2016 mid to late round sleepers

OLB/DE options

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Projected Round: 2-3
Name: Charles Tapper
College: Oklahoma Number: 91
Height: 6-3 Weight: 271
Position: DE Pos2: OLB Class/Draft Year: Sr/2016
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.59 40 High: 4.68

Projected Round: 4
Name: Matt Judon
College: Grand Valley State Number: 9
Height: 6-3 Weight: 275
Position: DE Pos2: OLB Class/Draft Year: rSr/2016
40 Low: 4.63 40 Time: 4.73 40 High: 4.82

Projected Round: 6-7
Name: *Stephen Weatherly
College: Vanderbilt Number: 45
Height: 6-4 Weight: 267
Position: DE Pos2: OLB Class/Draft Year: rJr/2016
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.61 40 High: 4.68

OG options

Projected Round: 3-4
Name: Connor McGovern
College: Missouri Number: 60
Height: 6-4 Weight: 306
Position: OG Pos2: OT Class/Draft Year: rSr/2016
40 Low: 5.00 40 Time: 5.11 40 High: 5.20

McGovern could be a late-round steal for someone. While he does have a future on the interior, McGovern has shown he can play both tackle spots in a pinch, which will only increase his value in the NFL. He has the size and strength that should translate well in the NFL power game on the inside.
--Jamie Newberg (1/11/15)

Projected Round: 6-7
Name: Joe Thuney
College: North Carolina State Number: 54
Height: 6-5 Weight: 304
Position: OG Pos2: OT Class/Draft Year: rSr/2016
40 Low: 4.88 40 Time: 4.95 40 High: 5.04

12/01/15 - 2015 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (MEDIA): T Joe Thuney, Sr.-R, NC State, 82/150 Votes...Thuney, a graduate student from Centerville, Ohio, finished ACC play with no sacks allowed this season and was consistently the Wolfpack offensive line's high grader.

I only start to worry when Trent picks sleepers over BPA and we all know he likes to outthink himself.

Late round sleeper

TFY Draft Insider's Tony Pauline reports Oregon LB LB Joe Walker met with the Cowboys last week.


Per Pauline, Walker, snubbed from the Combine, "wowed" at his pro day last week. Measuring in at 6-foot-2, 236 pounds, Walker had a 37.5 inch vertical jump, a broad jump of 10-foot-4, a short shuttle of 4.37 and a 3-cone of 6.84. He added 23 reps on the bench and a forty in the lows 4.6s. "Walker then looked good in position drills," Pauline wrote. "Graded as a street free agent entering the year, Walker was considered a terrific football player but questionable athlete. This will now have scouts rethinking that opinion." Walker led the Ducks with 87 tackle in 2015.

Mississippi State ILB Ben Brown met with the 49ers and Dolphins this week.

[Brown] a very good pro-day workout," TFY Draft Insider's Tony Pauline passed along. "I'm told he looked outstanding in position drills and moved better than some of the defensive backs on hand." The 6-foot-1, 229-pound Brown, who posted 99 tackles and two blocked kicks last year, ran forties between 4.62 to 4.67 seconds at 236 pounds. That's seven more pounds than Brown weighed at the Combine. NFL Media's Lance Zierlein compares Brown to Amarlo Herrera.

Blake Martinez ILB Stanford

Deiondre Hall CB Northern Iowa

Kevin Hogan QB Stanford

Ricardo Louis WR Auburn