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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 330: RB Kennedy Brooks (OU): The Mild-Mannered Magician
Matt Waldman examines Oklahoma’s Kennedy Brooks, the most conceptually and technically gifted running back in the 2021 NFL Draft class. Kennedy Brooks is a mild-mannered magician. Playing a position where even college coaches prefer elite athletes, Brooks has held down the starting job at Oklahoma — one of the great R.B.U.’s of college football in…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room: WR Treylon Burks (Arkansas) Recent Improvements, Continued Struggles
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room revisits the game of Arkansas weapon Treylon Burks and reveals a skill where Burks improved in 2021 and two areas where he continues to struggle. My project names for Burks as I study his film are Deebo Patterson and Cordarrelle Samuel. Big, strong, fast, and developing into a reliable contested-catch…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 328: WR Chris Olave (OSU) Tracking Expertise
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines 2022 NFL Draft prospect Chris Olave and illustrates the Buckeye receiver’s ball-tracking expertise and the advanced decision-making embedded within his choices. While I still have a few layers of analysis left with my scouting process, I currently have Olave ever so slightly higher than Garrett Wilson. Depending on your…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 327: WR Braylon Sanders (Ole Miss) The Hidden Value of Attacking At Full Speed
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines three routes from Braylon Sanders’ film portfolio that illustrate the hidden value of running stems and attacking leverage at full speed. 1,465 yards in a five-year college football career is not the box score resume of an early-round pick. However, a career average of 21 yards per catch will…
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Links to Matt Waldman’s 2022 RSP NFL Draft Analysis
Links to all essays, analysis, pre-draft coverage, and scouting reports about 2022 NFL Draft prospects come from research Matt Waldman and the Rookie Scouting Portfolio staff undertakes to write the Rookie Scouting Portfolio Publication. Now in the 17th year of publication, the RSP is the best of both worlds: a summarized magazine of reports, rankings, and analysis…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 326: WR Kyle Philips (UCLA) When There’s Too Much of A Good Thing
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Film Room No. 325: WR George Pickens (UGA) Jumping Is A Raw Material, The Jump-Back Is A Skill
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines one play UGA wide receiver George Pickens’ portfolio, a back-shoulder fade where his jump-back technique needs refinement. When we look back on this 2022 NFL Draft class, there are legitimate reasons that George Pickens could easily wind up its best wide receiver. The reason I’m banking on most dropping…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 324: WR Wan’Dale Robinson (Kentucky) Body Positioning at the Catch Point
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines the body positioning of Kentucky WR Wan’Dale Robinson at the catch point, an area of this 2022 NFL Draft prospect’s game that is a mixed bag at this stage of his development. A quick, agile, and exciting slot receiver with big-play skill in the open field, Robinson made big…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 323: WR Danny Gray (SMU) The Eyes Tell the Story
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines two plays from SMU WR Danny Gray’s film portfolio and shares why Gray’s eyes can work to the benefit and detriment of his team. The eyes reveal a lot about wide receiver play. In the case of Danny Gray’s 2021 performance against Memphis, they indicate that Gray has professional-caliber…
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Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room No. 322: RB Jerrion Ealy (Ole Miss) The Classic Scatback
Matt Waldman’s RSP Boiler Room examines 2022 NFL Draft prospect Jerrion Ealy of Ole Miss, the very definition of a classic scatback for Sunday football. Jerrion Ealy reminds me of Dave Meggett. No, not David Meggett, Jr., the former prospect from Maryland, but Daddy Meggett, the New York Giants scatback and return specialist during the…