Arkansas · IOL · R-Sr · 2027 Draft
· The Colony, Texas · John Paul II HS
6-3 · 303 lbs
6.2
Priority UDFA
Floor 5.7 · Ceiling 6.5
#413 overall · #33 IOL of 15102
Scouting Verdict
Steady-hand center imported from UCF to stabilize an Arkansas line in flux — local coverage keeps reaching for the word 'steady,' and a Rimington Trophy watch-list nod says the sport's center evaluators noticed too. Kitler is the classic fifth-year interior anchor: 6-3, 303, seasoned across G5 and now SEC fronts, trusted to run protections for a new-look offense, and confident enough to send warning shots at Arkansas State's defensive line through the press. However, there is no charted production here and no draft-media footprint at all; watch lists run long, and a 6-3 center who signed as the No. 1433 recruit needs a visibly dominant SEC season to force his way onto boards. Priority-free-agent path with a real NFL route if he stays in the Rimington conversation into November — centers who call protections cleanly always get a camp invite, and the good ones stick around for a decade.
Ceiling · 6.5
Projected 2026 starter (OL1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.3).
Floor · 5.7
Unproven — wide downside if it doesn't translate · returning-starter role secures it; downside −0.5.