2018 NFL Draft

[Leonardfan]

Pitt OT Brian O'Neil has declared for the draft

 

[Leonardfan]

Wisconsin DE Connor Sheehy with a Shrine Game invite. Amazing to see the obvious racial disparity between the Shrine Game and Senior Bowl invites this year.

 

[Leonardfan]

Braxton Berrios with a Senior Bowl invite. They have 16 more spots open - so far they have only invited 2 defensive players and 2 white OTs. Pretty pathetic stuff.

 

[Shadowlight]

Boise State LB Leighton Vander Esch has declared early for the draft. Projections are all over the place on where he could get drafted. Could be as high as the first round. I think he will get invited to the Combine.He kept getting better and better as the season wore on and dominated the field by the end of the season.

SMU just wrapped up their pathetic Bowl game last night but they had a "new" Head Coach as their HC bolted to Arkansas before the Bowl game. Trey Quinn didn't explode like I was hoping finishing with a 8-45-1 stat line. The TD catch was a circus catch. As a red shirt junior I see no reason for him to stay in school. He is projected to get drafted and below is a scouting blurb that thinks he will run a 4.3 40 yard dash at the Combine. That would be fantastic but we won't know until the Combine. Again provided he declares soon and is invited to the combine. He should be invited but white WR's are given the short shrift so I wouldn't put anything past the powers that be. Quinn reminds me of Adam Thielen.


http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pl...ews.asp?sport=CFB&id=132333&line=77344&spln=1

 

[Leonardfan]

Great news on LVE! He was all over the place for Boise st. If he runs a 4.5 we may be looking at an Urlacher type talent.

Quinn should declare - Morris ditched SMU for Arkansas and Quinn has been great this season - better than his hyped up black teammate.

 

[Leonardfan]

Josh Allen officially declares for the draft.

 

[Leonardfan]

Clemson OG Taylor Hearn declared for the draft

 

[La France Blanche]

I don't like much of what Josh Rosen has said but he's absolutely right about not wanting to play for the Browns. Cleveland is where quarterbacks go to die. It's not difficult to picture Hue Jackson or his equally Rooney-Ruled replacement giving St. DeShone of Kizer "another chance" and putting whichever quarterback they draft on the bench (if he's White, of course).

Knowing the Browns, however, they'll probably draft Lamar "Upside" Jackson at #1, declare him their new franchise quarterback, and at the end of the season ask themselves how it could have all gone wrong again.

 

[TwentyTwo]

In 15' NFL Draft....Moritz Boehringer was the 21st WR Selected (early 6th Round)
In 16'....Chad Hansen was the 21st Selected WR (Late 4th Round)

So despite not being invited to any Post-season All Star teams...WR Dylan Cantrell was listed #21 WR in the upcoming Draft by McShay....which should at least land him as a 6th Round pick? He finished his Career at Texas Tech w 154 receptions for 1,847 yards & 17 TD's (18th in Bowl?)...does he even get an Indy Combine Invite??

This is what ESPN blog said last April
Texas Tech WR Dylan Cantrell
http://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/119947/top-2018-nfl-draft-prospects-for-every-big-12-team

And check out this article....

Dylan Cantrell is The Quiet Man of the Texas Tech football team. He has made a very good collegiate career for himself by simply showing up, keeping his hand on the tiller, and taking care of business. He doesn’t showboat. He doesn’t trash talk. He doesn’t covet the spotlight. And he doesn’t get his name in the papers for all the wrong reasons.

And perhaps all of the above, as praiseworthy as it undoubtedly is, is why Cantrell is often overlooked, not only nationally, but in Red Raiderland itself. The numbers, however, tell the story of one of the better Texas Tech receivers of recent times.

https://247sports.com/college/texas-tech/Article/Critical-20-No-11-Dylan-Cantrell-74898684

 

[Leonardfan]

Baker Mayfield will be attending the Senior Bowl.

Penn WR Justin Watson with a Shrine Game invite.

 

[Extra Point]

The Browns are guaranteed the number one pick. If I were them I'd take Mayfield with that pick in spite of his height. I've seen enough of him to think he'd be worth it.

I'd also give Johnny Manziel another chance. Manziel's issues were off the field. I still think he has what it takes to be a good starter in the NFL. Maybe he's got his act together. It's worth a shot. What could happen? They go 0-16?

 

[Leonardfan]

So far their is actually a decent number of white early entry players. The deadline to declare is January 19th.

QB Josh Allen
DT Taven Bryan
LB Frank Ginda
TE Hayden Hurst
OT Brian O'Neil
LB Leighton Vander Esch

I suspect Oklahoma TE Mark Andrews, SMU WR Trey Quinn, UCLA OT Kolton Miller and Notre Dame OG Quenton Nelson to also declare. So far it is not looking like a bad prospective draft class outside the lack of running back, WRs and defensive back prospects. QB, TE, OL are all very deep. D-line and LB might pleasantly surprise us as well.

