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2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford

Ayomanor’s upside and potential has not been fully tapped

Elic Ayomano is a Canadian who started high school in Alberta and finished the final two years in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he was a track and football star. He selected Stanford from his multiple scholarship offers.

He tore his ACL, MCL, and meniscus as a senior in high school, and then suffered a separate knee injury as a freshman and redshirted his first year. He wasted no time making an impact when he finally was able to play, logging a 1,000-yard season that first year as the Cardinal’s top receiver – no other player totaled more than 409 receiving yards or two scores.

His junior season wasn’t quite as effective but he still dominated the receiving stats on an otherwise mediocre Stanford team that only went 3-9 on the season and passed for just 2,295 yards while spinning through three quarterbacks. Ayomanor was again the lone bright spot. He set the school single-game record with 294 receiving yards in the double overtime victory at Colorado in 2023.

Height: 6-2
Weight: 206 pounds
40 time: 4.44 seconds

Ayomanor measured as the prototypical size for a wideout and ran a reasonably quick sub-4.5 40-time at the NFL Combine. Added plus – only one other receiver had larger hands than Ayomanor.

Elic Ayomanor stats (2023-24)

Pros

  • Versatile receiver playing both outside and in the slot, while effective through all three levels of the defense
  • Has the size and strength that can withstand physical NFL-quality contact
  • Breakaway speed with the extra gear when in the clear
  • Vertical threat that tracks the ball well
  • Above-average blocker that benefits the run game
  • Natural pass catcher that high points the ball and has huge hands to bring down the ball
  • Precise route runner that can adjust to the pass

Cons

  • Occasional lapse in concentration drops easy catches
  • Needs further development on route tree
  • Can be knocked off path against physical coverage
  • With multiple injuries in high school and college, his durability may be a concern

Fantasy Outlook

Elic Ayomanor was easily the best weapon for the Stanford passing attack for the last two seasons, and played without the benefit of an elite quarterback. He still shined, playing multiple roles and making a difference all over the defense. He needs to clean up his drops, but after two years in college, already presents a receiver that can contribute even as a rookie.

His upside and potential are still undefined and he’ll get the opportunity to take his skills and impact to the next level in the NFL. That should buy him a Day 2 selection for a team looking a receiver who can contribute from the start.

He projects as an outside receiver with a large catch radius.  If he can land on a top passing offense with one of the better NFL quarterbacks, his learning curve will shorten and his Year 1 impact will have the potential for fantasy value.

3 receivers for Saints to scout at the 2025 Senior Bowl practices

The New Orleans Saints need more depth at wide receiver, and the 2025 NFL draft has answers. They should scout these prospects at the Senior Bowl:

The New Orleans Saints are known to pay close attention to the Reese’s Senior Bowl each year and with so many draft needs in 2025, this could be a crucial event for them.

One spot on the roster that was proven to need more talent was wide receiver. Luckily, there are a handful of exciting wide outs heading to Mobile for the event. In particular, some fun names to keep an eye out for include Elic Ayomanor, Jack Bech and Da’Quan Felton.

Ayomanor is a big-bodied receiver that has always had promise of talent, but has been inconsistent throughout his career. Still, he has had plenty of big plays both with contested catches and with his legs. It would make sense for a team to fall in love with his potential enough for him to go late Day 2, early Day 3.

Bech will be a familiar name for a lot of Saints fans, given that he started his career with the LSU Tigers before transferring to the TCU Horned Frogs. Like Ayomanor, though, he was mostly about potential until he broke out during his final collegiate season. As a senior, Bech hauled in 62 catches for 1,034 yards and nine touchdowns. He’s a bit of an all-around weapon that could line up wherever on the field.

Felton was a small school prospect that gained some national acclaim after transferring to the Virginia Tech Hokies. He is the perfect player for an event like this where he will get a chance to show off for scouts. He is athletic freak at 6-foot-5 and could entice an NFL team to draft him as a project player. That kind of size is something that New Orleans could use at wideout.

