Updated D2 2023 NFL Draft Top 25 D2

[dvaara]

Extremely extremely raw, to the point I’m unsure if an NFL team would take a chance. I am no scout so I can’t say for sure but based on talent could he be an NFL 53 man roster guy, quite possibly. I would say that that would be 2 or 3 seasons of practice squad years away at least. I would say it’s a very high possibility he gets picked up by a USFL or XFL team. If I were to grade the GLIAC OT based on this past season performance I would probably go in order: Q. Barrow, J. Davis, G. Brown (G/T), J. Witt and then D. Parker. I would definitely say Witt has way more potential than any of those guys (other than Barrow maybe) but if your the NFL and see a few guys in his own league (especially being D2) that could help your roster out immediately more than he could then it’s going to be difficult to justify taking a roster/practice squad spot for him, so That’s just my (unprofessional) opinion but I am enough of a football nerd to play attention to OL play quite closely.

I love you just for your name alone! GLIAC football is second to none! Except maybe the SEC?

6'7" 300+ pounds 4.89 40
jumps higher and farther than anyone at the combine.
TOp 12 athletic rating since 1987 which was a GREAT year by the way
great basketball player. They should keep a stat on grabbing rebounds and driving the court to hammer down two handed dunks. If they did he'd be on top. I'm almost 50. I've never seen an athletic high school phenom in person like him except for my trips in the mid 80s - early 90s to the jenison, Chrysler, and breslin center for the state finals. Speaking of Chris Weber. I'll keep this thread alive for a few years cuz I'm a stubborn finlander and proud yooper. Witt is the next Travis Kelce!

[Josh Buchanan]

Josh. Appreciate what you do for d2 football and more importantly for this great website.

As a lifelong yooper I can't understand why NFL scouts aren't aknoledging perhaps the greatest offensive lineman athletic phenom in over a decade or so according to NFL combine stats. 6'7" 300+pounds and at his recent pro days he shattered records . Here is Wikipedias description of his performance:

Witt declined an opportunity to participate in the College Gridiron Showcase, as he wanted more time to prepare himself to show his talents to National Football League (NFL) teams.^[2] Although not invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, he began receiving attention from NFL teams after impressing at his pro day.^[2] Witt posted a 4.89-second 40-yard dash and additionally recorded a 1.71 10-yard split, plus a 37-inch (94 cm) vertical jump along with a 10-foot-3-inch (3.12 m) broad jump.^[2] His 40-yard dash would have placed first at the combine for his position, as well as his vertical jump; additionally, his broad jump would have been the best in the past 10 years.^[2] He also was given a Relative Athletic Score (RAS) of 9.92, which was the 11th-best out of 1,233 offensive tackles going back to 1987.<sup>[2]


6'7" 300+ pounds. His 40 yd dash, vertical, broad jump are all best of any lineman at the combine and some of his numbers are better than any lineman in decades. I watched this kid as a 15 year old grab rebounds and dribble down the court and hammer down two handed dunks. Everyone thinks their local sports stars are the best but most of those guys aren't 6'7" 300+ pounds running under a 4.9 forty. How in the world are NFL scouts missing out on him? It's quite baffling. Thank you for listening and I'll hang up and listen to your response</sup>

Thank you for the kinds words! I posted those ratings before I had his pro day info but a few things to keep in mind. Just because those of us are on the internet are not highly aware or have the player projected to get drafted does not mean the NFL is not on them. Until someone has all the resources of a NFL team it is impossible to hit on everything. When it comes to Witt specifically if you go back and watch his film he is really a free agent. He is not a nasty finisher who is consistent all the time and needs a lot of technique work. He was only picked 2nd team All-GLIAC by the coaches for a reason. He showed flashes and was solid but still not anywhere near the caliber of a Jared Veldheer out of that league.

