NFL Draft Profile: Tyler Allgeier, Running Back, Brigham Young University Cougars

NFL draft profile scouting report for BYU Running Back, Tyler Allgeier

The NFL Draft Bible | Mar 3, 2022

NFL Draft Profile: Tyler Allgeier, Running Back, Brigham Young University Cougars /

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BYU Cougars

#25
Pos: RB
Ht: 5110
Wt: 224
Hands: 0958
Arms: 3148
40: 4.60
Vertical: 33"
Broad Jump: 1000
DOB:
Eligibility: 2022
Fontana, CA
Kaiser High School

Tyler Allgeier Brigham Young University Cougars

One-Liner:

Tyler Allgeier possesses an ideal athletic profile and displays high upside at the RB position. He switched positions from LB and if developed correctly could be a special talent.

Pros:

Tyler Allgeier possesses an ideal athletic profile with his size, mobility and burst combo. He displays good overall vision and decisiveness. He is a one cut back and when he sticks the foot in the ground he shows impressive burst and long speed. Moreover, Allgeier is new to the position and has shown nice progression at reading his blocks. Good contact balance and competitive toughness. Excellent lateral agility opening up those hips and changing up his angles with fluidity. Additionally, he is elusive in the open field for a guy his size. Nice micromovements to freeze defenders and has the burst to make them pay. Effective at manipulating space and changin up his pace and stride length making him tough to get clean hits on. He is comfortable at catching the ball and smooth YAC transition. Overall, Allegeier runs decently hard and doesn’t shy away from contact. Willing pass protector that does a good job framing up defenders.

Cons:

While Allgeier does possess the ideal athletic profile he doesn’t always use all his tools. He needs work on finishing runs. He will run upright and needs to learn how to drop a shoulder and that will also improve his contact balance. Not an overly creative runner and needs to learn to set up his blocks better and press the LOS. His feet are inconsistent and will have too much wasted movement because of it. Limited experience working behind gap scheme runs.

Summary:

Tyler Allgeier projects to be a solid backup that could develop into a quality starter. He displays the ideal athletic traits for a running back with his size. He is still learning the position and has a ton of upside. But this means he needs to work on pad level and pressing the line of scrimmage. He could play special teams with his foring linebacker experience and athletic profile.

Background:

Born on April 15th, 2000, Tyler Allgeier attended Kaiser High School in Fontana, California as a two-way player at running back and linebacker. Allgeier dominated at running back throughout high school, posting 5,086 yards and 56 touchdowns on 614 carries across three seasons. Despite rushing for a whopping 2,470 yards with 10.7 yards-per-carry as a senior, he didn’t receive any scholarship offers from D1 schools. Kaiser High School plays in a lower division of California football, which may have skewed discouraged top-tier programs and scouts from evaluating Allgeier properly. He was ranked a two-star prospect by 247Sports and enrolled at BYU as a preferred walk-on in the 2018 class. Allgeier played sparingly as a freshman, taking nine carries for 49 yards across four games and eventually redshirting. In 2019, the coaches needed additional depth at linebacker and asked Allgeier to change positions. He still managed to accumulate 17 carries for 119 yards, even while treating linebacker as his primary role. Allgeier officially returned to running back in 2020 and finally earned an opportunity to showcase his talents. He took 150 carries for 1,130 yards and 13 touchdowns across 11 games as a redshirt sophomore. Allgeier continued to progress in his final season, adding 276 carries for 1,601 yards and 23 touchdowns. He has since decided to forgo any remaining college eligibility and enter the 2022 NFL draft. Given his exceptional production against all odds, physical frame, and solid intangibles, Allgeier is expected to be a late day-two to early day-three draft selection.