2025 Prospects I Like

[kccrow]

A bit of a play on what Direkshun put together the past couple of seasons. I'll reserve the round grading, especially as of now. I'll keep adding to this as I progress through.

QUARTERBACK

• Kyle McCord, Syracuse (6'3" 218)
• Kurtis Rourke, Indiana (6'4" 220)
• Max Brosmer, Minnesota (6'2" 217)

RUNNING BACK

• Omarion Hampton, North Carolina (6'0" 221)
• TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State (5'10" 202)
• Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State (6'0" 221)
• Dylan Sampson, Tennessee (5'8" 200)
• RJ Harvey, UCF (5'8" 205)
• Bhayshul Tuten, Virginia Tech (5'9" 206)
• Cameron Skattebo, Arizona State (5'10" 219)
• Montrell Johnson Jr., Florida (5'11" 212)
• D.J. Giddens, Kansas State (6'0" 212)
• Devin Neal, Kansas (5'11" 213)
• Jarquez Hunter, Auburn (5'9" 204)
• Raheim Sanders, South Carolina (6'0" 217)
• Jo'Quavious "Woody" Marks, USC (5'10" 207)

WIDE RECEIVER

• Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State (6'1" 202)
• Matthew Golden, Texas (5'11" 191)
• Luther Burden III, Missouri (6'0" 206)
• Elic Ayomanor, Stanford (6'2" 206)
• Jalen Royals, Utah State (6'0" 205)
• Savion Williams, TCU (6'4" 222)
• Jaylin Noel, Iowa State (5'10" 194)
• Tai Felton, Maryland (6'1" 183)
• Elijhah Badger, Florida (6'1" 200)
• Isaiah Bond, Texas (5'11" 180)
• Jack Bech, TCU (6'1" 214)
• Kyle Williams, Washington State (5'11" 190)
• Daniel Jackson, Minnesota (5'11" 193)
• Jordan Watkins, Ole Miss (5'11" 196)

TIGHT END

• Mason Taylor, LSU (6'5" 251)
• Gunner Helm, Texas (6'5" 241)
• Elijah Arroyo, Miami (6'5" 250)
• Terrance Ferguson, Oregon (6'5" 247)
• CJ Dippre, Alabama (6'5" 256)

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

• Josh Simmons, Ohio State (6'5" 317)
• Josh Conerly, Jr., Oregon (6'5" 311)
• Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas (6'5" 315)
• Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota (6'6" 331)
• Anthony Belton, NC State (6'6" 336)
• Charles Grant, William & Mary (6'5" 311)
• Jalen Travis, Iowa State (6'8" 339)
• Logan Brown, Kansas (6'6" 311)

INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE

• Donovan Jackson, Ohio State (6'4" 315)
• Wyatt Millum, West Virginia (6'7" 313)
• Marcus Mbow, Purdue (6'5" 321)
• Tate Ratledge, Georgia (6'7" 308)
• Thomas Perry, Middlebury (Div III) (6'3" 317)
• Joshua Gray, Oregon State (6'5" 299)
• Jordan Williams, Georgia Tech (6'6" 304)
• Gareth Warren, Lindenwood (6'5" 330)

DEFENSIVE END

• Mykel Williams, Georgia (6'5" 260)
• J.T. Tuimoloau, Ohio State (6'4" 265)
• Jack Sawyer, Ohio State (6'4" 260)
• Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss (6'4" 244)
• Jordan Burch, Oregon (6'4" 279)
• Ashton Gillotte, Louisville (6'3" 264)
• Elijah Roberts, SMU (6'4" 285)
• Davin Vann, N.C. State (6'2" 280)
• Jared Ivey, Ole Miss (6'6" 274)
• Kyle Kennard, South Carolina (6'4" 254)
• Jah Joyner, Minnesota (6'4" 262)
• Tyler Baron, Miami (6'5" 258)