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Saints offensive assistant Kevin Petry set to coach in the Senior Bowl

The Saints will have multiple representatives at the Senior Bowl this year, one of whom is offensive assistant Kevin Petry

The New Orleans Saints have always been a team that highly values Senior Bowl attendees, drafting them at a relatively high clip and always trying to take part in the event. This year seemingly will be no different, as they will have offensive assistant Kevin Petry coaching the wide receiver group for the American Team, which has quite a significant talent pool.

Petry has been coaching with the Saints for eight seasons now, entering his ninth, and has been with the organization for 12 years in various positions including as a video assistant early on. He will be able to get a first hand look at some of the wide receivers in this class, which is actually a position of need for the Saints this offseason to add some quality players to a group of Chris Olave, Rashid Shaheed, Bub Means, and a few others who will remain beyond this year.

Elic Ayomanor is one of the names to really keep an eye on from this group, as he is one of the higher rated receivers outside the group of likely first-round talents. In two seasons with Stanford he accrued 125 receptions for 1,844 receiving yards (14.8 yards per reception) and 12 touchdowns.

Overall, having a coach (or multiple) at the Senior Bowl and other events is a positive regardless of outcome, as it gives them the ability to work with the players and see how they may mesh into the system of the team they represent.

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Video: Early names to know for the Lions potential first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

Video breakdown of some early names to know for the Lions potential first pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

One of the byproducts of the Detroit Lions being a Super Bowl contender is that the NFL Draft has quickly become an in-season afterthought for most fans. The potential prospects and draft options aren’t nearly as pertinent when there’s a realistic chance for Detroit to be picking at No. 32 instead of No. 2.

Brad Holmes and his scouting staff aren’t forgetting about the 2025 NFL Draft. They’ve been hard at work evaluating prospects all over the country.

In conjunction with the Detroit Lions Podcast, here’s an early list of players who seem to fit what the Lions are looking for in a prospect who could wind up being the team’s first pick in the upcoming draft. It’s far from a complete list, but these are players that Detroit fans should at least be familiar with as the college football regular season rapidly approaches its end.

By popular demand, we’re holding off on any mock drafts until after the college regular season ends.

Chiefs scouting report: Stanford Cardinal WR Elic Ayomanor

Stanford Cardinal wide receiver Elic Ayomanor is a potential target for the Kansas City #Chiefs in the 2025 NFL draft.

Injuries to Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice revealed the Kansas City Chiefs’ limited depth in its receiving corps. The Chiefs must continue investing assets in targets for Patrick Mahomes. Fortunately, the 2025 NFL draft will feature a deep pool of pass-catching prospects.

Stanford Cardinal wideout Elic Ayomanor is a young prospect with an impressive 6 foot 2 inch, 210-pound frame. His background as a highly coveted high school track star shows up on vertical routes in a unique way. He lacks the traditional burst associated with former track athletes but uses his long strides to build up speed and stack cornerbacks downfield.

Ayomanor’s route tree is still developing, but he knows how to manipulate leverage and freeze cornerbacks with his route tempo. He stems slant and post routes outside to draw the cornerback toward the sideline before working into space over the middle of the field.

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Ayomanor’s ability to decelerate and reaccelerate quickly is surprising for a player with his size. This helps him stack corners on stutter-go routes or break off comeback routes at the top of the stem. His ability to create natural separation as a route runner is average, but this is only his second season as a college starter. He should continue developing for several years in the NFL before nearing his peak.

Ayomanor doesn’t maximize his frame at the catch point consistently. His large catch radius and ball tracking on downfield plays stand out, but he’s not aggressive enough at the catch point to ward off defensive backs. He fights the football sometimes, causing uncontested drops. Ayomanor projects as a second or third-round selection.

Stanford goes on the road to face No. 11 Notre Dame on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. CST. Stanford’s last game against a ranked opponent was a 40-14 loss to Clemson. Notre Dame defeated a ranked Louisville team 31-24 last week.

Stanford statistical leaders through 11 games

The Irish can’t lose to this team, right?

Stanford is trying to salvage something out of its season. Even its win over Coach Prime and Colorado has become lessened by the fact that Buffaloes turned out not to be much better than the Cardinal. A victory over Notre Dame would by far be the signature of their season. That won’t be easy though.

There are a few talented players on the Cardinal, but they only can do so much to make up for their shortcomings. For instance, the offense lives off the pass to the point where the quarterbacks actually are the top rushers. For our purposes though, we’re discounting them in that category for this listicle. That alone should speak volumes about the Cardinal.

