Coming out of high school, Proctor was my number one recruit in the nation and was someone I expected to dominate day one at Alabama. The clear-cut five-star recruit out of Des Moines, Iowa, was dominant on the football field, but also showed off elite athletic ability as a basketball player and as a track and field shot-putter. That basketball agility combined with the power of shot-put helped Proctor become one of the most athletic players scouts had ever seen coming out of high school.
From the moment he arrived in Tuscaloosa, Proctor made an immediate impact, winning the starting left tackle job straight out of camp, making the SEC All-Freshman First Team. Seldom do you see a player come out of high school and dominate in SEC football the way Proctor did, and the more he played, the more excitement around him began to rise.
As a Sophomore with Alabama, Proctor returned (despite entering the portal and committing to Iowa for a bit) and again was a dominant force on the blind side for Jalen Milroe. Proctor cracked the All-SEC Second Team and entered the offseason as my second overall prospect, only behind Caleb Downs. Many scouts even projected Proctor to be the number one overall pick in the 2026 draft.
As the 2025 season kicked off, Proctor struggled against Florida State, and he did not look like the player we saw in his first two years with Alabama. Stories began to leak from the Alabama camp that Proctor had come in overweight in the spring, and there was a several-month effort to get Proctor below 360 pounds for the season.
Proctors hard work to lose the weight seemed to show up on the field, and his struggles early in the season, combined with the weight issues, raised concerns for scouts about his future in the NFL. In an interview, Proctor suggested he may have even lost 20 pounds in the offseason, meaning he likely weighed around 375 at some point prior to week one.
Losing that much weight almost certanly will impact the play of an offensive tackle, but as the season has gone on, Proctor has started to settle in and looks significantly more comfortable. Alabama has even rewarded Proctor for losing the weight by giving him the ball and allowing him to flash the elite athletic ability scouts have loved since day one. The question now becomes can Proctor keep that weight off, stay in shape and keep his agile skillset that makes him an elite tackle prospect.
At 360+ pounds, it will be tough for Proctor to keep the lateral quickness needed to succeed in the NFL, and teams will almost certanly want him to stay around 350, maybe lighter. Out of high school, Proctor was 330 pounds, so scouts know he can still be dominant and carry less weight. While guys like Trent Brown and Jordan Mailata have succeed at tackle weighing 360+, it is rare and teams do not like to bet on annomolies. Some have even suggested that Proctor will need to move to guard, similar to other big guys like Mehki Becton and Daniel Faalele.
The weight concerns for Proctor are fair, and his early season struggles clearly may have an impact on his draft stock, but scouts cannot just forget about the success Proctor had in the years prior to 2025. But outside of the first 2-3 games, Proctor has gotten back on track and has really looked like the elite prospect scouts hoped to see prior to the season.
I am less concerned about the weight issues for Proctor than other scouts and even if he struggles to keep up with speed rush at tackle, he will be a dominant guard with his incredible power. I think many fans are too cought up in the possibility of Proctor being “the next Evan Neal” out of Alabama, and they are missing the true skillset Proctor brings to the league. In my opinion, Proctor is a much more polished prospect than Neal ever was, and I think he will step in day one as an NFL left tackle.
It is possible Proctor will have to move to right tackle or even to the interior if he continues to struggle with weight, but his skills on the line are simply undeniable. But regardless of where he plays, offensive lineman are hard to come by in the NFL, especially one with with sheer athletic ability and success Proctor has shown. As of today, Proctor is my OT 2 (only behind Francis Mauigoa) and is in the Top 15 of my NFL Big Board.
Simply put, scouts and teams should not over think the early season struggles of Proctor, and rather should remain focused on the years of success he had prior to 2025. Every team in the NFL could use a player like Proctor, and with his ability to play eiter tackle position, he should hear his name called in the Top 10 this offseason.
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