With the Senior Bowl coming up and many declarations being made, I will be constructing my pre-Senior Bowl Big Board. Rodney Anderson will be omitted for injuries. IDL Quinnen Williams, Alabama Quinnen Williams was the most dominant player in the NCAA this year and it wasn’t close. His pad level, hand usage, first step, and […]
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After diving into Senior Bowl’s most talented position group yesterday here on DFF Devy, today I look at a more underwhelming bunch, the linebackers. Last year in Mobile, Darius Leonard, a small-school linebacker from South Carolina State, shined brightly on the big stage on his way to being drafted 36th overall by the Indianapolis Colts. 163
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Among all positions in this year’s NFL Draft, the one that is packed with the most talent and depth is undoubtedly the edge rusher group. While there are standout talents such as Nick Bosa, Brian Burns, and Jachai Polite who declared early for the draft and are not eligible for the Senior Bowl, there are
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With the college football season wrapped up for the year, draft season is now officially upon us. First up on the docket is senior showcase games, starting with the College Gridiron Showcase and Tropical Bowl this week, then moving onto the NFLPA Bowl and East-West Shrine Game next weekend, with the grand finale being the
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Miles Sanders RB Penn State Games Played: 36 Rushes: 276 Yards: 1,649 TDs: 12 Receptions: 32 Yards: 193 TDs: 1 Strengths Athleticism Leg Power Lateral Quickness Short Area Quickness Powerful Runner He Can Improve Ball Security Top End Speed Miles Sanders entered Penn State as the top-ranked RB in the 2016 recruiting class. The Pennsylvania
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It seems every year during this evaluation process there is always that one prospect that blows up your previously methodically, mapped-out positional rankings. I thought I had my RB rankings almost certainly locked down to a tee. Maybe that wasn’t so true after all, however. On Thursday, I saw on Twitter that a small 5’8”
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Tyree Jackson is a polarizing quarterback prospect. Listed at 6’7” and 245 pounds, he has a skill set that is reminiscent of Buffalo Bills QB, Josh Allen. Graced with incredible arm strength and very good athleticism, Jackson lacks very little in terms of natural ability. He is an excellent deep ball thrower, but his accuracy
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The Quinnen Williamses and the Ed Olivers will always get the mainstream attention among the draft community, and every year there are guys that fly under the radar that turn out to be impact players. Here are some of those players for all defensive and offensive positions. Quarterback: Taryn Christion, South Dakota State
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The recent news of Georgia QB Justin Fields decision to transfer sent shockwaves through the college football world. The former 5-star QB, and one of the top recruits in the class, joins the growing list of top QB recruits to transfer schools (11 since 2010). Fields wasn’t just the highest ranked recruit Georgia has secured,
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The College Football Bowl Season begins in earnest this weekend. To me, that means two things: 1) It’s almost time to crown another champion and 2) Sadly, another football season is drawing to a close. Bowl matchups have been underwhelming as a whole lately and the quality of play seems to decrease with every star
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Bruce Feldman of The Athletic reports former Miami WR Jeff Thomas will transfer to Illinois. Thomas was dismissed from Miami and later rebutted that it was a mutual agreement. Thomas was recognized as the teams best playmaker on offense and has a bright future beyond college so long as his “issues” – whatever they may
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Reports came out last night that Justin Fields, a former five-star, dual-threat QB, plans on transferring from Georgia. Dan Wolken first had the report, but ESPN has since reported that Fields is only exploring the possibility of a transfer. According to a Rotoworld blurb, Fields’ could use racist remarks made by a former Georgia baseball
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It is a great time to get an early look at some of the top players in college football as many of them start to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft. In a draft starving for offensive playmakers, DK Metcalf was one of the first to throw his hat in the ring and will soon
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The NFL playoff picture has started to become more and more clear and the top 5 picks are starting to become locked in. Early declarations for the 2019 draft have started to come out and Senior Bowl hype has started to settle in. In the spirit of recognition of those, I’m bringing my 3rd 2019
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This 2019 QB draft class has been a puzzling one to evaluate. Each week comes and goes, and it seemingly diminishes in strength. There are no sure things, no stars, and most importantly, no superheroes amongst the group. But what if every signal-caller in this class was a superhero? What would that look like? In
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I am taking another dive into Division II college football to see if I can unearth another gem. I’ve found a guy who has the potential to molded into an NFL receiver, Nate Rogers. The 6’5″ wide receiver has all the height you would need at the next level and combines that with good speed
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Marcus Mcmaryion, Sr, QB, Fresno State Ht: 6-2” Wt: 203 2018 Stats: 11G,70.6%Comp, 2,966Yds, 22TDs, 3INTs After starting only 7 games over his first two years in Oregon State, McMaryion transferred to Fresno State for his junior year and has been the starting QB since week 4 of 2017. He was immediately eligible to play
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I am going to be taking a look at every projected bowl game as predicted by SI.com (https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/11/24/bowl-projections-week-13-playoff-rankings-predictions) and picking out my favorite offensive players in each game who are eligible and likely to be entering the NFL draft in this off season. Yes, I know that these fixtures are not finalized, but the majority
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It seems that this safety class is one that is tough to read. We have a good bit of guys who love to play down in the box and make plays all day near the line, but there is a big gap that is devoid of free safeties. We have Deionte Thompson and Juan Thornhill
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The next person in the FCS Spotlight series that I will be looking at is UC Davis’ insanely talented receiver, Keelan Doss. The 6’3 209lb receiver from Alameda, California wasn’t highly recruited coming out of High School due to a foot injury in his junior year. But as a result of some hard work from
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