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Akron Zips 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

Akron have produced some good players in the last few seasons. A couple that come to mind are former Steelers LB Ulysees Gilbert and Chargers LB Jamal Davis II.

A few of the prospects I really like are Nik Ognenovic (TE), Charles Amankwaa (DB), and Andrew Behm (LB).

Let’s get into the prospects.

Seniors

11 Nik Ognenovic, TE
8 Jaylen Kelly-Powell, S
27 Bubba Arslanian, LB
12 Charles Amankwaa, DB
3 Zach Morton, DL
29 Jalen Hooks, CB
45 Ryan McClain, OLB

Underclassmen

0 DJ Irons, QB Redshirt Junior
12 Corey Smigel, PK Redshirt Junior
9 Jeslord Boateng, LB Redshirt Junior
59 Andrew Behm, LB Sophomore
0 Brice Wilson, DL Junior
7 Julian Richardson, OLB Junior
50 Kyle Bauman, LS Redshirt Junior
71 Max Banes, OL Redshirt Junior
66 Ryan Beckman, G/C Redshirt Sophomore
75 Jordan Daniels, G Redshirt Sophomore
77 Xavier Gray, OT Redshirt Sophomore
73 Owen Murphy, OT Redshirt Sophomore
63 Alex Robarge, OT Redshirt Sophomore

Kent State 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

Kent State has been known to produce some top NFL talent like Hall of Fame Linebacker Jack Lambert and Superbowl MVP WR Julian Edelman.

This year’s team is looking to produce some good NFL prospects. Junior WR Dante Cephas is a top ten Wide Receiver Prospect. A couple of my favorite players are Dean Clark (Safety), Saivon Taylor-Davis (Defensive Line), Matt Harmon (Linebacker).

Let’s get into the prospects.

Seniors

2 Xavier Williams, RB
25 Ja’Shaun Poke, WR/KR
12 Raymond James, WR
11 Kris Leach, TE
3 Dean Clark, S
24 Nico Bolden, S
0 Zayin West, DE
29 C.J. Holmes, S
21 Montre Miller, CB
33 Marvin Pierre, LB
14 Saivon Taylor-Davis, DL
15 Matt Harmon, LB
32 Khalib Johns, LB
54 Sam Allen, C
56 Elijah Ratliff, OL

Underclassmen

1 Maurice Coooper, RB Junior
19 Collin Schlee, QB Redshirt Junior
14 Dante Cephas, WR Redshirt Junior
87 Hayden Junker, TE Redshirt Junior
47 Brad George, LS Redshirt Junior
50 CJ West, DL Junior
53 Adin Huntington, DL Junior
65 Jack Bailey, OL Redshirt Junior

2023 NFL Draft Prospects: Quarterbacks

This is going to be an interesting Quarterback Class. Compared to last season, this is a much deeper class with more talent. It’s going to be interesting to see how the battle between CJ Stroud and Bryce Young is going to play out.

This class could produce at least four to five first round picks. Someone like Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke and Kentucky’s Will Levis could have their name called on Day 1.

Let’s get into the rankings.

CJ Stroud, Ohio State
Bryce Young, Alabama
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami (FL)
Will Levis, Kentucky
Anthony Richardson, Florida
Phil Jurkoec, Boston College
Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina
Tanner MuKee, Stanford
Sean Clifford, Penn State
Will Rogers, Mississippi State
Jaren Hall, BYU
Cameron Ward, Washington State
Jayden Daniels, LSU
Spencer Rattler, South Carolina

Updated 2022 NFL Draft Unsigned Draft Picks

It’s starting to get to the busy time when teams start wrapping up the signings of their Draft classes.

The Ravens have signed a pair of fourth round picks OT Daniel Faalele and CB Jalyn Armour-Davis Saturday.

As of today, there are nineteen players that remain unsigned.

Let’s get into the list.

Falcons: Desmond Ridder, QB
Ravens: David Ojabo, OLB
Panthers: Matt Corral, QB
Bears: Jaquan Brisker, S
Browns: Perrion Winfrey, DT
Packers: Christian Watson, WR
Vikings: Andrew Booth Jr, CB
Vikings: Ed Ingram, G
Saints: Alontae Taylor, CB
Giants: Wan’Dale Robinson, WR
Giants: Dane Belton, S
Jets: Breece Hall, RB
Seahawks: Boye Mafe, DE
Seahawks: Kenneth Walker III, RB
Seahawks: Coby Bryant, CB
Buccaneers: Logan Hall, DE
Buccaneers: Cade Otton, TE
Titans: Roger McCreary, CB
Titans: Malik Willis, QB

Steelers 7-Round Mock Draft 1.0: Pre-Training Camp

With the players reporting to training camp in nine days. It’s never too early to do a mock draft.

I find one way to learn about the prospects for NFL Draft is from mock drafts, it makes it easier to get an idea of who some of the prospects will be.

Team needs: DL, S, OT, OLB depth, RB, ILB, CB, WR, and IOL.

Let’s get into the mock draft. I used the PFN Draft Simulator.

Round 1, Pick 11: Brandon Joseph, S Notre Dame

Round 2, Pick 43: Calijah Kancey, DT Pittsburgh

Round 3, Pick 75: Sean Tucker, RB Syracuse

Round 4, Pick 111: Carter Warren, OT Pittsburgh

Round 5: Traded to the Seahawks for CB Ahkello Witherspoon.

