Kaleb Elarms-Orr

● Broad through his chest with adequate muscle definition ● Can really run in the open field (22.68 mph on his 40-yard dash at the combine) ● Lateral quickness to sidestep blocks and stay glued on the ball ● Shows a feel for flowing through traffic ● Comes to balance on the move to widen and finish tackles ● Moves with the athleticism to hold up as man-cover defender ● Shows range to spot drop and play as hook player in underneath zone ● Can attack different gaps as a blitzer using his speed ● Played on every kickoff coverage as a junior in 2024 468 Back to table of contents -- 472 of 629 -- ● Dependable football character (NFL scout: “He was the hardest worker on the team. … Big ‘extras’ guy — film, lift, training, everything.”)

● Mediocre length and body power, especially in his lower half ● Will try and go backdoor instead of taking on contact ● Doesn’t consistently leverage inside gaps and can be redirected ● Average play recognition and often a tick late deciphering run/pass ● Occasionally takes wasted steps when he reads blocker instead of ball carrier ● Below-average ball production in 2025 as a coverage defender; needs to develop his sense for when to roll the dice ● Torn ACL during senior year of high school (March 2021), which sidelined him for his first year at Cal

A one-year starter at TCU (and a two-year starter overall), Elarms-Orr played inside linebacker in defensive coordinator Andy Avalos’ 4-2-5 base scheme. After he led Cal in tackles in 2023, he transferred to Fort Worth and was a backup in 2024 before exploding in 2025, with three games of 15-plus tackles. He was one of just nine FBS players with 130-plus tackles in ‘25 and led the Big 12 in that category. (He had two more tackles than Jacob Rodriguez, despite playing one fewer game.) Elarms-Orr didn’t play tackle football until high school and wasn’t a full-time inside backer until 2023. That relative inexperience shows when he plays more reactively than instinctively. But he played faster in 2025, and his explosive speed and revved-up chase motor pop on film. Though he needs to tighten his pursuit angles, he can course-correct on the move and does a nice job breaking down and finishing as a tackler. Overall, Elarms-Orr needs to continue maturing his eye discipline and development in coverage, but he is explosive in short areas and has the range to cover ground. Given his athleticism and football character, teams like his floor as a special-teamer with the talent to become more.