Texas A&M’s Shemar Stewart puts up all-time numbers at NFL Combine, becoming biggest question mark in this year’s draft

Football scouts went into the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine expecting to see impressive measurables from the next generation of professional football stars. Among the biggest winners from that bunch was Texas A&M edge rusher Shemar Stewart.

Standing at 6′5″ and weighing 267 pounds, Stewart possesses the size to be physically imposing, even at the NFL level. That frame is impressive, but the 21-year-old from Miami truly separated himself from the rest of the prospects with his elite speed and athleticism.

He clocked in a 4.59 40-yard dash, with a 1.6 10-yard split. He paired that speed with insane jumping ability, finishing with a 10′11″ broad jump and a 40-inch vertical leap.

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To put these numbers into perspective, let’s hear from a scouting expert.

Kent Lee Platte (known as @MathBomb on X) is an NFL scout and analyst, known for his “RAS” scoring formula. The RAS (acronym for Relative Athletic Score), grades NFL prospect’s athletic testing numbers within the context of their size and compares them to other NFL prospects from previous combines.

Stewart was given an RAS rating of 10.00, the highest possible score a player can earn. He was also the highest rated defensive end in the NFL from the timespan of 1987 to 2025, ranking first out of 1,802 scouted athletes.

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Because of these chart-topping measurables, Stewart has drawn comparisons to another hyper-athletic pass rusher from Texas A&M: Cleveland Browns’ star Myles Garrett.

Stewart’s athletic profile certainly stacks up with that of the Browns’ all-time career sack leader, but there’s one area that is drawing concern from NFL scouts evaluating Stewart as a prospect: on-field production.

After all, Stewart recorded just 4.5 combined sacks during his three seasons at A&M. For reference, Garrett recorded 32.5 sacks across his three years in Aggieland between 2014 and 2016.

His physical gifts have been evident for quite some time; he was a consensus five-star recruit coming out of high school. But many scouts wonder if his speed and strength will translate to the professional game, given his lack of statistical output in College Station.

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In Stewart’s defense, the Texas A&M ship was far from steady during his time at the school. He was one of the Aggies’ biggest names the infamous 2022 A&M recruiting class, a group that ranks among the best of all time across every major ranking. Despite the hype, the Aggies amassed just a 12-13 record across the next two seasons, leading many players to transfer and Head Coach Jimbo Fisher to be unceremoniously shown the door.

This context makes Stewart one of the toughest evaluations in the class. His athletic upside is undeniable, but will he be able to channel that into a skillset that’s productive at the pro level? One team is about to figure that out.

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