If you were asked to build a football player he would end up looking like Josh Allen (#41). He didn’t always look this way. He was lightly recruited out of high school, until his senior season he was mainly a wide receiver, and he was an all-state selection as a junior. As a senior, he…
The Washington State Cougars and head coach Mike Leach are Air Raid staples in today’s college football landscape. Leach is the father of the Air Raid scheme, and has used it to great offensive success at both Texas Tech and Washington State. A few concepts form the backbone of the offensive scheme, notably four verticals,…
Every draft cycle has a number of polarizing prospects. This past draft provided Deshaun Watson, Jabrill Peppers, and John Ross for example. Two years ago opinions were mixed on players such as Christian Hackenberg, Connor Cook, and Carson Wentz. In the draft year ahead, the clubhouse leader for the most polarizing prospect is the defending…
Evaluating Cam Robinson led to a wide variety of opinions on how good he was currently and how much better he could be in the future. It led some prominent media analysts to compare him to Ereck Flowers, or dismiss his chances of playing offensive tackle altogether, and project him inside to guard. Studying Robinson’s…
Click here for a full explanation of methodology and categories used in the chart above. Head of the Class Western Kentucky left tackle (and friend of the #PylonU podcast) Forrest Lamp highlights the interior offensive line class. Lamp, a left tackle for the Hilltoppers, could play the position at the next level, but he best translates…
(Click to enlarge table) Click here for a full explanation of the methodology and categories used in the chart above. “The Headliners” The headliner of this class is Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, who I would be comfortably take in the early teens in round 1. The specialness of McCaffrey comes from a presence on the…
Shane Alexander’s notes from Weigh-ins and Day 1 of practice: Quarterbacks: Davis Webb came in as the de facto top quarterback of the South and neither Antonio Pipkin nor Josh Dobbs did anything to challenge him. The Browns’ system is completely different from what both Texas Tech and Cal ran, and we saw Davis struggle…
In the past two years of the NFL Draft, two running backs have been selected in the first round. As NFL defenses get smaller in order to defend the pass, teams are looking to run the football more often. The 2017 NFL Draft running back class is the deepest in many years, and will provide NFL…
Film work complete, Mark Schofield is ready to make his predictions for the coming Southeastern Conference season. Will Tennessee finally break through in the SEC East? Can Alabama hold off the LSU Tigers? Also, what players look to take home hardware at the end of the season? As we near kickoff of the college football…
Scouts look for many things in a potential NFL prospect, but aboveall they are looking for playmakers like Florida‘s Vernon Hargreaves III. Shawn Spencer looks at the cornerback’s performance against Kentucky. The Florida Gators had defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 28 consecutive times prior to last weekend’s matchup in Lexington and extended the streak to 29 games with…
Week 4 of the college football calendar is upon us, and to help you organize your Saturday, Mark Schofield and Shawn Spencer tell you what they’ll be looking for in the Pac-12 and CAA clashes this weekend. CFB Week 3 Film Reviews Chad Kelly Responds: Ole Miss knocked off Alabama in an SEC West clash last…
“Who did you play?” is always a consideration in the polls and rankings. As the presumptive best-conference in the country, the SEC matchups matter most of all in determining who gets to play in the National Championship Game. Are the SEC permanent crossover games affecting some teams’ ability to win titles? Auburn lost to Georgia…