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

• Walter Nolen, Ole Miss (6'4" 296)
• Derrick Harmon, Oregon (6'5" 313)
• Kenneth Grant, Michigan (6'4" 331)
• Tyleik Williams, Ohio State (6'3" 334)
• Alfred Collins, Texas (6'6" 332)
• T.J. Sanders, South Carolina (6'4" 297)
• Joshua Farmer, Florida State (6'3" 305)
• Ty Robinson, Nebraska (6'5" 288)
• JJ Pegues, Ole Miss (6'3" 309)
• Ty Hamilton, Ohio State (6'3" 284)
• Deone Walker, Kentucky (6'7" 331)
• Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee (6'2" 291)
• Vernon Broughton, Texas (6'5" 311)
• Cam Horsley, Boston College (6'3" 312)

LINEBACKER

• Carson Schwesinger, UCLA (6'3" 242)
• Jihaad Campbell, Alabama (6'3" 235)
• Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma (6'3" 233)
• Chris Paul, Jr., Ole Miss (6'1" 222)
• Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon (6'1" 232)
• Demetrius Knight, South Carolina (6'2" 235)
• Shaun Dolac, Buffalo (6'1" 222)
• Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia (6'2" 224)
• Teddye Buchanan, California (6'2" 233)

CORNERBACK

• Jahdae Barron, Texas (5'11" 194)
• Azareye'h Thomas, Florida State (6'2" 197)
• Trey Amos, Ole Miss (6'1" 195)
• Jacob Parrish, Kansas State (5'10" 191)
• Jordan Hancock, Ohio State (6'0" 195)
• Denzel Burke, Ohio State (5'11" 186)
• Tommi Hill, Nebraska (6'1" 213)
• Caleb Ransaw, Tulane (5'11" 197)

SAFETY

• Kevin Winston, Jr., Penn State (6'2" 215)
• Xavier Watts, Notre Dame (6'0" 204)
• Andrew Makuba, Texas (5'11" 186)
• Jonas Sanker, Virginia (6'0" 206)
• RJ Mickens, Clemson (6'0" 199)
• Craig Woodson, California (6'0" 200)

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Dante84

What do we think about Skattebo in this offense?

I want to see how he runs. Seems like he's moving too slow, but he's definitely got some wiggle and is making some plays against some really good UT defenders. So I'm open to being wrong.

[kccrow]

Added a handful of RBs for you guys... I'll get to more eventually.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Added a handful of RBs for you guys... I'll get to more eventually.

Like them! Kaleb is an Iowa product, not Mizzou, though.

Bhayshul Tuten (Va Tech) is interesting to me. I think he’s going to run really fast at the combine. Good receiving skills. And has nice size.

[smithandrew051]

RB Devin Neal, Kansas - Patient yet decisive runner. Explosive off initial cut. Great burst and speed over initial 15-20 yards. Loses steam on long runs so might not be a game-breaker in the pros.

I agree with this.

He seemed to take more of his long runs the distance as a junior. Makes me wonder if he had a lingering injury or something as a senior.

The rumor is that KU’s WRs hated Kotelnicki. I also speculate that Coach K was much better about making his WRs block downfield, which may explain why Neal took more to the house before he left.

His ability to make guys miss within the hole and then put his foot in the ground and get what’s there is big time though. I’ll be surprised if he isn’t at least what Khalil Herbert was for the Bears his first few seasons.

[htismaqe]

Seeing reports that O'Rourke played the season with an ACL injury he suffered in AUGUST.

[Couch-Potato]

How do you guys feel about these smaller school, smallish stature, pass rushers like Mike Green and David Walker? I know we took FAU, but these types are always tempting.

Mike Green
Marshall
6-4 & 250 lbs
~4.6 40-yrd
91 Pass Rush Rating
90 Run Stop Rating
17 Sacks & 4 FF

"Twitched-up edge rusher with explosive get-off and natural bend through contact to flatten to the quarterback around the arc. Advanced pass rush arsenal featuring violent hand swipes, swim moves, and counter spin moves executed with plus coordination”

David Walker
Central Arkansas
6-2 & 260 lbs
~4.65 40-yrd
100 Pass Rush Rating
100 Run Stop Rating
10.5 Sacks & 4 FF

"Super athletic - Made Bruce Feldman's Freak's List at #76. He Wrote: "Walker had 66 tackles, 21 TFLs, and 12 sacks in 2022. The 6-2, 260-pound Atlantic Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Year runs the 40 in 4.65, vertical-jumped 36 inches and power-cleaned 374. He’s also squatted 615 pounds this offseason and benched 225 pounds for 24 reps.”

