Oluwafemi Oladejo owns the total trust of the Titans

Matt Zemek
 |  UCLA Wire

The Tennessee Titans selected UCLA’s Oluwafemi Oladejo with the No. 52 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. A top-55 pick represents the upper tier of draft picks — not a first-round choice, but still better than 200 other picks in the 257-player draft. This is a significant investment. The Titans made it for a reason. They see Oladejo as a quick study who can make everything work, as Titans Wire explains:

“After an outstanding season, Oladejo flashed at the Senior Bowl as one of the more consistent and disruptive edge players on hand. This performance was huge in his evaluation and showcased his upside in his rapid development from inside linebacker to edge. 

“Although he has shown tremendous upside as an edge, he is raw and relatively inexperienced at the position. Though he has played in 47 games and racked up 238 tackles and 6.0 sacks during his college career, split between Cal and UCLA, the majority of them were at inside linebacker. He has only 10 starts on the edge.”

Though Oladejo is switching positions, the Titans see him as a player who is smart enough to understand how to make the transition effectively, and physical enough to perform the work needed to thrive. The Titans don’t think they are taking a huge risk, and they obviously think they can develop Oladejo into the player they think he can become, at the new position he is learning how to master in the NFL. A quick study is capable of pulling it off, and the Titans think Oladejo really is that guy.