Overview
- Miami selected tight end Seydou Traore with the 180th pick, making him the first graduate of the UK NFL Academy to be drafted.
- Traore is the third player from the NFL’s International Player Pathway to be taken in a draft, following Jordan Mailata in 2018 and Travis Clayton in 2024.
- Born in France and raised in London, he joined the NFL Academy in 2019, moved to Florida in 2020 for high school football, then played at Arkansas State before finishing at Mississippi State.
- General manager Jon‑Eric Sullivan called Traore a raw, athletic project whose best football lies ahead, and he will compete in a tight end group that includes Greg Dulcich and rookie Will Kacmarek.
- The 6‑foot‑4, 244‑pound prospect logged 131 college catches for 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns, ran a reported 4.5 in the 40, and had his name announced by former IPP trailblazer Efe Obada, as fellow IPP prospect Uar Bernard later went to the Eagles at No. 251.