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Tyreek Jemison

OL Georgia Georgia Freshman

Bio

Height 6'5"
Weight 325 lbs
Hometown Dallas, GA
High School Paulding County
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Recruiting

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Class of 2026
#237 National
#8 IOL
#21 State
0.9162 Rating

Scouting Report

A
92 / 100 Ceiling 92 • Floor 84
year 1 contributor NFL Rd 5

Tyreek Jemison is a 6-foot-5, 325-pound interior offensive line prospect from Paulding County (Dallas, Ga.) who signed with Georgia on the first day of the early signing period after flipping from Kentucky. A true late riser, he climbed more than 200 spots in the industry rankings on the strength of his senior film, finishing as a consensus four-star (0.9162 composite), the No. 240 overall prospect, No. 14 IOL and No. 20 player in a loaded Georgia class. He is a mass-and-power road grader whose evaluation is built on run-blocking finish rather than pass-set polish.

Physical Profile

Jemison carries 325 pounds on a 6-5 frame with the thick lower half and natural anchor weight that interior play demands — this is already a college-ready mass, not a projection body that needs two years in the weight room to be functional. The build reads guard first: broad hips, heavy hands, and the kind of base that lets him sit down on a bull rush and absorb power without getting displaced. Arm length and foot quickness are the swing variables; he played left tackle in high school and moved well enough on the edge against Georgia 4A competition, but at the SEC level the athletic profile projects inside where the space he has to cover shrinks and his strength advantage compounds. Adequate — not elite — lateral mobility against quicker rushers is the honest read on his change of direction.

Play Style

A throwback, downhill mauler. Jemison plays left tackle for Paulding County but blocks like a guard — he wants contact, works to a finish through the whistle, and clearly enjoys the physical side of the position. On film his best reps come in the run game: he is at his most dominant on down blocks and combination blocks where he can use his mass laterally, and he shows the leg drive to move a defensive tackle off his landmark rather than just wall him off. In pass protection he is more of a wall than a mirror — he sets, anchors, and absorbs, and is at his best when the rusher comes straight at him. He is functionally mobile in a phone booth but is not a lineman you want asked to reach a 3-technique in wide zone or pull consistently in space on day one.

Strengths

  • Elite run-blocking finish. 247Sports national analyst Hudson Standish flatly called him 'a mountain of a human' who 'plays with a mean streak through the echo of the whistle' — the tape backs it up, with consistent effort to bury defenders past the point of contact rather than sustain and disengage.
  • Pop in the hands and lower-body leverage. He generates real displacement at the point of attack, sinking his hips and rolling through contact on down blocks and double teams — the single trait that gets an interior lineman on the field early in a gap/duo scheme.
  • Positional versatility with a functional pass-pro anchor. Georgia recruited him as a guard but views him as tackle-capable, and the evaluation credits his ability to set and hold ground against power. Cross-training value at three spots is meaningful depth insurance.
  • Trending sharply upward. The 200-plus spot rise during his senior season is the most telling data point in the file — evaluators moved him after seeing year-over-year growth, meaning the flashes are recent and the arrow is still pointing up.

Areas to Improve

  • Pass protection technique against speed and counters. The consensus knock is that he is markedly less refined as a pass protector than as a run blocker. He wins with mass and reset strength rather than clean, quiet feet, and he will need to shorten his kick-slide and stop overextending against SEC edge quickness and inside counter moves.
  • Body composition and conditioning. At 325-330 pounds he is already at or slightly above his ideal playing weight; Georgia's strength program will need to redistribute mass to protect his lateral mobility and late-drive stamina rather than add to it.
  • Hand placement consistency and pad level on the move. The finish is there, but the strike accuracy fluctuates — he can get wide with his hands and drift high when climbing to the second level, which invites holding calls and missed linebacker fits at the college level.

College Projection

A likely redshirt in year one — not because of physical readiness but because Georgia signed five offensive linemen in the 2026 class and Jemison's technique refinement, particularly in pass protection, needs a developmental year under Stacy Searels and Edmund Kugbila. Expect him to move inside to guard, compete for a two-deep role by year two, and start pushing for the starting lineup in years three and four. The 247Sports evaluation projects a multi-year Power Four starter, and that is a fair ceiling read; the realistic timeline is 2028-2029 as an established SEC starter at left or right guard, with center a fallback if his snapping and communication develop.

NFL Outlook

Draftable, with a Day 3 baseline. 247Sports assigns a Round 4-7 projection with 'serious NFL Draft upside,' and that is an accurate floor-and-ceiling frame. The path to Day 2 runs entirely through pass protection: NFL interior linemen at his size and power level are drafted for their anchor and their run-game finish, but they are drafted early only when they can also handle B-gap power-to-speed conversions cleanly. Jemison's mean streak and 325-pound anchor are traits that travel; his feet and hand timing will determine whether he goes in the third round or the sixth. Georgia's interior OL development pipeline — a stated factor in his commitment — is the single best environment in the country to make that jump.

Best Fit

A power-based, gap/duo-heavy run scheme that lets him fire off downhill and finish — exactly what Georgia runs under Kirby Smart, and a legitimate scheme match rather than just a home-state recruiting win. He fits a pro-style offense with heavy personnel, play-action, and a defined interior push, and would be miscast in a full wide-zone system that asks guards to reach and climb in space every snap. Programs that develop offensive linemen through a mandatory redshirt-plus-strength-program model, rather than needing immediate contributors, will get the most out of him.

Player Comparison

Deonte Brown Alabama • Carolina Panthers 92% match

Deonte Brown shares a nearly identical physical and recruiting profile with the prospect. Coming out of high school, Brown was a massive, highly-rated four-star guard (ranked #231 nationally by 247Sports) known for being a mauler in the run game. His playing style at Alabama was defined by his power, physicality, and desire to dominate defenders, which aligns perfectly with Jemison's strengths as a road-grading run blocker who finishes blocks with authority.