Building the Beast: The NFL prospects you should know in 2026

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2:46We're back. Let's get right to it.

2:58I cannot think of a better sign that summer is winding down and football is almost here than the fact that I'm back on with my friend, my co-host, my partner on this draft journey my draft sherpa dane brugler been a minute buddy how are you i'm good yeah last time we recorded a building the beast episode uh let's say since then you got married uh it was a busy summer like there's a lot that's happened but yeah like you i'm excited to get back into this um we got a lot of things to talk about we had a great summer yeah the wedding was great I saw you took some much needed vacation time I tried not to bother you until recently where I was like I'm gonna be bothering Dane for nine months let's leave it alone until then but we're here now man and I think we gotta really hammer this at the start of this show because we get excited for every draft and every draft is good in its own way but this is the one man this is the one where for at least two years now we've been saying okay but wait for 2027 okay but but this guy is not draft eligible until 2027 and we're here now this is an absolutely loaded draft class we're going to get into it quick quick uh plug for all of you listening dane your preliminary top 50 is coming out if this is airing on thursday it's coming out next week am i right that's it i think next wednesday yeah and and obviously throughout the summer i've been doing all my position by position previews um so you know we want to see my top uh 30 linebackers you can check that out um so i don't think the top 50 will maybe be too surprising if you've been following along with those position previews but it was kind of tough to squeeze everybody i wanted to in that top 50 and especially the quarterbacks right and something tells me we'll be talking about quarterbacks quite a bit over the next eight months.

5:03I was going to say it might not be surprising, but I bet it's agonizing to put a top 50 together in a class like this, especially at certain positions. Well, and it's always tough when you do one in August because it's you factor in projection. It's not just what, you know, these guys have put on tape up to this point because summer is a big tape study phase of the year for me because you have to be able to go into the year with some sort of expectations for these players that way you know okay are they getting better are they regressing are they kind of staying the same maybe this is just who this guy is so having a really firm understanding of the player his skill set the talent the traits that's a big part of what my summer is so thousands and thousands of players that's what I've been working on all summer is a lot of film talking to people around the league, getting that base foundation down.

6:00And that way we can go into the year really having these expectations. But doing a top 50, doing rankings, you do bake in some of that projection in there where, okay, a guy like Darian Mensah going to Miami, there's a good chance he really tears it up this year as being part of that offense with the talent around him. So some of the issues I had with him on the Duke tape, I'm going to factor in that I I think some of that will get better this year. And so, you know, and that goes for a lot of different players where I think that they have a chance to, the stage will be there for them to really ascend.

6:37And so, yeah, this is going to be a fun group to really talk about all year as we kind of track the progress. You're getting ahead of me, and that's okay because it's very exciting. But that's what I love about this show is it's like a live journal. You know, at this time last year, we previewed the 26 class. Peter Woods was your number one guy. had what we would call relative to those expectations, a disappointing year still winds up, winds up being a first round pick to the Kansas city chiefs. And he's generating a lot of buzz and training camp. We brought up Trinidad chamberless almost as a joke in like September of last year.

7:14You get credit for that one. That was you. I might've done that on purpose. Thank you very much. But we're going to be talking about him this season and right here today as a very exciting piece of this class. So I basically, we don't have time to mention every name in your summer preview series. If you, if you're really want to go look at it, please do. It's so informative. It's so great, but I just, I want to work through as many positions as we can and really get a lay of the land for who we're excited about, why we're excited about certain position groups, what you should be excited about.

7:47If your team needs a certain player or a certain position in the upcoming draft. and like you alluded to we absolutely have to start with quarterback because this this could age terribly we were kind of excited about the quarterbacks last year and it very quickly nosedived but this really feels like a year where we can count on there being at least two if not four or five quarterbacks worth really talking about during this draft process i think it's very telling in your preview series. Most of your positions, you previewed five guys in depth at quarterback. You snuck in seven. You were like, no, I got to talk about seven guys.

