NFL Draft
12/22/24
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Armand Membou 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Missouri Tigers OL
Height: 6030 (unofficial)
Weight: 320lbs (unofficial)
Year: Junior
Pro Comparison: Robert Hunt
Scouting Overview
Missouri Tigers offensive lineman Armand Membou is a powerful presence in the trenches and has the potential to be a starting talent at tackle or guard. Membou is a multi-year starter at right tackle in the SEC and handled the rigors plenty well.
He possesses a punishing, powerful demeanor in the run game. Membou has enough foot speed and length to play on the perimeter in the right scheme, and his anchor is stout when he’s sitting up on his hips. But his floor and ceiling will likely be higher on the interior, where the fringes of his blocking radius will be insulated, and he’ll be less stressed with speed off the edge.
He’s capable of tremendous leg drive, a heavy punch, and the ability to create and sustain displacement at the point of attack, making him a legit asset from the jump in the run game. Membou’s NFL home is fluid and ultimately may depend on scheme and team fit.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Showcases strong leg drive and ability to sustain power & movement in the run game
- Illustrates impressive body control to peel off his momentum and greet defenders trying to run under his blocks or across his face
- Scheme and position versatility thanks to a blend of dense frame, light feet, and strong functional athleticism
Negatives
- Punch placement at times concedes soft outside edge and will force him into late recovery mode
- Can be guilty of leaning once, latching his hands in both drive blocks and pass protection while mirroring — leaving him vulnerable to snatches
- Inconsistent release angles leave him with steep landmarks at times that are difficult to overcome
Background
Membou is from Lee’s Summit, MO, and played high school football for Lee’s Summit HS. There, he was ranked as a 4-star recruit as a guard and generated significant interest from a slew of offensive line factory programs, including Iowa, Oregon, and Arkansas.
He ultimately committed to stay in his home state and play for Missouri as a member of the recruiting class of 2022. Membou would quickly find his way onto the field as a true freshman — collecting more than 300 snaps at right tackle and nearly an additional 100 more as a jumbo tight end.
Membou found his way into the starting lineup full-time in 2023, again at right tackle, and has been a staple in the trenches for the Tigers ever since. He was named Second Team All-SEC in 2024 for his play and declared for the 2025 NFL Draft with one remaining year of eligibility in early December of 2024.
Tale Of The Tape
This is an easy player to like. In an NFL world where light boxes are conceded but pass rushes are fierce, finding an offensive lineman who can generate movement at the point of attack and simultaneously mirror in space can be hard. Talents like that can be at a premium, and Membou looks poised to cash in. His play at right tackle over the past three seasons at Missouri paints the picture of a graceful but powerful presence who has held up well against all kinds of body types and styles of edge defenders.
His athleticism out of the blocks will appeal to zone schemes. He is capable of exploding out of his stance and putting pressure on defensive linemen while stressing linebackers with lateral flow. Membou delivers jarring blows in these angular blocks and can create knockback with heavy punches. His foot action through contact is persistent, and you see easy power application through his lower half to continue to play through the body of the defender and not be geared down to a stalemate.
Membou has plenty of second-level ability thanks to that quickness and frame, but his body control really unlocks his ability as a space blocker. Be it on outside zone tracks or as a puller working outside, he’s capable of unlocking his hips to quickly get width and then gear down and peel his body back to defenders who try to take the easy way out and run underneath his angle to try to attack the ball carrier.
He’s created some big-time collisions on back seven defenders out by the numbers in these instances and, on more than one occasion, converted latching his hands into riding a defender down into the grass.
In pass protection, Membou has enough range in his pass sets to negate speed off the edge and successfully steepens angles with his wide frame. He isn’t the most fleet of foot, and raw speed can force him to overextend at the point of first contact to try to set his hands eagerly — this yields some deconstruction of his center of gravity and leaves his pads extended out overtop of his knees.
Not many rushers he faced were well equipped to make him pay, but NFL rushers with dynamic speed-to-power ability will be a different kind of threat. Membou showcases a powerful punch but would benefit from more variety in his hand flashes to bait rushers into a premature rush counter. He can be patient to a fault and let a rusher attack his outside half before converting to reactivate around the corner.
Playing Membou on the edge leaves him susceptible to his strike timing consistency and habit of leaning, producing whiffs and empty-handed reps in pass protection. By putting him inside where his angles are reduced, and his ability to leave his frame in front of a defender is amplified, you can cut down on some of the risk involved with his game.
You can also allow him to be more aggressive getting set up on his base and can provide a more direct path to his run game displacement producing explosive plays on the ground. This is a tackle prospect with conditions and considerations — and a slam dunk regardless of scheme or surrounding personnel if allowed to play inside at guard.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Membou has an NFL starter projection at tackle and would be a good power tackle in an inside zone scheme. But given his blend of athleticism and power at his size, he feels like a potential Pro Bowl guard. I believe his ceiling and floor are both higher at guard.
Although teams drafting him are well within their rights to let him play outside first or if a need persists for their respective line at tackle. Expect an NFL starter either way, but he feels like a universal scheme fit at guard who can develop into one of the best players in the league at that position.
Grade: 81.00/100.00, Late First/Early Second Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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