NFL Draft
2/17/25
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Joshua Farmer 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Florida State Seminoles DT
Height: 6027 (verified)
Weight: 314lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Junior
Pro Comparison: Daviyon Nixon
Scouting Overview
Florida State Seminoles defensive tackle Joshua Farmer projects as a potential three-down threat at the NFL level. He illustrates flashes of penetration ability, thanks to his build-up strength and ability to time up the snap. That’s paired with elite length and upper-body power to attack blockers, giving Farmer the potential to have a little something for everyone.
Consistency will be key in any future situation. Farmer would benefit from more vigilant pads and a continued maximization of his ability to win quickly at first contact. His traits are best in linear situations as compared to relying on agility laterally along the line of scrimmage.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Possesses elite length with over 35-inch arms
- Powerful playing through the edges of pass sets to uncover into gaps
- Illustrates good strength in hands to manipulate posture and frame of opposing linemen
Negatives
- Is not an overly twitchy pass rusher through the contact window; steady build-up speed working to hip-to-hip
- Is only modestly fluid and flexible through his core to redirect or turn corners tightly
- Can struggle with consistency of pad level both out of his stance and when stacking blocks
Background
Farmer is from Port St. Joe, FL, and played high school football for Gadsden County HS. There, he was a 3-star recruit (247 Sports) on the defensive interior. Florida State won the in-state recruiting bid for his commitment over Miami, but Farmer also received offers from programs like Auburn, UCLA, Texas A&M, Tennessee, and others.
As a true freshman in 2021, Farmer played in four games and retained his fourth year of eligibility. In 2022, he appeared in all 13 games that season and briefly entered his name into the transfer portal before withdrawing and remaining with the program. He claimed a starting role for FSU in 2023, starting every game and being named the team’s most improved defensive player. In addition, Farmer was named Second Team All-ACC.
Farmer finished his career at FSU by starting all 12 games of the 2024 season and was named Honorable Mention All-ACC. He accepted an invitation to participate in the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Tale Of The Tape
Farmer has some top-tier traits that will be enticing for any NFL franchise. His length is surreal — he boasts 35”+ arm length and shows some high-level flashes of using length as a run defender and a pass rusher. That, plus his hand power in stun punches and when snatching or pushing blockers off of their center of gravity, gives him a foundation to build his entire skill set around.
There’s plenty of polish to be added to Farmer’s game, but this player has a compact, dense build to complement the aforementioned qualities. As a result, Farmer may be drafted highly based on his potential.
As an athlete at the point of attack, Farmer possesses a sufficient first step. He isn’t especially explosive playing through the contact window and can be prone to deadening his feet upon contact before reigniting his foot fire in order to push and play through the frame of a blocker.
Farmer makes up for this lack of “run-through” ability with his ability to yank blockers off of their set. He can snatch and yank blockers before swimming or clubbing through contact to gain shoulder-to-shoulder access into a gap. His hand and upper-body power are his winning qualities.
When it comes to the run game, Farmer can allow his pads to rise up despite his compact frame at 6027. Double teams can work into his chest and get him turned out of gaps too easily, which leaves the front vulnerable to backs who can hit the crease on schedule.
Farmer does showcase admirable recovery ability, and on more than one occasion, fought back through the block late to make a tackle challenge in the hole. Still, he’s somewhat tightly wound through the hips, and once you get his shoulders turned, Farmer must give ground at the point of attack to gather space and recollect himself. Despite his hand power and length, he’s not consistent with stacking the point of attack.
Things are further challenged when the runs carry outside the numbers. Farmer must fight the pressure of cut-off blocks and struggles to flash open his hips and carry his gap with pace before losing leverage and the angle against his blocker.
As an open-field pursuit player, Farmer has sufficient chase-down ability and offers a hot motor to play down the field. Thanks to his significant wingspan and reach, he boasts a notable tackle radius in space and, when playing off of blocks at the point of attack, to challenge ball carriers. He does possess the upper-body strength to make tackles through contact.
As a technical pass rusher, Farmer illustrates chops, rips, swims, and snatches as his primary counters to win gaps. He’d do himself favors by keeping his feet more alive and working forward as he implements his hand counters, and it feels like he’s missing some of the power potential his frame affords him for the same reason.
He was a fairly productive pass rusher the last two seasons at Florida State, but with added refinement and the ability to play to his power potential, there’s meat on the bone to be claimed.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Farmer projects as a developmental starter. His length would be well suited for a gap-control scheme if his leveraging at the point of attack can be more consistent.
His tools with length, hand power, and linear force through half-man relationships make him a potential real estate mogul on the interior, but he will need more consistent anchoring along the line of scrimmage to play to this optimized style based on his skill set.
Grade: 72.00/100.00, Fourth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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