Running Back
Under the Radar
Kyle Monangai
2025 NFL Draft Prospect
- Height: 5-8
- Weight: 211
- School: Rutgers
- Class: Senior
| PRO | CON |
|---|---|
| Dynamic runner with great vision and pad level with the ball. Keeps a low center of gravity and knows how to follow blockers. Takes contact well and is strong enough to punish pass rushers. Lateral ability is smooth too. | Not a burner. Won’t break away from defenders and will have to adjust to the pace of play in the NFL. Size plays a factor. Doesn’t have long strides. Isn’t a real receiving threat. |
OVERVIEW: Monangai leaves the Rutgers program as one of its most decorated players ever. Named All-Big Ten twice and led the conference in rushing for the 2023 season. Was the school's first running back to earn All-America honors since Ray Rice in 2007. Monangai helped the Scarlet Knights to back-to-back bowl appearances for the first time since 2013-14 and was a leader in the locker room. His smaller stature may turn teams away initially, but his production and leadership could bring them right back in the middle rounds.
COMPARISON: Bucky Irving
SCOUTING COMBINE STATS: 40: 4.6 B: –– VJ: 34.5" BJ: 9'9" 3CONE: –– 20SHTL: ––