Caleb Lomu is an offensive tackle and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who declared after his redshirt sophomore season at the University of Utah. A native of Gilbert, Arizona, Lomu was a consensus four-star recruit from Highland High School in the 2023 class, earning invitations to the All-American Bowl and the Polynesian Bowl and ranking as high as the No. 21 tackle nationally by 247Sports. He signed with Utah over Michigan, Oregon, USC, Tennessee, and Florida, and redshirted his true freshman year in 2023 before claiming the starting left tackle job in 2024 as a redshirt freshman. He started all 12 games that year, allowing just two sacks and 17 pressures on 425 pass-blocking snaps and earning multiple Freshman All-American nominations. He repeated as the full-time left tackle starter in 2025, allowing zero sacks and just eight pressures on 357 snaps, earning first-team All-Big 12 recognition and helping anchor a Utah offensive line that posted multiple 400-yard rushing performances during the season.
Standing 6 feet 6 inches and approximately 308 to 313 pounds, Lomu combines prototypical tackle length with exceptional athleticism and movement skills that consistently draw favorable comparisons from scouts who prioritize athletic upside at the position. His initial burst out of his stance is elite for a tackle of his size, his footwork in the pass set allows him to cut off wide-alignment rushers with range that most tackles cannot match, and his hands arrive with real force once he engages. The concerns center on his relatively limited experience as only a two-year starter, his functional strength in the run game where he can be overly aggressive or insufficiently assertive when creating fits, and the developmental nature of his technique overall. With his athletic profile and youth, he projects as a first-round selection with the developmental tools to become a franchise left tackle, though teams expect some early growing pains as his run-blocking and technique continue to mature.
