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12/29/24
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Chase Lundt 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Connecticut Huskies OT
Height: 6066 (verified)
Weight: 295 (verified)
Year: Sixth-Year Senior
Pro Comparison: Bernhard Raimann
Scouting Overview
Connecticut Huskies offensive tackle Chase Lundt projects as an outside zone offensive tackle at the pro level. His ability to execute front-side stretch or backside cutoff blocks in zone is surprising when accounting for Lundt’s high-cut frame and hulking presence.
There are no athletic limitations here, including in pass protection when he needs to play in vertical or angular pass sets. He has the movement skills to tackle all kinds of assignments. But his frame works against him, and he’s often punching down on pass rushers, narrowing his strike zone to offset momentum and negating his ability to create vertical displacement in the run game. Lundt took a major leap in 2024 as a pass protector and looks to be an ascending talent despite his status as a sixth-year senior.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Elite range as an outside zone blocker to both the front and back side of the play
- Lateral mobility and quickness are startling for a player with his stature
- Showcases desirable mobility in his pass sets to protect the edge vs. speed
Negatives
- Pad level and leverage will be a constant battle on account of his high-cut frame and modest length
- Power and vertical displacement ability are modest due to his lean frame, which may make him a scheme-dependent talent
- Vulnerable to inside counters thanks to preference as a two-handed puncher in protection
Background
Lundt is from Arlington, TX, and played high school football at Martin HS. There, he was a 2-star recruit who garnered modest interest on the recruiting circuit. He received offers from Central Arkansas, Alabama A&M, and Connecticut, coming out as an undersized tackle who needed to stack mass.
Lundt redshirted his true freshman season in 2019 with the Huskies before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the program’s 2020 season. Lundt assumed a starting role for the program in 2021, starting 11 games at right tackle and holding the position for every game since, logging nearly 3,000 snaps for the Huskies, with all but three coming at right tackle.
Tale Of The Tape
Lundt has a tremendous athletic ceiling and could potentially be a home run draft selection for a team with the right DNA for their offensive line development program. As a four-year starter for the Huskies, Lundt has become a refined zone blocker with the necessary athleticism to serve a starting role with an NFL franchise and the ceiling to continue to get better depending on his ability to stack weight onto his frame and play with more raw power.
As a run blocker, Lundt showcases quickness out the blocks, light feet that allow him to cross face on defenders at the first level, and surprise with his ability to ascend and climb to the second level and cut off linebackers. His quickness out the gate allows him to create some initial expansion before utilizing his athleticism to stay sticky in space and mirror as edge defenders attempt to capture the edge — putting them on the defensive and engulfing them with his frame. He is successful as a point-of-attack player in these reps, as well as creating a backside cut lane.
In gap schemes and short-yardage runs, he loses some of his appeal, as he does not have the lower-body power to consistently uproot and drive defenders off the point. Some lower-level competition saw him execute here just fine, but against the bigger programs UConn played and the heavier defenders he played against, he was more of a stalemate blocker who could create creases with angles as opposed to generating a lane to run behind.
Lundt possesses sufficient length to play tackle at the NFL level with arms that check in at over 33 inches, but he does not have the surreal length that some players of his stature are able to sport. This puts more on his hand refinement as a blocker in space to win first contact.
Lundt is most frequently baiting and throwing with a two-handed punch. It lands firmly when he’s catching defenders in the strike zone, and he shows the ability to drive off the line of scrimmage and meet speed players effectively. Still, Lundt would benefit from implementing more outside hand usage to mitigate long-armed rushers who could otherwise get into his frame and pop his pads with a speed-to-power conversion. Because of his high hips and shoulders, he will struggle to anchor in these situations and can be compromised by trying to sit down and maintain the width of the pocket.
Lundt has also been vulnerable at times to inside counters. He would be protected more frequently by being willing to throw the outside hand before sealing with his inside hand and riding pass rushers past the peak of the pocket.
The Connecticut passing attack is a far cry from what Lundt will be charged with in some offenses, and as such, he’ll need to showcase more growth in order to become a universal prospect. He does have starter ability in an outside-zone, play-action-heavy system that aims to minimize time under tension for pass protectors.
If he can add more weight onto his frame and sustain his athleticism, he could be a viable starter in any system and better protect against power while finding another gear to dig out defenders in different run looks. Should he be charged with doing so and successfully diversifying his hand usage in protection, he could reach the lofty ceiling of his outcome potential and be a viable starter in any scheme, much like his comparison, Bernhard Raimann.
If not, his outcome likely falls more in line with Colton McKivitz of the San Francisco 49ers.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Lundt has the makings of an outside-zone developmental tackle. He has a tremendous ceiling, thanks to his natural athleticism, range as a blocker, and the stiffness with which he delivers blows with his punch.
However, power rushers loom as a big riddle for him to solve moving forward, and he’ll need to diversify his hand usage in protection to keep NFL rushers off balance. A Shanahan-scheme offense would maximize his talent.
Grade: 75.50/100.00, Third Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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