Small School prospects/Sleepers

Originally posted by strickac:
Apple is in the top-15 in some mocks

Well i think he's a top 10 talent

Jatavis Brown, LB - Akron

Needs to add weight but will be as good as any ILB in this draft when it's all said and done. Should be a special teams monster right away. 2 time All-MAC first team and 2015 MAC defensive player of the year. He's the reason why I would pass on Myles Jack or Jaylon Smith in the first.

Here's my Top 22 right now. (I don't consider schools like Temple, Navy, Memphis, ECU, and Houston to be small schools, but I have 3 or 4 Temple players ranked, 2 Navy, 1 Memphis, 1 ECU, and 3 or 4 Houston players ranked)

QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
OT Joe Haeg, North Dakota State
DE Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky
CB Harlan Miller, SE Louisiana
WR Roger Lewis, Bowling Green
OLB Victor Ochi, Stony Brook
CB Cre'von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic
WR Daniel Braverman, Western Michigan
DE Ronald Blair, Appalachian State
QB Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky
FS DeAndre Houston-Carson, William & Mary
OLB Connor Underwood, Indiana State
DT Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State
TE Darion Griswold, Arkansas State
TE Tyler Higbee, Western Kentucky
SS Miles Killebrew, Southern Utah
TE David Morgan II, UT-San Antonio
CB Deiondre' Hall, Northern Iowa
WR Alonzo Russell, Toledo
WR Jamaal Jones, Montana
OLB T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee
WR Zach Vraa, North Dakota State

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Here's my Top 22 right now. (I don't consider schools like Temple, Navy, Memphis, ECU, and Houston to be small schools, but I have 3 or 4 Temple players ranked, 2 Navy, 1 Memphis, 1 ECU, and 3 or 4 Houston players ranked)

QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
OT Joe Haeg, North Dakota State
DE Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky
CB Harlan Miller, SE Louisiana
WR Roger Lewis, Bowling Green
OLB Victor Ochi, Stony Brook
CB Cre'von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic
WR Daniel Braverman, Western Michigan
DE Ronald Blair, Appalachian State
QB Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky
FS DeAndre Houston-Carson, William & Mary
OLB Connor Underwood, Indiana State
DT Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State
TE Darion Griswold, Arkansas State
TE Tyler Higbee, Western Kentucky
SS Miles Killebrew, Southern Utah
TE David Morgan II, UT-San Antonio
CB Deiondre' Hall, Northern Iowa
WR Alonzo Russell, Toledo
WR Jamaal Jones, Montana
OLB T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee
WR Zach Vraa, North Dakota State

I see you still haven't looked at McRoberts lol

Originally posted by Ninersfan8052:

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
Here's my Top 22 right now. (I don't consider schools like Temple, Navy, Memphis, ECU, and Houston to be small schools, but I have 3 or 4 Temple players ranked, 2 Navy, 1 Memphis, 1 ECU, and 3 or 4 Houston players ranked)

QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
OT Joe Haeg, North Dakota State
DE Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky
CB Harlan Miller, SE Louisiana
WR Roger Lewis, Bowling Green
OLB Victor Ochi, Stony Brook
CB Cre'von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic
WR Daniel Braverman, Western Michigan
DE Ronald Blair, Appalachian State
QB Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky
FS DeAndre Houston-Carson, William & Mary
OLB Connor Underwood, Indiana State
DT Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State
TE Darion Griswold, Arkansas State
TE Tyler Higbee, Western Kentucky
SS Miles Killebrew, Southern Utah
TE David Morgan II, UT-San Antonio
CB Deiondre' Hall, Northern Iowa
WR Alonzo Russell, Toledo
WR Jamaal Jones, Montana
OLB T.T. Barber, Middle Tennessee
WR Zach Vraa, North Dakota State

I see you still haven't looked at McRoberts lol

I actually found video on him, he and 5 others I will review tonight or tomorrow, includes Akron OLB Jatavis Brown.

