Sean
Rhyan.
Sean
Rhyan.
UCLA· 6'5"· 321 lb· 5.25s 40
Rhyan is a thick, powerful blocker who played left tackle in college but projects inside, and the appeal is strike and anchor. He has heavy hands and rare grip strength for a 21-year-old, jolting defenders on contact, sealing down blocks and feeding bodies laterally on double teams. Against the bull rush he braces and stops it cold.
The limitation is range. He is an adequate rather than fluid athlete, slow to redirect against post-snap movement, and on the edge his hips open early and his feet cross over against speed. Short arms let rushers into his chest first. In a phone booth he is a problem; asked to cover ground or mirror a twitchy defender in space, he is a step behind.
A gap-and-power interior run game with down blocks, doubles and short pulls, paired with a play-action passing game that keeps his sets compact rather than asking him to cover ground.
Year 1: developmental interior backup who competes for a guard job by the second half of the season. Ceiling: a long-term starting guard and the line's most flexible piece, capable of covering center without a drop in protection.
An outside-zone offense that asks its guards to reach a shaded three-technique and climb 10 yards to the alley on every snap, where his redirect speed turns a reach block into a missed one.
He is a better player with a hand on the ground in tight quarters. Every foot of space you add between him and the defender takes a little more away.
Sean Rhyan Official Highlights - Run Blocking Menace
The power reel: down blocks, doubles and the grip strength that made him a guard projection despite tackle snaps.
TDN's 2022 NFL Draft Guide: IOL Sean Rhyan
Pre-draft breakdown of the anchor, the hand usage and the range limits that pushed him inside.
UCLA OL/Offense vs Oregon Defense (2021)
Full-game line study against a Pac-12 front with NFL edge speed, the matchup that exposed the perimeter questions.
Rhyan is a strength-and-technique interior prospect wearing a tackle's résumé. He started all 31 games he appeared in at left tackle across three UCLA seasons, the first true freshman to start a season opener at tackle for the Bruins since 2012, and he never lost the job. He is also one of the youngest players in the class, 21 on draft night.
The production line is clean: 12 starts and freshman All-America honors in 2019, seven starts on the shortened 2020 schedule, 12 more in 2021 with first-team All-Pac-12 recognition from the coaches while UCLA averaged 215 rushing yards per game. He tested as a short-area power athlete — 21 bench reps, a 33.5-inch vertical, 11-inch hands — rather than a mover, and the tape agreed. The concern was universal and specific: limited range in pass protection, hips that turn too early against speed, and arm length that lets defenders stack him. Nearly every evaluator projected him inside to guard.
The board saw a guard with starting potential in either a power or zone scheme and a developmental runway because of his age. Green Bay, a franchise with a history of converting college tackles to guard, took him at 92 knowing the position change was the whole plan.
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Play strength
Stout frame with above-average functional power; he jolts defenders on contact and can displace a down lineman rather than just wall him off.
- 02
Anchor
Elite core and lower-body bracing against the bull rush, dropping his weight and stopping power rushers before they gain any ground.
- 03
Hand power
Eleven-inch hands with real grip strength that let him latch, control and steer defenders once he gets his first punch home.
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Starting experience
31 straight starts at left tackle from true freshman on, in a Pac-12 offense that ranked second in the conference in rushing.
- 05
Age and runway
Turned 22 during his rookie season, a three-year junior with the frame and the technical foundation to add strength and refine footwork.
- 01
Lateral range
Adequate athlete who struggles to redirect; post-snap movement and stunts get him lunging and losing his aiming point.
- 02
Pass-protection edge
On the perimeter his hips open too early and his feet cross over against speed, which is why the projection was inside from day one.
- 03
Arm length
Middling length for a tackle lets defenders into his chest first, where they can stack and shed him before he can extend.
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Positional transition
He had never played guard, so the interior technique, tighter spacing and different double-team rules were all projection.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.25sp50
- Vertical
- 33.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 110inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.55sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.81sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCLA | 12 |
| 2020 | UCLA | 7 |
| 2021 | UCLA | 12 |
| Career | — | 31 |
Offensive linemen do not carry box-score statistics, so this line tracks games and starts only. The three UCLA seasons come from the school's official bio and sum to 31 games and 31 starts, matching the Packers' own record that he started all 31 games he appeared in at left tackle. The 2020 line reflects the seven-game Pac-12 COVID schedule. Snap counts and pressures allowed published by third parties for those years are not carried here because the school does not publish them.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
A dependable interior starter with positional flexibility whose value is availability and competence rather than dominance.
The ceiling is the classic Packers conversion: a college tackle who becomes a Pro Bowl-caliber power guard once he moves inside.
A late-round-caliber interior body who never wins a job outright and bounces between backup roles and other rosters.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Sean Rhyan has primarily served as a reserve offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers. He has seen limited playing time in his first two seasons, appearing in a handful of games.
The start was a mess. Rhyan appeared in one game as a rookie in 2022 and was suspended six games in November for violating the performance-enhancing substance policy, which cost him the rest of the season. He played 12 games in 2023 and split right guard with Jon Runyan down the stretch and into the playoffs, then won the job outright: 17 starts at right guard in 2024 on a line that finished second in the NFL in sacks allowed and helped Green Bay to the second-most rushing yards in franchise history. In 2025 he played all 17 games with 11 starts, seven of them at center and four at left guard. He is 48 games and 28 starts into his career and has become the Packers' interior swing starter.
The evaluation was right about the player and the position. Green Bay's bet — take the college tackle, move him inside, let the power play in tight spaces — is exactly what happened, and the added center flexibility is a bonus nobody projected. The suspension cost him a year of development and probably a bigger contract, and he has never been the line's best player. But a third-round pick who starts a full season at guard, then handles center in a pinch, is doing the job the pick was made for. Solid hit.
Data note: Imported from Wikipedia 2022 NFL draft player selections table.