 

[Leonardfan]

Weenieworld with yet another lie about this year's TE draft class:

Boston College redshirt junior TE Tommy Sweeney caught seven passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in Wednesday's 27-20 loss to Iowa in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

Sweeney (6'5/258) hauled in a 39-yard touchdown pass in the opening minutes of the second quarter for his score on the frosty afternoon. The 137 yards receiving marked a season best for the redshirt junior, who had not previously topped 100 yards in a game this season. While he could potentially declare for the NFL Draft, now, and would be doing so as part of a relatively thin tight end class, the current consensus would have him as a likely undrafted free agent in the spring.

 

[celticdb15]

Weenieworld with yet another lie about this year's TE draft class:

Boston College redshirt junior TE Tommy Sweeney caught seven passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in Wednesday's 27-20 loss to Iowa in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

Sweeney (6'5/258) hauled in a 39-yard touchdown pass in the opening minutes of the second quarter for his score on the frosty afternoon. The 137 yards receiving marked a season best for the redshirt junior, who had not previously topped 100 yards in a game this season. While he could potentially declare for the NFL Draft, now, and would be doing so as part of a relatively thin tight end class, the current consensus would have him as a likely undrafted free agent in the spring.

Classic repeat a lie enough it becomes accepted as truth!

 

[Leonardfan]

Add Clemson guard Taylor Hearn to the list of early entries.

 

[TwentyTwo]

Trey Quinn: Declares for 2018 Draft
Quinn declared for the 2018 NFL Draft on Friday, Adam Grosbard of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Quinn exploded on the scene in his first season at SMU after beginning his career at LSU, leading the nation with 114 receptions to help give the Mustangs one of the most productive receiving corps in the nation. According to Pro Football Focus Quinn led the nation in yards per route run out of the slot at 4.47, showing how dangerous and efficient he was in that role. In a draft class that's short on top end receiving talent, Quinn profiles as one of the best slot receiver prospects for the 2018 draft. He's currently trending towards being an early Day 3 selection, but a successful combine would boost his stock considerably.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/trey-quinn-declares-for-2018-draft/

 

[MrPoon]

Really no point in drafting white players. Teams know they can blatently discriminate with no negative consequences. Then scoop up these guys in free agency or very late rounds for mere peanuts. Flat out discrimination and relative slave labor. Whites need their own Ayers association.

 

[Extra Point]

Linebacker Joel Lanning of Iowa State is an interesting prospect at middle linebacker. In his first (!) year playing linebacker he was named a first team All-American by the FWAA. Quite an accomplishment.

With more experience he can only improve. This is a player that has excellent upside.

 

[Extra Point]

San Jose State's inside linebacker Frank Ginda had 173 tackles this year! Production at the college level often translates to production at the pro level.

It will be interesting to see where, or if, Ginda is drafted.

 

[Leonardfan]

Sam Hubbard has declared for the draft! Should be a top 20 pick.

 

[referendum]

Glad Hubbard will go to NFL. Don't really want him helping Ohio St anymore. Though in theory two white QBs are in a competition to be the next starting qb there, but the magical negro will probably win it anyway.

 

[Leonardfan]

Norte Dame Guard Quenton Nelson declares for the draft. I cannot recall any other draft that had so many white athletes leaving school early. Once all the dust settles and all the underclassmen declare I will start diving into the draft. I realize my posts on the draft have really been lacking as compared to past years.

 

[Don Wassall]

Norte Dame Guard Quenton Nelson declares for the draft. I cannot recall any other draft that had so many white athletes leaving school early. Once all the dust settles and all the underclassmen declare I will start diving into the draft. I realize my posts on the draft have really been lacking as compared to past years.

That used to be almost exclusively a black thang. Have any ideas why more White kids are doing it? Seems like a positive trend to me. White football players need to realize that college football is the NFL's farm system and not be overly loyal to schools that for the most part use them to make money.

 

[Leonardfan]

That used to be almost exclusively a black thang. Have any ideas why more White kids are doing it? Seems like a positive trend to me. White football players need to realize that college football is the NFL's farm system and not be overly loyal to schools that for the most part use them to make money.

It is a pleasant surprise - my guess is that they all received favorable draft grades from the advisory committee. I am sure other things come into play - players have already earned their degree, coaching changes, being overaged as a prospect etc. I do hope that they are starting to realize that loyalty to the school means nothing in the long run and to strike when the time is right. My hope is that Sam Darnold also declares.

 

[Leonardfan]

Ryan Nall declares for the draft!