Matayo Uiagalelei
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Long, physical edge-setter with the frame and length teams covet on the outside and enough power to collapse the pocket's edge. Uiagalelei broke through in 2024 with 10.5 sacks and two forced fumbles, then followed with a six-sack, three-breakup 2025 while holding up against the run at 6-5, 272. He turned down the draft to return, betting on a cleaner finishing year. However, the year-over-year dip in sack output is the number to sit with — the pressures still come, but the closing plays thinned, and that separates a locked first-rounder from a late-first/early-Day-2 range. The bend and hand length are real; the ask for 2026 is converting hurries into takedowns. Mocks have ranged from the mid-first to the back end of the round, and a return to double-digit sacks would settle him firmly in Round 1.
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NFL Draft Countdown Jun 20, 2026Matayo Uiagalelei, EDGE, Oregon: 2027 NFL Draft Prospect Profile & Scouting Report - NFL Draft Countdown
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Buccaneers Wire Jun 10, 20262027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting Report: Matayo Uiagalelei, edge, Oregon - Buccaneers Wire
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NFL Mock Draft Database Jan 13, 2026Matayo Uiagalelei 2027 NFL Mock Draft Profile — EDGE - NFL Mock Draft Database
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PFF Jan 10, 2026Matayo Uiagalelei | Oregon Ducks ED | NCAA and PFF stats - PFF
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Stampede Blue Jan 8, 20262026 Draft: Matayo Uiagalelei Scouting Report - Stampede Blue
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Bleacher Report Oct 12, 2025NFL Draft 2026 Scouting Report for Oregon Edge Matayo Uiagalelei - Bleacher Report
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The Draft Network Sep 12, 2025Matayo Uiagalelei NFL Draft Scouting Report - The Draft Network
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WalterFootball Jul 23, 20252026 NFL Scouting Report: Matayo Uiagalelei - WalterFootball