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2024 NFL Draft: Underclassmen Tracker

by James Layton

It’s that time of the year again where players start to declare for the NFL Draft. But if you’re not formular with who can declare here who can.

Any college player that has completed four years of college eligibility, as distinguished from those who had a redshirt year, will be considered eligible for the 2024 draft unless a player submits a request to not be considered for the draft to the league by Feb. 2. Underclassmen must be out of high school for at least three seasons before they can request the NFL’s approval for special draft eligibility.

Let’s get into who’s declared.

Updated 12/25/23

Offense

  • Braelon Allen, RB Junior Wisconsin
  • Joe Alt, OT Junior Notre Dame
  • Javon Antonio, WR RS-Senior Colorado
  • Emani Bailey, RB Junior TCU
  • Keon Coleman, WR Junior Florida State
  • Jayden Daniels, QB RS-Senior LSU
  • Ray Davis, RB RS-Senior Kentucky
  • Kingsley Eguakun, C RS-Junior Florida
  • Audric Estime, RB Junior Notre Dame
  • Troy Frank, WR Junior Oregon
  • Frank Gore Jr, RB Junior Southern Mississippi
  • Tyler Guyton, OT RS-Junior Oklahoma
  • Kenneth Horsey, G RS-Senior Kentucky
  • Bucky Irving, RB Junior Oregon
  • Theo Johnson, TE Junior Penn State
  • Jawhar Jordan, RB RS-Junior Louisville
  • Mike Katic, G RS-Senior Indiana
  • MarShawn Lloyd, RB RS-Senior USC
  • Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams, RB RS-Junior UMass
  • Drake Maye, QB Junior North Carolina
  • Patrick Paul, OT RS-Junior Houston
  • Ricky Pearsall, WR RS-Senior Florida
  • Jackson Powers-Johnson, C Junior Oregon
  • Michael Pratt, QB RS-Junior Tulane
  • Spencer Rattler, QB RS-Senior South Carolina
  • Andrew Raym, C Senior Oklahoma
  • Tip Reiman, TE RS-Junior Illinois
  • Brandon Rice, WR Senior USC
  • Kurtis Rourke, QB RS-Junior Ohio
  • Jaden Shirden, RB Junior Monmouth
  • Jamari Thrash, WR RS-Senior Louisville
  • Devaughn Vele, WR RS-Junior Utah
  • Tez Walker, WR Junior North Carolina
  • Isaiah Williams, WR Junior Illinois
  • Miyan Williams, RB Senior Ohio State
  • Johnny Wilson, WR RS-Junior Florida State
  • Jaylen Wright, RB Junior Tennessee

Defense

  • Evan Anderson, DL Junior Florida Atlantic
  • Cole Bishop, S Junior Utah
  • Omar Brown, S Senior Nebraska
  • Edgerrin Cooper, LB RS-Junior Texas A&M
  • Cedric Gray, LB Senior North Carolina
  • Marcus Harris, DL Senior Auburn
  • McKinnley Jackson, DL Senior Texas A&M
  • Kamren Kinchens, S Junior Miami (FL)
  • Marist Liufau, LB RS-Junior Notre Dame
  • Derrick McLendon II, LB RS-Senior Colorado
  • Max Melton, CB Junior Rutgers
  • Jarius Monroe, DL Senior Tulane
  • Quinton Newsome, CB Senior Nebraska
  • Jer’zhan Newton, DL RS-Senior Illinois
  • Chop Robinson, Edge Junior Penn State
  • Keith Rudolph Jr, DL RS-Junior Illinois
  • Leonard Taylor III, DL Junior Miami (FL)
  • Jeremiah Trotter Jr, LB Junior Clemson
  • Sione Vaki, S Sophomore Utah
  • Nate Wiggins, CB Junior Clemson
  • James Williams, S Junior Miami (FL)

Special Teams

  • Cam Little, K/P Junior Arkansas

2024 NFL Draft Prospects to Watch: Week 2 Wisconsin @ Washington State

by James Layton

This a good matchup between two schools that have produced some top quality defensive players over the past few seasons.

Just a couple of names that have come out of them. Isaiahh Loudermilk (Wisconsin), Nick Herbig (Wisconsin), Daiyan Henley (Washington State), and Gardner Minshew (Washington State).

Let’s get into the prospects.