With that being said, Witt blew up at pro day and has had visits and workouts since. He has gone from off the radar to firmly getting looks from all 32 teams. He is the type of player that if he had another year in college he could be the breakout prospect of the 2023 season but he is in this draft so his evaluation is tough. He was a basketball player who has limited football experience and began his college football career as a tight end. Everyone I talked to thinks he is a PFA because of workout but he has a shot to get drafted in 6-7 because his pro day was so good and these coaches look at him and believe they could make him into something. He will definitely get a shot and you can expect to see him in my final board that I will put out in the next 10 days or so.

[Josh Buchanan]

My dad refereed football and basketball in the great state of Michigan for fifty plus years including a couple of dozen state championship games in both sports. He says he's one of if not the most athletic players he's seen. He's from Ewen. Played at Ewen-trout creek. Both little towns have a combined population I will guess less than 1000. For whatever reason Ewen trout creek, despite being a dying western UP school continues to pump out great basketball teams. Most of their players are either borseths or besonens. Small Town life! They lost in the state finals just a couple of years ago. Jake was not highly recruited likely because of the extreme isolation of his hometown. He went to Michigan tech to play basketball for local legendary coach Kevin Luke. He inexplicably quit which shocked us locals. People who watched him play in high school (they play 8 man football) couldn't understand how such a phenom could give up sports. Then he went to northern a couple years later and walked on the football team. Next thing you know he's shattering NFL combine records . Nobody from the western UP is surprised. I think someone will draft him high and turn him into a tight end. The NFL is a billion dollar business. No way they can be as stupid as they appear. 6'7" 300+ pounds sub 4.9 forty with tremendous basketball skills. How do you cover him?!?!? Mark my words.... future all pro

He has worked hard to gain weight so I think he plans to be a tackle. He was around 280 during the fall so I think if his goal was to be a tight end that he would have dropped down to 260-270 range instead of bulk up to 300+. Someone will definitely give him a shot.

[Predatory Primates]

He has worked hard to gain weight so I think he plans to be a tackle. He was around 280 during the fall so I think if his goal was to be a tight end that he would have dropped down to 260-270 range instead of bulk up to 300+. Someone will definitely give him a shot.

4.89 is a fast tackle, but a pretty slow TE in the NFL.

[Josh Buchanan]

4.89 is a fast tackle, but a pretty slow TE in the NFL.

There are tight ends that run in the 4.8s that are backups but you would have to think he would run a 4.6 if he dropped back down to 250-260 range. I really don't think he would try to play tight end at his weight. I would think he would have been no more than 270 if he wanted to be a tight end.

[Josh Buchanan]

Here is my updated rankings expanded down to 100. There will be one more projection tweak before the draft.

