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2023 NFL Draft Prospects: Quarterbacks

by James Layton

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.

  1. CJ Stroud, Ohio State
  2. Bryce Young, Alabama
  3. Tyler Van Dyke, Miami (FL)
  4. Will Levis, Kentucky
  5. Anthony Richardson, Florida
  6. Phil Jurkoec, Boston College
  7. Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
  8. Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina
  9. Tanner MuKee, Stanford
  10. Sean Clifford, Penn State
  11. Will Rogers, Mississippi State
  12. Jaren Hall, BYU
  13. Cameron Ward, Washington State
  14. Jayden Daniels, LSU
  15. Spencer Rattler, South Carolina

Updated 2022 NFL Draft Unsigned Draft Picks

by James Layton

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

Browns Roster Bubble Players

by James Layton

I was looking at the Browns roster yesterday; I started thinking they have a lot of players that could be on the bubble to make the roster this season.

Some of these players before free agency and the draft I thought were at least going to be backups on the roster or practice squad players. But now it’s not so clear.

Let’s get into their bubble players.

Offense

  • Demetric Felton, RB Cap Savings: $744,428
  • John Kelly, RB Cap Savings: $965,000
  • Javon Wims, WR Cap Savings: $965,000
  • Ja’Marcus Bradley, WR Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Nakia Griffin-Stewart, TE Cap Savings: $705,000
  • James Hudson, OT Cap Savings: $428,792
  • Nick Harris, C Cap Savings: $916,338
  • Drew Forbes, G Cap Savings: $852,666

Defense

  • Curtis Weaver, DE Cap Savings: $705,000
  • Sheldon Day, DT Cap Savings: $870,000
  • Isaac Rochell, DE Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Jacob Phillips, LB Cap Savings: $774,927
  • Reggie Robinson, CB Cap Savings: $825,000
  • AJ Green, CB Cap Savings: $825,000
  • Nate Meadors, S Cap Savings: $825,000
  • Parnell Motley, CB Cap Savings: $825,000

Special Teams

Corey Bojorquez, P Cap Savings: $250,000

Steelers Roster Bubble Players 1.0: Pre-Training Camp

by James Layton

With training camp starting in nine days, I was looking at the roster for who could be on the bubble.

With Omar Khan as the new general manager, what we came to expect with how many players would be carried at some positions may have changed. With Practice Squad also being able to have even veteran players to be added, have changed how the steelers do their roster cuts.

Here are my bubble players.

Offense

  • Mason Rudolph, QB Cap Savings: $3,000,000
  • Benny Snell Jr, RB Cap Savings: $965,000
  • Trey Edmunds, RB Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Cody White, WR Cap Savings: $825,000
  • Anthony Miller, WR Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Steven Sims, WR Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Kevin Rader, TE Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Chaz Green, OT Cap Savings: $895,000
  • John LeGlue, G/T Cap Savings: $825,000
  • JC Hassenauer, C Cap Savings: $895,000

Defense

  • Henry Mondeaux, DE Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Khalil Davis, DT Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Carlos Davis, DT Cap Savings: $871,624
  • Montravius Adams, DT Cap Savings: $1,035,000
  • Marcus Allen, ILB Cap Savings: $2,540,000
  • Ulysees Gilbert, ILB Cap Savings: $965,000
  • Robert Spillane, ILB Cap Savings: $2,433,000
  • Delontae Scott, OLB Cap Savings: $705,000
  • James Pierre, CB Cap Savings: $895,000
  • Justin Layne, CB Cap Savings: $965,000
  • Miles Killebrew, S Cap Savings: 1,035,000

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

by James Layton

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

by James Layton

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

by James Layton

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

NFL Power Ranking Pre-training Camp

by Barb Layton

I love this time of year. It is so interesting to see all the lists and how people rank the teams and players. This is my first one for the year and when the season starts, I will be doing one each week on Tuesday.

It was hard to put the middle of the pack teams. They could have been in a different alignment, but I think it looks accurate. I just fill the Bills and Rams are the top 2 teams.

Let’s get started:

  1. Bills
  2. Rams
  3. Packers
  4. Ravens
  5. Chiefs
  6. Buccaneers
  7. 49ers
  8. Bengals
  9. Chargers
  10. Cardinals
  11. Cowboys
  12. Broncos
  13. Eagles
  14. Colts
  15. Raiders
  16. Titans
  17. Steelers
  18. Patriots
  19. Browns
  20. Saints
  21. Vikings
  22. Seahawks
  23. Lions
  24. Commanders
  25. Jets
  26. Panthers
  27. Giants
  28. Dolphins
  29. Bears
  30. Falcons
  31. Texans
  32. Jaguars

Robert Morris 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

by James Layton

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

by James Layton

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