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2026 Guide: What Ourlads’ NFL Scouting Services said about TAUREAN YORK:
Texas A&M | Hometown: Temple, TX | HT: 5101 | WT: 226 | 40 time: 4.59 | Hand: 0858 | Arm: 3018 | Wing: 7414
Three year starter. Third-team All-SEC in 2025. Undersized but a compact well put together frame with a thick lower body. Extreme athleticism and hot motor. Smart player who consistently makes the right reads on inside run fits. Can get downhill or shuffle laterally as the read dictates. Quick read and react, he has excellent agility in traffic with a nose for the football. Easily re-directs on cutbacks and misdirection. Has quick hands to stack and slip blocks on the move. Usually gets ball side leverage on blocks and has range to chase to the sideline. Takes the right angle scraping to the alley. Adept at pacing outside runs to stay on the backside hip and meet the ball carrier inside out. Active feet and a closing burst gets him to a lot of squared up tackles. Fundamentally sound gather and drive tackler he accelerates into tackles and rarely misses. In coverage has the twitch to match and mirror backs out of the backfield on flat and underneath routes. Has a good feel for reading and reacting to screens. Reliable zone awareness to balance multiple underneath routes and read the quarterback's intentions. He generally positions to find the throwing lane, creating problems for the quarterback's read. Quick to plant and drive with the ball in the air and limit gains on underneath throws. Size and length limitations show up at times on straight up blocks as he can be engulfed by interior blockers. Has been knocked off the play by climbing blockers getting a clean shot. Limitations could also affect tackling physical NFL ball carriers. Extended speed is questionable taking a back up the seam. In the right scheme he could be a three down stack linebacker. Should make an impact on special teams.
2025 Stats: 73 T, 7.5 TFL, 1 sack, 3 PBU, 5 QBH. Draft projection: 3rd/4th round