Manti
Te'O.
Manti
Te'O.
Notre Dame· 6'1"· 241 lb· 4.82s 40
Te'o best fits into a traditional 3-4 defense that prioritizes run-stopping and allows its inside linebackers to read and react to the play.
Year 1 starter as an inside linebacker with the potential to develop into a Pro Bowl caliber multi-down player.
A modern 4-3 defense where linebackers are asked to constantly cover in space against dynamic offenses.
While strong against the run, his athletic limitations could be exposed in spread offenses targeting the intermediate passing game.
Selected #38 overall in Round 2 of the 2013 NFL Draft by San Diego Chargers out of Notre Dame.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.82sp50
- Vertical
- 33inp50
- Broad jump
- 113inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.13sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.27sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Manti Te'o played linebacker for the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints. He was a starter for the Chargers for several seasons but struggled with injuries throughout his career.