July 29, 2025 • 24 mins
Ryan Coyle and Nick McClay head back to college football in this edition of Football Is King, and give you some 2026 NFL Draft prospects to keep an eye on.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
And welcome back to football.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Is king here on Fox Sports The Gambler Ryan Coyle
alongside Nick McLay for our weekly programming, a little bit
of NFL, a little bit of college, each and every
week here on the station.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Today we're gonna combine the two. We're kind of going
back and forth. We did AFC and NFC preview over
the past few weeks. We do pretty deep into college
the few weeks before that. Today we're gonna combine the
two and take a, you know a little bit of
a premature look ahead to the twenty twenty six NFL Draft,
obviously a ways away. You look at a mock draft today,
it's gonna be completely different than the next time you
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maybe look at one, maybe in March or April. We're
gonna have prospects, you know, declaring for the draft early
that are unexpected. We're gonna have guys that are going
back to school there on expected due to you know,
nil money, the ever changing landscape in college sports. It
gets different and different every single year, but it's always
a good time to kind of look ahead, see who
are these top draft eligible prospects as we head.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Into college football season.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
We are twenty five days away from Week zero kicking off,
so do a little bit of a deep dive into
the college football world as we look at some of
the top prospects that could potentially transition over to the
NFL next year. So Nick to hot one out there today,
I'm ready for some football weather twenty five days away.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Yeah, man, I can't wait. Like you said that, our
boards are going to be a lot different than what
they are now from what when it starts in April.
So you know, it's gonna be a lot of changing,
a lot of moving pieces. We're gonna see a lot
of guys drop, a lot of guys you know, make
their name really, you know, making case as to why
they can be drafted. Maybe if they're not on the board,
and maybe a first round talent drops down to the
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fifth round, show them why, you know, why they drop.
But you know, there's gonna be a lot of moving pieces,
So I can't wait to really get into all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
All right, Well, we got to start at the top,
at the quarterback spot. I think the main theme this
year in college football is the quarterback position and how
deep it is.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
There's so many talented guys there.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There's a couple though, that are we're unsure if they're
they're even gonna come out. Lenoris Sellers and Arch Manning
are two guys that you know, you look at mock drafts,
you look at big boards.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
These are are guys at the top.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
But they're also very young in experience, and we've been
seeing players who have been transitioning over to the NFL
at the quarterback spot before they're they're ready and don't
really have that much college experiences have kind of flamed out.
But then you got some more experienced guys like Garrettnsmeyer,
Kay Kleinnik in the mixer as well Drew Aller.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So it's gonna make.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It for a very interesting conversation at the top for
the quarterex spot, I'll give it to you. You can
answer this, you know two ways draft eligible quarterbacks. So
that includes Arch and that includes Leonoris. Both of those
guys are rumored as of now to pay to most
likely be going back to school for another year. Might
even heard Sarks say it the other day, he expects
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to have our quarterback for two years. But you know,
any of the draft eligible quarterbacks sitting here on July
twenty ninth, who would you have at number one? And
then this time next year, who do you actually expect
to be the number one quarterback off the board, including
the guys you know that go back to school and
don't put their name in the draft.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, I think I really, I'm a big fan of
Garrett Nelsmeyer coming in into this year. It's top five
in passing yards last year over four thousand yards, had
almost thirty touchdowns.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Picks too.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Very confident quarterback, as that gun slinger tell you, you know,
which could be good, couldn't be bad in certain situations,
but more of that pocket passer won't really be able
to bail you out with his legs. But really, the
only main main thing that concerns me with the LCU.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
Was Brian Kelly.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I think if we have the talent, they do have
the talent. This is Brian Kelly's best team. I think
Garrett Meyers should lead them to a high been campaign
and very far in the SEC.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
All right, when you look at some of these other
top quarterbacks, are you kind of on board with potentially
these more inexperienced guys like in Arch, like a Leonora's
sellers going back, like a Nico, maybe even going back,
or do you expect these guys, you know, if they
go out there, do what they're supposed to do, put
up good seasons, you know, go take that chance at
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being one of those top overall picks at the quarterback spot.
Or do you kind of you know, lean back in
say I could definitely see these guys going back, get
that Anile money, get another year of.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
College experience, and really make sure you're ready for the
next level.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I kind of think if both of those guys, like
you said, Arch or Leonora's have Heisman campaigns, it's gonna
be hard for them to not enter their name into
the draft, especially.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
With how deep this class is.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
If they're at the top and they can get the
top ten pick, I think they're gonna want to do that,
but they're gonna have to, you know, prove it early.