Round 6, Pick 175: Will McDonald IV, Edge Iowa State

Round 7, Pick 207: Arquon Bush, CB Cincinnati

Updated: 2022 NFL Draft Unsigned Draft Picks

There are still twenty-one draft picks that remain unsigned as of today. The Falcons have signed second round outside linebacker Arnold Ebiketie this week.

It surprising how there are twelve second round picks on this list.

Here’s the remaining players.

Falcons: Desmond Ridder, QB
Ravens: David Ojabo, OLB
Ravens: Daniel Faalele, OT
Ravens: Jalyn Armour-Davis, CB
Panthers: Matt Corral, QB
Bears: Jaquan Brisker, S
Browns: Perrion Winfrey, DT
Packers: Christian Watson, WR
Vikings: Andrew Booth Jr, CB
Vikings: Ed Ingram, G
Saints: Alontae Taylor, CB
Giants: Wan’Dale Robinson, WR
Giants: Dane Belton, S
Jets: Breece Hall, RB
Seahawks: Boye Mafe, DE
Seahawks: Kenneth Walker III, RB
Seahawks: Coby Bryant, CB
Buccaneers: Logan Hall, DE
Buccaneers: Cade Otton, TE
Titans: Roger McCreary, CB
Titans: Malik Willis, QB

Youngstown State 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

Youngstown State has produced a number of NFL players over the years. In the past five years three Penguins have been drafted. The highest one draft was Derek Rivers who was the Patriots first draft pick in 2017.

Even with the effects COVID had on the FCS and small school players, the Penguins still found a to produce NFL talent. The Colts drafted former YSU TE Andrew Ogletree in the 6th Round of the 2022 NFL Draft.

For this season two of my favorite players to watch are DE James Jackson and WR Bryce Oliver.

Let’s get into their prospects.

Seniors

8 Jaleel McLaughlin, RB
19 Colt McFadden, K
8 James Jackson, DE
1 Quincy Lenton, DB
76 Mike McAllister, C

Underclassmen

0 Bryce Oliver, WR Junior
2 C.J. Charleston, WR Sophomore
48 Griffin Hoak, LB Junior
9 Chris Fitzgerald, DT Sophomore
55 Ryan Johnson, G Junior

Robert Morris 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

It’s been a long time since a Colonial was drafted. The last Colonial to be drafted was RB Tim Hall in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Raiders. This is one of those teams that was affected in 2020 by Covid, they only played three games.

A lot of this team in made up of Freshmans and Sophomores.

A couple of my favorite players are RB Alijah Jackson (Senior) and Safety Lorenzo Euline (Junior).

Let’s get into it.

Seniors

2 Alijah Jackson, RB
22 D’Andre Hicks, WR
9 Demonte Martin, WR
4 Jacob White, S
21 Sydney Audiger, DB
93 George Souders, P
40 Grant Fairman, DE
60 Trevor Renfro, OL
69 Hayden Baron, OL

Underclassmen

19 Lorenzo Euline, S Junior
0 Ricardo Watson, DL Redshirt Junior
28 Tony Brown, LB Redshirt Junior
Jamar Shegog, LB Redshirt Junior

Penn State 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

Today let take a look at the Penn State prospects for the 2023 NFL Draft. In the past few years Penn State has produced several top prospects. They had eight players drafted, three of which were drafted within the top 50 picks.

The players I’m really high on are QB Sean Clifford, DT PJ Mustipher, and CB Joey Porter Jr.

Let’s get into it.

Seniors

14 Sean Clifford, QB
97 PJ Mustipher, DT
46 Nick Tarburton, DE
0 Jonathan Sutherland, LB
72 Bryce Effner, OL
70 Juice Scruggs, OL
91 Chris Stoll, LS
5 Mitchell Tinsley, WR

Underclassmen

86 Brenton Strange, TE Redshirts Junior
3 Parker Washington, WR Sophomore
1 Keandre Lambert-Smith, WR Sophomore
23 Curtis Jacobs, LB Sophomore
9 Joey Porter Jr, CB Redshirt Junior
99 Coziah Izzard, DT Redshirt Junior
91 Dvon Ellies, DT Redshirt Junior
92 Smith Vilbert, DE Redshirt Junior
25 Daequan Hardy, CB Redshirt Junior
79 Caedan Wallace, OT Redshirt Junior

Pittsburgh Panthers 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

It’s never too early to start looking at the upcoming draft prospects. So today we start with the Pittsburgh Panthers. The panthers have been on the rise in producing NFL talent the past few seasons.

This year a couple of players I’m really high on this year are DE Habakkuk Baldonado, DT Calijah Kancey, and OT Carter Warren.

Let’s get into it.

Seniors

22 Vincent Davis, RB
5 Jared Wayne, WR
31 Erick Hallett, S
7 Sirvocea Dennis, LB
25 AJ Woods, CB
87 Habakkuk Baldonado, DE
14 Marquis Williams, CB
30 Brandon George, LB
92 Tyler Bentley, DT
5 Deslin Alexandre, DE
6 John Morgan, DE
53 Jake Kradel, G/C
55 Marcus Minor, G
57 Gabe Houy, T/G
60 Owen Drexel, C
77 Carter Warren, OT

Underclassmen

2 Isreal Abanikanda, RB Junior
9 Brandon Hill, S Redshirt Junior
12 MJ Devonshire, CB Redshirt Junior
8 Calijah Kancey, DT Redshirt Junior
50 Dayon Hayes, DE Junior
91 Sam Scarton, K Redshirt Junior