Nick Emmanwori

Seahawks traded up with the Titans to select South Carolina S Nick Emmanwori with the No. 35 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

If you built a safety in a lab, you’d probably get something close to Nick Emmanwori. The South Carolina enforcer boasts an elite RAS of 10.00, posting absurd testing numbers: a 4.38 forty, 43” vert, and 11’6” broad jump, all at a chiseled 220 pounds. That’s not just athletic — that’s freaky. A three-year starter, Emmanwori made an immediate impact as a Freshman All-American and backed it up with 244 tackles, 6 INTs, and 6 PBUs in 35 career games. His game thrives in chaos: flying downhill from the box, blasting through contact like a heat-seeking missile, and using his vines-for-arms (32.5” length) to suffocate passing lanes. He’s capable of matching tight ends stride-for-stride and folding ball carriers in the alley like laundry. However, it’s not all sunshine and pick-sixes. Emmanwori’s tape flashes brilliance — but also the occasional snooze. He can drift when he’s not first to the action, and his angles from deep alignment remain inconsistent. No agility scores on record leave a slight mystery in man coverage stickiness. Still, you don’t find many 6’3 safeties with linebacker size and receiver movement. With proper coaching and a tap into his urgency dial, Emmanwori has Pro Bowl upside and scheme-versatile utility.