They're they're both in experience. I know Arch is very is,
you know, way more inexperienced than Lenoris. We saw what
Lenoris could do towards the second half of that last
season last year, so if we can do that, he
can really you know, make a name for himself. But
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Arch is gonna have to show it from the start,
and he starts at a tough matchup Week one too,
so we're gonna find out early. You know what really
Archi and le Norris are kind of about in that
tough SEC conference.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Any quarterbacks kind of down the board that that you're
keeping an eye on to say, you know, it might
not be the first quarterback off the board come next April,
but this is a guy that could place his name
into the first round, like some of the top names
as we've talked about Arch Garrett Andus Meyer, Kate Klubnick,
who we didn't mention. He I've seen him project the
go number one a lot, Lenoris Drew Aller. Those are
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kind of like your top five I think consensus draft
eligible quarterbacks as we had into next season. But any
guys down the list, like John Mattier, does he interest
you as a potential NFL guy? I saw some buzz
about Taylor Green as well from Arkansas, the sixty sixth quarterback,
and he guys down the board there that you think
could the big season and become a first rounder.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Yeah, I like guys like Matier and Taylor Green. I
really like Sam Levitt too.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
I mean, he's just proven, you know, the last season
that he can you know, dominate in a tough conference
like the Big Twelve. And he gets his wide receiver
back Jordan Tyson, who put up over a thousand yards,
ten touchdowns and didn't even play in the championship or
the playoffs. But I think he's someone he doesn't turn
the ball over, he's smart. He's a smart quarterback, and
then an offense, he's gonna put up numbers two for
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Arizona State. Also like Fernando Mendoza from Indiana to coming
over for the Cal Obviously, you know that's a productive
career at Cal. Finished in their single season passing charts
in total offense, efficiency and yards. So he's got the numbers,
he got the background. So I think if he can
take that Indiana team, and you know that was you know,
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kind of up and coming from last year, if he
can take him to the top of the Big Ten,
he's going to be a top pick in.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
All right, let's move off the quarterback.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Now, let's go over to a position where I think
if you're not selecting a quarterback number one overall or
with one of your top five picks.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
We frequently see the edge rusher position.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Look at last year with abdul Carter, you know, previous years,
whether it's Chase Young, Miles Garrett, the Bosa brothers, all
these guys kind of in the mix there in that
top five the you can make an argument outside of quarterback,
ed rusher might be the most valuable position in all
the league.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You will get the contracts that get handed out.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Potentially they're kind of backs that up number one ed
rusher going into this year. Abdul Carter was the guy
last year. Who's the edge rusher everyone needs to know about.
That could be you know that number two, number three
overall pick potentially in next year's draft, probably TJ.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Parker from Clemson.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
I mean six three, two seventy massive dude played six
hundred and forty snaps last season. Shows that high motor
and he really didn't show any signs of slowing down either,
which is tough for Like a big man, a big
power type of rusher can set the edge well too
as a run defender pulls his ground against those bigger defenders,
and you know, power does translate to the NFL. That
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strength that will translate to the NFL, and it'll only
get stronger you can stay healthy. I think obviously he
will be a top ten pick in this draft.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
He could be even.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Top five, maybe even the number one defender off the board.
And continuing with Clemson, I mean you're looking at in TV,
you're looking at Peter Woods and what you're looking at
guys that could be three, maybe four first round picks,
four Clempson, maybe even five. So we look Clempson, that
defensive line. Uh, you know there are two you know,
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high motor guys that that could really give top ten
probably Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
A third guy on that defense Avionterrell as well. Clemson
and I we've talked about a few times, might have
four or five potential first round picks next year that
that should give you, you.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Know, everything you need to know about them in the
ACC this year.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
When you look at position group wise, you know, last year,
the quarterback the quarterback room or the quarterback group for
the draft was kind of down. I think we really
like the defensive linemen. The defensive line depth. Is there
a group that as of right now in July is
kind of jumping off the page that you say, wow,
this is a really deep class.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
We're going to see a multiple first rounders.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
But then then also, you know, in array of players
within the top one hundred out of this position group.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
Yeah, I'd probably lean towards like the defensive line or
offensive line. I think those are kind of the strengths
of this year. And obviously quarterback quarterbacks seems to be
pretty deep. But with like the offensive lineman with Caden
Brock or with Spencer Fine, I think you know those
two guys at the top in Francis from Miami, Caleb
blowmove from you too, There's two Utah tackles that could
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be drafted within the top ten. So I think tackles
is it. Tackle is a good spot for this draft.
And defensive lineman we already went over to Clemson guys,
but that you're looking at Kayleb Banks from Florida, Rubin
Bay in Miami. A couple of guys on that defensive
line they could really you know, come in making media
impacts for where uh defense they go to.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
As of today, the best non quarterback in this draft
in the upcoming class is who probably.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
A prospect by is Caleb Downs. I'd say probably one
of the best overall prospects just in this draft. Versatil
can literally play anywhere on that defensive back room, safety,
in the box, over a tight end. In terms of
instincts and playmaking ability, is probably one of the top
overall in this class. And in the safety class, is
not really anyone that can really compete to him, to
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compare them in this you know, it's kind of a
weak safety class that kleb downs products from me. I
know safety tend to drop down the board, but I
think he's a player that can immediately be a difference
maker right away.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
All Right.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
I see a guy plays for the University of Texas.
I kind of see him as the next Micah Parsons
abdel Carter, where he's been, you know, an off ball linebacker,
but he's also showing the ability to rush the passer.
I think there's a great chance that once he gets
to the NFL or maybe even this year with Texas,
they make him just more of like a pass rusher
and they kind of limit the amount of times that
he drops back and allows him more so to kind
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of attack the quarterback in rec plays. And that's Anthony
Hill for the Texas Longhorns. Going to him a little bit,
tell me about him and am I crazy for kind
of putting him in that mixture with with Micah and
Abdul Carter.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
No, not at all.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
I mean he's coming in as a five star guy,
so he's got the background, and he started immediately as
a true freshman.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
You know, he's got the experience.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Whether it be run defender, pass rusher, or in coverage,
you can do it all. He has ten sacks in
twenty twenty three, five force fumbles, which is most among
power forward returning players. So he's got the experience, he's
got the background, so you're not crazy at off of
thinking he could be one of the top defensive guys
off the board and immediately make an impact at the
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next level.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Running back spot now going over to there, Jeremiah Love
is looking at one of the better running backs I
think we've seen over the past few years.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Super explosive. He was a little banged up down the stretch.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I think that kind of limited his ability down the
stretch for that Notre Dame team didn't really play much
in the National Championship game, was kind of limited against
Georgia Boni. He was fully healthy. He's a guy that
can take it, you know, ninety yards to the house.
He's got that breakaway speed. Last year we saw Ashton Jensen,
you know, Marien Hampton go in the first round. Is
this a draft where we see a running back go
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in the first round here with Jeremi Love and is
there another running back that could potentially get into that
first round mix as well?
