{"id":5260,"date":"2025-04-27T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/5260\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:30:10","slug":"cam-skattebo-picked-105th-by-giants-in-2025-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/5260\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Skattebo picked 105th by Giants in 2025 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona State\u2019s Cam Skattebo was selected 105th overall in the fourth round of the in the 2025 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.<\/p>\n

Skattebo had a historic final collegiate season, leading the Big 12 with 1,711 rushing yards (5.8 yards per carry) along with 21 rushing touchdowns. He picked up 605 receiving yards and three touchdowns through the air for good measure.<\/p>\n

If he hadn\u2019t already, Skattebo smashed through the doorway to national attention by almost singlehandedly leading ASU back into the thick of a College Football Playoff quarterfinal against a Texas defense filled with future NFL players.<\/p>\n

In the double-overtime Peach Bowl loss, he totaled 143 yards and two touchdowns rushing, 99 yards receiving and he threw a 42-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

With his balanced combination of rushing and receiving production, he became the first player with at least 1,500 yards on the ground and 500 yards through the air since Christian McCaffrey did so in his sophomore season at Stanford (2015).<\/p>\n

For his efforts that included leading the Sun Devils to a Big 12 Championship in their first season in the conference, Skattebo finished top-five in Heisman Trophy voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to draft him,\u201d ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham on April 1 said he tells NFL scouts. \u201cHe can do so many things that \u2026 if you\u2019re a team that relies on matchups \u2014 truly looks for matchups \u2014 he\u2019s a nightmare.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you can line him up at running back, you can line him up in the slot, you can line him up as a No. 1 receiver, you can line him up in the wildcat quarterback, you can run the ball in short-yardage downs. Like he can do so many things for you that his versatility is such a weapon and he\u2019s so intelligent that he can do it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cam Skattebo\u2019s pre-draft process<\/p>\n

With quite a statement made in the playoff, many NFL scouts remained eager to see how the back would perform at the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n

Skattebo played his cards close to his chest, electing to only participate in the vertical and broad jumps and put off a 40-yard dash for a later pro day.<\/p>\n

His 39.5-inch vertical caught the attention of many, but ASU running backs coach Shaun Aguano said he wasn\u2019t surprised by it at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat people don\u2019t understand about Cam (is) he\u2019s an incredible athlete,\u201d Aguano told\u00a0Arizona Sports in March. \u201cIf you go bowling, he can bowl. If you go play pool, he can play pool. If you go play basketball, he can play basketball. \u2026 So the athletic ability of him, it\u2019s not surprising and he\u2019s so explosive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vertical tied for second-best among 2025 running backs, and it ranked in the 93rd percentile<\/a> at the position dating back to the 1999 combine. He was 12th out of 23 running backs at this combine with a 10-foot, 3-inch broad jump.<\/p>\n

When time came for the 40-yard dash, he ran it in the low 4.6-second range, which is what many draft experts had projected.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ran a time that\u2019s what everybody thought he was going to run, so I think people should judge him off his tape,\u201d ASU head coach Kenny Dillingham said on April 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cDude plays with such a passion, such an aggressiveness, such great contact balance,\u201d the coach continued. \u201cHis short area quickness is elite. His vertical jump shows his power he has, which is why he has the contact balance. When everything checks out, it\u2019s not like, \u2018Oh, does he really have the contact balance?\u2019 It\u2019s all the things that show his athleticism have checked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skattebo reportedly had top 30 visits<\/a> with at least five teams, including the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants.<\/p>\n

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