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No-Huddle Series: Have You Seen WR Sean Price?
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Futures: Six Memorable Lessons About Talent Evaluation
This week’s Futures makes a visit to the past. Matt Waldman lists the 10 most influential prospects in his development as a talent evaluator. This will be the tenth season that I publish the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. One of the most frequent questions readers ask is, Who were your greatest hits and misses? It’s an…
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No-Huddle Series: Rice WR Jordan Taylor
Who is Jordan Taylor and why should you keep tabs on him? Seeing what others don’t when scouting a player often means you’re either equipped with pixie dust or the gunpowder. Get it right and it’s magic, get it wrong and it can blow up in your face. That’s the dramatic, bottom-line story you’ll see in…
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RSP Flashback: Cardinals RB Andre Ellington
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Futures at Football Outsiders: FSU TE Nick O’Leary
Need a player who will do the dirty work to keep your quarterback looking and playing clean like Heath Miller does for Roethlisberger? Nick O’Leary is your man. A pervasive theme of this year’s Futures is the profiling of football players who transcend the typical boundaries of their position. Hines Ward comes to mind as…
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Futures: K-State WR Tyler Lockett
I remember reading about Kansas State wide receiver Kevin Lockett as one of Mel Kiper’s underrated players in a draft guide from 1997. The second-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs had a career with four teams, amassing eight starts, 130 catches, 1,738 yards, eight touchdowns, and seven fumbles. Although not a storied NFL career, any…
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RSP Sample: Steelers WR Martavis Bryant
Get the RSP pre-draft sample evaluation on Martavis Bryant, who has three touchdowns in two games since the Steelers made him an active contributor in the offense. Once in a while, I’ll provide sample excerpts of my pre-draft/post-draft evaluations and advice. Bryant’s mid-season emergence coincides with the RSP’s take from April and May. The Clemson…
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RSP Film Room No.9: Texas A&M OT Cedric Ogbuehi
Draft Daddy founder Matt Bitonti visits the RSP Film Room and shares his knowledge about offensive line play as we watch left tackle Cedric Ogbuehi against South Carolina. Bitonti and I cover a lot of ground in this 100-minute show: Obguehi’s quickness. When it’s ok for a lineman to give up ground against an opponent.…
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Boiler Room: UNLV WR Devante Davis
When the football world labels a prospect as “raw,” it can be a positive or negative connotation. How does one discern the difference? Devante Davis’ play provides some guidelines. It’s never as simple as I’m about to describe, but there are two general meanings for the term “raw prospect.” One describes the athletic talent not…
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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…