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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. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah on Dayton … More »

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, … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »

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, … More »

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 … More »

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 … More »