What college does Jonah Savaiinaea play for?

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: Arizona interior anchor

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is Interior OL (C/G #21 in the 2026 class.

Background

Arizona IOL from Pago Pago (American Samoa); three-year Pac-12 interior anchor with Polynesian heritage.

College Production

2022-24 Arizona: 35+ career starts at RG. 2025: continued SEC rotation with Wildcats' Big 12 transition.

Scouting Take

Drive-blocker anchor with power-scheme fit. Pass-pro technique erratic; pad level rises late in drives.

Draft Projection

Round 6-7. Power-scheme guard starter candidate.

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 Jonah Savaiinaea as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

VERIFIED Las Vegas Raiders: moved on from Alex Cappa (zone-G) on 2026-03-09. [verified]
Picks held: R1 #1; R2 #36
REPORTED Dallas Cowboys: moved on from Tyler Biadasz (zone-C).
Picks held: R1 #12; R1 #20 via Green Bay
REPORTED New York Jets: moved on from Mekhi Becton (power-guard).
Picks held: R1 #2; R1 #16 via Indianapolis; R2 #33; R2 #44 via Dallas

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

Gap / power-pull G in a downhill run scheme
Philadelphia Eagles · Baltimore Ravens · Pittsburgh Steelers · Chicago Bears

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

~$4.3M – $4.6M (4-year deal) · Pick range: #161-200 · ~10% guaranteed

Minimum 4-yr deal + small bonus

Best-Case / Worst-Case Landing Spot

BEST CASE: Baltimore Ravens · R6 pick
Why: IOL 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: Las Vegas Raiders · R6 pick
Why: 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

Day-3 NFL Roster Pathway

Day 3 OL projection means inactive-on-gameday is the default — versatility across multiple OL spots (swing-T, G/C flex) is the typical roster differentiator.

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

Frame: Among 2026 IOL prospects, his 6-4 / 320 lbs frame sits at the 46th percentile in height and 97th percentile in weight.
Position class: Jonah Savaiinaea is IOL #21 of 37 ranked IOLs in the 2026 class. Of those, 4 are projected in the R6 range.
School pipeline: One of 3 Arizona prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only IOL.

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.