NFL Draft
4/22/25
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Andrew Armstrong 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Arkansas Razorbacks WR
Height: 6036 (verified)
Weight: 202lbs (verified)
Year: Sixth-Year Senior
Pro Comparison: Justyn Ross
Scouting Overview
Arkansas Razorbacks wide receiver Andrew Armstrong is a big, physical receiver with great length and reliable hands. He boasts only two seasons of playing experience in the FBS but has an elite catch radius with better-than-expected agility numbers.
Despite his age as a soon-to-be 25-year-old rookie, Armstrong is an upside play due to his path to the NFL Draft and could feasibly be a big slot or developmental depth receiver. He will need more refinement and precision to become a starting caliber player, but his catch radius and run blocking traits could earn him a share of opportunities.
2025 NFL Combine Results
| Position | Name | School | 40-Yard Dash | 10-Yard Split | Broad Jump | Vertical Jump | 3-Cone Drill | 20-Yard Shuttle | Bench Press |
| WR | Andrew Armstrong | Arkansas | 4.51 | 1.53 | 124 | 37.5 | 6.97 | 4.18 | 11 |
Positives
- Tremendous length and catch radius to pluck the football away from his body
- Contested catch extraordinaire this season with 18 contested catches per PFF and a 4.9% drop rate
- Bully in the contact window with functional strength
Negatives
- Bit of a long-strider who can’t quite explode and stack reps early at the line of scrimmage
- Lacks refinement in his breaks that allow defenders to squat on his routes and squeeze the football
- Older prospect who will be 25 years old in October
Background
Armstrong is from Dallas, TX, and played high school football for Bishop Dunne Catholic. There, he posted modest numbers and went unranked and unrecruited throughout his transition to college. He ultimately enrolled at Texas A&M Commerce and joined the program during their 2019 season.
Armstrong redshirted in 2019 and then had his 2020 season cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. By the time Armstrong touched the field for the first time in 2021, he’d been on campus for more than two years without playing a snap. He played 10 games in 2021 and then posted 1,020 receiving yards as a fourth-year sophomore in 2022.
After the season, he entered the transfer portal and enrolled at Arkansas, where he played the next two seasons. Armstrong went on to start all 33 games he played over that period and was named Second Team All-SEC for his play in 2024.
Tale Of The Tape
Armstrong is a big, long receiver with a better athletic profile than his route running would suggest, offering hope and appeal as a developmental target who can become a better separator with time. The intersection between his developmental curve as a prospect with only two years of FBS play and his age as a 25-year-old in October creates a bit of a glass ceiling over the valuation.
It’s good that he’s as good at the catch point as he is. Armstrong has excellent length, concentration, and functional strength at the catch point to shrug off defenders trying to play through his frame. He’s got plucky hands and the ability to squeeze the ball with defenders draped on his frame tightly. He’s a stereotypical red zone and middle of the field target, but lacks the mass to be a true bully in traffic.
As a result of his frame, he has some leggy transitions that lag his burst off the route stem, and he’ll need to create maximum efficiency through his routes to be able to appeal as a preferred option in the passing game. He does have some fair reps of creating with the ball in his hands, he’s got good vision and functional play strength to shrug off a tackler. But his lack of immediate gas in the open field prevents him from consistently exploding into extra yards, and he’s more of a weaver with the ball and momentum than having the start/stop dynamic.
Armstrong has the length, hand strength, and strain to be an effective blocker in the run game. He has good angles and will shuffle his feet and slide to box out on the perimeter. There’s reason to believe he can have success condensing into tight splits, sealing on outside runs on bigger defenders, and turning out corners on the perimeter.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Armstrong projects best as a developmental special-teams target and depth receiver. He can adopt opportunities as a blocking option on an offense with some prolific separators or a flex tight end that can ease teams from cheating off of his routes disproportionately.
Grade: 71.00/100.00, Fifth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 183
Position Rank: WR20
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