- DraftBuzz

[Titty Meat]

Tyler Warren TE Penn State, Kaleb Johnson RB Iowa, Savion Williams WR TCU, Xavier Watts S Notre Dame,

[RunKC]

Crow needs to check out Walter Nolan from Ole Miss. He would be an awesome pick

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Crow needs to check out Walter Nolan from Ole Miss. He would be an awesome pick

I have, I haven't wrote up much on a lot of guys yet but he'll be on the list.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Tyler Warren TE Penn State, Kaleb Johnson RB Iowa, Savion Williams WR TCU, Xavier Watts S Notre Dame,

Warren is a BEAST. Expect him to be gone long before the Chiefs' pick.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Warren is a BEAST. Expect him to be gone long before the Chiefs' pick.

Yeah, he looks like the clear TE1 this year and on par with Bowers as a prospect (I might like him more than Bowers).

Historically trading up for TEs has a spotty success rate but if he manages to fall into the late teens somehow, I'm making calls.

That's a turnkey Kelce replacement, IMO. Or more accurately, the next in the line of HoF Chief TEs.

He's legit. I see a mock from CBS that has him falling to Denver at 22 -- I just don't see a way in the world I let that happen.

You need my 2nd and some change to move up to 19 and grab him? Done.

[DJ's left nut]

Seriously fellas -- look at Warren. Crow and Duncan are dead on.

I mean down to the converted QB shit.

What might help us (a lot) is that there are two other good TEs with genuine first round grades, IMO. Fannin will get the guys looking for the "Next Bowers" all hot and bothered. Loveland is a guy who the guys looking for projectability will love because his QB play was dogshit this year and he actually looked better last season.

But I'll take the biggest one with the most production and that weird converted QB mojo that seems to put Kelce ahead of his peers out there.

[RunKC]

I don’t see any way Warren falls out of the top 15. Everyone knows how good that guy is. I’m not excited about the fact that the Chargers and Broncos both need a TE badly bc I could totally see one of them go after him. And yeah after the combine he’s gonna be a riser.

I could see a team like the Colts, Cowboys or Dolphins take him. In fact I think that’s exactly what will happen.

But goddamn is this a good TE class. We need to take another one

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Seriously fellas -- look at Warren. Crow and Duncan are dead on.

I mean down to the converted QB shit.

What might help us (a lot) is that there are two other good TEs with genuine first round grades, IMO. Fannin will get the guys looking for the "Next Bowers" all hot and bothered. Loveland is a guy who the guys looking for projectability will love because his QB play was dogshit this year and he actually looked better last season.

But I'll take the biggest one with the most production and that weird converted QB mojo that seems to put Kelce ahead of his peers out there.

It helps that he happens to be 6-6 and 260 and super fast, too.

He doesn't have crazy feet and quickness to run routes like a slot WR like Bowers, but he's huge and fast and is a matchup problem down the seam while ALSO being a clever route runner with great hands...

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

It helps that he happens to be 6-6 and 260 and super fast, too.

He doesn't have crazy feet and quickness to run routes like a slot WR like Bowers, but he's huge and fast and is a matchup problem down the seam while ALSO being a clever route runner with great hands...

Yeah, he's not Bowers.

Like I said, Fannin appears to be that 'mold' of TE out of this year's draft. The glorified H-Back sort like Bowers and McBride. Maybe calling him Bowers isn't fair, but maybe Kincaid?

Loveland maybe more a of Hockenson type?

And if a trade can't get made to get to Warren, I'd be fine staying put and seeing if Loveland fell. He'd be a really intriguing consolation prize.

I don't love Fannin though. Don't like the type of player, REALLY don't like the quality of competition.