Last night my Comcast went down as my remote froze and it took me a good 45 minutes on the phone to get the TV working again. Talk about agitation as I was in the middle of watching SMU and the WS and bits of BC.
It is always nice to see a caste riddled team like Florida State, a team I have long despised get their asses handed to them by a team that at least has some white presence, especially on the front seven on D, like BC.
Earlier posts mentioned the RB's from Thursday night. Ian Ericksen could become a late round draft pick in 2019 but at this point just wild conjecture. Not a bad looking player with strength and burst.
Ryan Nall should get drafted albeit I suspect it will be in the later rounds. It will be interesting to see how fast he runs the 40 yard dash if he gets invited to the NFL combine either in 2018 or 2019.
Now for the prize. The story of WR Trey Quinn has been much repeated here but his failure at LSU I think was in part or perhaps because of their caste layout. I tend to think white high school football skill players (RB,WR,CB) that attend high schools with say 20-30% blacks for the most part
never get a chance to play those positions. A wall is put up and the white athletes from these type of schools either try Lacrosse et. or just melt into the backgrounds. I am not even talking about schools with 50% blacks or more where white skilled athletes completely disappear from sports like basketball and football.
That said I could never get a read on Quinn while he was at LSU, another ultra caste team I have despised for years. Quinn was the very rare white WR who came into his freshman season ranked as a top 20 high school WR.
I have seen him play in chunks this year but last night without a bunch of other college games to watch at the same time I got a great look and let me just say this guy is the REAL DEAL.
While he didn't catch a ton of balls like the previous few weeks he was stellar with two TD's and a catch 22 references above that was mind boggling.
He looks stronger than he did at LSU and is extremely buttery smooth with quick acceleration and tremendous route running skills and top of the line hands. He is a slot who can get deep and reminds me a bit of Adam Thielen.
Since he is a fourth year player as a junior he should declare, like CM did, after the season. He has nothing to gain staying at SMU one more season.
My projection as a pro is he will become a future star. That said I place him anywhere between the second round(highest projection) to the sixth round (lowest projection). So most likely outcome is he gets selected in the third round but I also see him climbing so all bets are off. If he is invited to the combine my guess is his 40 time will be between 4.42 and 4.52. If he runs a 4.4 he should get selected very high. If he actually burns a low 40 time (4.40-4.45) he could squeeze into the first round. He looks better than all the white WR's drafted this past season. He is a GREAT prospect with NFL star potential.