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Yeah, I would be surprised if Love goes first round, especially,
I mean, if he can stay healthy after the season,
then he just had eleven five yards seventeen rushing touchdowns,
shown that he can really take that workload. He had
over ninety rushing yards in seven games, almost average seven
yards per carry. You know, I think he's probably going
to be the first running back board. If there's anyone else,
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that'll probably be Singleton, maybe out of Penn State.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
He also, I.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Mean, he's had just an amazing career to see seasons
of one thousand plus yards for Singleton. So I think
if you're looking at running back, those two top guys
would probably be the first two off the boards.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
All Right, how about.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
Virtue the.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Away from j Just Smithy come out of the Bryan
Williams still another year to come out of the draft.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Who's your your number one receiver right now? I really
like Jordan Tyson.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
I think he's a guy out of Arizona State that
could have a big year, big second year here with
Sam Levitt.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Is he the guy at the top of your board?
Speaker 4 (13:35):
And if not, is there another name that we should
really be keeping up for as wide receiver one in
this class?
Speaker 6 (13:41):
Yeah, it'll probably be Jordan Tyson for me.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Six to one, almost two hundred pounds, coming up a
great year right now, seventy five receptions over eleven hundred yards,
ten touchdowns and only played twelve games. He was a
Big twelve Newcomer of the Year. Him and Sam Levick
coming back in Dillingham's offense. I love that they do
lose Cam scatty bo So maybe there's no.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Fancy this year.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Has a great frame, smooth athlete too. But if there's
anyone else, maybe Antonio Williams from Clemson. I mean we're
talking to a lot about these Clemson guys. They're gonna
have a lot of prospects in this next drift. But
him also seventy five receptions almost a thousand yards and
another year with club Nick gar Ryot and Dad all together,
so they've got that chemistry. So I think him or
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Antonio Willis will be the top to watch to watch.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, the the color orange, I think is going to
be very frequent. You look at these mock drafts, look
at these big boards, Clemson and Texas players all up
and down. You know there's a there's a handful of
Miami guys in the mix too. The offensive tackle Francis Maloga.
I believe it's how you say his name.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I've seen him on a bunch of top five, top
ten lists.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The color orange is going to be very popular on
draft night with Roger Goodell. Looks like as of next year,
weakest spot in the draft where would you go as that?
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Probably safety?
Speaker 5 (15:05):
I mean, honestly, we're looking at Kale Downs, but other
than that, I'm not really seeing anyone else other than him.
I think he's probably clear leaps and bounds above better
than any really of the other defensive backs. Obviously we're
looking at corner back in Terrell and McCoy, but I
think safety is a weak spot for this class class.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
All right, So the secondary, you know there's a there's
a few corners there with with Avion Torrell, but we
also other player in Orange from the University of Tennessee,
Jemal McCoy. Those two are the top corners you know
that I've mainly seen. I've also seen Malik Muhammad from
Texas as well, another player in Orange. Is there is
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there a clear cut corner one in this class or
do you think it's going to be one of those
kind of battles throughout the year and once you get
to the draft it's kind of one of those pick
your poison type of things.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
I think it will start out as Toreo. I think
he'll be defensive back one, cornerback one. But I really
like Malik Milama coming up from Texas again, another Orange guy,
but I think he's, you know, a physical guy. The
Texas has had those physical corners the past couple of seasons.
Speaker 6 (16:13):
I think he fits that mold again.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
So I think we're going to see another you know,
I'm not going to compare him to Jday Barn or
anything like that, but I think another player of that
type of play style, physical guy that you know, really
likes to get you know, his nose dirty and get
real physical.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Looking at the entire kind of quarterback list here, I'm
on NFL draft buzz dot Com a pretty nice website.
There are so many quarterbacks where it's like, if things
break great for them this year, they could be drafted.
Like I'm all the way down at number twenty four
Haynes King like he's showing toughness. He's shown the ability
to run the football, you know, not the greatest s thrower,
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but a really good athlete. Runs a four to four five.
It says he's the twenty fourth RNGTH quarterback in this class.
If he leaves Georgia Tech to nine wins this year,
I could definitely see him being a mid round draft pick.
He kind of reminds me of like a Riley Leonard
type of player who wound up going what round six
or so to the Colts.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Dante Moore is a guy too.
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Where he played freshman season at UCLA red shirted, I
believe last year or set out the entire season at
Oregon sat behind Dylan Gabriel. He's listened at number twenty
one on this board. You're telling me, if he goes
out and leads you know, Oregon to a national title
of college football playoff, you know, semi final birth, he's
going to have to put up a big year, big numbers.
That's a guy that certainly could rise. Aiden Charles out
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of Michigan State player that was a former highly touted
recruit that could rise. Any of these like really good
quote unquote like college quarterbacks that you think aren't getting
the most NFL love right now that could kind of
see a rise throughout the prospect.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Because this quarterback class is super fascinating to me. A
ton of big name players.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Yeah, like I mean, it's very deep. But there's someone
I like, Avery Johnson. I took him he last year.
He obviously didn't really play up to that standard, but
I think him in the Big twelve, big twel's wide
open if he can take Kansas State deep, and I
mean he doesn't have to know manage the game, you know,
don't turn the bowl over, just kind of you know,
be the talented player that he knows that he is.
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He hasn't playing to that level yet, but if you can,
he's gonna make a name for himself. So guys like him,
Like you said, Georgia Texas team that can really go far.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The season in the ACC. So I like them.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Two guys and even you know, a guy like Miller Wallas,
who didn't really succeed at US League.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
He has a new home in Louisville.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
So I think those two, those three guys can really
make a name for themselves as a year goes on.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Another running back.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
That's been getting some off season buzz I heard our
guy Mark Henry Junior talking about him the other day
as well. Makai Hughes a transfer from Tulane. I believe
he goes to Oregon and he's looked to kind of
be RB one. Mark was even talking about how he
saw some flashes of a Bucky Irving, another former Oregon back,
and obviously Hughes here going into that system.