Wisconsin

  • 26 Travian Blaylock, DB
  • 63 Tanner Bortolini, OL
  • 13 Chimere Dike, WR
  • 98 CJ Goetz, LB
  • 47 Peter Bowden, LS
  • 19 Darian Varner, DL
  • 23 Jason Maitre, DB
  • 8 Tanner Mordecai, QB
  • Isaiah Mullens, DL
  • Jack Nelson, OL
  • Maema Njongmeta, LB
  • Jordan Turner, LB

Washington State

  • 80 Brennan Jackson, DL
  • 0 Sam Lockett III, DB
  • 6 Chau Smith-Wade, DB
  • 1 Cameron Ward, QB
  • 25 Nakia Watson, RB
  • 8 Devin Richardson, LB
  • 3 Josh Kelly, WR
  • 10 Ron Stone Jr, S

Top College Football Games: Week 2

by James Layton

Week one was full of surprises and upsets. I expect week two to be the same way. There is an impressive lineup of games for this week. Some teams I can’t wait to see play are Wisconsin, Iowa, Miami (OH), and USC.

Let’s get into my top games.

Thursday

Illinois @ Kansas 7:30 pm ESPN 2

Saturday

  • Vanderbilt @ Wake Forest, 11:00 am ACC Network
  • 22 Ole Miss @ 24 Tulane, 3:30 pm ESPN 2
  • 25 Iowa @ Iowa State, 3:30 pm Fox
  • Miami (OH) @ Umass, 3:30 pm ESPN +
  • Appalachian State @ North Carolina, 5:15 pm ACC Network
  • 11 Texas @ 4 Alabama, 7:00 pm ESPN
  • 19 Wisconsin @ Washington State, 7:30 pm ABC
  • UCLA @ San Diego State, 7:30 pm CBS
  • Stanford @ 6 USC, 10:30 pm Fox
  • Auburn @ California, 10:30 pm ESPN

2023 NFL Draft: February Top 10 Interior Offensive Line Rankings

by Barb Layton

This is the last of the offensive players. I think if you need one you might need to take them early in the draft. There will be a few standout players chosen in the later rounds.

Let’s see the list:

  1. O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida
  2. Cody Mauch, North Dakota State
  3. John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
  4. Steve Avila, TCU
  5. Joe Tipperman, Wisconsin
  6. Andrew Vorhees, USC
  7. Luke Wypler, Ohio State
  8. Emil Ekiyor, Alabama
  9. Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
  10. Jarrett Patterson, Notre Dame

2023 NFL Draft: Underclassmen Tracker

by James Layton

It’s that time of the year again, when underclassmen start to declare for the NFL Draft. So far this season sixty-two players have submitted their declaration to enter the Draft. At this point in the year, it’s above average for the number of players to enter the draft.

We still have twenty-two days for prospects to declare for the NFL Draft.

Here is a breakdown for the past five drafts.
2022: 100
2021: 98
2020: 99
2019: 111
2018: 108

Entered the Draft

  1. Max Duggan, QB TCU
  2. Dallas Daniels, WR Jackson State
  3. Nick Tarburton, DE Penn State
  4. Devon Witherspoon, DB Illinois
  5. Sean Tucker, RB Syracuse
  6. Dewayne McBride, RB UAB
  7. Peter Skoronski, OT Northwestern
  8. Darnell Wright, OT Tennessee
  9. Aidan O’Connell, QB Purdue
  10. Jalin Hyatt, WR Tennessee
  11. Trenton Simpson, LB Clemson
  12. Rakim Jarrett, WR Maryland
  13. Myles Murphy, Edge Clemson
  14. Antonio Johnson, S Texas A&M
  15. Cedric Tillman, WR Tennessee
  16. Tank Bigsby, RB Auburn
  17. Clark Phillips III, CB Utah
  18. Tre Tucker, WR Cincinnati
  19. B.J. Ojulari, Edge LSU
  20. Parker Washington, WR Penn State
  21. Keeanu Benton, DL Wisconsin
  22. Josh Downs, WR North Carolina
  23. Joe Tippmann, C Wisconsin
  24. Isaiah Foskey, Edge Notre Dame
  25. Chris Rodriquez Jr, RB Kentucky
  26. Tanner McKee, QB Stanford
  27. Evan Hull, RB Northwestern
  28. Michael Mayer, TE Notre Dame
  29. Jay Ward, S LSU
  30. Sam James, WR West Virginia
  31. Drew Sanders, LB Arkansas
  32. Devon Achane, RB Arkansas
  33. Josh Whyle, TE Cincinnati
  34. Colby Wooden, DL Auburn
  35. Cameron Mitchell, CB Northwestern
  36. Luke Musgrave, TE Oregon State
  37. Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
  38. Jaxon Smith-Njiba, WR Ohio State
  39. Tank Dell, WR Houston
  40. Gervon Dexter, DL Florida
  41. Dontayvion Wicks, WR Virginia
  42. Christian Gonzalez, CB Oregon
  43. Cam Smith, CB South Carolina
  44. Tiyon Evans, RB Louisville
  45. Jeremy Lucien, CB Vanderbilt
  46. Zay Flowers, WR Boston College
  47. Dontay Demus, WR Maryland
  48. Kendell Brooks, S Kentucky
  49. Emmanuel Forbes, CB Mississippi State
  50. Justin Shorter, WR Florida
  51. Will Levis, QB Kentucky
  52. Joey Porter Jr, CB Penn State
  53. Anton Harrison, OT Oklahoma
  54. MJ Anderson, DL Iowa State
  55. Bryce Ford-Wheaton, WR West Virginia
  56. Kyu Blu Kelly, CB Stanford
  57. Jadon Haselward, WR Arkansas
  58. Daewood Davis, Western Kentucky
  59. Trey Palmer, WR Nebraska
  60. Tavion Thomas, RB Utah
  61. Ronnie Hickman, S Ohio State
  62. Tyree Wilson, Edge Utah

