NFL Draft
4/1/25
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Tyler Baron 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Miami Hurricanes EDGE
Height: 6045 (verified)
Weight: 258lbs (verified)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Aaron Lynch
Scouting Overview
Miami Hurricanes edge defender Tyler Baron is a developmental rusher at the NFL level. He tested with a better athletic profile than he always showed on film, offering some hope for untapped potential that could help further bolster his outlook.
Baron shows good effort and slipperiness despite not being the most bursty or bendy rusher, but he’ll need to play with disciplined pad level and technically profound hand counters to ensure winning at a consistent level and reach for his potential. Barron is a little short on power, which caps his appeal as a potential long-term NFL starter playing on early 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 |
| EDGE | Tyler Baron | Miami | 4.62 | 1.61 | 121 | 35.5 | 19 |
Positives
- Showcases active hands at first contact and around the arc to stay clean, trying to capture the corner
- Offers good torso mobility to get skinny or reduce to play small through creases as a rusher
- Plays with a very good motor and finds production on second-effort plays
Negatives
- Has only modest anchor ability along the line of scrimmage to hold the edge
- Lacks the ideal power conversion to collapse tackles and reduce his exit angles off of blocks
- Will turn 24 years old midway through his rookie season
Background
Baron is from Knoxville, TN, and played his senior year of high school football at Knoxville Catholic. He was a 4-star recruit in high school who garnered interest from programs like Kentucky, Ohio State, and others before enrolling at Tennessee as a member of the school’s 2020 recruiting class. There, he played in 10 games as a true freshman before collecting his first starts as a second-year freshman in 2021. He started five games in 13 appearances that season.
Baron played in another 13 contests, with three more starts, in 2022 and was a valuable part of the Vols' defensive rotation. He would once again serve a valuable role for Tennessee in 2023, bringing his total of games played to 47, with 18 of those appearances being starts in four seasons in Knoxville.
Baron entered the transfer portal as a 4-star transfer (247 Sports) in his final season of eligibility, landing with the Miami Hurricanes, and he had the best season of his career. He tied the team lead in sacks (5.5) and tackles for loss (11) while starting nine of his 13 games played on the season. He was named Honorable Mention All-ACC for his effort.
Baron accepted an invitation to the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl at the end of his fifth and final season.
Tale Of The Tape
Baron is a well-tenured pass rusher who has steadily teased his potential as a defender during the past two seasons at Tennessee and Miami. Between his 2023 and 2024 seasons, Baron posted a quality 17 percent pressure rate.
Most of his pressure success comes from urgency as a rusher and a handful of well-developed rush counters. He’s got an inside counter to peel back when tackles overset him on the edge and has illustrated a euro-step cross-chop to claim wins around the arc. This, plus a quality motor that allows him to peel back into the play if his first approach comes up empty, has served as the foundation of his success.
Baron showcases the ability to disassociate his hips and shoulders as he presses into strike zones, allowing him to slip punches and shrug them off as glancing blows. This inherent trait allows him to sustain momentum through his rush, even if he isn’t consistently creating knockback with his hands.
Baron’s missing power to collapse tackles and angles does show up with both his rushes and his run defense. He does not consistently play with the leverage and explosion up through his frame to unload into and dictate terms to tackles.
As such, he does take the brunt of the blow as a run defender playing on the edge. He’s best served as a 3-4 rush linebacker if he were to see the field on early downs to bake in the needed extra space and leverage to maintain his status as an outside-in defender.
Baron can play undisciplined when uncovered at times. Teams test him on the edge with temptation, and he can be eager to overrun in pursuit of the football. He’ll take shorter paths that surrender leverage of the overall fit or pocket and then be in a poor position to break down and finish the play. This is evidenced by a nearly 16 percent career missed tackle rate.
Given the foundation and floor as a pass rusher and the limitations that can be frustrating as a run defender, Baron feels maximized best as a pass rush specialist. He’s got sparing experience on special teams outside of field goal block reps across five seasons, so his play time will have to come from added growth in rushing the passer.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Baron projects as a developmental pass rush specialist. He has good burst and good slipperiness to counter and slide his way through creases of a protection scheme.
He’s missing the power element that could put him over the top or give him the ceiling needed to warrant consideration as a featured player.
Grade: 71.50/100.00, Fifth Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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