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Boiler Room: RB Joe Bergeron
Former Texas running back Joe Bergeron has size and strength, but these two qualities alone do not make a powerful NFL runner — see Andre Williams Joe Bergeron is 6-1, 232 pounds with thighs that resemble Earl Campbell’s. The big back scored 25 touchdowns in three years with the Longhorns, earning 1592 career yards from […]
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Football Outsiders: Rutgers TE Tyler Kroft
There’s a growing diversity of players that are labeled tight ends in the NFL. Rutgers’ Tyler Kroft flashes upside to become more than a receiving specialist, but there’s no guarantee he’ll fulfill this potential. By Matt Waldman If there’s one prospect type in football that rarely lives up to the first-year hype of the general […]
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UGA RB Todd Gurley: RSP Film Room No.7 w/guest Cecil Lammey
RSP Film Room: Todd Gurley, Cecil Lammey, South Carolina tape? Doesn’t get much better. Good friend Cecil Lammey of Footballguys and ESPN Radio Denver stops by the RSP Film Room to take a look at UGA RB Todd Gurley against South Carolina. Gurley is one of the top backs in this class and arguably the […]
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Boiler Room: WR Kevin White
With receivers like WVU’s Kevin White, it’s often how you start and not how you finish — especially in the red zone. A player whose stock is rising this year is West Virginia wide receiver Kevin White. At 6-3, 210 pounds, White has the muscular dimensions of a player like Michael Crabtree while wearing the […]
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Futures: Washington LB/DB/RB Shaq Thompson
Futures: Washington LB/DB/RB Shaq Thompson By Matt Waldman Author’s Note: For all of the RSP Film Room excerpts with Ryan Riddle, you’ll have to click the red and white play button in the center of the screen and then click the refresh symbol (the half circle with an arrow in the lower left corner of […]
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RSP Film Room No.6: RB Zach Zenner and DE Shane Ray
Is Zach Zenner a bigger, faster, and more conceptually gifted Donald Brown with elements of Alfred Morris’ game? Can Shane Ray become an every-down contributor in the NFL? Alex Brown and I evaluate. I met Alex Brown for the first time at Senior Bowl practices. Brown covers the SEC and Big 12 for Optimum Scouting, […]
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Boiler Room: Auburn WR Sammie Coates
Coates is a great athlete, but a raw receiver. Two plays reveal where he struggles, but why there’s good reason for optimism for his professional development. FoxSports reporter Bruce Feldman has Sammie Coates as his “freak dela creme” on his annual list of great college football athletes. If you choose to click on the link, you’ll […]
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RSP Film Room w/Draft Breakdown’s Ryan Lownes: RB Mike Davis and WR Rashad Greene
Mike Davis and Rashad Greene are large cogs in their respective offensive machines at South Carolina and Florida State. Ryan Lownes and I discuss the details of Davis’ power, footwork, and what to note about running back’s perimeter speed. We also spot some correctable flaws with Green’s route running that leads to losing match ups […]
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RSP Film Room No.4 w/Ryan Riddle: LB Shaq Thompson and RB Jay Ajayi
Ryan Riddle and I love watching football together and it shines through in our examination of two prospects: Washington linebacker Shaq Thompson and Boise State running back Jay Ajayi. Riddle does a fantastic job of noting that Thompson might be a player without a position at this stage of his career and in the process, […]
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Boiler Room: Duke WR Jamison Crowder
Inches and milliseconds separate good college players from quality starters in the pros. Two plays illustrate how close (and far) Crowder might be from the NFL. A series I started last spring at this blog is The Boiler Room. One of the challenges involved with player analysis is to be succinct with delivering the goods. As the author […]