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Domonique Orange

IDL #7 · Iowa State · 6-5 / 330 lbs
R2-R3
ACTUAL #82

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Scouting Nugget: Big 12 mauler

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is Interior D #7 in the 2026 class.

Background

Iowa State IDL from Bixby (OK); four-year Big 12 anchor.

College Production

2022-25 ISU: 90+ career tackles, 15 TFL across starting seasons.

Scouting Take

Big-bodied mauler at 6-5, 330. Athletic profile below NFL starter threshold.

Draft Projection

Round 3. Run-down interior rotational DL.

Sources

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Domonique Orange as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

NFL Scheme Fit

  • 0-tech / 1-tech NT in 3-4 or 4-3 base
    Baltimore Ravens · Pittsburgh Steelers · San Francisco 49ers

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Projected Rookie Contract Value

~$8.0M – $13.0M (4-year deal) · Pick range: #33-64 · ~85% guaranteed

Mid-pick band — guarantee % varies pick-to-pick

Best-Case / Worst-Case Landing Spot

BEST CASE: Baltimore Ravens · #45
Why: IDL listed in their top-5 positional needs; runs a scheme that maximizes his profile.
Year-1 arc: Day-1 starter window with cap-controlled rookie-contract production.
WORST CASE: New York Jets · #33
Why: IDL not in their stated top-5 needs; runs a scheme that doesn't naturally amplify his profile.
Year-1 arc: Depth-chart competition + special-teams reps as Year-1 baseline.

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Position Versatility & Alternative Roles

  • Pure 0-/1-tech NT — 320+ lbs profiles as a true nose tackle in a 3-4 or run-down 1-tech in a 4-3.

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Domonique Orange’s NFL Archetype: Jordan Davis

Jordan Davis (Philadelphia Eagles)

Closest IDL physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-5/330 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Interior D Prospects

Closest matches to Domonique Orange (6-5 / 330 lbs, #7 IDL) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

→ Full Interior DL rankings

Iowa State & The 2026 Class

Other R2-R3 prospects in the 2026 class

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