This week’s biggest game is most likely the “Backyard Brawl” between the 17th ranked Pitt Panthers and the West Virginia Mountaineers. Like many others in Western PA, West Virginia and Northeast Ohio, I can’t wait to watch this game. It has been a number of years since the 2 teams have met. With the demise of the Big East the Pitt Panthers joined the ACC and the WV Mountaineers joined the Big 12. This ended the “Backyard Brawl”. Tonight, it is back.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
It’s never too late to start looking at the prospects for the 2023 NFL Draft. It might be June but scouting the next class of NFL players never stops. As soon as the Draft ends teams start the scouting process for the following draft.
This year’s class is going to be a good one. There is some real talent at Defensive Line and Edge Rusher. At this point there is a lot of talent in the Quarterback group.
This is going to be a good year for Wide Receivers, and again like last season Ohio State has the top receiver with Jaxon Smith-Njiba.
