Armand Membou faced a murderer’s row of NFL-caliber pass rushers throughout Missouri’s SEC schedule. He passed each test with flying colors. However, the NFL Draft is as much a traits-based operation as it is results-based. Does his scouting report mimic a first-round pick’s come April?
Armand Membou Profile and Measurements
Height: 6030
Weight: 314
Position: Offensive Tackle
School: Missouri
Current Year: Junior
Armand Membou Scouting Report
Strengths
- Low, athletic, consistent stance no matter the offensive concept
- Beautiful blend of explosive power and finesse
- Impressive foot speed off the snap
- Drives hard downhill on combos
- Effortlessly widens on stretches
- Steps down and opens to seal backside rush lanes
- Explosive kick step on 45 and vertical passing sets
- No visible issues eliminating the arc vs. speed
- Strong redirect to seal lanes at the second level and open field
- Works very hard to maintain half-man relationship to disallow three-way go
- Handcuff grip strength vs. ripping arc rushers
- Impressive hand placement vs. wide rushers
- Outside to chest and inside to hip to ride up arc
- Impressive patience and accuracy at second level
- Can uncoil coming downhill on combos and obliterate interior defenders
Weaknesses
- Needs to improve core strength
- Wide, patient strike opens up chest to long, strong pass risers
- Looping interior players can walk him back because of core and hand placement issues
- Hands lose patience vs. euro-stepping rushers
- Passivity can hurt him vs. speed to power
- Tendency to get over his skis to combat power rushes
Summary and Draft Projection
Arguably no offensive lineman in the country faced more high-quality pass rushers on their schedule than Membou. Likewise, no blocker consistently found a way to disallow pressures and sacks against top-notch competition the way Membou did.
The young right tackle still has a ways to go technically to make things look “prettier” as a pass protector and run blocker, but his effectiveness and athleticism are unquestionable. His appearance on Bruce Feldman’s “Freak List” certainly makes sense while watching the on-field product.
There were very loud whispers that Membou would be an interior transition candidate earlier in the NFL Draft process. While that move potentially makes sense for a few of the offensive linemen in this class, it does not for Membou. At all.
His most conspicuous flaw is his ability to hunker down against larger, longer, leg-churning pass rushers going through his chest. That flaw does not exist in the same way against less dense pass rushers trying to run through a brick wall from wide rushing alignments. A move to the interior would only highlight his core instability against larger rushers.
With improved strike timing, Membou could round into one of the more dominant right tackles in the NFL. His résumé and athletic profile should be enough to make him a top-32 selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.
