{"id":563888,"date":"2026-04-04T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563888\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:05:08","slug":"who-is-uar-bernard-everything-to-know-about-nfl-draft-prospect-drawing-victor-wembanyama-comps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563888\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Uar Bernard? Everything to Know About NFL Draft Prospect Drawing Victor Wembanyama Comps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Even though Day 3 prospects in the NFL draft don&#8217;t usually get much attention, defensive tackle Uar Bernard is becoming one of the most intriguing players scouts are tracking in this year&#8217;s class. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Per The Athletic&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7168307\/2026\/04\/03\/uar-bernard-nfl-draft-prospect-nigerian-village\/?source=user_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.IGmy.aWdtgp6Ze3qD&amp;smid=ta-ios-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bruce Feldman<\/a>, Bernard is from Nigeria and a product of the NFL&#8217;s international pathway program who has drawn comparisons to Victor Wembanyama from the coach who led offensive positional drills at the HBCU showcase that Bernard participated in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;It&#8217;s like watching (Victor Wembanyama),&#8221; quarterback coach George Whitfield told Feldman. &#8220;The numbers don&#8217;t even do him justice. He&#8217;s 6-5, 310, and he&#8217;s got 6 percent body fat on him. NBA players don&#8217;t have 6 percent body fat on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Feldman and Dane Brugler, also of The Athletic, both mentioned Bernard as someone NFL teams have monitored as a potential draft pick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">NFL Network&#8217;s Steve Wyche, NFL.com&#8217;s Lance Zierlein and Mark Dulgerian, an international scout for the league, also hyped up the 21-year-old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The athletic testing numbers for Bernard are remarkable, with elite marks in composite speed, explosiveness and &#8220;only&#8221; a great grade in composite size. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Feldman noted that Bernard started with the NFL international pathway program on Jan. 18. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;He came in at 295 pounds with 11 percent body fat,&#8221; Feldman wrote. &#8220;He vertical-jumped 32 inches and broad-jumped 9-4. To see the improvement in the 10 weeks of training is unlike anything (NFL trainer Jordan) Luallen has experienced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The NFL established the pathway program in 2017 to identify talent from around the world and get them into a training regimen to see if they can hone those skills to make it in the league. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bernard is <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-announces-international-player-pathway-program-class-of-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">one of the 13 members<\/a> of the program&#8217;s 2026 class, with Nigeria having five representatives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">There have been a total of 70 players signed to NFL teams through the pathway program over the previous eight years, with 22 currently on active rosters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Philadelphia Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata is the most successful alum from the program. He was a seventh-round draft pick in 2018, became a starter two years later and was named to the All-Pro second team in 2024 to help the Eagles win the Super Bowl. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though Day 3 prospects in the NFL draft don&#8217;t usually get much attention, defensive tackle Uar Bernard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-563888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}