In this article, I am going to be looking at Coleton Beck, RB out of Blacksburg, Virginia. He has just been signed as a three-star recruit by Virginia Tech and could have a big future in college football. Now, Virginia Tech isn’t exactly a storied franchise of recent years when it comes to their running […]
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Now that the NFL draft is over dynasty league rookie drafts should be starting to get underway. Despite not being drafted, some players may still end up becoming big names in the NFL as a result of free agency. The NFL has seen its fair share of great players not get drafted in the past.
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Jaelon Acklin may not be on everyone’s radar this draft season, but I am going to do my best to convince you to get him on yours. With a background in basketball, track & field, and obviously football, Jaelon Acklin has earned all-state honors in three different disciplines over three years. He received all-state honors
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As a keen follower of FCS football, I’m a strong believer in the strength of players at this level. Last year I was high on Tarik Cohen (RB @ North Carolina A&T), Cooper Kupp (WR @ Eastern Washington) and Lorenzo Jerome (FS @ St Francis). Each of them made it to the NFL, but Jerome has
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At the start of the season, some of fantasy football industry’s top female writers/analysts went head to head with some of DFF’s finest in a competition. The competition went as follows. ‘Team Female’ had to come up with a bold pick for the season and somebody on ‘Team Male’ would oppose it. ‘Fantasy Twitter’ then
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In the second installment of this series, I will look at the best linebackers currently available in the FCS. These are the ones I think have the best chance of making it to the next level. Darius Leonard, South Carolina State Darius Leonard may not set the stat sheets alight with sacks or interceptions, but
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In this series, “IDP FCS Ascension” I will be looking at 5 players who currently play at FCS level in college who all have a good chance of making it to the NFL, following in the footsteps of [profiler]Buster Skrine[/profiler] (Now with the Jets, attended college at Chattanooga), [profiler]Mike Adams[/profiler] (Now with Carolina, who attended
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We are back with the FCS Spotlight series and now look at the defensive side of things with Cole Reyes. The Free Safety at North Dakota has collected several All-American Honors throughout his college career. In 2016 he was one of 11 subdivision players honoured by the FCS Athletics Directors Association and was recognised as
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Ito Smith is probably among the most underrated players in college football. Since 2016, Smith has the 3rd most yards from scrimmage with 2,360 placing him above Dalvin Cook and just behind Donnel Pumphrey and Saquon Barkley. Now in his senior year, he looks to continue to hone his craft on Saturdays so that can
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This entry marks the first in what will be a season long event. Nine men (Editor’s Note: We are using the term “men” extremely loosely) from the DFF site take on nine female fantasy football experts to determine which gender will be the champion of fantasy football takes. We hope to undergo this exercise a
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Football is back! Yes, it may only be pre-season, but compared to Arena League Football or the CFL it is definitely an upgrade. With the pre-season games come pre-season training camps. A chance for the rookies to make a name for themselves, the undrafted rookies to get themselves on the radar and for players who
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Since @DFF_MattK and I have gone through 6- of the 8-divisions in the NFL, my final piece in this series will feature the AFC West. So without further ado, let’s take a look at the sleepers and the players to avoid in this division. Denver Broncos To start in Denver, I will be breaking my
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We are now halfway through the ‘Dodgers and Sleepers’ series as myself and @DFF_MattK have gone through the AFC North & South and NFC North & South. We now move our attention to the AFC East where as always, we will look at sleepers and players to avoid for each team. New
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While browsing through Twitter a few days ago, I came across a Tweet from @hjchami which made me think. All of these late-round RB’s possess NFL talent based on the fact that were drafted. But as is usually the case with a late round running back, there is usually a guy
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We have already reviewed the AFC North – Which quickly fell apart after the draft, and @DFF_MattK took us through the NFC North. Now it is time to turn our attention to the AFC South and take a look at potential sleepers for each team. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS It is difficult to clasify my first pick
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In every NFL draft, there are players that fall too far to be drafted. This doesn’t mean they lack in talent, this just means that for some reason, they weren’t on an NFL team’s radar. In recent years, we have seen players ranging from Wes Welker to Kurt Warner have good careers in the NFL
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With the 2017 NFL Draft now finished, it is time to look to next year. As we know, this draft saw some quality players coming out of the FCS including North Carolina A&T’s Tarik Cohen and Eastern Washington’s Cooper Kupp. Both of these players will have big roles to play with their respective NFL
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During the draft @DFF_Shane , @FatAdamSchefter and @DFF_JamesH shared the highlights after each round concluded. Just in case you missed it for some unknown reason or wanted to just read over our thoughts again, below are those reviews in one combined article for you. 1.02 Chicago Bears – Mitchell Trubisky –
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For round 3 I needed to call in for assistance, @DFF_JamesH was kind enough to step up and even added some reactions for IDP fans. Round 3 3.02 San Francisco 49ers – Ahkello Witherspoon – This is a sensible pick. Witherspoon was part of a strong Colorado defense last season, and he played his part in their
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Over the next few weeks, I and @DFF_MattK will bring you our “Dodgers” and our “Sleepers” for every team in the NFL. My focus is on the AFC. Matt will concentrate on the NFC. We will be starting the series in the AFC North. Be sure to check back regularly for the next
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