Rank	Pos	First	Last	School	Class	Projection
1	OG	Joey	Fisher	Shepherd	RSr.	5th
2	WR	David	Durden	West Florida	SSr.	6th-7th
3	DE	Caleb	Murphy	Ferris State	RSr.	6th-7th
4	OLB	Mike	Ayers	Ashland	RSSr.	7th
5	WR	Keilahn	Harris	Oklahoma Baptist	Sr.	7th-PFA
6	RB	Darius	Hagans	Virginia State	RSSr.	7th-PFA
7	OLB	Maalik	Hall	Southeastern Oklahoma State	RSSr.	7th-PFA
8	OT	Jake	Witt	Northern Michigan	RSr.	7th-PFA
9	RB	Ronnie	Brown	Shepherd	Sr.	PFA
10	RB	Emanuel	Wilson	Fort Valley State	RSr.	PFA
11	OT	BJ	Wilson	Quincy (IL)	RSSr.	PFA
12	OG	Brent	Laing	Minnesota Duluth	RSSr.	PFA
13	WR	Braxton	Westfield	Carson-Newman	RSSr.	PFA
14	QB	Tyson	Bagent	Shepherd	SSr.	PFA
15	OT	Quinton	Barrow	Grand Valley State	RSr.	PFA
16	CB	Darrious	Gaines	Western State (CO)	RSSr.	FA
17	SS	A.J.	McGhee	Minnesota State-Mankato	SSr.	FA
18	OG	Jacky	Chen	Pace	RSr.	FA
19	WR	Xavier	Malone	Henderson State	RSr.	FA
20	P	Ethan	Evans	Wingate (NC)	Sr.	FA
21	CB	D.J.	Stirgus	Missouri Western State	SSr.	FA
22	OT	Michael	Jerrell	Findlay (OH)	RSr.	FA
23	RB	TJ	Cole	Ouachita Baptist	RSr.	FA
24	WR	Deshun	Kitchings	Newberry	RSr.	FA
25	OLB	Trevor	Nowaske	Saginaw Valley State	RSSr.	FA
26	DE	Josh	Pryor	Bowie State (MD)	RSSr.	FA
27	WR	Sy	Barnett	Davenport (MI)	RSr.	FA
28	OLB	Charlie	Cleveland	Tiffin (OH)	RSSr.	FA
29	OLB	Elysee	Mbem-Bosse	Davenport (MI)	RSSr.	FA
30	SS	Eli	Weber	Augustana (SD)	RSSr.	FA
31	DT	Brian	Holiday	Northwestern Oklahoma State	RSSr.	FA
32	DE	Andrew	Farmer	Lane College (TN)	RSr.	FA
33	OT	Nicholas	Melsop	Delta State	RSSr.	FA
34	WR	MJ	Link	UT Permian Basin	RSr.	FA
35	WR	Dohnte	Meyers	Delta State	SSr.	Tryout
36	DT	Trey	Botts	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
37	CB	Mason	Pierce	Colorado School of Mines	SSr.	Tryout
38	DT	Jordan	Jones	Ferris State	RSSr.	Tryout
39	OG	James	Walker	Southeastern Oklahoma State	RSr.	Tryout
40	WR	Jerome	Kapp	Kutztown	RSr.	Tryout
41	RB	Tyler	King	Edward Waters (FL)	RSSr.	Tryout
42	FS	Tyler	Moore	Fort Valley State	SSr.	Tryout
43	WR	Tajae	Leslie	Northwood	RSr.	Tryout
44	WR	Jeremiah	Bridges	South Dakota Tech	RSr.	Tryout
45	WR	Peter	Afful	Washburn	RSr.	Tryout
46	WR	Jalen	Sample	Minnesota State-Mankato	RSSr.	Tryout
47	FB	Zach	Ojile	Minnesota Duluth	RSSr.	Tryout
48	CB	Tyler	Richardson	Tiffin (OH)	Sr.	Tryout
49	OLB	Richard	Jordan Jr.	Missouri Southern State	SSr.	Tryout
50	RB	Toriano	Clinton	Indianapolis (IN)	SSr.	Tryout
51	TE	Brian	Walker	Shepherd	RSSr.	Tryout
52	RB	Ivory	Durham	Valdosta State	RSr.	Tryout
53	FS	Kenneth	Merritt	Fayetteville State (NC)	RSSr.	Tryout
54	TE	Dagan	Rienks	Colorado Mesa	RSSr.	Tryout
55	CB	Nick	Whiteside	Saginaw Valley State	SSr.	Tryout
56	DT	Zach	Howard	Northwest Missouri State	SSr.	Tryout
57	DT	Ellison	Jordan	Bowie State (MD)	RSSr.	Tryout
58	SS	Cade	Pugh	Harding (AR)	SSr.	Tryout
59	WR	Ronnie	Blackmon	West Georgia	RSSr.	Tryout
60	WR	Josh	Johnston	Colorado School of Mines	RSSr.	Tryout
61	QB	Connor	Degenhardt	New Haven	RSSr.	Tryout
62	RB	Jamar	Thompkins	Valdosta State	RSSr.	Tryout
63	FS	Nirion	Washington	Charleston (WV)	RSSr.	Tryout
64	WR	Danny	Kittner	Mary (ND)	SSr.	Tryout
65	C	Hayden	Huttula	Michigan Tech	RSSr.	Tryout
66	P	Myles	Prosser	North Greenville (SC)	RSSr.	Tryout
67	RB	Devontae	Dean	Arkansas Tech	RSSr.	Tryout
68	FB	Ty	Snelson	Mars Hill	SSr.	Tryout
69	WR	Chris	Canaday	Wheeling (WV)	RSr.	Tryout
70	OG	Adam	Sieler	Ferris State	RSSr.	Tryout
71	WR	Hunter	Kaufman	West Texas A&M	RSSr.	Tryout
72	QB	Harrison	Frost	West Georgia	RSSr.	Tryout
73	WR	Bryce	Murphy	Pittsburg State	RSSr.	Tryout
74	OG	Peyton	Stafford	Ouachita Baptist	RSr.	Tryout
75	WR	Brendan	Beaulieu	Bemidji State	SSr.	Tryout
76	DT	Charles	Ellington III	Wayne State (MI)	SSr.	Tryout
77	QB	Turner	Pullen	McKendree (IL)	RSr.	Tryout
78	DT	Momar	Fall	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
79	TE	Jeremie	Karngbaye	West Texas A&M	RSSr.	Tryout
80	WR	James	Letcher Jr.	Washburn	RSSr.	Tryout
81	CB	Chico	Onyekwere	Newberry	RSSr.	Tryout
82	WR	John	Hall	Northwood	RSSr.	Tryout
83	QB	Chris	Brimm	Notre Dame College (OH)	RSSr.	Tryout
84	WR	Elijah	Harper	Adams State	RSSr.	Tryout
85	FB	Hunter	Budke	Fort Hays State	RSSr.	Tryout
86	OG	Darian	Bryant	Virginia Union	RSSr.	Tryout
87	TE	Nick	Poterack	Wayne State (MI)	RSSr.	Tryout
88	WR	Jake	Bachman	McKendree (IL)	RSr.	Tryout
89	SS	Justin	Moore	Ashland	RSr.	Tryout
90	FS	Antonio	Strong	Grand Valley State	RSSr.	Tryout
91	WR	Manny	Ramsey	Fort Hays State	RSSr.	Tryout
92	OLB	Jaylen	McDuffie	Seton Hill	RSr.	Tryout
93	OT	Christian	Ealey	Kentucky Wesleyan	RSr.	Tryout
94	SS	Raymond	Boone	Bowie State (MD)	RSr.	Tryout
95	WR	Duane	Brown	Indiana (PA)	RSSr.	Tryout
96	OT	Jean	Marcellus	Adams State	RSSr.	Tryout
97	FS	Marcus	Morgan	Newberry	RSr.	Tryout
98	C	Kevin	Toote	Pace	SSr.	Tryout
99	OG	Elijah	Reed	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
100	C	Matt	Armendariz	Colorado School of Mines	RSSr.	Tryout

