A scouting report on Pittsburgh Steelers undrafted free agent signing, Kansas K Laith Marjan.<\/p>\n
N0. 99 Laith Marjan\/K Kansas \u2013 6021, 205 pounds (Redshirt Senior)
\nMEASUREMENTS<\/p>\n
Player
\nHt\/Wt
\nHand Size
\nArm Length
\nWingspan<\/p>\n
Laith Marjan
\n6021\/205
\n9 5\/8
\n31 1\/2
\n77 5\/8<\/p>\n
40-Yard Dash
\n10-Yard Dash
\nShort Shuttle
\n3-Cone<\/p>\n
N\/A
\nN\/A
\nN\/A
\nN\/A<\/p>\n
Broad Jump
\nVertical
\nBench Press<\/p>\n
N\/A
\nN\/A
\nN\/A<\/p>\n
THE GOOD<\/p>\n
\u2013 Great size uncommon for the position
\u2013 Good leg strength to hit from 50-plus
\u2013 Boots get plenty of arc on them
\u2013 Statistically accurate with solid production
\u2013 Experience as kickoff specialist
\u2013 Unbothered by poor snaps\/holds that impact operation
\u2013 Experience in different systems and new teams<\/p>\n
The Bad<\/p>\n
\u2013 Follow-through feels choppy
\u2013 Kicks on right hash tend to stay right
\u2013 Streaky who slumped at end of 2025 season, has to show mental toughness to overcome misses
\u2013 Only a two-year starter
\u2013 Lacks experience in cold weather climates<\/p>\n
Stats<\/p>\n
\u2013 Career: 30-of-34 on field goals (88.2 percent) and 82-of-84 on extra points (97.6 percent)
\u2013 2025: 14-of-17 on field goals (82.4 percent) and 40-of-40 on extra points
\u2013 Career long of 55 yards versus Texas Tech in 2025 with broadcasters noting he hit 65 yarders in practice
\u2013 Made 14-of-22 field goals and 69-of-75 extra points during sophomore-senior seasons of HS<\/p>\n
Injury History<\/p>\n
\u2013 2025: lower body injury ahead of UCF game, played through it in what his coach called a \u201cgutty\u201d performance\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Bio<\/p>\n \u2013 Two-star recruit from Raleigh, North Carolina Tape Breakdown<\/p>\n Laith Marjan is a well-travelled kicker who found starting roles the past two seasons for South Alabama and Kansas. A productive kicker, Marjan has good leg strength with a career-long of 55 yards (broadcasters also once remarked he hit from 65 in practice). His kicks get good and consistent arc.<\/p>\n Marjan has experience as a kickoff specialist, and though many college kickers do, not everyone falls into that camp. Marjan was specifically dressed as a KOS at East Carolina, which speaks to his leg strength. His unusual size for the position also helps create power. Marjan seems unbothered on bad snaps, too. That\u2019s a plus.<\/p>\n Negatively, Marjan slumped badly at the end of last season. All three of his misses came over the final three weeks, and his missed three of his final five attempts. They were all makeable, too. Two stayed right on the right hash while a third curiously fell short from 41 yards. Can\u2019t tell if it was tipped, if there was wind, a mishit, or a lingering injury that made this one short.<\/p>\n Though he\u2019s kicked in the rain a little before, he has not dealt with cold weather compared to what he would see in a Pittsburgh regular season. That matters less for the preseason, but it\u2019s part of his evaluation.<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/p>\n Overall, Laith Marjan was a productive and strong-legged kicker over the past two years. He\u2019ll just need to keep his confidence high if he misses with the Steelers to avoid prolonged slumps NFL legs simply can\u2019t afford. His odds of usurping Chris Boswell are remote, but he\u2019ll use the summer to put on good tape for the rest of the NFL.<\/p>\n My NFL comp is Zane Gonzalez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A scouting report on Pittsburgh Steelers undrafted free agent signing, Kansas K Laith Marjan. N0. 99 Laith Marjan\/K…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31803,56828,22564,81758,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-183276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft-profiles","tag-kansas","tag-laith-marjan","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2013 Chose East Carolina over offers from Army and Air Force, walking onto ECU
\u2013 Spent 2021-2023 at East Carolina (redshirted first year), 2024 at South Alabama, and 2025 at Kansas
\u2013 Joined Kansas in part due to connection to assistant Kyle Deween, who coached him at East Carolina
\u2013 Right-footed kicker
\u2013 Spent 2023 as East Carolina\u2019s kickoff specialist but did not attempt a field goal\/extra point
\u2013 2024 and 2025 semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, given to the NCAA\u2019s top kicker
\u2013 2025 nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy<\/a>, given to the best former walk-on
\u2013 Began playing football after being cut in a self-described stunning moment<\/a> from his HS soccer team
\u2013 Mother, Jan, is ophthalmology writer with background researching head trauma, only permitted him to play kicker
\u2013 Father born in Kuwait
\u2013 First name means \u201cLion\u201d in Arabic
\u2013 Last name pronounced \u201cMar-jjawn\u201d
\u2013 Enjoys cooking, steak and pasta especially<\/p>\n