draft week: on Rams scouting staff

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April 22, 2025 at 1:47 am #155969

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It's draft week!

In the lead up to the 2025 NFL Draft, I talked to 5 Rams scouts who have different responsibilities to get an idea of their process, what they look for in a prospect and past successes who became impact players for L.A.

Here is a thread of those stories: 🧵

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) April 21, 2025

April 22, 2025 at 1:48 am #155971

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Billy Johnson is a former Southeast area scout, now senior scouting executive, who recommended Omar Speights, Byron Young and Tutu Atwell.

"If there's a prospect out of that area, I'd better be the first one to know about them and relay that data back."https://t.co/AdzImNbGaY

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) April 21, 2025

April 22, 2025 at 1:50 am #155973

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Taylor Morton is an "old school" senior personnel executive who focuses on OL like Beaux Limmer and Steve Avila:

"I think looking for the intricacies… is very important for us in terms of how they play the position. And it's really an innate feel."https://t.co/SkSzwuPXcy

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) April 21, 2025

April 22, 2025 at 1:50 am #155974

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Special assistant to the general manager Andy Sugarman uses his coaching background to evaluate prospects in-person before the draft.

"I basically am coaching these guys when I'm there, and it's different than (how) a scout (would approach it)."https://t.co/HbKul6Or0f

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) April 21, 2025
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