[dvaara]

Thank you for the kinds words! I posted those ratings before I had his pro day info but a few things to keep in mind. Just because those of us are on the internet are not highly aware or have the player projected to get drafted does not mean the NFL is not on them. Until someone has all the resources of a NFL team it is impossible to hit on everything. When it comes to Witt specifically if you go back and watch his film he is really a free agent. He is not a nasty finisher who is consistent all the time and needs a lot of technique work. He was only picked 2nd team All-GLIAC by the coaches for a reason. He showed flashes and was solid but still not anywhere near the caliber of a Jared Veldheer out of that league.

With that being said, Witt blew up at pro day and has had visits and workouts since. He has gone from off the radar to firmly getting looks from all 32 teams. He is the type of player that if he had another year in college he could be the breakout prospect of the 2023 season but he is in this draft so his evaluation is tough. He was a basketball player who has limited football experience and began his college football career as a tight end. Everyone I talked to thinks he is a PFA because of workout but he has a shot to get drafted in 6-7 because his pro day was so good and these coaches look at him and believe they could make him into something. He will definitely get a shot and you can expect to see him in my final board that I will put out in the next 10 days or so.

Yes pretty limited football experience. A few years in HS (8 man) and then a couple at NMU. In HS He played end. They threw it up to him most plays and you can imagine what happened.

I'm surprised they're not looking at TE instead. It wouldn't take long to drop down to a playable weight and with his size, speed, hands, and athleticism I'm not sure how you could cover him. Very curious to see how this all works out

[Tony Nicolette]

In today's installment of "now I've seen it all": not one but TWO WR's from Northwood are on this list.

I guess they do throw it 33 times a game now, but it wasn't so long ago when it used to take them three games to accumulate that many pass attempts. One of these dudes has a pro-style body and averages like 24 yards a catch so there must be something there.

LOL. Good luck to all of the fellas on this list.

[KleShreen]

Wild that the Northern Michigan kid is ranked higher than the GVSU kid who he had direct competition with and who won the GLIAC Lineman of the Year over him lol.

[Josh Buchanan]

In today's installment of "now I've seen it all": not one but TWO WR's from Northwood are on this list.

I guess they do throw it 33 times a game now, but it wasn't so long ago when it used to take them three games to accumulate that many pass attempts. One of these dudes has a pro-style body and averages like 24 yards a catch so there must be something there.

LOL. Good luck to all of the fellas on this list.

When a player runs well it gets them on the list!

[Josh Buchanan]

Wild that the Northern Michigan kid is ranked higher than the GVSU kid who he had direct competition with and who won the GLIAC Lineman of the Year over him lol.

GVSU OT is the better player now but I believe the NMU OT has a better shot to get drafted and I am trying to project the draft. Prior to the pro day the NMU kid would not have been a projected top 75 D2 prospect but when a player puts up those type of numbers they will attract a lot of attention.

[Ram040506]

Here is my updated rankings expanded down to 100. There will be one more projection tweak before the draft.