Speaker 6 (19:04):
What do you make of.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Him being a transfer to there? What have you seen
of him?
Speaker 4 (19:09):
And do you think he's in the mix but to
potentially kind of, you know, uplift Jeremi Love from that
running back number one spot.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Yeah, I mean he could. He's he's been one of
the more overlooked running.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
Backs in the country over the last two seasons at Selane,
rush for over thirteen hundred in each season, seven touchdowns
and one fifteen to the other and then twenty eight games, Yeah,
twenty eight games, he had almost three thousand yards, twenty
two touchdowns, had seven runs of thirty plus yards and
nineteen runs of fifteen plus yards. So he's an explosive guy.
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You just get the ball in his hands. He can
be a smart plug, hit a home running any time.
And now with Jordan Games leaving, he's going to be
RB one and kind of take over that Oregon team
that has national championship hopes and big to championship hopes.
So I think Hughes can be a huge part of
this offense and if they do go far, he will be,
you know, a big part of it.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
How about your thoughts on Drew Aller's you know, NFL promise.
I think everyone's still kind of waiting for him to
get there, to take himself over that next level. Penn
State returns a good offensive line, arguably the best running
back room in the country, they go out and finally
get some receivers out of the portal. I think kind
of an excuse time is over six five, two forty.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
He's got that perfect NFL build.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Do you think there's a legit scenario that he has
a good enough season that he plays himself into that
number one quarterback on the board, because there are boards
that I have seen him up there. You know, if
he's not number one, he's number two or three on
most of them. This is what I'm looking at has
him at five, but it also has Arch and Lenoris
going And as of now, I think Arch probably goes back.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Lenoris will see how good he does this year.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
But is there a scenario where Drew Aller unlocks all
that potential that we've been hearing out hearing about for
years now and becomes a number one quarterback in this class?
Or do you think he's just he is what he is,
and he's going to be a you know, a second
or third round pick because someone I think is still
going to take a chance on that talent.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
I mean, he's got the great frame four NFL standard
six five two thirty five and a guy that probably
would have been one of the top quarterbacks off the
board in last year's Jack, but he chose to come
in and stay with, you know, bringing a lot of
guys Andy cole Makers back in the arm. Talent really
isn't that much of a problem. It's kind of more
just a consistency, and he really hasn't had a great
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receiving court with him he can't really win a playoff game,
have zero catches from your receivers and expect, you know,
your quarterbacks to bail you out. But he is twenty
three and six in his career, fifty three touchdowns, ten interceptions.
He just needs to make that next step and be
able to get over the hump and be able to
take down the big you know guns of the league
of the nation.
Speaker 6 (21:42):
So if he can do that, I think the team
will take a chance on him. He's probably in the
first round, in the first one.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Yeah, well, looking at the board now, if Arch comes out,
if Lenoris comes out, I think there's a world where
you see five or six quarterbacks going in the first round.
I think the record was five, maybe six just a
few years ago. I think that happened. But the quarterback
class is going to going to be very, very fascinating
this upcoming offseason, and you know, a lot of the
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play of the quarterbacks this year is going to dictate
how how much or how high these some of these
guys go. Last quarterback I want to touch on, we
really hit a lot on that. You know, there's so
much to be done on some of these other prospects.
The quarterbacks obviously we have the most attention on them.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Talk to me a little bit about Nico.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
I think outside of Bill Belichick, we can make an
argument that Nico transferring and basically holding out for more money,
not getting it, and having to go out to UCLA
now was the biggest story in college football this offseason.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I thought it was a bonehead move.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
I thought Josh Heipel's system was it was or if not,
is the the best most quarterback friendly system in all
of college football. And now he's going to a much
worse situation in UCLA. I think he's going to take
a severe step back. I don't think we're ever going
to see his full talent on display in this current situation,
and draft buss dot Com has them as the six
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ranked quarterback. He is draft eligible next year. I still
don't know if if he'll come out after this season.
But his thoughts on Nico big picture wise, and do
you think he's a player too that'll ever reach that
ceiling where we thought he was going to be kind
of in the mix with with arch As like the
number one or number two quarterback in their class.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Yeah, I mean most of the talk about Nico has
been that the off the field headlines revolving around, you know,
the dramatic transfer from you know, Tennessee and UCLA, And
if that's the main headline of his off season, it's
doesn't sound like it's going to be very good. I mean,
you feel like he's got the great talent, hasn't really
shown the production that we've really expected him.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
He's got the size six six.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
To fifteen, still needs to put on some weight, a
little slendered, little skinny, which can lean to you know,
some injury issues at the next level. But I just
think the talent, he has the talent that he's successful,
but there comes a time when you have to actually
see the production. And for his sake, he really had
good sooner rather than later, because he already dug himself
a hole with this transfer, so he's got to do
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it now rather than later.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Yeah, and he only put up twenty five hundred yards
nineteen touchdowns and I think it was seven picks last year,
so it didn't exactly let the world on fire. It's
not like he was going out there necessary of a
raise from what he repoorly already got from Tennessee. But
that's gonna be a fascinating situation. The track, but we'll
be talking a lot more draft. What We're gonna have
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to start narrowing in on some of these topics. As
we get closer and closer, I'll probably finish out some
of these conference previews for college football. Theyn't do our
you know, full division preview for NFL, But week by
week we're getting closer.
