Author name: Brad McDaniel

Senior Director of College Player Evaluation and Editor in Chief

Devy Watch: RB Royce Freeman, Oregon

Despite a productive career to this point, Royce Freeman decided to return to Oregon for his senior season. Some thought Freeman didn’t like the grade that he received from the NFL Draft advisory board, but according to Freeman, it’s more about getting his degree and continuing his development under new Head Coach Willie Taggart. Freeman

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Passing the Torch: Antonio Gates

NFL players pass the torch to their successors every season. Sometimes it’s because of retirement or due to a contract situation. Other times it’s simply because one player is more talented than the other. This series intends to take a look at the NFL and identify those situations ahead of time. Some of these situations

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Devy Watch: SEC West Spring Football

Being in a devy league means never being able to stop your evaluation process. Every season, players graduate, leave for the NFL, fall out of favor with their coaches, and some coaches leave for new programs. With spring football practice underway across the country, we decided to take a look at each conference for any

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Devy Watch: SEC East Spring Football

Being in a devy league means never being able to stop your evaluation process. Every season, players graduate, leave for the NFL, fall out of favor with their coaches, and some coaches leave for new programs. With spring football practice underway across the country, we decided to take a look at each conference for any

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Draft Profile: QB DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame

DeShone Kizer 6’4” 233 lbs QB, Notre Dame 21 years old on draft day Games watched: Ohio State (2015), Texas, Miami, and Syracuse (2016) Since taking over the starting job in 2015, Deshone Kizer has been a mystifying prospect. I believe that this is due to Kizer’s inconsistency along with the feeling of uncertainty around

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IDP FCS Spotlight & Interview: LB Carter Henderson, Duquesne

Carter Henderson is a redshirt senior inside linebacker for the Duquesne Dukes. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He chose to attend Penn State and play for Bill O’Brien after high school. At 5’11” and 215 pounds, he’s an undersized linebacker. He doesn’t win with athleticism but he more than makes up for his lack

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National Signing Day: 2017 Freshmen Tight Ends

With National Signing Day earlier this week, the Devy team here at DFF thought it was important to highlight several of the 2017 freshmen to give you an idea of the players you’ll be watching on Saturdays as well as stashing on your taxi squads. We combed Hudl for film on these players just so

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National Signing Day: 2017 Freshmen Quarterbacks

Even though National Signing Day was yesterday, the coverage of incoming freshman doesn’t stop here at DFF. Our goal is to prepare you for your Devy drafts so that you are ahead of the game this summer. The Devy team here has already covered wide receivers and running backs with tight ends coming tomorrow. Today,

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Senior Bowl Preview

For the 100+ players who accepted their Senior Bowl invite, this week is the first of several huge job interviews. Everything these players do this week – both on and off the field – will be examined and scrutinized. The entire NFL community will be represented in Mobile and every team in attendance will be

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Devy Watch: New Year’s Six and College Football Playoff

In this third edition of Devy Watch, we’ll take a look at the New Year’s Six Bowls plus the College Football Playoff. These are the big ones, the teams that everyone knows, the players already on your taxi squad in devy leagues. Let’s take a look anyway and see if we can uncover a not-so-obvious

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Devy Watch: Leading up to New Year’s

This second edition of Devy Watch takes a look at the bowl games taking place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve with the exception of the Orange Bowl. As the competition picks up, the devy names become more recognizable. Bowl season is our last chance to see some players and even better, a chance to get

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Devy Watch: Early Bowls

This first edition of Devy Watch takes a look at the early bowl games – games taking place before Christmas. The fun starts Saturday, December 17th with five games between 10 unranked teams. Just because the competition won’t be the best that we will see over the next month doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t watch.

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