Dj
Campbell.
Dj
Campbell.
Texas· 6'3"· 313 lb· 5.01s 40
R6 · #200 · Miami Dolphins"Four-year interior starter with grip strength and a finisher's temperament — the fall to day three was about hip fluidity and a lost year of program blocking, not about toughness."Pre-draft read
Plays right guard in a gap/duo-heavy scheme, utilizing a low center of gravity and grip strength. He excels as a torque blocker, relying on a short, strong strike with 34¼" arms to land inside and steer defenders. He finishes blocks with intent once he gains leverage.
On down blocks and duo concepts, he generates displacement, keeping his hips square and climbing to the second level with sufficient short-area burst to cut off scraping linebackers. In pass protection, he maintains a compact, wide base, absorbing bull rushes through his hips and demonstrating the ability to recover late in reps when his initial punch is off target.
run-heavy gap/duo power run game with quick passes on play-action, focusing on short-yardage and goal-line efficiency
A Year 1 backup and short-yardage specialist who can develop into a starting right guard within two seasons.
An outside zone system that asks him to navigate tight angles in space against moving targets, or a vertical pass game that relies on isolated long sets against interior twists.
Campbell's exceptional grip strength, anchor, and finishing instincts make him a natural fit for a power run scheme where he can excel immediately.
DJ Campbell Film Breakdown
All-22 style breakdown of Campbell hand usage, anchor and finish at right guard.
DJ Campbell | Guard | Texas – Voch Lombardi & Bryan Broaddus Draft Profile
Offensive-line-coach view of his technique, leverage and gap-scheme fit.
DJ Campbell Draft Profile | Flexible High-Upside Guard
Scouting report covering his four-year Texas starting arc and day-three projection.
Campbell projected as a gap-scheme starter with a strong floor, noted for reliability in phone-booth scenarios. His 5.01-second 40-yard dash time, with a 1.76 ten-yard split, indicated plus movement for a guard, but other field testing suggested limited explosive hip drive. He was viewed as a plug-and-play backup for both guard positions, possessing significant starting experience.
The former five-star recruit started every game at right guard for Texas in 2023 and 2024, contributing to Joe Moore Award finalist offensive lines. He returned for 2025, when he was the only returning starter, earning third-team All-SEC honors. This experience provided a substantial volume of high-leverage snaps against top Power Five competition.
Evaluators were concerned about his hip fluidity against interior twists and his limited explosive testing numbers. The consensus had him as a day-three prospect, and he was ultimately drafted by the Miami Dolphins with the 200th pick in the sixth round, providing perceived value given his extensive starting history against high-level competition.
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Grip and finish
once he lands a tight, inside strike with his 34¼" arms and locks on, he takes the rep to the ground with genuine intent.
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Four-year SEC starting résumé
amassed 42 starts at right guard against top collegiate defensive fronts, providing extensive high-leverage experience.
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Anchor through the hips
absorbs bull rushes effectively, maintaining pocket depth for the quarterback and rarely conceding ground.
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Gap and duo displacement
consistently generates movement on down and combo blocks, keeping his hips square before climbing to the next level.
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Recovery hands in protection
able to reset and refit rather than lunging when his initial punch misses, salvaging reps that start poorly.
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Hip fluidity against games
struggles with interior twists and long-stick games, often getting caught flat-footed and opening the B-gap.
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Limited explosive testing
a 26½" vertical and 104" broad jump are low-end explosion markers, impacting power from a static start.
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Second-level accuracy in space
his angles can be soft, allowing moving targets to escape his frame rather than making square contact.
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Height and pad-level swings
at 6'3", he wins low, but standing up out of his stance against taller defenders causes immediate leverage loss.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.01sp50
- Vertical
- 26.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 104inp50
- Three-cone
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- Shuttle
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- Bench
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| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas | 7 |
| 2023 | Texas | 14 |
| 2024 | Texas | 16 |
| 2025 | Texas | 13 |
| Career | — | 50 |
Offensive linemen have no counting statistics, so games, starts and role are the production record. Games per Tankathon/Texas releases; starts per school game notes.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Honors
- Third-team All-SEC (2025)
- Consensus five-star recruit, No. 10 overall in the 2022 class
- Joe Moore Award finalist offensive line (2024)
- 42 career starts at right guard
Heavy-handed swing interior lineman who earns real starts by winning phone-booth reps and never losing the anchor.
Same grip-and-finish interior profile that turns limited athletic testing into a decade of dependable gap-scheme starts.
Backup guard who fills in competently for stretches but gets exposed against interior twists when asked to hold a job for a full season.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Miami took him with the 200th pick as interior depth and he opened camp as the backup at both guard spots, the exact role his evaluation projected. His first professional reps came in short-yardage and jumbo packages, where his grip strength and willingness to finish translated immediately, and the team kept him at right guard rather than cross-training him at center — a decision that narrows his path but plays to the four years of muscle memory he built in Austin. The rookie work has been about pace: NFL interior rushers hit the second move faster than the SEC three-techniques he beat with a reset and a refit.
Too early to grade the pick, but the shape of the evaluation is already visible. Campbell is what the board said he was — a strong, tough, four-year starter whose ceiling was capped by hips and explosion, not by preparation or temperament. The interesting question is the one his 2025 return raised: a five-star who plays 50 college games and still tests in the bottom tier of guard explosion is unlikely to add athleticism at 23, so his career will be decided by whether the anchor and the hands are enough to hold a job when the scheme asks him to move.
Data note: Offensive linemen have no counting statistics, so games, starts and role are the production record. Games per Tankathon/Texas releases; starts per school game notes.