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How many quarterbacks will be selected in the top five? Could three wide receivers be taken in the top 10? Where does Georgia tight end Brock Bowers fit best?
These are among a host of questions being asked ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. Here’s one more: Who are the under-the-radar prospects poised to be draft steals?
On the latest edition of “The No. 1 College Football Show with RJ Young,” host RJ Young provided his top five diamonds in the rough for the upcoming draft. Let’s count them down.
5. Iowa P Tory Taylor
RJ’s thoughts: “I think [he is] a great comp to Pat McAfee. When you talk about Tory Taylor’s leg, and you talk about Pat McAfee’s leg, yes, they’re both actual. They point at their right legs, and, yes, they have absolute hammers. … Tory Taylor averaged 46.3 yards per punt at Iowa. Pat McAfee averaged 46.4 yards per punt in the NFL over 575 punts. It’s also important to note that Tory Taylor is the most decorated punter of all time. That is not hyperbole; that is a fact. He is a unanimous and consensus All-American. As a matter of fact, not only did they root for punts at Iowa, which is perfectly Iowa, but I bet that Kirk Ferentz thought of Tory Taylor as his offense. Given the style of defense they played, and remember Phil Parker was the Broyles Award winner because his defense has been legitimately awesome the last couple of years and their offense has been all-but-nonexistent, Tory Taylor was your best chance to score outside of pick-six, strip-sack, fumble, return for touchdowns …
“I think that if you are going to select a specialist in the NFL draft, this is the first one to go off the board.”
4. South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler
RJ’s thoughts: “He’s supposed to be what Caleb Williams was at Oklahoma, absolutely gets benched for Caleb Williams in 2021, goes into the portal, comes out with Shane Beamer and becomes his quarterback for the last two years. Three out of four years, he’s passed for at least 3,000 yards, and when you talk about value,…
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Publish date : 2024-03-28 18:53:49
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