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Speaker 3 (00:16):
Is king here on Fox Sports The Gambler Ryan Coyle
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Speaker 4 (00:28):
Today we're gonna combine the two. We're kind of going
back and forth. We did AFC and NFC preview over
the past few weeks. We do pretty deep into college
the few weeks before that. Today we're gonna combine the
two and take a, you know a little bit of
a premature look ahead to the twenty twenty six NFL Draft,
obviously a ways away. You look at a mock draft today,
it's gonna be completely different than the next time you
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maybe look at one, maybe in March or April. We're
gonna have prospects, you know, declaring for the draft early
that are unexpected. We're gonna have guys that are going
back to school there on expected due to you know,
nil money, the ever changing landscape in college sports. It
gets different and different every single year, but it's always
a good time to kind of look ahead, see who
are these top draft eligible prospects as we head.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Into college football season.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
We are twenty five days away from Week zero kicking off,
so do a little bit of a deep dive into
the college football world as we look at some of
the top prospects that could potentially transition over to the
NFL next year. So Nick to hot one out there today,
I'm ready for some football weather twenty five days away.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Yeah, man, I can't wait. Like you said that, our
boards are going to be a lot different than what
they are now from what when it starts in April.
So you know, it's gonna be a lot of changing,
a lot of moving pieces. We're gonna see a lot
of guys drop, a lot of guys you know, make
their name really, you know, making case as to why
they can be drafted. Maybe if they're not on the board,
and maybe a first round talent drops down to the
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fifth round, show them why, you know, why they drop.
But you know, there's gonna be a lot of moving pieces,
So I can't wait to really get into all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
All right, Well, we got to start at the top,
at the quarterback spot. I think the main theme this
year in college football is the quarterback position and how
deep it is.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
There's so many talented guys there.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
There's a couple though, that are we're unsure if they're
they're even gonna come out. Lenoris Sellers and Arch Manning
are two guys that you know, you look at mock drafts,
you look at big boards.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
These are are guys at the top.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
But they're also very young in experience, and we've been
seeing players who have been transitioning over to the NFL
at the quarterback spot before they're they're ready and don't
really have that much college experiences have kind of flamed out.
But then you got some more experienced guys like Garrettnsmeyer,
Kay Kleinnik in the mixer as well Drew Aller.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So it's gonna make.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
It for a very interesting conversation at the top for
the quarterex spot, I'll give it to you. You can
answer this, you know two ways draft eligible quarterbacks. So
that includes Arch and that includes Leonoris. Both of those
guys are rumored as of now to pay to most
likely be going back to school for another year. Might
even heard Sarks say it the other day, he expects
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to have our quarterback for two years. But you know,
any of the draft eligible quarterbacks sitting here on July
twenty ninth, who would you have at number one? And
then this time next year, who do you actually expect
to be the number one quarterback off the board, including
the guys you know that go back to school and
don't put their name in the draft.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, I think I really, I'm a big fan of
Garrett Nelsmeyer coming in into this year. It's top five
in passing yards last year over four thousand yards, had
almost thirty touchdowns.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Picks too.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Very confident quarterback, as that gun slinger tell you, you know,
which could be good, couldn't be bad in certain situations,
but more of that pocket passer won't really be able
to bail you out with his legs. But really, the
only main main thing that concerns me with the LCU.
Speaker 6 (03:48):
Was Brian Kelly.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I think if we have the talent, they do have
the talent. This is Brian Kelly's best team. I think
Garrett Meyers should lead them to a high been campaign
and very far in the SEC.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
All right, when you look at some of these other
top quarterbacks, are you kind of on board with potentially
these more inexperienced guys like in Arch, like a Leonora's
sellers going back, like a Nico, maybe even going back,
or do you expect these guys, you know, if they
go out there, do what they're supposed to do, put
up good seasons, you know, go take that chance at
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being one of those top overall picks at the quarterback spot.
Or do you kind of you know, lean back in
say I could definitely see these guys going back, get
that Anile money, get another year of.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
College experience, and really make sure you're ready for the
next level.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I kind of think if both of those guys, like
you said, Arch or Leonora's have Heisman campaigns, it's gonna
be hard for them to not enter their name into
the draft, especially.
Speaker 6 (04:48):
With how deep this class is.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
If they're at the top and they can get the
top ten pick, I think they're gonna want to do that,
but they're gonna have to, you know, prove it early.
They're they're both in experience. I know Arch is very is,
you know, way more inexperienced than Lenoris. We saw what
Lenoris could do towards the second half of that last
season last year, so if we can do that, he
can really you know, make a name for himself. But
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Arch is gonna have to show it from the start,
and he starts at a tough matchup Week one too,
so we're gonna find out early. You know what really
Archi and le Norris are kind of about in that
tough SEC conference.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Any quarterbacks kind of down the board that that you're
keeping an eye on to say, you know, it might
not be the first quarterback off the board come next April,
but this is a guy that could place his name
into the first round, like some of the top names
as we've talked about Arch Garrett Andus Meyer, Kate Klubnick,
who we didn't mention. He I've seen him project the
go number one a lot, Lenoris Drew Aller. Those are
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kind of like your top five I think consensus draft
eligible quarterbacks as we had into next season. But any
guys down the list, like John Mattier, does he interest
you as a potential NFL guy? I saw some buzz
about Taylor Green as well from Arkansas, the sixty sixth quarterback,
and he guys down the board there that you think
could the big season and become a first rounder.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Yeah, I like guys like Matier and Taylor Green. I
really like Sam Levitt too.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
I mean, he's just proven, you know, the last season
that he can you know, dominate in a tough conference
like the Big Twelve. And he gets his wide receiver
back Jordan Tyson, who put up over a thousand yards,
ten touchdowns and didn't even play in the championship or
the playoffs. But I think he's someone he doesn't turn
the ball over, he's smart. He's a smart quarterback, and
then an offense, he's gonna put up numbers two for
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Arizona State. Also like Fernando Mendoza from Indiana to coming
over for the Cal Obviously, you know that's a productive
career at Cal. Finished in their single season passing charts
in total offense, efficiency and yards. So he's got the numbers,
he got the background. So I think if he can
take that Indiana team, and you know that was you know,
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kind of up and coming from last year, if he
can take him to the top of the Big Ten,
he's going to be a top pick in.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
All right, let's move off the quarterback.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Now, let's go over to a position where I think
if you're not selecting a quarterback number one overall or
with one of your top five picks.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
We frequently see the edge rusher position.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Look at last year with abdul Carter, you know, previous years,
whether it's Chase Young, Miles Garrett, the Bosa brothers, all
these guys kind of in the mix there in that
top five the you can make an argument outside of quarterback,
ed rusher might be the most valuable position in all
the league.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
You will get the contracts that get handed out.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Potentially they're kind of backs that up number one ed
rusher going into this year. Abdul Carter was the guy
last year. Who's the edge rusher everyone needs to know about.