Returning to School

  1. Bo Nix, QB Oregon
  2. Kayshon Boutte, WR LSU
  3. Michael Penix Jr, QB Washington
  4. Olu Fashanu, OT Penn State

Packers Official Undrafted Free Agent Signings

By James Layton

The Packers have officially released their undrafted free agent signings. They had a very good draft this year. That continued into their UDFA signings. They seem to have found some gems with Christian Uphoff (S) and Carlo Kemp (DT).

Here is their full list.

  1. Christian Uphoff, S Illinois State
  2. Jack Heflin, DT Iowa
  3. Carlo Kemp, DT Michigan
  4. Bailey Gaither, WR San Jose State
  5. Jan Dietzon, OL Wisconsin
  6. Jacob Capra, OL San Diego State
  7. Coy Cronk, OL Lafayette

Saints Official Undrafted Free Agent Signings

By James Layton

The Saints have officially announced their Undrafted Free Agent class for 2021. This is a interesting offseason for them in the post Drew Brees era.

They did find some gems in the Undrafted Free Agent market like Trill Williams (CB), Dylan Soehner (TE), Steve Smith (RB), and Eric Burrell (S).

Here is their complete list.

  1. Trill Williams, CB Syracuse
  2. Dylan Soehner, TE Iowa State
  3. Nolan Cooney, P Syracuse
  4. Mike Brown, OL West Virginia
  5. Steve Smith, RB Indiana
  6. Eric Burrell, S Wisconsin
  7. Shaq Smith, LB Maryland
  8. Bryce Thompson, CB Tennessee
  9. Josiah Bronson, DT Washington
  10. Alex Hoffman, OL Carroll College
  11. Lawrence Woods, CB Truman State

Panthers Official Undrafted Free Agent Signings

By James Layton

The Panthers have official announced the signing of five Undrafted Free Agents following the 2021 NFL Draft.

The Panthers have improved greatly with this draft class on both sides of the ball. They also have found some gems in the undrafted free agent market with Paddy Fisher (LB) and David Moore (OG).

Here is the complete list of signings

  1. Spencer Brown, RB UAB
  2. Mason Stokke, FB Wisconsin
  3. David Moore, G Grambling State
  4. Paddy Fisher, LB Northwestern
  5. Oscar Draguicevich, P Washington State

Giants 2020 Coaching Staff

By James Layton

Giants Head Coach Joe Judge announced today his coaching staff for the 2020 NFL Season.

His staff includes former Cowboys HC Jason Garrett (Offensive Coordinator) and Browns HC Freddie Kitchens (Tight Ends). It also includes former Wisconsin and Arkansas Head Coach Brett Bielema (OLB Coach/ Senior Defensive Assistant).

Here is the Offensive Staff:

  • Jason Garrett, Offensive Coordinator
  • Jerry Schuplinski, Quarterbacks Coach
  • Burton Burns, Running Backs Coach
  • Tyke Tolbert, Wide Receivers Coach
  • Freddie Kitchens, Tight Ends Coach
  • Marc Colombo, Offensive Line Coach
  • Ben Wilerson, Assistant Offensive Line Coach
  • Stephen Brown, Offensive Assistant
  • Derek Dooley, Senior Offensive Assistant
  • Bobby Blick, Quality Control Coach

Defensive Staff

  • Patrick Graham, Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach
  • Sean Spencer, Defensive Line Coach
  • Kevin Brett Bielema, Outside Linebackers Coach/Senior Defensive Assistant
  • Jerome Henderson, Defensive Backs Coach
  • Anthony Blevins, Assistant Defensive Backs Coach
  • Jody Wright, Assistant Defensive Assistant
  • Mike Tereier, Defensive Quality Control Coach

Special Teams

  • Thomas McGaughey, Special Teams Coordinator
  • Tom Quinn, Assistant Special Teams Coach

Strength and Conditioning Staff

  • Aaron Wellman, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Thomas Stallworth, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Sam Coad, Performance Manager/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach