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The Ringer had ranked Adebawore as #35 on their Big Board (for comparison, the website Tankathon had him ranked #37)

The Ringer's scouting write-up is below:

https://nfldraft.theringer.com/

VERSATILE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN with extraordinary athletic traits and experience rushing from multiple alignments.

Comp: ED OLIVER

SCOUTING REPORT BY DANNY KELLY
Adebawore has a tapered, muscled-up frame with a barrel chest and massive lower half. A former state champion shot-putter and three-star prospect out of Kansas City, Missouri, he contributed for four seasons at Northwestern, tallying 24.5 TFLs and 12.5 sacks in 41 career games. His best season came in 2022, when he racked up 9.0 TFLs and 5.0 sacks to go with two forced fumbles and 31 pressures, per PFF.

Adebawore split time lining up on the edge and on the interior defensive line. It probably doesn’t even matter which position you designate him as: He’s one of the most athletic defensive linemen to test at the combine, ever. At 282 pounds, he ran a 4.49-second 40-yard dash and jumped 37.5 inches in the vertical jump—and both numbers do well to highlight his rare explosiveness. He uncoils out of his stance with a springy first step and twitchy movement skills, using pistons for feet to challenge offensive linemen until the whistle blows. Interior linemen often struggle to match his quickness, and he shoots through a gap before they’re out of their stance. He’s a hard-charging rusher who times the snap well, consistently exploding forward before anyone else on the line. He works his hands relentlessly during his rush, setting and resetting his punch. He uses an effective long-arm stab move to stun opponents and send them reeling. He shoots his inside hand on the rush, pushing offensive tackles off-balance and into the pocket. He stays low to uproot opponents, stacking them at the snap so that he can control the action. Adebawore shows immense upper-body strength and uses a two-hand swipe move to shed block attempts. He gallops from gap to gap on stunts.

Adebawore has good bursts off the edge but lacks high-end bend at the top of his rush. He’s often too one-dimensional, relying on his first step to win the rep, and his rush tends to stall out if he doesn’t immediately win the outside corner. He’s a little stiff and needs to develop a wider variety of moves and countermoves. He never posted elite pass-rush stats. He has a tweener body style, and teams may view him differently: Is he a gap-shooting interior defender, or does he belong on the edge?

WHY HE COULD RISE
Adebawore’s rare athletic traits give him a sky-high ceiling; he’s a versatile defender who can wear several hats on the defensive line.

WHY HE COULD FALL
His production never matched his traits, and he may be viewed as a tweener.