That could be you know that number two, number three
overall pick potentially in next year's draft, probably TJ.
Speaker 6 (07:46):
Parker from Clemson.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
I mean six three, two seventy massive dude played six
hundred and forty snaps last season. Shows that high motor
and he really didn't show any signs of slowing down either,
which is tough for Like a big man, a big
power type of rusher can set the edge well too
as a run defender pulls his ground against those bigger defenders,
and you know, power does translate to the NFL. That
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strength that will translate to the NFL, and it'll only
get stronger you can stay healthy. I think obviously he
will be a top ten pick in this draft.
Speaker 6 (08:17):
He could be even.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Top five, maybe even the number one defender off the board.
And continuing with Clemson, I mean you're looking at in TV,
you're looking at Peter Woods and what you're looking at
guys that could be three, maybe four first round picks,
four Clempson, maybe even five. So we look Clempson, that
defensive line. Uh, you know there are two you know,
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high motor guys that that could really give top ten
probably Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
A third guy on that defense Avionterrell as well. Clemson
and I we've talked about a few times, might have
four or five potential first round picks next year that
that should give you, you.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Know, everything you need to know about them in the
ACC this year.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
When you look at position group wise, you know, last year,
the quarterback the quarterback room or the quarterback group for
the draft was kind of down. I think we really
like the defensive linemen. The defensive line depth. Is there
a group that as of right now in July is
kind of jumping off the page that you say, wow,
this is a really deep class.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
We're going to see a multiple first rounders.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
But then then also, you know, in array of players
within the top one hundred out of this position group.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
Yeah, I'd probably lean towards like the defensive line or
offensive line. I think those are kind of the strengths
of this year. And obviously quarterback quarterbacks seems to be
pretty deep. But with like the offensive lineman with Caden
Brock or with Spencer Fine, I think you know those
two guys at the top in Francis from Miami, Caleb
blowmove from you too, There's two Utah tackles that could
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be drafted within the top ten. So I think tackles
is it. Tackle is a good spot for this draft.
And defensive lineman we already went over to Clemson guys,
but that you're looking at Kayleb Banks from Florida, Rubin
Bay in Miami. A couple of guys on that defensive
line they could really you know, come in making media
impacts for where uh defense they go to.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
As of today, the best non quarterback in this draft
in the upcoming class is who probably.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
A prospect by is Caleb Downs. I'd say probably one
of the best overall prospects just in this draft. Versatil
can literally play anywhere on that defensive back room, safety,
in the box, over a tight end. In terms of
instincts and playmaking ability, is probably one of the top
overall in this class. And in the safety class, is
not really anyone that can really compete to him, to
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compare them in this you know, it's kind of a
weak safety class that kleb downs products from me. I
know safety tend to drop down the board, but I
think he's a player that can immediately be a difference
maker right away.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
All Right.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
I see a guy plays for the University of Texas.
I kind of see him as the next Micah Parsons
abdel Carter, where he's been, you know, an off ball linebacker,
but he's also showing the ability to rush the passer.
I think there's a great chance that once he gets
to the NFL or maybe even this year with Texas,
they make him just more of like a pass rusher
and they kind of limit the amount of times that
he drops back and allows him more so to kind
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of attack the quarterback in rec plays. And that's Anthony
Hill for the Texas Longhorns. Going to him a little bit,
tell me about him and am I crazy for kind
of putting him in that mixture with with Micah and
Abdul Carter.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
No, not at all.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
I mean he's coming in as a five star guy,
so he's got the background, and he started immediately as
a true freshman.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
You know, he's got the experience.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Whether it be run defender, pass rusher, or in coverage,
you can do it all. He has ten sacks in
twenty twenty three, five force fumbles, which is most among
power forward returning players. So he's got the experience, he's
got the background, so you're not crazy at off of
thinking he could be one of the top defensive guys
off the board and immediately make an impact at the
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next level.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Running back spot now going over to there, Jeremiah Love
is looking at one of the better running backs I
think we've seen over the past few years.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Super explosive. He was a little banged up down the stretch.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I think that kind of limited his ability down the
stretch for that Notre Dame team didn't really play much
in the National Championship game, was kind of limited against
Georgia Boni. He was fully healthy. He's a guy that
can take it, you know, ninety yards to the house.
He's got that breakaway speed. Last year we saw Ashton Jensen,
you know, Marien Hampton go in the first round. Is
this a draft where we see a running back go
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in the first round here with Jeremi Love and is
there another running back that could potentially get into that
first round mix as well?
