Bottom Line
Round 7 dual-threat RB/WR tweener with a 4.44/35.5" vert athletic profile but only 6.9 RAS lands behind a four-deep Pittsburgh backfield with just 25 vacated carries to chase. Pure dart throw — taxi squad stash in deep dynasty only.
Team Fit & Opportunity
Pittsburgh used pick 230 on a Navy hybrid who profiles as a gadget piece more than a true RB or WR. The depth chart is brutal: Kaleb Johnson, Jaylen Warren, and Rico Dowdle are locked in, with Travis Homer as the special teams holdover. Only 25 vacated carries and 40 vacated targets means there's no organic path to touches. Best-case year-1 role is core ST contributor with situational sub-package usage as a motion/screen weapon.
Talent Profile
The 4.44 forty at 198 lbs and 35.5" vert flash legitimate NFL juice, but a 6.9 RAS tells you the broad jump (120") and 16-rep bench drag the composite into ordinary territory — explosive but not dynamic across the board. Sharp Football flagged him as Pittsburgh's best-value pick, and FantasyPros buzz cites strong production comps, but Navy's triple-option offense is notoriously hard to translate. He's listed as RB/WR by multiple outlets, which is scout code for "no defined position."
Strengths
- Straight-line speed at size: 4.44 at 198 lbs gives him chunk-play upside on screens and outside zone reps.
- Positional flexibility: Listed as RB/WR by Sharp and PFN — gives a creative OC sub-package and motion utility.
- Production comps: FantasyPros highlighted elite production and agility metrics, suggesting the college tape backs the testing.
Concerns
- Scheme translation: Navy's triple-option produces inflated rushing numbers that historically don't carry to the NFL — see Keenan Reynolds, Malcolm Perry.
- No path to touches: Behind Johnson, Warren, and Dowdle with only 25 vacated carries; he's the RB4/5 at best.
- Tweener risk: 6.9 RAS and a split RB/WR designation often means he's not good enough at either to win a defined role.
Historical Comp Read
The Navy/service-academy RB-to-WR conversion archetype most recently produced Malcolm Perry (Dolphins, 7th round, 2020) — flashed in camp, washed out within two years. Even successful tweener-types like Cordarrelle Patterson needed 4+ years to find their NFL niche, and CP had top-30 capital. The production comps FantasyPros cites are real but the scheme context kills most of the signal.
Outlook
Year 1: practice squad or deep RB5 with maybe a handful of gadget snaps, RB80+ in fantasy. Three-year ceiling is a Cordarrelle-lite gadget weapon if a creative coordinator scripts him 4-6 touches a week — flex-viable in deep PPR. Floor is out of the league by 2027 camp. The catalyst is a Warren or Dowdle injury opening a passing-down role; the trigger is the standard 7th-round special teams cut in August.