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Dayton TE Adam Trautman’s HS weight-gain program: Cold hamburger, 6,000 calories per day

Former quarterback-turned-top-tight-end prospect Adam Trautman has steadily risen up draft boards since the season ended, earning an invite to the Senior Bowl, where the Dayton senior showed he could thrive against upper-level competition. But his ascension didn’t come without its share of obstacles – namely his weight problem. https://twitter.com/CraigHaley/status/1230995784189063169 No, Trautman didn’t have to shed…

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Where does ‘difference-making’ OU linebacker Kenneth Murray rank among other LB prospects in 2020 NFL draft?

Is Kenneth Murray still a likely first-round pick? The Oklahoma junior linebacker has been projected as a first-round prospect for much of the draft season. He’s currently slated to go to the Las Vegas Raiders with pick No. 19 in NFLMockDraftDatabase’s consensus mock draft. But he’s a fringe first-rounder in the latest Fanspeak-Steve big board,…

Tua loves Dallas? Herbert to Detroit? More QB rumors

The “where will they go” drama regarding the top three quarterback prospects in the upcoming 2020 NFL draft just ratcheted up a notch. Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa was asked a relatively innocuous question during an interview with Sam Wyche of the NFL Network: If he could pick any team to play for, what team would that…

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‘Explosive’ WR/RB Antonio Gibson makes most of playing time at Memphis

Playing time was hard to come by the past few years for Memphis running backs. Darrell Henderson was a third-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams last year, while former Tigers teammate Tony Pollard was a fourth-round pick by Dallas. And Pollard barely touched the ball compared to Henderson and Patrick Taylor, who finished second…

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Will Lenoir-Rhyne safety Kyle Dugger hear his name called in the first round?

This is the time of the year when “why” questions start to become louder. For example, if a highly touted quarterback has all the physical tools teams are looking for but isn’t accurate, then questions like “Why is this player rated so high?” starts to build. And the reverse is true. If a player dominated…

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Best WR class in decades and Fulton as a top 10 player: Current NFC coach discusses 2020 NFL draft

For NFL draft enthusiasts, there’s nothing better than a proverbial “peak behind the curtain” interview with a coach or scout. And that’s exactly what The Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller provided, as the longtime NFL draft analyst managed to get a current NFC coach to evaluate Miller’s own first round mock draft. Here’s a sampling of…

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UPDATE: Herbert to Miami? Tua No. 1 overall? What scouts, analysts are saying about top QBs in 2020 NFL draft

Updated 2/19/2020 It’s a bit of a jumbled mess right now when it comes to the top three quarterback prospects in the 2020 NFL draft. LSU QB Joe Burrow is the presumed No. 1 overall pick. Unless he’s not. Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa could – could – go No. 1, but he’s most likely going…

Don’t count these WRs out despite low receiving numbers

Question: What do receivers Jalen Reagor of TCU, Donovan Peoples-Jones of Michigan, Van Jefferson of Florida, Bryan Edwards of South Carolina and Laviska Shenault of Colorado have in common? Answer: None of them had a 1,000-yard receiving season. All of them, however, are considered top-100 prospects by many draft analysts heading into the Scouting Combine,…

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‘Freakish’ Jedrick Wills of Alabama out to prove he’s top OT

Jedrick Wills is already in the conversation for best offensive tackle in the 2020 NFL draft. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound Alabama junior wants to end that conversation at the upcoming Scouting Combine. “I want to put out freakish numbers for O-linemen at every single station,” Wills said in an interview with Drew Davison of the Fort…

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‘Sleeper” safety Antoine Brooks Jr. moves up draft boards

While much has been said about the potential of the cornerback class in the 2020 NFL draft, the safety position hasn’t received nearly as much hype. Part of that is due to the lack of star power. LSU safety Grant Delpit entered the season as the presumed top safety and a potential top-10 pick, but…

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