Rank	Pos	First	Last	School	Class	Projection
1	OG	Joey	Fisher	Shepherd	RSr.	5th
2	WR	David	Durden	West Florida	SSr.	6th-7th
3	DE	Caleb	Murphy	Ferris State	RSr.	6th-7th
4	OLB	Mike	Ayers	Ashland	RSSr.	7th
5	WR	Keilahn	Harris	Oklahoma Baptist	Sr.	7th-PFA
6	RB	Darius	Hagans	Virginia State	RSSr.	7th-PFA
7	OLB	Maalik	Hall	Southeastern Oklahoma State	RSSr.	7th-PFA
8	OT	Jake	Witt	Northern Michigan	RSr.	7th-PFA
9	RB	Ronnie	Brown	Shepherd	Sr.	PFA
10	RB	Emanuel	Wilson	Fort Valley State	RSr.	PFA
11	OT	BJ	Wilson	Quincy (IL)	RSSr.	PFA
12	OG	Brent	Laing	Minnesota Duluth	RSSr.	PFA
13	WR	Braxton	Westfield	Carson-Newman	RSSr.	PFA
14	QB	Tyson	Bagent	Shepherd	SSr.	PFA
15	OT	Quinton	Barrow	Grand Valley State	RSr.	PFA
16	CB	Darrious	Gaines	Western State (CO)	RSSr.	FA
17	SS	A.J.	McGhee	Minnesota State-Mankato	SSr.	FA
18	OG	Jacky	Chen	Pace	RSr.	FA
19	WR	Xavier	Malone	Henderson State	RSr.	FA
20	P	Ethan	Evans	Wingate (NC)	Sr.	FA
21	CB	D.J.	Stirgus	Missouri Western State	SSr.	FA
22	OT	Michael	Jerrell	Findlay (OH)	RSr.	FA
23	RB	TJ	Cole	Ouachita Baptist	RSr.	FA
24	WR	Deshun	Kitchings	Newberry	RSr.	FA
25	OLB	Trevor	Nowaske	Saginaw Valley State	RSSr.	FA
26	DE	Josh	Pryor	Bowie State (MD)	RSSr.	FA
27	WR	Sy	Barnett	Davenport (MI)	RSr.	FA
28	OLB	Charlie	Cleveland	Tiffin (OH)	RSSr.	FA
29	OLB	Elysee	Mbem-Bosse	Davenport (MI)	RSSr.	FA
30	SS	Eli	Weber	Augustana (SD)	RSSr.	FA
31	DT	Brian	Holiday	Northwestern Oklahoma State	RSSr.	FA
32	DE	Andrew	Farmer	Lane College (TN)	RSr.	FA
33	OT	Nicholas	Melsop	Delta State	RSSr.	FA
34	WR	MJ	Link	UT Permian Basin	RSr.	FA
35	WR	Dohnte	Meyers	Delta State	SSr.	Tryout
36	DT	Trey	Botts	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
37	CB	Mason	Pierce	Colorado School of Mines	SSr.	Tryout
38	DT	Jordan	Jones	Ferris State	RSSr.	Tryout
39	OG	James	Walker	Southeastern Oklahoma State	RSr.	Tryout
40	WR	Jerome	Kapp	Kutztown	RSr.	Tryout
41	RB	Tyler	King	Edward Waters (FL)	RSSr.	Tryout
42	FS	Tyler	Moore	Fort Valley State	SSr.	Tryout
43	WR	Tajae	Leslie	Northwood	RSr.	Tryout
44	WR	Jeremiah	Bridges	South Dakota Tech	RSr.	Tryout
45	WR	Peter	Afful	Washburn	RSr.	Tryout
46	WR	Jalen	Sample	Minnesota State-Mankato	RSSr.	Tryout
47	FB	Zach	Ojile	Minnesota Duluth	RSSr.	Tryout
48	CB	Tyler	Richardson	Tiffin (OH)	Sr.	Tryout
49	OLB	Richard	Jordan Jr.	Missouri Southern State	SSr.	Tryout
50	RB	Toriano	Clinton	Indianapolis (IN)	SSr.	Tryout
51	TE	Brian	Walker	Shepherd	RSSr.	Tryout
