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<\/a><\/p>\nFive of his eight touchdowns in 2025 actually came on passes thrown more than 20 yards past the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n
Sadiq\u2019s ran a varied route tree in 2025 and did well within that role, so that looks to be something he can build on at the NFL level.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s not very experienced in terms of running downfield routes, though. in fact, 21 of his 29 receptions in his first two seasons were caught behind the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n
He is smooth and balanced as he looks to have a decent foundation in this area, with sharp breaks, good use of his frame on his route stem and some deception in his footwork.<\/p>\n
Sadiq caught an eye-popping 93 percent of his targets in 2024, but – as noted above – a high proportion of these were dump-offs.<\/p>\n Still, his catch rate was impressive in a more varied role last season too – ending up at 76 percent.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, drops were a bit of an issue last season as he had six of them, a few of which were focus drops.<\/p>\n He does display strong hands and good concentration in contested catch situations, and has the body control to adjust and come up with tough catches beyond his frame.<\/p>\n As noted, the majority of Sadiq\u2019s touchdowns last season came on downfield throws. However, he has a skill-set that can make him a good option down near the goal line.<\/p>\n As noted, Sadiq was primarily used on dump-off passes in his first two seasons and generated plenty of yards after the catch with his ability to break tackles and run over people.<\/p>\n He has also shown that he can create good yardage after the catch on downfield passes, with a particular knack for hurdling tacklers.<\/p>\n Sadiq had one fumble in his college career, on a play where the ball was punched out from behind in a tackle, but he landed on the ball and recovered it immediately.<\/p>\n Sadiq is an effective blocker, who has typically graded out well on analytical sites and contributes both in-line and in space. The effort you see from him tends to be consistent.<\/p>\n Unlike many other pass catching tight end prospects, he\u2019s someone that is often employed as a lead blocker, sometimes pulling across the formation or trapping, and Oregon also used him a lot as the primary blocker on receiver screens to the outside.<\/p>\n He gets his angles wrong sometimes, though, and does have a tendency to lunge into his blocks, so there is some work to be done on refining his footwork and technique.<\/p>\n As a pass blocker, he saw more work in 2025 and that was perhaps indicative of the Ducks coaches having more faith in him to handle those assignments. He didn\u2019t actually give up any pressures in 59 pass blocking snaps in his career, but he let his man get a clean get-off a few times.<\/p>\n Sadiq looks like someone who could still grow into his body as he has a good base with excellent lower body strength but is sometimes outmuscled in terms of his upper body strength.<\/p>\n When running routes he has good body control to compete at the catch-point or box out his man, leading to a contested catch rate of over 50 percent in his career.<\/p>\n He only had four penalties during his college career.<\/p>\n Sadiq has some experience on special teams, where he had three tackles in kick coverage during his career. He has also blocked on the kickoff return unit and in pass pro.<\/p>\n In his freshman season, he blocked this punt.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n