NFL Draft
4/2/25
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Nazir Stackhouse 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Georgia Bulldogs DT
Height: 6036 (verified)
Weight: 327lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Davon Godchaux
Scouting Overview
Georgia Bulldogs defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse projects as a run-defending A-gap defender at the NFL level. He has enough point-of-attack prowess and anchor to be a viable part of an NFL rotation.
However, he’s a role-specific talent who is missing the dynamic athleticism that could aid his efforts to be a more impactful player on passing downs. He’ll be a victim of the rotational nature of run defenders on the interior who lack pass-rush appeal and should be considered a likely option to be phased out on long and late downs.
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 |
| DT | Nazir Stackhouse | Georgia | 5.15 | 1.8 | 105 | 27.5 |
Positives
- Possesses a very good anchor in the heart of the defense and the ability to violently yank free of blocks to challenge in the hole
- Showcases good grip strength and upper body power to extend an arm and wrap & finish ball carriers
- Has compact, direct punch power to rock back blockers at the point
Negatives
- Does not possess the required first-step quickness to be a penetration threat
- Comes up short with arm length and wingspan to help provide more dominant block disengagement
- Does not possess great sideline-to-sideline flow — more of a short-area space claimer
Background
Stackhouse is from Stone Mountain, GA, and played his senior year of high school football for Columbia HS. There, he was a 4-star recruit (247 Sports) who enrolled at Georgia as a member of the school’s 2020 recruiting class.
Stackhouse saw action in six of Georgia’s 10 games in 2020 but retained his four years of college eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic policy. He was once again a reserve in 2021 before assuming a starting role in the heart of the defensive interior in 2022.
Stackhouse would start every game but one in his final three seasons with the program and was twice named Second Team All-SEC for his play (2022 and 2023). Upon completing his college eligibility, Stackhouse accepted an invitation to the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl.
Tale Of The Tape
Stackhouse is a stout interior defender who has been primed for an NFL role with his responsibilities playing at the heart of one of the best defenses in the country. This isn’t an explosive athlete, and there’s not a lot of tangible value to be found on passing downs, but role players like Stackhouse can be vital cogs in the DNA of successful fronts.
He’s dense and well-built, providing a sturdy base for which to set his roots in the run game. Stackhouse complements his frame and anchor with a heavy set of hands. He’s not the longest player at the point of attack, but his reach should be considered sufficient, and he does create knockback with his stun to help him claim and maintain incremental real estate and bog down surge in the middle.
Stackhouse has good eyes to see through blocks and showcases the ability to recognize, feel, and fight pressure to keep himself properly aligned and shade to the flow of the run. He will give ground when having to open his hips and try to create significant flow along the point of attack but is strong enough to eventually work overtop of these reps and can make tackles off of cutbacks when he’s forced to flow with the front.
You do wish Stackhouse had a little extra pop and explosiveness to cleanly uncover and finish plays around him, but he’s super thick with his pads, and when he is able to wrap up, he’s a black hole for added yardage. He showcases significant grip strength to make tackles while sustaining through contact as well.
However, there’s little to no value for Stackhouse in passing downs. He’s a stale rusher with single-digit pressures during the last two seasons combined (nearly 500 passing reps).
Teams will need deep rotations or viable alternatives to avoid putting him in disadvantageous reps — but Stackhouse does threaten to be a personnel tell and mismatch identifier for opposing coaches and quarterbacks.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Stackhouse projects as a run-defending specialist. He can play in odd or even fronts but should be considered a high-floor role player who can fill this specific role for a team.
His new team should embrace his role as an odd-front nose or a short-yardage rotational defender.
Grade: 69.00/100.00, Sixth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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