Athletic ability is one of the best ways to predict NFL potential. It allows for a forecast into the future of how well a player can hold up against the best of the best. Although there are many variables that go into predicting success at the NFL level, having elite athletic traits is a good […]
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17 Best Rookie Tight Ends Ever & 2017 Rookie Tight End Fantasy Football Rankings By David Gonos The tight end position has proven to be one of the toughest for players to transition to and tends to take longer for players to mature in the game. Since 2011, Hunter Henry is the only rookie tight
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The Opening Welcome into The Devy Watch Podcast (@DevyWatch) brought to you by the DFF Network on dynastyfootballfactory.com Lawrence Chaney (@pacificscouting) is joined by Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) from SB Nation College Football. Alex brings insight on his observations at ‘The Opening’ and goes over the standouts from each skill position. Thanks again for tuning in and
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The First Installment Welcome into The Devy Watch Podcast (@DevyWatch) brought to you by the DFF Network on dynastyfootballfactory.com The ring leaders of each episode will be Lawrence Chaney (@pacificscouting), Jason DiRienzo (@allpurposeyrd8g), and Cody Garrett (@_codygarrett). The crew happily introduces themselves and gives a brief breakdown on the term Devy along with the Devy Watch
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Fantasy Football Draft Strategy: 7 Late-Round “Zero WR” Targets By Ethan Lilliard of GridironExperts.com In this article, Ethan Lilliard takes a journey back to 2002 in order to find the trends of workhorse running backs in the NFL. The evidence shows that the bell-cow running back is becoming scarce and the need to take one
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2017 Rebound Candidates by Steve Schwarz of fftoday.com 2014 FSWA Fantasy Football Writer of the Year Steve Schwarz takes a look at possible rebound candidates for the 2017 season and who you should – and shouldn’t – be targeting in 2017. He tackles known commodities like Matt Forte and Dez Bryant as well as lesser
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We recently released our 2017 Devy Watch project. Essentially, it’s a set of rankings and profiles for our consensus top 200 college football players or devy prospects. If you missed it, you can download your free copy by clicking here. Believe it or not, some leagues go deeper than 200 devy players so we decided
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THE BEGINNING When Antonio Brown went in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft to the Pittsburgh Steelers, no one would’ve expected that he would become one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. His rookie year would go as expected for a player drafted in the late rounds, and he ended 2010
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DavidGonos.com breaks down the top rookie running backs over the years. Last year, Zeke Elliot and Jordan Howard made their mark in history for rookie running backs in their first year. Who will it be this year? This article does a great job of reviewing past rookie running back production and gives readers an idea
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What is Devy Watch? Devy Watch originated as Dynasty Football Factory’s way of following college football players or fantasy football developmental prospects. In less than one year, Devy Watch evolved from a Twitter hashtag and occasional article into this project where the Devy Team watched, analyzed, and profiled 200 college football players. Who is Devy
The tight end position tends to be one of the most difficult positions for players to translate to at the next level. The waiting game for tight end development can be frustrating for any dynasty owner. On average, a tight end takes 3 to 5 years to reach fantasy relevance. What if there’s a way
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Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky took all the University of North Carolina spotlight this NFL Draft season, but there is an underrated wide receiver out of UNC that deserves to be talked about. Ryan Switzer is not a household name, but if you have watched UNC games, you can’t miss him. In addition to being Trubisky’s go-to receiver, his versatility
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WR TREVON GRIMES, OHIO STATE The combination of size and speed is hard to come by, but Ohio State’s newest freshman, Trevon Grimes, possesses both. When watching Grimes, it doesn’t take long to realize that he has all the tools to be a successful and productive wide receiver. PROFILE Trevon Grimes Ohio State Freshman 6’4”
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The Air Force Academy doesn’t usually produce NFL-sized wide receivers that are considered redzone threats. Well, Jalen Robinette made a name for himself at the Academy, and now will be looking to make a name for himself in the NFL. There’s no doubt that his skill set and size will be intriguing
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Although we are a site predominantly geared toward dynasty league fantasy football, at the end of the day we’re all fans of real football. A few of our writers got together and thought it would be fun to combine our brainpower (or lack thereof) and combine forces for a mock of the NFL’s first round.
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In 2014, James “Earl” Conner led the nation in broken tackles and scored an astonishing 26 touchdowns. He was the ACC Player of the Year and surpassed Tony Dorsett to set three Pitt records. One year later, Conner would find out his whole life was about to change and he would be no longer fighting
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While most of the dynasty fantasy football community gears up for NFL draft season by turning their focus to the incoming rookie class, the Devy team here at DFF has their attention on the college football landscape in our first Devy mock of the season. Hopefully, this mock helps guide Devy football players through their upcoming Devy
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After an outstanding freshman year, Myles Gaskin finished 2016 with an impressive sophomore campaign. Many scouts were saying that in order for Gaskin to hold up at the college football level, he would need to gain weight and wouldn’t be “the guy” for a few years. Not only did he prove them wrong, but he
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National signing day is upon us and what better way to deliver you the top 24 incoming freshmen than by doing it with a mock draft? (Hint: there’s not a better way) The @DevyWatch team went two rounds, 12 freshmen per round, to help you get to know the players you will be watching on
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Who is the 1.01 in the 2017 Rookie Draft? Every dynasty league owner knows that if they have the first pick in the rookie draft they have a big decision to make. Having the first overall rookie pick is bittersweet. Not only does it mean that you were unsuccessful in your league, but it also
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