52	RB	Ivory	Durham	Valdosta State	RSr.	Tryout
53	FS	Kenneth	Merritt	Fayetteville State (NC)	RSSr.	Tryout
54	TE	Dagan	Rienks	Colorado Mesa	RSSr.	Tryout
55	CB	Nick	Whiteside	Saginaw Valley State	SSr.	Tryout
56	DT	Zach	Howard	Northwest Missouri State	SSr.	Tryout
57	DT	Ellison	Jordan	Bowie State (MD)	RSSr.	Tryout
58	SS	Cade	Pugh	Harding (AR)	SSr.	Tryout
59	WR	Ronnie	Blackmon	West Georgia	RSSr.	Tryout
60	WR	Josh	Johnston	Colorado School of Mines	RSSr.	Tryout
61	QB	Connor	Degenhardt	New Haven	RSSr.	Tryout
62	RB	Jamar	Thompkins	Valdosta State	RSSr.	Tryout
63	FS	Nirion	Washington	Charleston (WV)	RSSr.	Tryout
64	WR	Danny	Kittner	Mary (ND)	SSr.	Tryout
65	C	Hayden	Huttula	Michigan Tech	RSSr.	Tryout
66	P	Myles	Prosser	North Greenville (SC)	RSSr.	Tryout
67	RB	Devontae	Dean	Arkansas Tech	RSSr.	Tryout
68	FB	Ty	Snelson	Mars Hill	SSr.	Tryout
69	WR	Chris	Canaday	Wheeling (WV)	RSr.	Tryout
70	OG	Adam	Sieler	Ferris State	RSSr.	Tryout
71	WR	Hunter	Kaufman	West Texas A&M	RSSr.	Tryout
72	QB	Harrison	Frost	West Georgia	RSSr.	Tryout
73	WR	Bryce	Murphy	Pittsburg State	RSSr.	Tryout
74	OG	Peyton	Stafford	Ouachita Baptist	RSr.	Tryout
75	WR	Brendan	Beaulieu	Bemidji State	SSr.	Tryout
76	DT	Charles	Ellington III	Wayne State (MI)	SSr.	Tryout
77	QB	Turner	Pullen	McKendree (IL)	RSr.	Tryout
78	DT	Momar	Fall	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
79	TE	Jeremie	Karngbaye	West Texas A&M	RSSr.	Tryout
80	WR	James	Letcher Jr.	Washburn	RSSr.	Tryout
81	CB	Chico	Onyekwere	Newberry	RSSr.	Tryout
82	WR	John	Hall	Northwood	RSSr.	Tryout
83	QB	Chris	Brimm	Notre Dame College (OH)	RSSr.	Tryout
84	WR	Elijah	Harper	Adams State	RSSr.	Tryout
85	FB	Hunter	Budke	Fort Hays State	RSSr.	Tryout
86	OG	Darian	Bryant	Virginia Union	RSSr.	Tryout
87	TE	Nick	Poterack	Wayne State (MI)	RSSr.	Tryout
88	WR	Jake	Bachman	McKendree (IL)	RSr.	Tryout
89	SS	Justin	Moore	Ashland	RSr.	Tryout
90	FS	Antonio	Strong	Grand Valley State	RSSr.	Tryout
91	WR	Manny	Ramsey	Fort Hays State	RSSr.	Tryout
92	OLB	Jaylen	McDuffie	Seton Hill	RSr.	Tryout
93	OT	Christian	Ealey	Kentucky Wesleyan	RSr.	Tryout
94	SS	Raymond	Boone	Bowie State (MD)	RSr.	Tryout
95	WR	Duane	Brown	Indiana (PA)	RSSr.	Tryout
96	OT	Jean	Marcellus	Adams State	RSSr.	Tryout
97	FS	Marcus	Morgan	Newberry	RSr.	Tryout
98	C	Kevin	Toote	Pace	SSr.	Tryout
99	OG	Elijah	Reed	CSU-Pueblo	RSSr.	Tryout
100	C	Matt	Armendariz	Colorado School of Mines	RSSr.	Tryout