It’s no surprise that a team with this many shortcomings has dragged the Irish to the dying Pac-12 Network for its final live football game. If it somehow pulls off the upset, here are the players most likely to factor in:

Who is Stanford wide receiver Elic Ayomanor?

Elic Ayomanor introduced himself big time with a huge game for Stanford

Stanford wide receiver Elic Ayomanor introduced himself to college football nation — and far more — on Friday night in the Cardinal’s stunning 46-43 victory over Colorado in Pac-12 play.

So who is this 6-foot-3, 210-pound Elic Ayomanor and what do we know about him?

  • He was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
  • Ayomanor hails from a town called Kincaid, pop. 200.
  • A top-10 recruit in Massachusetts
  • He redshirted in 2022.
  • Led Deerfield Academy to an MPAL title
  • Won the NEPSAC Class A Bowl
  • Lettered in track and field and football
  • 2018 Canada West National Champions on Team Alberta
  • Ranked No. 8 nationally in U18 Canada in the 200m in 2019
  • He chose Stanford over offers from 19 other FBS programs, including Notre Dame, California, Tennessee, and Ole Miss

 

Twitter reacts to Stanford’s unbelievable comeback win over Colorado

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes suffered the biggest collapse in school history against Stanford, and Twitter had a LOT to say about it.

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Deion Sanders will probably never want to play on Friday the 13th ever again.

His Colorado Buffaloes had a 29-0 lead over the Stanford Cardinal in a Friday night game that didn’t wrap up until early Saturday morning, because Stanford came roaring back in the third quarter, forcing overtime at 36-36, and winning in double overtime, 46-43.

This was all set up for Sanders’ team. Stanford came into this game with a 1-4 record, and they were 0-3 in the conference. The Buffaloes welcomed star receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter back from injury, and Hunter put on a show, with 13 catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns.

But it was another receiver who defined the game, and that was Stanford’s Elic Ayomanor, who caught 13 passes for 294 yards and three touchdowns. Ayomanor ran over and through Colorado’s defense, frequently winning on the crossing routes that have been a problem for Colorado’s defense all season long.

Even in the game, Colorado’s coach had a feeling this could go the wrong way for him and his team.

“I talked to them about the old cliche people say — it’s 0-0 but that’s not true. It’s not 0-0, it’s 29-nothing,” Sanders said. “I felt complacency going into the half because we stalled offensively, gave up some yardage as well. Just didn’t like how I felt going in at halftime. We come back out and here comes complacency. Here comes that team that I can’t stand, that you can’t stand it. You can’t understand how in the world that happens to us. But it did.”

It did, it was the biggest blown lead in school history, and here’s what Twitter had to say about it.

Stanford’s Elic Ayomanor makes astonishing TD catch in overtime against Colorado

Stanford’s Elic Ayomanor with a catch of the year candidate in overtime

Stanford’s Elic Ayoumanor caught everything on Friday in Boulder except the cold.

The wide receiver had 13 grabs for 294 yards and 3 touchdowns after his incredible catch in overtime.

Covered by Travis Hunter, the wideout from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Ayomanor somehow snagged the ball and pulled it over the two-way star’s helmet in the first overtime.

The PAT after the 30-yard catch made it 43-43 and the schools played on into the night at Folsom Field.

Vols offer 2022 wide receiver Elic Ayomanor from Massachusetts

Tennessee Vols’ football recruiting news.

Josh Heupel and Tennessee’s coaching staff continues to recruit the Vols’ 2022 signing class.

Tennessee has offered 2022 wide receiver prospect Elic Ayomanor.

“Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Ayomanor said on Twitter.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound wide receiver is from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Ayomanor has offers from Tennessee, Arizona, Iowa, Bowling Green, Kent State, Liberty, UMass, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Temple, West Virginia, Yale, Brown and Dartmouth.

Tennessee hired Heupel as its head coach on Jan. 27. The Vols kick off the 2021 season on Sept. 4 against Bowling Green at Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee’s 2022 football commitment tracker

Big board: Tennessee’s 2022 football recruiting class by position

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