{"id":589224,"date":"2026-04-06T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589224\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:58:16","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-scout-likens-kadyn-proctor-to-new-york-giants-evan-neal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589224\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: Scout likens Kadyn Proctor to New York Giants&#8217; Evan Neal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor enters the 2026 NFL draft as one of the most physically imposing prospects at his position.<\/p>\n<p>Listed at 6-foot-7 and 352 pounds, the former five-star recruit possesses rare size and flashes of athleticism that have drawn attention from evaluators. Mel Kiper Jr. ranks Proctor as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/46573669\/2026-nfl-draft-rankings-mel-kiper-big-board-top-prospects-players-positions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:14th overall prospect on his big board;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;14th overall prospect on his big board&quot;}\" class=\"link \">14th overall prospect on his big board<\/a>, projecting him as a potential late first-round selection.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Despite the measurable appeal, concerns persist about Proctor&#8217;s consistency and competitive fire.<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: Best photos from Week 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Dallas Cowboys (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fc86a2f333e818824c5c0e96b0dd85df.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants vs. Dallas Cowboys: Best photos from Week 18<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Dallas Cowboys (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2a7c96ad5bece48f2bf5bd68c829dc30.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Washington Commanders (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8ba7cc5bf6f5017f092c875f5da23bd2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Philadelphia Eagles (home, away)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/044fd78c813e931c17fbbd7e6d8f2c83.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9ae1cb69984f12a9cb6a91b146330597.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 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2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Indianapolis Colts (road)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/28fbe9decb3121be5340c13b0c27fc84.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/54cd5b2d0ea8460a35a225c511f5d1c2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>13 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1e72191400a98182dae0707016270096.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>14 \/ 14<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants&#8217; 2026 opponents<\/p>\n<p>One NFL scout offered a pointed assessment, drawing an unflattering parallel to <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a> tackle Evan Neal, who has been widely regarded as a bust since being selected seventh overall in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Neal recently re-signed with the Giants on a one-year minimum deal after limited production and a move to guard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t like Evan Neal, and this guy is exactly the same,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golongtd.com\/p\/part-3-ot-why-francis-mauigoa-n-co\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the scout told Go Long TD;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the scout told Go Long TD&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the scout told Go Long TD<\/a>. &#8220;I wanted to like him, too. He has a little bit of movement for being so big. But the game against Auburn, he&#8217;s just standing around watching. He just teases you and, ultimately, disappoints. Big, good-looking dude but not physical, not a lot of grit. Stands around and watches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Proctor&#8217;s blend of power in the run game and occasional mobility offers upside, yet questions about his effort and sustained physicality mirror the issues that have plagued Neal&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>Teams drafting in the first round will need to weigh Proctor&#8217;s elite traits against the risk of investing high capital in a player whose tape has left some evaluators disappointed<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/04\/06\/2026-nfl-draft-scout-likens-kadyn-proctor-new-york-giants-evan-neal\/89480902007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL draft: Scout likens Kadyn Proctor to Giants&#039; Evan Neal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">2026 NFL draft: Scout likens Kadyn Proctor to Giants&#8217; Evan Neal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor enters the 2026 NFL draft as one of the most physically imposing prospects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,165388,161670,60927,226401,1242,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-589224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-evan-neal","11":"tag-first-round-selection","12":"tag-kadyn-proctor","13":"tag-mel-kiper-jr","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}