{"id":25887,"date":"2025-05-05T14:39:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25887\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:39:23","slug":"tennessee-titans-draft-kalel-mullings-scouting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/25887\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Titans draft Kalel Mullings: Scouting report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tennessee Titans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tennessee Titans<\/a> head coach Brian Callahan discussed adding to the running back room. He consistently talked about adding a different skill set to their dynamic tandem of Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears, and in the late rounds of the 2025 NFL draft, they did just that.<\/p>\n<p>With their final pick in the sixth round, No. 188, Tennessee selected linebacker-turned-running back Kalel Mullings out of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2, 226-pound bruiser is an intriguing prospect with tremendous upside. A true north-south runner who fills a void in the Titans&#8217; offense, which lacked power and sometimes struggled in short yardage. His blend of size and burst is a handful for defenders, and he excels between the tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Mullings is raw and could struggle as a receiver in the passing game. To take on a bigger workload, he must refine his pass-catching skills and route-running. He comes to the NFL with a complete lack of experience in the backfield, with only one season of full-time running back experience at Michigan. He made the most of his only season in the backfield, running the ball 185 times for 948 yards and 12 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his defensive background, Mullings should be able to find his way into a core special-teams role early in his career while working on his skill set as a running back. He has the traits to develop into more than a short-yardage back if given time, and could be a tremendous value pick for Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>With Pollard and Spears entrenched in the backfield, Mullings must compete with reserve Julius Chestnut for a spot on the depth chart. Tennessee re-signed Chestnut to a one-year deal in March.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/titanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/titans\/2025\/05\/05\/tennessee-titans-draft-kalel-mullings-scouting-report\/83453381007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Titans draft Kalel Mullings: Scouting report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Titans draft Kalel Mullings: Scouting report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Throughout the offseason, Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan discussed adding to the running back room. He consistently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[1811,7,10561,4046,6,526,394,2411,527,10562,10555],"class_list":{"0":"post-25887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-brian-callahan","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-julius-chestnut","11":"tag-kalel-mullings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tennessee","14":"tag-tennessee-titans","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans","17":"tag-tony-pollard","18":"tag-tyjae-spears"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114455744625277015","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}