worry
- Never won a full-time starting job in three college seasons despite the pedigree
- Seven penalties on a part-time snap load is an untenable rate
- Texas A&M walked him back and shed his punch for his worst tape of the year
Full report
Patience is the whole evaluation with Samson Okunlola. He arrived in Coral Gables as a consensus five-star out of Thayer Academy in Massachusetts, rated the No. 4 offensive tackle in the 2023 class by 247Sports, and then waited three seasons for a real role. He played three games as a freshman in 2023 and four more in 2024, taking snaps at both tackle spots, before moving inside to left guard in 2025 and appearing in all 16 games of Miami's College Football Playoff run. He logged 493 blocking snaps in a rotation with starter Matthew McCoy and allowed no sacks, one hit and three hurries on 254 pass-blocking snaps, four pressures total across a 16-game season. The best tape came on the biggest stages: no pressure allowed in the season-opening win over Notre Dame, and a clean sheet across 33 snaps against Ohio State in the playoff. The holes are just as clear. He has never held a full-time starting job, seven penalties on a part-time snap load is an untenable rate for an NFL lineman, and Texas A&M gave him his roughest afternoon by walking him back and shedding his punch. Recruited as a tackle, he has taken nearly all his meaningful snaps inside, and the body type points to guard. Miami plans to move him to left tackle for 2026, so a team drafting him is buying the player he is becoming rather than the one on the 2025 snap counts.
Every strength
- Pressure-free in the season opener against Notre Dame
- Clean sheet across 33 snaps against Ohio State in the playoff
- Snaps at both left tackle and left guard, so the two-position flexibility is on tape
- Stronger as a run blocker, works angles and seals lanes consistently
- Snap count climbed all season as the staff's trust grew
Every weakness
- Pass sets are uneven rep to rep, with Stanford and Florida both winning cleanly
- 493 snaps is a small body of work to grade
- Recruited as a tackle but his body type projects inside, so the 2026 move to left tackle may not stick
- Anchor against direct power is the open question
NFL Comps
The pros whose college production, size and testing looked most like his. The percent is how close.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 6 stars, 8 starters, 5 backups, 1 didn't stick.
Scouts say: Zion Johnson, Kenyon Green, Jarrett Patterson.
Draft Movement
Down 2 spots since Jun.
Where he sits on the consensus big board, each week since Jun. Up is better.
College Stats
2023 (Fr): 3 G; 2024 (So): 4 G, snaps at both tackle spots; 2025 (RS Jr): 16 G in a LG rotation, 493 blocking snaps, 254 pass-blocking snaps, 0 sacks, 1 hit, 3 hurries (4 pressures total), 7 penalties; pressure-free vs Notre Dame and vs Ohio State in the CFP
College Market Value
Our model prices him at $2.92M on the open college market, built from production, pedigree, role and Miami's program money. No credible deal has been reported for him this season.
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Awards & Honors
Consensus five-star recruit, No. 4 offensive tackle in the 2023 class per 247Sports; member of Miami's 2025 College Football Playoff team; moving to left tackle for 2026