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The NFL is always looking for quarterback protectors and starting edge protectors. After starting at Alabama the past three seasons, Kadyn Proctor is keeping a tradition alive of NFL tackle talent coming from the Crimson Tide. Like many before him, Proctor has good size, quickness, and athleticism. While Proctor is a talented player, team sources…

Entering the 2025 college football season, South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers was among the top contenders to be the top quarterback prospect for the 2026 NFL Draft. Sellers played well to close out the 2024 season, his first year as a starter, and showed an excellent skill set with a ton of potential. However, Sellers…

In the passing-driven NFL, the teams have downgraded the importance of drafting off-ball linebackers and safeties in the first round of the NFL Draft. It takes a special prospect to go in the first round. Last year, many teams felt that Alabama’s Jihaad Campbell was among the best players in the draft, but he fell…

Every NFL Draft class is different, with some years having a deep group of talent at certain positions and being very depleted for talent at others. With three quarters of the college football season still to go, a lot can change. The NIL world has also led to more players staying in college rather than…

Oklahoma had a nice run of quarterback prospects for the NFL with Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts, and Caleb Williams before he transferred. Washington State transfer John Mateer looks as though he will reestablish that tradition as he has been very impressive for the Sooners to start the 2025 season. In speaking to multiple…

After the Senior Bowl, I reached out to team sources to see which players helped themselves the most in Mobile. All of the evaluators said Missouri defensive end Zion Young independently, and he was perhaps the player who did the most to rise during the Senior Bowl practices. Entering the Senior Bowl, many sources thought…

…two under-the-radar quarterback prospects have impressed some scouts.

Every year in August, NFL scouts start hitting the road and visiting college football training camps as they progress in the evaluation process for the next NFL Draft. Over the past 15 years, there have been some years where NFL teams devalued the running back prospects and did not take one in the first round…

During the spring months, NFL teams have their advance scouts visiting colleges for junior days and looking at the tape of the last season to put together a watch list for the next NFL Draft. The preseason watch lists are shared with the teams that are part of National Football Scouting or the Blesto scouting…

During the spring months, NFL teams have their advance scouts visiting colleges for junior days and looking at the tape of the last season to put together a watch list for the next NFL Draft. The preseason watch lists are shared with the teams that are part of National Football Scouting or the Blesto scouting…