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Bears Should Hire Alonzo Highsmith as General Manager Updated Dec. 29, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. After a disappointing season, the Chicago Bears cleaned house by firing general manager Phil Emery and head coach Marc Trestman (go here for all of the Black Monday Firing Grades). Once again, Chicago is looking…

Matias, Kouandjio Grading as Top Guards Updated Dec. 26, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. With the college football regular season finished, NFL teams are able to start ranking players according to their draft grades. One position that has some depth and parity is the interior of the offensive line at guard….

Cody Prewitt Receiving Late-Round Grades Updated Dec. 23, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. Entering the 2014 season, many considered there to be two top safety prospects in the SEC with Alabama’s Landon Collins and Ole Miss’ Cody Prewitt. Collins was coming off a quality sophomore season, while Prewitt had a strong…

Ereck Flowers Earns Top-20 Grade Updated Dec. 20, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. A year ago in the back half of the 2013 college football season, Auburn left tackle Greg Robinson became a hot draft prospect with a meteoric rise into the top five. Robinson ended up being the second player…

Multiple Teams Issue Second-Day Grade for Shaq Thompson Updated Dec. 18, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. Washington’s Shaq Thompson was one of the players who received a lot of acclaim this season. The biggest reason for that was that the athletic linebacker took over duties as a running back for the…

Perryman, McKinney Grade as Late First, Early Second-Round Picks Updated Dec. 13, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. Over the past few years, it has been hard for middle linebackers to get into the first round of the NFL Draft. Similar to the running back position, middle linebacker has been downgraded in…

Multiple Teams Down on La'el Collins Updated Dec. 11, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. From conversations with sources on NFL teams, one of the 2015 NFL Draft prospects who seems to generate a variance in opinion is LSU left tackle La’el Collins. Some mock drafts have projected Collins to be a…

Leonard Williams to Enter Draft, Signals Oakland Updated Dec. 7, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. Sources tell WalterFootball.com that USC defensive lineman Leonard Williams is going to enter the 2015 NFL Draft even though he has suggested he may come back to the Trojans next year in order to beat UCLA….

Sterling Shepard, Eric Striker Plan on Declaring Updated Dec. 5, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. We recently learned that Missouri turned Oklahoma wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was likely to declare for the 2015 NFL Draft. He isn’t the only Oklahoma product who is leaning that direction. Sources say that junior wide…

Landon Collins Viewed as Strong Safety Updated Nov. 30, 2014 By Charlie Campbell. Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell. In the pass happy NFL featuring some dangerous receiving tight ends, the safety position is taking on increased importance. The consensus top safety prospect for the 2015 NFL Draft is Alabama’s Landon Collins. The Crimson Tide junior…