Keylan Rutledge

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.

Combine / Pro Day Measurables (reported)

Numbers compiled from NFL Scouting Combine results, Pro Day box scores, and beat-writer reports. "Reported" means cross-referenced against multiple sources; verify on nfl.com/combine for definitive marks.

College Career Stats

• 2023 Georgia Tech (Fr): 9 starts at RG — Freshman All-ACC
• 2024 GT (So): 12 starts at LG
• 2025 GT (Jr): 13 starts at LG, 1st-team All-ACC, allowed 2 sacks on ~680 pass-block snaps

NFL Pro Comparison

Trey Smith (Chiefs) — athletic pulling guard with starter floor and Pro Bowl upside in a run-heavy offense

Mock-Draft Consensus

30-day trend: Stable

Ranks cross-referenced from ESPN's Jordan Reid top-500, PFF's 2026 Big Board top-200, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50 (NFL.com). Realistic draft-night range reflects projected team fit and trade scenarios, not just big-board placement.

Outcome Range

• Floor: Multi-year starting G in an athletic scheme
• Median: Pro Bowl G in Inside Zone / Power hybrid scheme
• Ceiling: All-Pro G with multi-position flex

Scheme Fit

Outside Zone / wide-zone scheme that rewards pulling athleticism; Shanahan / McVay tree

Pre-Draft Visits

Top-30 visits with the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, and Cincinnati Bengals

Signature College Game

2025 vs Georgia: held GT's interior to 1 sack allowed in a near-upset of top-5 UGA

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Georgia Tech Athletics
• 247Sports

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 Keylan Rutledge 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

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

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.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 IOL prospects, his 6-4 / 310 lbs frame sits at the 46th percentile in height and 49th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Keylan Rutledge is IOL #4 of 37 ranked IOLs in the 2026 class. Of those, 3 are projected in the R2 range.
• School pipeline: One of 6 Georgia Tech 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.

Keylan Rutledge’s NFL Archetype: Quenton Nelson

Quenton Nelson (Indianapolis Colts)

Closest IOL physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-4/310 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 OL (C/G Prospects

Closest matches to Keylan Rutledge (6-4 / 310 lbs, #4 IOL) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Jalen FarmerSIZE MATCH Kentucky · 6-3/310 lbs · #5 IOL · R3
• Emmanuel PregnonSIZE MATCH Oregon · 6-5/315 lbs · #3 IOL · R2
• Olaivavega IoaneSIZE MATCH Penn State · 6-4/315 lbs · #1 IOL · R1 20-32
• Chase BisontisSIZE MATCH Texas A&M · 6-5/320 lbs · #2 IOL · R2
• Connor LewSIZE MATCH Auburn · 6-3/300 lbs · #6 IOL · R3

→ Full Interior OL (C/G) rankings

Georgia Tech & The 2026 Class