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Riley Nowakowski
176
Indiana
TEPROJECTED ROUND 5

RILEY NOWAKOWSKI

Indiana • Big Ten

6-2250 LBS

GRIDIRON GRADE

PRODATHEXPOVR
68

CONTRIBUTOR

PRODUCTION
83
ATHLETICISM
64
EXPERIENCE
50

Grade reflects composite data model.

GRIDIRON

68
vs

ESPN

52
+16

ABOVE ESPN

#14

ESPN POS RANK

SCOUTING REPORT

C

OVERALL COMPOSITE

61 / 100

TE · POOL: 290

The higher the percentile, the better. Percentiles are relative to other prospects at the same position in the same draft class.

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

STRENGTHS5
Receptions/Game
5099
Rec Yards/Game
51899
Run Block
9898
Drop Rate
090
Hands
8585
WEAKNESSES2
Rec Yards
51816
Receptions
5022

MEASURABLES

HEIGHT

6-2

WEIGHT

250 LBS

EXPERIENCE

3

SEASONS

LIMITED EXPERIENCE — 0 CAREER STARTS

POSITION CLASS

2026 TE CLASS

Ranked #9 of 30 by Gridiron Grade

1Eli Stowers86
2Kenyon Sadiq84
3Tanner Koziol71
4Jack Endries70
5Eli Raridon70
···
9Riley Nowakowski68

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