A Yale Bulldog Is the Most Interesting Prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft

Who Is Kiran Amegadjie?

Amegadjie is 22 years old. His father is Togolese, and his mother is Cameroonian. He initially pursued basketball, but eventually took up football. Although his parents emphasized education over athletics, his passion for football did not waver.

Amegadjie was a two-star recruit out of Hinsdale, Illinois, which is located just outside of Chicago. He committed to the Ivy League’s prestigious Yale University.

Amegadjie’s College Career at Yale

At Yale, Amegadjie balanced Ivy League football and academics with ease.

During the 2021 season, he started every game for the Yale Bulldogs at right guard. Then, in the 2022 season, he started all ten games at left tackle and earned first-team All-Ivy League honors.

He played a portion of the 2023 season, but missed most of the season due to injury. And, following that season, he declared for the NFL Draft.

Amegadjie was invited to participate in the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine.

Amegadjie’s NFL Prospects

Amegadjie is the real deal.

PFF rates Amegadjie as the No. 57 overall prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft, and offers the following comments:

“Projecting a player to go from the FCS level [(which is the level in which Yale is situated)] to the NFL level as a starter is tricky, but Amegadjie has the tools and the tape to be a worthwhile investment in the top 50 as a starting-caliber tackle or guard.”

He has been projected as high as a second-round pick.

A recent ESPN mock draft has him going to the LA Rams in the third round.

The executive director of the Senior Bowl declared in October 2023 that Amegadjie is the “only player below the top division of college football [(the FBS)] with a chance to be selected on the second day of the draft.”

In an article concerning the “most fascinating 2024 NFL draft prospects[,]” USA Today gives the following assessment of Amegadjie:

“The Ivy League has ample representation in the NFL thanks to the likes of San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczk, Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Foyesade Oluokun and Los Angeles Rams edge rusher Michael Hoecht, among others. Amegadjie, however, has the chance to be the rare product from those select few schools who enters the league with high expectations. The 6-5, 326-pounder dominated the competition [in the Ivy League] as a left tackle. Even in a deep class for offensive linemen, he stands out as a captivating option for a team that can teach him to harness his overwhelming power and tenacity as a blocker.”

On March 26, 2024, Bleacher Report published the following scouting report on Amegadjie:

“Kiran Amegadjie is a three-year starter inside Yale’s RPO-heavy, run-first (60-40 run-pass split), zone-based scheme with gap principles mixed in. Amegadjie has a muscular, lean and well-rounded build with ideal arm length, wingspan and good athletic ability.

“Amegadjie excels as a run-blocker, creating lateral displacement on angle-drive, down and double-team feed blocks with very good pad level and initial power. He works off the first to the second level with good burst and agility to intersect smaller targets, and he utilizes his tremendous reach to widen them out and secure rush lanes….

“Overall, Amegadjie is a proportionately built, long and easy mover on film. He has an NFL-starter look….”

Gridiron Heroics will present continued reporting on Amegadjie’s enthralling journey from Yale to the NFL.

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