Speaker 5 (12:32):
Yeah, I would be surprised if Love goes first round, especially,
I mean, if he can stay healthy after the season,
then he just had eleven five yards seventeen rushing touchdowns,
shown that he can really take that workload. He had
over ninety rushing yards in seven games, almost average seven
yards per carry. You know, I think he's probably going
to be the first running back board. If there's anyone else,
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that'll probably be Singleton, maybe out of Penn State.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
He also, I.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Mean, he's had just an amazing career to see seasons
of one thousand plus yards for Singleton. So I think
if you're looking at running back, those two top guys
would probably be the first two off the boards.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
All Right, how about.
Speaker 6 (13:16):
Virtue the.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
Away from j Just Smithy come out of the Bryan
Williams still another year to come out of the draft.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Who's your your number one receiver right now? I really
like Jordan Tyson.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
I think he's a guy out of Arizona State that
could have a big year, big second year here with
Sam Levitt.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Is he the guy at the top of your board?
Speaker 4 (13:35):
And if not, is there another name that we should
really be keeping up for as wide receiver one in
this class?
Speaker 6 (13:41):
Yeah, it'll probably be Jordan Tyson for me.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Six to one, almost two hundred pounds, coming up a
great year right now, seventy five receptions over eleven hundred yards,
ten touchdowns and only played twelve games. He was a
Big twelve Newcomer of the Year. Him and Sam Levick
coming back in Dillingham's offense. I love that they do
lose Cam scatty bo So maybe there's no.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Fancy this year.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
Has a great frame, smooth athlete too. But if there's
anyone else, maybe Antonio Williams from Clemson. I mean we're
talking to a lot about these Clemson guys. They're gonna
have a lot of prospects in this next drift. But
him also seventy five receptions almost a thousand yards and
another year with club Nick gar Ryot and Dad all together,
so they've got that chemistry. So I think him or
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Antonio Willis will be the top to watch to watch.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Yeah, the the color orange, I think is going to
be very frequent. You look at these mock drafts, look
at these big boards, Clemson and Texas players all up
and down. You know there's a there's a handful of
Miami guys in the mix too. The offensive tackle Francis Maloga.
I believe it's how you say his name.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I've seen him on a bunch of top five, top
ten lists.
Speaker 4 (14:52):
The color orange is going to be very popular on
draft night with Roger Goodell. Looks like as of next year,
weakest spot in the draft where would you go as that?
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Probably safety?
Speaker 5 (15:05):
I mean, honestly, we're looking at Kale Downs, but other
than that, I'm not really seeing anyone else other than him.
I think he's probably clear leaps and bounds above better
than any really of the other defensive backs. Obviously we're
looking at corner back in Terrell and McCoy, but I
think safety is a weak spot for this class class.
Speaker 4 (15:28):
All right, So the secondary, you know there's a there's
a few corners there with with Avion Torrell, but we
also other player in Orange from the University of Tennessee,
Jemal McCoy. Those two are the top corners you know
that I've mainly seen. I've also seen Malik Muhammad from
Texas as well, another player in Orange. Is there is
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there a clear cut corner one in this class or
do you think it's going to be one of those
kind of battles throughout the year and once you get
to the draft it's kind of one of those pick
your poison type of things.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
I think it will start out as Toreo. I think
he'll be defensive back one, cornerback one. But I really
like Malik Milama coming up from Texas again, another Orange guy,
but I think he's, you know, a physical guy. The
Texas has had those physical corners the past couple of seasons.
Speaker 6 (16:13):
I think he fits that mold again.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
So I think we're going to see another you know,
I'm not going to compare him to Jday Barn or
anything like that, but I think another player of that
type of play style, physical guy that you know, really
likes to get you know, his nose dirty and get
real physical.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Looking at the entire kind of quarterback list here, I'm
on NFL draft buzz dot Com a pretty nice website.
There are so many quarterbacks where it's like, if things
break great for them this year, they could be drafted.
Like I'm all the way down at number twenty four
Haynes King like he's showing toughness. He's shown the ability
to run the football, you know, not the greatest s thrower,
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but a really good athlete. Runs a four to four five.
It says he's the twenty fourth RNGTH quarterback in this class.
If he leaves Georgia Tech to nine wins this year,
I could definitely see him being a mid round draft pick.
He kind of reminds me of like a Riley Leonard
type of player who wound up going what round six
or so to the Colts.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
Dante Moore is a guy too.
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Where he played freshman season at UCLA red shirted, I
believe last year or set out the entire season at
Oregon sat behind Dylan Gabriel. He's listened at number twenty
one on this board. You're telling me, if he goes
out and leads you know, Oregon to a national title
of college football playoff, you know, semi final birth, he's
going to have to put up a big year, big numbers.
That's a guy that certainly could rise. Aiden Charles out
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of Michigan State player that was a former highly touted
recruit that could rise. Any of these like really good
quote unquote like college quarterbacks that you think aren't getting
the most NFL love right now that could kind of
see a rise throughout the prospect.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Because this quarterback class is super fascinating to me. A
ton of big name players.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Yeah, like I mean, it's very deep. But there's someone
I like, Avery Johnson. I took him he last year.
He obviously didn't really play up to that standard, but
I think him in the Big twelve, big twel's wide
open if he can take Kansas State deep, and I
mean he doesn't have to know manage the game, you know,
don't turn the bowl over, just kind of you know,
be the talented player that he knows that he is.
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He hasn't playing to that level yet, but if you can,
he's gonna make a name for himself. So guys like him,
Like you said, Georgia Texas team that can really go far.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The season in the ACC. So I like them.
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Two guys and even you know, a guy like Miller Wallas,
who didn't really succeed at US League.
Speaker 6 (18:32):
He has a new home in Louisville.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
So I think those two, those three guys can really
make a name for themselves as a year goes on.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Another running back.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
That's been getting some off season buzz I heard our
guy Mark Henry Junior talking about him the other day
as well. Makai Hughes a transfer from Tulane. I believe
he goes to Oregon and he's looked to kind of
be RB one. Mark was even talking about how he
saw some flashes of a Bucky Irving, another former Oregon back,
and obviously Hughes here going into that system.
