Hidden gems

[cstjohn17]

One of my favorite things to do with the draft is to read about players who may be undervalued or a bargain. Generally they are from small schools, projects or have some baggage.

Here are a few to get started
Nathan Sheperd, DT, 6'5, 315
2018 NFL Draft Profile: NATHAN SHEPHERD
- project but very good size, value in round 4

PJ Hall, Sam Houston State, 6'0, 310
2018 NFL Draft Profile: P.J. HALL
- bowling ball who can deliver inside pressure, ran under 4.8 at his pro day

Parry Nickerson, 5'10, 180, Tulane
2018 NFL Draft Profile: PARRY NICKERSON
- smallish CB, 16 career picks, CB is deep and he may slide, looks to be a slot corner

Desmond Harrison, 6'6, 288, West Georgia
2018 NFL Draft Profile: DESMOND HARRISON
- lots of baggage and smallish but very good athlete

Running Backs - almost all are devalued

 

[manxman2601]

Jeremy Reaves - excellent tackling safety/CB, team leader, intelligent. Can play nickel CB and even outside CB as well as slot and free safety.

 

[cstjohn17]

The title of this article is misleading but the list still has a few late round gems..

Rang's Gang a bounty of middle and late-round steals | NFL Draft Scout

 

[BelichickFan]

The title of this article is misleading

With some of those names he must think all we do is watch Path to the Draft and only know of the top 10 picks.

 

[bakes781]

Ray-Ray McCloud from Clemson but he’s projected to be a 7th rounder or possibly udfa. He plays WR and PR, but can also play RB as well as CB. Sounds like a B.B. kinda guy to me.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

The left tackle from western Michigan is a bit of a hidden gem.

He is ranked fairly highly, but no one talks much about him. Yet he is a killer on the field.

 

[Turkamu]

Dylan Cantrell WR Texas Tech

NFL Draft & Combine Profile - DYLAN CANTRELL | NFL.com

3 Cone Drill
6.56

and he is white so typical belichick guy

 

[maineman209]

Ray-Ray McCloud from Clemson but he’s projected to be a 7th rounder or possibly udfa. He plays WR and PR, but can also play RB as well as CB. Sounds like a B.B. kinda guy to me.

McCloud actually ran all DB drills at his pro day, in addition to the WR drills. "Just wanted to show that I'll do anything that the team needs me to do."

 

[bakes781]

Was just watching cbs sports network and there was a discussion on diamonds in the rough at WR. The first guy brought up Jaelon Acklin from Western Illinois. And after reading his pro day numbers 40 in 4.47 seconds, three-cone drill in a 6.65, 38-inch vertical 10-3 broad jump along with his tape he could be the next Adam Thielen.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

Was just watching cbs sports network and there was a discussion on diamonds in the rough at WR. The first guy brought up Jaelon Acklin from Western Illinois. And after reading his pro day numbers 40 in 4.47 seconds, three-cone drill in a 6.65, 38-inch vertical 10-3 broad jump along with his tape he could be the next Adam Thielen.

Pretty neat info here:

NFL Draft & Combine Profile - JAELON ACKLIN | NFL.com

He has his own YouTube channel. If he comes here, though, don't let him wear his college number. We don't tend to do very well with #17 on the team.