Kamari Blair

Physical Profile

Prototype right-tackle frame at 6-6/290 (measured 6-5.5/281 at intake, already up to 290 on the Vols' 2026 roster) with the length and mass distribution to stay outside rather than kick inside by default. The frame still has room — he played in the 270-280 range as a senior and carried it well, which suggests a functional playing weight in the 305-315 band without losing movement. Athletically he is a genuine multi-sport big man: two-way HS player on both lines, shot put and discus in track, and basketball. The throwing-event background shows up in his lower-half drive and hand explosion. The one physical caveat is joint-level, not mass-level — he is tight through the knees and hips, which caps how low he can play and is the single trait that separates his current tape from his ceiling.

Play Style

A power-first, finish-oriented tackle who plays angry. In the run game he generates displacement through mass and effort, and the pancake volume is a real indicator of how often he takes a rep to the ground rather than merely stalemating it — though some of that is a leverage-forgiving high school environment. He is at his most impressive on the move: pulling, climbing to the second level, and working in space, where the multi-sport athleticism shows. In pass protection his profile is inverted from most high school tackles — instead of a smooth-footed technician who gets walked back, he is a hold-your-ground anchor whose feet are the lagging trait. The recurring flaw on film is playing bent at the waist instead of at the knees, which is a flexibility issue rather than a coaching-effort issue.

Strengths

• Play temperament and finish — graded out with 86 pancake blocks as a senior and plays with genuinely violent hands and effort through the whistle. That production earned him TSSAA Class 6A Mr. Football finalist honors and Leaf-Chronicle Player of the Year, which is rare for an interior/edge blocker in a big-school classification.
• Anchor versus power — holds his ground against bull rushers and power-conversion moves in pass protection, which is the hardest thing to teach and the reason evaluators are comfortable projecting him outside rather than defaulting him to guard.
• Movement skill in space — comfortable as a puller and his best offensive-tackle flashes come on the move and on obvious passing downs isolated on an island. Big-man athleticism in his footwork gives him real gap-scheme and screen-game utility, not just drive-block value.
• Positional versatility and untapped reps — a two-way lineman who has not spent his full development window on offense alone, meaning his technical floor understates his experience curve.

Areas to Improve

• Hip and knee flexibility. He is tight through the lower joints and compensates with forward lean in the run game, which costs him leverage and puts him at risk of getting his weight over his toes against SEC defensive linemen who cross his face. Unlocking the hips so he can play more upright and sink into contact is the No. 1 development item and directly gates the rest of his projection.
• Kickset twitch and pass-set efficiency. The anchor is there, but the initial burst out of his stance needs more suddenness to handle SEC speed-to-power and edge benders in true 60-minute pass protection. Right now he wins late with strength rather than early with position.
• Hand placement consistency. The violence is a strength; the accuracy is not yet repeatable rep-to-rep, and against college-level hand fighters late or wide placement will get him turned and lead to holding calls.

College Projection

Redshirt as a true freshman in 2026 is the expected and correct path. Tennessee's 2026 line class is loaded — he arrives alongside five-star Gabriel Osenda and Edward Baker — so there is no need to rush him. Realistic timeline: a developmental year adding 15-20 pounds of functional mass while the strength and flexibility staff attack the hip mobility, swing/rotational tackle reps as a redshirt freshman in 2027, and a starting job at right tackle in 2028. His fit with Tennessee's scheme is genuine rather than convenient — the comfort pulling is exactly what the Vols ask of their tackles, and the coaching-staff read at commitment was explicitly an upside evaluation. The floor if the hips never unlock is a starting-caliber SEC guard, where his anchor and finish play up and the flexibility demands are lower.

NFL Outlook

247Sports' evaluation projects a Day 3 (Round 4-7) outcome, which is a fair read of the current tape but likely conservative on the range of outcomes. The frame, length, anchor and movement skill are all legitimately NFL-caliber ingredients; the tightness through the hips is the trait NFL evaluators discount most heavily at tackle, and it is the reason he grades as a Day 3 projection today rather than higher. This is a high-variance draft profile: if three years of college strength-and-flexibility work unlocks the lower half and the kickset gets twitchier, he has Day 2 range as a right tackle. If it does not, he is still a draftable interior player on power and finish alone. Track his hip mobility and pass-set efficiency as the leading indicators — not his weight, which is already where it needs to be.

Best Fit

A gap/power run scheme with pullers and a physical downhill identity, paired with a program that has the patience and the offensive-line development track record to redshirt him and rebuild his lower-half mechanics rather than throw him into the fire as a true freshman. Tennessee is a strong fit on both counts — the scheme already asks tackles to pull, and the stacked 2026 line class buys him the developmental runway he needs. He would be poorly served by a spread-heavy, pass-first offense that asks him to win 40 true drop-back sets a game before his kickset catches up, or by a thin depth chart that forces early snaps.