Speaker 6 (19:04):
What do you make of.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Him being a transfer to there? What have you seen
of him?
Speaker 4 (19:09):
And do you think he's in the mix but to
potentially kind of, you know, uplift Jeremi Love from that
running back number one spot.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
Yeah, I mean he could. He's he's been one of
the more overlooked running.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
Backs in the country over the last two seasons at Selane,
rush for over thirteen hundred in each season, seven touchdowns
and one fifteen to the other and then twenty eight games, Yeah,
twenty eight games, he had almost three thousand yards, twenty
two touchdowns, had seven runs of thirty plus yards and
nineteen runs of fifteen plus yards. So he's an explosive guy.
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You just get the ball in his hands. He can
be a smart plug, hit a home running any time.
And now with Jordan Games leaving, he's going to be
RB one and kind of take over that Oregon team
that has national championship hopes and big to championship hopes.
So I think Hughes can be a huge part of
this offense and if they do go far, he will be,
you know, a big part of it.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
How about your thoughts on Drew Aller's you know, NFL promise.
I think everyone's still kind of waiting for him to
get there, to take himself over that next level. Penn
State returns a good offensive line, arguably the best running
back room in the country, they go out and finally
get some receivers out of the portal. I think kind
of an excuse time is over six five, two forty.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
He's got that perfect NFL build.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Do you think there's a legit scenario that he has
a good enough season that he plays himself into that
number one quarterback on the board, because there are boards
that I have seen him up there. You know, if
he's not number one, he's number two or three on
most of them. This is what I'm looking at has
him at five, but it also has Arch and Lenoris
going And as of now, I think Arch probably goes back.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Lenoris will see how good he does this year.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
But is there a scenario where Drew Aller unlocks all
that potential that we've been hearing out hearing about for
years now and becomes a number one quarterback in this class?
Or do you think he's just he is what he is,
and he's going to be a you know, a second
or third round pick because someone I think is still
going to take a chance on that talent.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
I mean, he's got the great frame four NFL standard
six five two thirty five and a guy that probably
would have been one of the top quarterbacks off the
board in last year's Jack, but he chose to come
in and stay with, you know, bringing a lot of
guys Andy cole Makers back in the arm. Talent really
isn't that much of a problem. It's kind of more
just a consistency, and he really hasn't had a great
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receiving court with him he can't really win a playoff game,
have zero catches from your receivers and expect, you know,
your quarterbacks to bail you out. But he is twenty
three and six in his career, fifty three touchdowns, ten interceptions.
He just needs to make that next step and be
able to get over the hump and be able to
take down the big you know guns of the league
of the nation.
Speaker 6 (21:42):
So if he can do that, I think the team
will take a chance on him. He's probably in the
first round, in the first one.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Yeah, well, looking at the board now, if Arch comes out,
if Lenoris comes out, I think there's a world where
you see five or six quarterbacks going in the first round.
I think the record was five, maybe six just a
few years ago. I think that happened. But the quarterback
class is going to going to be very, very fascinating
this upcoming offseason, and you know, a lot of the
(22:10):
play of the quarterbacks this year is going to dictate
how how much or how high these some of these
guys go. Last quarterback I want to touch on, we
really hit a lot on that. You know, there's so
much to be done on some of these other prospects.
The quarterbacks obviously we have the most attention on them.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Talk to me a little bit about Nico.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
I think outside of Bill Belichick, we can make an
argument that Nico transferring and basically holding out for more money,
not getting it, and having to go out to UCLA
now was the biggest story in college football this offseason.
Speaker 2 (22:40):
I thought it was a bonehead move.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
I thought Josh Heipel's system was it was or if not,
is the the best most quarterback friendly system in all
of college football. And now he's going to a much
worse situation in UCLA. I think he's going to take
a severe step back. I don't think we're ever going
to see his full talent on display in this current situation,
and draft buss dot Com has them as the six
(23:02):
ranked quarterback. He is draft eligible next year. I still
don't know if if he'll come out after this season.
But his thoughts on Nico big picture wise, and do
you think he's a player too that'll ever reach that
ceiling where we thought he was going to be kind
of in the mix with with arch As like the
number one or number two quarterback in their class.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Yeah, I mean most of the talk about Nico has
been that the off the field headlines revolving around, you know,
the dramatic transfer from you know, Tennessee and UCLA, And
if that's the main headline of his off season, it's
doesn't sound like it's going to be very good. I mean,
you feel like he's got the great talent, hasn't really
shown the production that we've really expected him.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
He's got the size six six.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
To fifteen, still needs to put on some weight, a
little slendered, little skinny, which can lean to you know,
some injury issues at the next level. But I just
think the talent, he has the talent that he's successful,
but there comes a time when you have to actually
see the production. And for his sake, he really had
good sooner rather than later, because he already dug himself
a hole with this transfer, so he's got to do
(24:01):
it now rather than later.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
Yeah, and he only put up twenty five hundred yards
nineteen touchdowns and I think it was seven picks last year,
so it didn't exactly let the world on fire. It's
not like he was going out there necessary of a
raise from what he repoorly already got from Tennessee. But
that's gonna be a fascinating situation. The track, but we'll
be talking a lot more draft. What We're gonna have
(24:24):
to start narrowing in on some of these topics. As
we get closer and closer, I'll probably finish out some
of these conference previews for college football. Theyn't do our
you know, full division preview for NFL, But week by
week we're getting closer.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
To football season.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
Thank you everyone for tuning in this week to football
is king here on Fox Sports. The game where we
will be back next week, same time, same place.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
We will talk to you then.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
If you can wager on it, we're talking about it.
It's the Gambler.
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