Francis
Mauigoa.
Francis
Mauigoa.
Miami (FL)· 6'6"· 335 lb
"A 6'6", 335-pound Miami right tackle with 33 1/4-inch arms and three seasons as a Cristobal-era starter — 2025 consensus All-American and ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, a top-10 lock whose interior fallback shrank the miss."Pre-draft read
A long-armed, heavy-handed right tackle who plays with a wide, patient pass set on the edge, keeping his outside foot deep. He waits for rushers to commit before striking with a two-handed inside punch that reroutes speed to the arc. His hand replacement is a trait, as he resets his grip mid-rep against counter moves, and his grip strength allows him to steer even when late.
In the run game, he excels as a down-blocker and combo player. He punches, climbs effectively to the second level, and stays attached without wasted motion, creating displacement on gap and duo concepts. While not a light-footed puller, his bend and knee bend are functional and he re-anchors against power. He is a run-first tackle who wins on strike timing, grip, and finish.
This prospect best fits a gap/duo power run game scheme that prioritizes a physical, point-of-attack offensive line that can displace defensive linemen off the ball.
Year 1 starting Right Guard who can eventually kick out to Right Tackle once he refines his pass sets, with an All-Pro ceiling at guard.
A wide zone rushing attack that asks its offensive linemen to consistently pull, hinge, and reach block in space.
Mauigoa is a mauling, heavy-handed interior player with the grip strength and run-blocking chops to be a multi-year starter at guard, with the physical tools and experience to develop into a starting right tackle.
Francis Mauigoa 2024 Season Highlights💥 | Miami Right Tackle
Game film cut-up of Francis Mauigoa's Miami (FL) tape.
Francis Mauigoa 2025 Season Highlights | Miami OL
Game film cut-up of Francis Mauigoa's Miami (FL) tape.
Francis Mauigoa Full College Football Highlights💥 | Miami Tackle
Game film cut-up of Francis Mauigoa's Miami (FL) tape.
Francis Mauigoa projected as a plug-and-play interior offensive lineman with All-Pro upside, representing a valuable fallback plan even if his right tackle projection against NFL edge speed proved challenging. He was considered a foundational piece for a run-heavy scheme, providing immediate power and finishing ability at the point of attack.
A three-year starter at right tackle for Miami, Mauigoa arrived as a five-star recruit and became the ACC's youngest starting tackle. He secured 40 consecutive starts, consistently improving his grade and ultimately earning the ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the conference's top blocker in 2025. This extensive experience against high-level competition showed his durability and development.
Despite a clean profile, Mauigoa notably opted out of on-field testing at the Combine and did not run at his pro day, leaving his athletic profile scout-graded solely on tape. This created some debate among evaluators regarding his translation to an NFL-speed game, with consensus placing him as OT2/OT3 and a top-10 lock. He was ultimately drafted tenth overall by the New York Giants.
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Hand fighting
heavy, accurate two-handed punch with elite grip strength; when he lands first, the rep is over, and he consistently resets his hands mid-rep against counter moves before the pass rusher can capitalize.
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Run-game finish
a genuine mauler on down blocks and duo concepts who displaces defensive tackles off the ball, climbs cleanly to the second level, and stays attached through the whistle without freelancing off his aiming point.
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Experience and durability
40 consecutive starts at right tackle in the ACC against edge rushers like David Bailey and TJ Parker, with virtually no missed time across three seasons and steady grade improvement every year on tape.
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Anchor against power
plants his back foot early in the set, sinks his hips well enough to absorb long-arm bull rushes, and rarely gives up depth on speed-to-power, which is the trait that made evaluators comfortable projecting him inside.
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Football character and coaching pedigree
an IMG Academy product from a football family (older brother Francisco is an NFL linebacker) with strong interview reviews, position-flex willingness, and consistent Cristobal-era practice reports on effort.
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Untested athletic profile
opted out of Combine drills and did not run at Miami's pro day, so forty, jumps, shuttle and RAS are all unavailable; evaluators have to trust the tape on lateral quickness with no numbers to lean on.
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Foot speed in space
not a natural puller or wide-zone reach blocker; when isolated against twitchy edges on the second level or in screen concepts, he can lunge and lose his framing on the target defender.
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Overset vulnerability
his patient, wide-set style occasionally overcommits to outside speed, which opens inside counters back to his chest and shows up on the worst reps of his 2024 tape against long, bendy rushers.
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Knee bend and pad level
plays a little tall in his pass set at times, particularly late in games, which lets long-armed bull rushers get into his chest before he can re-anchor and quietly walks him toward the pocket.
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Miami (FL) | 13 |
| 2024 | Miami (FL) | 13 |
| 2025 | Miami (FL) | 16 |
| Career | — | 42 |
Merged from verified season/game stat tables; Sports-Reference remains the preferred source when reachable.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Powerful, hand-heavy right-side lineman who wins with grip strength, angles, and finish rather than elite athleticism; multiple-team Pro Bowl-caliber starter for a decade.
Tackle-to-guard convert with elite hands, grip, and technique who became a perennial All-Pro inside — the ceiling if the interior move sticks in New York.
Solid starter who bounced between tackle and guard, with good hand technique but athletic limits that capped him as a good-not-great interior blocker.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context. Born in American Samoa and finished at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Mauigoa was one of the most recruited offensive linemen of the 2023 class and started 40 straight games at right tackle for the Miami program, becoming Miami's anchor blocker as a true freshman before the 2025 season vaulted him into the top-ten conversation. He was a 2025 consensus All-American (AP first-team, AFCA, Walter Camp) and won the ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the conference's best blocker on a Miami offense that finished top-ten nationally in yards per play. Measurables were confirmed at the Combine weigh-in — 6'6", 335 pounds, 33 1/4-inch arms, 10 3/4-inch hands — but he chose not to run drills in Indianapolis and did not test at Miami's pro day, which capped his athletic ceiling to the tape and quietly nudged some evaluators toward projecting him inside. Boards had him locked as OT2/OT3 with a floor as a plug-in guard from a Round 1 line.
NFL fit — New York Giants. New York took him tenth and moved him inside almost immediately, penciling him in as the starting right guard alongside Andrew Thomas and next to Jaxson Dart in the room he is expected to protect for a decade. The fit is clean: the offensive scheme runs a gap-and-duo-heavy approach that lets Mauigoa play in a phone booth, use his hands, and finish, and the presence of Thomas and John Michael Schmitz means he is not asked to be the anchor from day one. He signed his four-year rookie deal in late May at roughly $31.4 million with a $19.3 million signing bonus.
Retrospective. Too early — Mauigoa has not played an NFL snap as of this writing, with training camp still weeks away. The bet is on a floor: a five-star, three-year Power-Four starter with elite hand-fighting and a real interior fallback, taken by a line-hungry team with a franchise left tackle already in place. If the guard move sticks, the ceiling is a decade of Pro Bowl interior play. If the Combine opt-out was hiding something athletic, he is still a strong plug-in starter — which is why this pick was widely graded as one of the safest bets in the top ten.
Data note: Merged from verified season/game stat tables; Sports-Reference remains the preferred source when reachable.