Max Iheanachor

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.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

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 Max Iheanachor as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• VERIFIED Kansas City Chiefs: moved on from Jawaan Taylor (power-LT) on 2026-03-04. [verified]
  Picks held: R1 #9; R1 #29 via Los Angeles Rams; R2 #40
• REPORTED Detroit Lions: moved on from Taylor Decker (outside-zone-LT).
  Picks held: R1 #17; R2 #50
• REPORTED Washington Commanders: moved on from Cornelius Lucas (swing-tackle).
  Picks held: R1 #7

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 OT prospects, his 6-6 / 320 lbs frame sits at the 59th percentile in height and 82nd percentile in weight.
• Position class: Max Iheanachor is OT #6 of 17 ranked OTs in the 2026 class. Of those, 6 are projected in the R1 range.
• School pipeline: One of 6 Arizona State prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only OT.

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.

Max Iheanachor’s NFL Archetype: Trent Williams

Trent Williams (San Francisco 49ers)

Closest OT physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-6/320 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 Offensive Tackle Prospects

Closest matches to Max Iheanachor (6-6 / 320 lbs, #6 OT) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Blake MillerSIZE MATCH Clemson · 6-6/315 lbs · #5 OT · R1
• Markel BellSIZE MATCH Miami (FL) · 6-6/325 lbs · #8 OT · R2-R3
• Monroe FreelingSIZE MATCH Georgia · 6-7/320 lbs · #3 OT · R1 12-22
• Alan HerronSIZE MATCH Maryland · 6-6/315 lbs · #11 OT · R5
• Caleb LomuTIER MATCH Utah · 6-5/300 lbs · #7 OT · R2

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Arizona State & The 2026 Class