As a Shepherd fan, it's been wild to watch Ronnie Brown continue to creep up boards and Bagent drop at the same rate. Shepherd seems to legitimately have 3 guys with outside shots at getting drafted, with 1 almost looking like a certainty.

[Predatory Primates]

It's weird that Afful is listed higher that Letcher Jr. Both guys played for Washburn and Letcher was by far the better of the 2. Awful is really fast, though.

[Josh Buchanan]

As a Shepherd fan, it's been wild to watch Ronnie Brown continue to creep up boards and Bagent drop at the same rate. Shepherd seems to legitimately have 3 guys with outside shots at getting drafted, with 1 almost looking like a certainty.

Most people don't look at small school players unless they know they are getting NFL looks and the most NFL teams were not looking at him until he got the NFLPA Bowl invite because he was expected to return. Bagent could be taken ahead of Ronnie but I feel like Ronnie brings so much value in that he can run, catch, and return kicks so I pushed him ahead.

I fully expect Fisher to be drafted and then feel like it comes down to interest from teams in the other two. You just never know though. Bagent could surprise me and go round 6 before Joey and Ronnie might not get drafted. Shepherd had a heck of an offense though with those 3 plus the tight end. They also had a couple young OL that could develop in the next 2 years.

[Josh Buchanan]

It's weird that Afful is listed higher that Letcher Jr. Both guys played for Washburn and Letcher was by far the better of the 2. Awful is really fast, though.

Letcher was the better college player but Afful tested better and is the bigger of the two. I could see both being really good secondary league players. I am about to post an update that will have them even closer.