Larry
Borom.
Larry
Borom.
Missouri· 6'5"· 322 lb· 5.12s 40
"A 6-5, 322-pound Missouri tackle with 34" arms and a 5.12 forty who kicked out from guard to right tackle as a senior — a Round-5 developmental swing-tackle projection with SEC edge exposure but stiff feet."Pre-draft read
He projects as a heavy-handed swing tackle with guard flexibility. In close quarters, he plays with functional bend and a mauler's temperament, using his long arms to stab and reset his inside hand on contact. He effectively uproots defensive tackles on down blocks and duo. His separator is his punch, delivered from a wide base with timing and violence, making him suitable as a gap-scheme right tackle or an emergency guard fill-in.
In pass sets, he utilizes a short, choppy vertical kick that absorbs power, but this approach can expose him to speed-to-power counters and inside spins due to dropping eyes and over-rotating hips at the top of the set. Lateral range is a limitation; he is late climbing to second-level linebackers, and long-strider rushers can beat him around the arc when protecting an edge alone.
In a gap/duo power run system, Borom’s ability to down block and anchor against bull rushes would be fully utilized.
Year 1: Versatile depth piece who can fill in at right tackle or guard; Ceiling: Solid starting right tackle in a run-heavy scheme.
He would be a poor fit in an outside-zone offense due to his limited lateral agility and struggles to block in space.
Borom’s functional strength and heavy hands make him an asset in close quarters, while his athletic limitations make him a liability in schemes that ask him to move in space.
Javon Solomon vs. Larry Borom
Isolated pass-pro reps against an NFL edge rusher showing punch timing and speed-to-power vulnerability.
Bears select T Larry Borom 151st overall
Draft-night selection clip with pre-draft evaluation snippets.
Training Camp in :60 — Borom and Teven Jenkins first-team OL
Rookie camp reps showing his kick to right tackle in first-team offensive line reps.
He is evaluated as a powerful, heavy mover who fits an archetype of a Day-3 tackle prospect, valued more for his frame and finishing ability than athletic upside. Teams will be buying a gap-scheme right tackle with clear guard flexibility, offering a quality floor as a versatile depth piece, particularly for run-heavy schemes.
He arrived at Missouri as a guard, later shedding significant weight before transitioning to right tackle, where he registered only 10 career starts, predominantly during an SEC-only schedule in 2020. This limited tape against top competition highlighted his finishing mean streak and dominance on down blocks and in short-yardage situations, consistent with a powerful 40-yard dash profile.
The primary concerns revolved around his limited experience at tackle and struggles with foot quickness against quicker SEC opponents. This led to a consensus projection as a fifth-round swing project with a fallback to guard, which aligned with where the Chicago Bears ultimately selected him at pick 151.
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Heavy-handed swing tackle
He projects as a heavy-handed swing tackle with functional bend and a mauler's temperament in close quarters.
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Effective hand usage
He uses his long arms to stab and reset his inside hand on contact to effectively uproot defensive tackles on down blocks.
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Violent punch
His separator is his punch, delivered from a wide base with timing and violence, making him suitable as a gap-scheme right tackle.
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Absorbs power rush
In pass sets, he utilizes a short, choppy vertical kick that absorbs power, converting it effectively with a wide base.
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Versatile depth piece
He offers a quality floor as a versatile depth piece, particularly for run-heavy schemes, fitting the Day-3 tackle prospect archetype.
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Exposed to counter moves
His pass-set approach can expose him to speed-to-power counters and inside spins due to dropping eyes and over-rotating hips.
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Limited lateral range
Lateral range is a limitation; he is late climbing to second-level linebackers, struggling against quick linebackers.
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Struggles with arc rushers
Long-strider rushers can beat him around the arc when protecting an edge alone, limiting his effectiveness as a pass protector.
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Limited tackle experience
He registered only 10 career starts at right tackle, predominantly during an SEC-only schedule in 2020 which highlighted limited foot quickness.
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.
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| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Missouri | 13 |
| 2019 | Missouri | 11 |
| 2020 | Missouri | 8 |
| Career | — | 32 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Late Day-3 tackle who kicks out from a guard build; useful swing piece, spot starter when healthy, exposed vs speed.
Body-type/RT template — heavy hands, average feet, gap-scheme finisher who carved out a decade-long starter run.
Practice-squad-to-emergency-starter arc if the feet never catch up to the frame.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Below expectations. Journeyman swing OT through three seasons (occasional spot-starts, below-average grades), cut in 2024. Signed with the Colts as depth in 2025.
Pre-draft context. Borom came to Missouri as a heavy interior lineman, cut from a listed 348 pounds as a redshirt freshman down to 322 by his final pro-day weigh-in, and reinvented himself as a right tackle for a truncated 2020 SEC-only slate. At 6-5, 322 with 34-inch arms and a 5.12 forty at Missouri's pro day, he tested as a powerful but heavy mover — the exact archetype Day-3 evaluators sort by frame and finish rather than by athletic upside. With only 10 career starts at tackle, most Round 5 boards liked the length and mean-streak but flagged the feet.
NFL fit — Chicago Bears. Chicago took him at 151 to compete for the swing-tackle role behind Charles Leno and Germain Ifedi, then leaned on him early when injuries hit. He started eight games as a rookie at right tackle, held up better than expected against power but flashed all of the pre-draft foot concerns against speed rushers. The Bears kept him as a rotational tackle/guard swing while investing higher picks (Braxton Jones, Teven Jenkins, Darnell Wright) in the actual starting five.
Retrospective. Borom's career has landed almost exactly where his Day-3 grade projected: a positional-versatile depth piece rather than a long-term starter. He bounced through the back end of the Bears roster before moving on in free agency, and his best NFL football has come in short-yardage packages and as a jumbo sixth lineman where the punch and down-block traits still translate. The Round-5 selection reads as fair value — a functional NFL body, not a hit at RT.