Originally posted by AB81Rules:
I actually found video on him, he and 5 others I will review tonight or tomorrow, includes Akron OLB Jatavis Brown.

There are some short highlights on twitter of some of his catches yesterday in Senior Bowl practice.

Tyler Ervin 5-10 190lbs San Jose St.

Tyler Ervin was one of the most productive players in the nation last season. There are not many more versatile players in the country. Ervin played running back, slot receiver and return specialist. He played cornerback and special teams defense at one point as well.

Ervin gained 1,661 yards on the ground to go along with 334 receiving yards. As a return specialist, he had 105 yards on seven punt returns and 597 yards on 25 kickoff returns. Ervin scored a total of 16 touchdowns last season.
Strengths: Ervin bulked up to 192 pounds and did not lose any of his quickness. Despite his size, he relishes the opportunity to run between the tackles and is able to make a defender miss at the second level; resulting in long runs. Ervin has the strength to break tackles but is a very shifty back as well.

Whoever takes him in the draft will be able to cause problems for opposing defenses because Ervin matches up favorably against linebackers when catching the ball out of the backfield. He has the ability to make defenders look silly in the open field. Ervin has elite playmaking ability as shown by his multiple gains of over 60 yards rushing, receiving along with punt and kickoff returns.

Weakness: Ervin will need to work on pass protection at the next level. He isn't the biggest back, so he will struggle a bit when he has to block big linebackers and the occasional defensive lineman. That is when the art of cut blocking will come into play. One of the things that typically limit the playing time of a rookie running back is pass protection. Coaches are very hesitant to play someone when they are not confident in their ability to protect the quarterback.

Guy would be perfect in Chips offense.

Interesting sleeper with a combine snub-http://rotoviz.com/2016/01/meet-mike-thomas-southern-miss-sleeper-wr-prospect/ and further -http://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2016/01/05/rsp-film-room-no-69-s-miss-wr-michael-thomas-sleeper-alert/ meet the other Michael Thomas WR.

Originally posted by hightop:

Interesting sleeper with a combine snub-http://rotoviz.com/2016/01/meet-mike-thomas-southern-miss-sleeper-wr-prospect/ and further -http://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2016/01/05/rsp-film-room-no-69-s-miss-wr-michael-thomas-sleeper-alert/ meet the other Michael Thomas WR.

Definitely someone to bring in for a workout and possibly target on day 3.

Agree Strickac intriguing indeed. Another prospect from a small school who warrants attention-"the dude"-http://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2015/09/25/so-you-want-to-scout-football-talent-rsp-film-room-no-57-rb-kenneth-dixon-latech/ and-http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-kenneth-dixon-montee-ball-ncaa-record-career-total-touchdowns-11091-!

I really like Brandon Allen. Good, but not excellent at any one thing, Played tough competition and held on to the ball. The knock on him is that his hand size is very small for his size at 8.5 with teams looking for something in the 9's

Originally posted by strickac:

Originally posted by hightop:

Interesting sleeper with a combine snub-http://rotoviz.com/2016/01/meet-mike-thomas-southern-miss-sleeper-wr-prospect/ and further -http://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2016/01/05/rsp-film-room-no-69-s-miss-wr-michael-thomas-sleeper-alert/ meet the other Michael Thomas WR.

Definitely someone to bring in for a workout and possibly target on day 3.

Agreed. Very talented WR with pretty good hands and great size. Showed an ability to get behind the corners as well as make contested catches

Originally posted by Chibamarines:

I really like Brandon Allen. Good, but not excellent at any one thing, Played tough competition and held on to the ball. The knock on him is that his hand size is very small for his size at 8.5 with teams looking for something in the 9's

He came on really strong towards the end of the season. With his defense being weak and having to get into some shootouts, he was certainly up to the challenge

Drew Morgan - WR (Jr.) - Arkansas - I like the way this kid plays, not even sure if he is entering the draft but we need a small white guy to play the slot anyway ; )