Will Campbell

New England Patriots

Pos LT

Updated August 24, 2026

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Model Score

77.3 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 13 games

556th

Sacks Allowed

2636th

Pressures Allowed

548th

QB Hits Allowed

744th

Penalties

96.541st

Pass Block Eff

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 4 · New England Patriots · 2025

LSU (SEC)

Taken

where he actually went

Consensus board

8th

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#87

among OT in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2022-2024

Coming out

9.91

RAS

4.98s

40 yd

32"

Vertical

113"

Broad

Comps

Built like

measurables only

Caleb Lomu90%Jammal Brown89%Maxwell Iheanachor86%

STM Take

Rookie tier 6 (#42) at LT after going 4th overall sets the bar at usable starter, which is the median outcome for top-5 OT picks in year one. The LSU 38-start résumé plus the SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy gives him technical foundation that should compound. The 2026 question is whether the year-two jump moves him into top-20 LT territory, or whether the arm-length concerns force a kick inside to guard.

Campbell came out of LSU as the New England Patriots' 1st-round pick (4th overall) in 2025 after starting 38 games for the Tigers at left tackle and winning the 2024 SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy. He was the consensus top OT prospect in his class despite arm-length concerns that led some evaluators to project him as a guard. The Patriots picked him to anchor Drake Maye's blind side as the cornerstone of their post-rebuild offensive line. His rookie 2025 finish at tier 6 (#42) is a baseline that's roughly in line with the 4th-overall LT expectation curve.

Strengths

4th overall pick with 38 college starts at LT plus the 2024 SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy gives him the highest technical foundation of any rookie at the position.
Rookie tier 6 (#42) at LT protecting Drake Maye's blind side is meaningfully above the median outcome for first-year top-10 tackles.

Concerns

Pre-draft arm-length concerns (32 5/8 inches) put him in the bottom percentile for LT measurables, which raises the bust risk at the position long-term.
Patriots' broader offensive structure (rebuilding skill talent, OC continuity) makes Campbell's year-two trajectory dependent on factors outside his control.

What to watch: Whether Campbell's 2026 pass-block win rate at LT crosses 89%, which is the threshold separating top-20 LTs from interior-projection rookies.