Rams rookie WR Konata Mumpfield learned how to run routes from watching Davante Adams tape
Rams rookie WR Konata Mumpfield learned how to run routes from watching Davante Adams tape
New Rams wide receiver Konata Mumpfield is a big fan of watching game tape.
The 2025 seventh-rounder out of Pittsburgh is known as a route technician and told LaQuan Jones of The Sick Podcast that he learned how to run routes by watching the Los Angeles Rams' current and former stars. Mumpfield said he grew up watching Davante Adams as well as Cooper Kupp.
If there were any two receivers Sean McVay would want a young player to emulate, it's those two. And now, Mumpfield will get to learn from Adams himself and Kupp's apprentice, Puka Nacua.
Despite is late round, Mumpfield was highly consistent during his collegiate career. He recorded at least 40 receptions for 500 yards in all four of his years in college (two at Akron and two at Pittsburgh) with at least five touchdowns in three of the four years. Mumpfield finished with 217 total receptions for 2,691 yards and 19 touchdowns.
He doesn't figure to play an important role on the offense right now with at least four receivers ahead of him on the depth chart, but the Rams seem to have seen enough from Mumpfield to take him with their last 2025 draft pick.
Now, it's up to him to make a name for himself this offseason ahead of the regular season.
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