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    2025 NFL Draft Grades: Cowboys Select Jay Toia No. 217

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    Excerpt: DeShaun Foster on Jay Toia Staying at UCLA, His Development

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Draft Scouting Report

Rating: 71.10 (Roster depth)
Pro Comparison: Paul Soliai
Summary

Jay Toia is an interior defender with a thicker lower-body build that allows him to fill two gaps. He has the strength, but not necessarily the quickness to stack and shed blockers and penetrate. Toia has a high floor in run defense but will offer little to nothing in pass-rush production.

About
  • Career: 36 starts
  • 2024: Honorable mention All-Big Ten
Strengths
  • Thicker interior defender who excels in run defense
  • Holds his ground well at the point of attack
  • Good job squaring to the line of scrimmage
  • Strength to stack and shed blockers
Weaknesses
  • Limited lateral agility prevents him from impact outside zone runs
  • Zero pass-rush potential

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  • Cowboys' Jay Toia: Headed to Dallas

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    The Cowboys selected Toia in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft, 217th overall.

    Toia started in his final three years at UCLA, and over that span he accumulated 83 tackles (46 solo), including 3.0 sacks, three pass defenses and one forced fumble. His box score numbers don't jump out, and while he doesn't have a formidable pass rush, Toia anchored the Bruins' defensive line and plugged holes effectively in the run game. His physicality in the trenches could earn him some rotational snaps on early downs.

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Player Bio

HT/WT: 6-3, 325 lbs
Birthplace: Inglewood, CA
Age: 21