Grade

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4th Round - 6th Round

2026 Draft Class

Adam Randall

Grade

C+

Status

DraftedR5 • P174Baltimore Ravens

Clemson

6'3 3/8"

232lbs

Age 22

Jun 10, 2026

Executive Summary

Adam Randall is a developmental power back with an uncommon blend of size, receiving experience, and athletic upside, but he remains one of the rawest runners in the class.

Strengths

Frame, Ball Security, and Receiving Ability

Weaknesses

Vision / Instincts, Agility, and Pass Protection

Full Scouting Report

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Vision / Instincts

Pros:

•Gets upfield quickly

•Follows blocks on gap/power plays well

•Very patient runner

•Can get skinny and squeeze through tight gaps

•Shown flashes of second-level manipulation

•Reads his blockers decently well

Cons:

•Lacks awareness to see sweeping threats to his sides

•Can be too slow processing things in the redzone

•Doesn’t create for himself

•Runs into the back of his blockers too much

Burst / Acceleration / Agility

Pros:

•Shown jump-cutting ability

•Can juke every now and then

•Has solid burst getting upfield

Cons:

•Lacks twitch and wiggle

•Struggles to string cuts together

•Lacks bend/ ankle flexion when trying to turn corners

•Well below average juking ability

Straight-Line Speed

Pros:

•4.50 40 Time

Cons:

•Not gonna house call anything

•Will rip a good chunk, but lacks to the true ability to outrun a defense

Physicality / Contact Balance

Pros:

•Good second effort and willingness to finish upfield towards the goal line

•Legs keep churning after contact

•Decent contact balance

•Finshes his runs at an extremely average level

•Has to get momentum before you can see broken tackles

•Really good in the redzone

Cons:

•Doesn’t really run low or have a low center of gravity

•Pretty mid at breaking tackles in general

•Goes down on first contact a lot in open space

•Doesn’t break tackles behind the LOS

Athleticism / Frame

Pros:

•9.45 RAS Score

•4.50 40 is good, but definitely not elite

•6’3” is a very elite height

•Solid weight at 232

•37-inch vertical

Cons:

•Doesn’t have elite speed

•Didn’t fully test his shuttle and 3-cone drill but his shuttle drill was really bad at 4.53

Ball Security

Pros:

•Average ball security

Cons:

•2 fumbles is a little too much

Receiving Ability

Pros:

•Does a good job making himself available in scramble drill and finding soft spots in the zone

•Ran a pretty diverse route tree and did it at a solid level

•Ran a ton of routes overall

•Improvises really well

•A lot of kick returning experience

•Used to be a WR

Cons:

•Had 6 drops in 2025, which is way, way, way too many

Pass Protection

Pros:

•Solid as a lead blocker in end-around and jet sweep sets

•Good effort and can meet you in the gap and deliver a good blow on occasion

Cons:

•Not gonna be able to mirror anyone

•Gets bull rushed pretty hard at times

•His technique is very questionable

•Looks lost most often

Games Watched:

•Week 1 vs LSU, Week 4 vs SYR, Week 6 vs BC, Week 8 vs DUKE, Week 12 vs SC

Ideal Situation:

•Adam Randall is a very interesting prospect. Randall is a big back standing at 6’3” and weighing in at 232lbs. At the moment, Randall is a very raw prospect. He has decent athletic traits (nothing that stands out) and carries a big frame. He has average contact balance, and he is a receiver turned RB. At the moment, Randall doesn’t really do anything well. He is a pure downhill runner. His vision for zone runs is pretty much non-existent because he only ran in power-gap schemes at Clemson. Randall can’t create for himself because his ability to string cuts and juke defenders in a phone booth is definitely not there. Randall’s physicality at the POA also doesn’t stand out. He runs high and gets easily wrapped around the ankles. The Clemson product also doesn’t necessarily seek contact or punish defenders at the end of his runs. His breakaway speed, with a 4.50 40-time, is good for his height and slightly above average for the position. Randall fumbled the ball twice, which isn’t bad, but not necessarily good either. His pass protection technique and mentality are weak. On top of that, while he was a receiver, he dropped the ball 6 times in 2025, which is insane. So, while he has upside because of his size and athleticism for his frame, nothing stands out. Randall was solid at converting in short-yardage and red-zone scenarios, as he does have a nose for the end zone. His route running and ability to find space on dump-offs were solid. His vision slightly improved, and he is a very patient runner. He honestly reminds me of Latavius Murray, but just less athletic, a very, very low-end Le’Veon Bell, or maybe an even lower-end Derrick Henry. Now, let's actually get to where he was drafted. Randall was drafted with the 174th pick in the 5th round by the Baltimore Ravens. ESPN projects him as the RB4, but I think he will be the RB3 by the start of the season. I think the hope is that he can develop into a low-end Derrick Henry as Henry gets older. I don’t think he will take a 3rd-down back role, as Justice Hill is a superior receiving threat despite Randall’s receiving background. One thing Randall has going for him is plenty of experience as a kick returner, so he could make an immediate impact there. I think that Kaytron Allen would have been a better pick, who was drafted in the 6th round. Randall is still 21, about to turn 22 in July. Randall does have a lengthy history of injuries. He tore his ACL in 2022, suffered broken hands in 2022 and 2023. Also had a stress fracture in his toe in 2024. I am very curious to see how Adam Randall develops with the Baltimore Ravens.

Ratings:

•Vision / Instincts - 5.0/10

•Burst / Acceleration / Agility - 5.5/10

•Physicality / Contact Balance - 7.2/10

•Athleticism / Frame - 8.2/10

•Straight-Line Speed - 7.2/10

•Receiving Ability - 7.5/10

•Ball Security - 6.0/10

•Pass Protection - 4.5/10

Total: 64.8/100 Late 5th Round Pick or Early 6th Round Pick

Combine Testing

Height

6'3"

Weight

232lbs

91thElite

40-Yard Dash

4.50s

71thAbove Average

Vertical

37.0in

77thVery Good

Bench

26reps

90thElite

Broad Jump

124in

81thVery Good

Three-Cone

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Shuttle

4.53s

7thPoor

DPH Proprietary Scores

Frame Score

Measures a prospect's physical build and size relative to historical NFL positional standards.

DPH Athlete

Diamond Prospects' proprietary athletic score that evaluates a player's overall athletic profile using combine testing and positional percentiles.

Total Score

The combined athletic evaluation generated from Frame Score and DPH Athlete Score.

Combine Year: 2026 • Data from DPH Combine Database

Andrés Griñe

Founder of DiamondProspects and Head NFL Scout View Full Bio

I am an Assistant in Player Personnel/Scouting for Washington State Football with over six years of experience scouting NFL prospects and evaluating talent. I previously covered high school baseball as a writer for NMPreps and now run DiamondProspects, where I publish scouting reports, prospect evaluations, and draft analysis. I am currently a junior pursuing a degree in Sports Management and am originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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