8:27So let's let's just get into it. And I don't think there is a better place to start than a guy you wrote about on his own earlier this week. And that's, you know, all eyes were on Arch Manning a year ago. And now as he comes back for year number two as Texas's starter, the hype machine is going to be in full effect and the anticipation for what he looks like in year two, I'm already really pumped to see it. And we'll find out quickly, right? With Ohio State going down to Austin week two, you look at the Texas schedule. It's tough. I mean, we know the SEC is loaded every year and not just, it's not top heavy.

9:09You know, playing a team like Missouri midseason, that's a team that could surprise you and give you everything that they've got. And it may be an upset. So, I mean, every single week, we're going to see and learn something about Arch Manning. And it's all going to be, can he build on what he did over the second half of last year? Right. Because we we did this in depth last year at this time where Arch Manning, OK, we're we're betting he's going to be this. I don't know how we frame him as a prospect. I'm not I'm not going to use the word generational. I'm not going to use like it's, but we were just really excited for him.

9:44And then he goes out in that first game, his first road start ever in Columbus. And he didn't have a lot of help around him and he didn't play great either. And I think that the disappointment of how that first few games went, that September went, the shine started to come off a little bit. The hype started to die down. And I think we kind of resigned him to being part of the 2027 class and really stopped talking about him as a serious prospect for 2026. But then I was really pleasantly surprised when I went back and watched the second half of last year when really after that Florida game. So whether you're watching A &M or like Georgia, if you look at the box score, it's not really great for Arch Manning, but you watch the tape and it's a lot more forgiving with what he was doing out there.

10:36Arkansas, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Michigan. I mean, there's some good programs in there and good defenses that he faced, and he played really well. I was really impressed with the athleticism first and foremost for a guy that's 6 '4", 230, moves really well, and not just with taking the yards when they're there, but the pocket movement. He has a real instinct for it. That and then the passing anticipation I was really, really impressed with. You look at that Texas offense. It's a progression-based offense. And so he has a, I thought he did a really improved job from the opener to the end of the year, marrying his feet with his eyes and understanding how to come off one read, hitch, two read, and just going through that process.

11:23And I'm looking at my strengths and weaknesses and I'm like, okay, all my weaknesses are things that you would expect from a young quarterback who's just learning and getting better and stacking good games, good tapes. And it's like, all right, I think we were being a little too hard on this guy because the way that he progressed throughout the year, it's pretty exciting because he did some NFL things and then, and he didn't turn the ball over over the last eight games. I think he had three turnovers and two were interceptions. One of those was really a drop. And then his fumble, I think it was on the Georgia tape.

11:57Like he got, he got hit in the junk where it's kind of like, all right, I can't give you a half pass for that because that was tough. One in a million shot, Doc. Yeah. The promise he showed the second half of the year, I think it's fair to be excited about what to expect this year, what we're going to see. Hopefully he stays healthy and builds off of what he showed down the stretch. If you want to see more from Arch, that's totally understandable. If you're not ready to anoint him, I get it. If you like some of these other quarterbacks better, we can talk about Dante more. That's all fine. If you outright dismiss the idea that Arch is growing and is worth being excited about heading into this year and we're only talking about him because his name is Manning, I just got to assume you checked out after the Florida game.

12:48Like, there's no way you watched some of the stuff he was doing in the last seven weeks and you don't see it at all. And so I'm excited to see what this year looks like. We can talk about it a little bit later, but he added some massive firepower to his receiver core, which should only stand to make him look a little bit better. Every reason to be excited about that. I had one quick question, and let's do it quickly. But you said in your story, and I get it, if the 2027 draft was today, Arch would have a shot to go number one overall. Where do you think he would have gone last year just as like a baseline?

13:24Like, was that do you think that was encouraging enough over the second half of last year to get him drafted highly? We would have had bloody, bloody discussions about who goes one, Mendoza or Manning. I mean, absolutely. I think that there would have been a really big debate about which quarterback should go one. And then whoever didn't go one was going to to the Jets slam dunk. Now, obviously, I can say that without, you know, because it's a hypothetical. We don't know. But just based off of what the tape says and how some scouts talk about them and, you know, GMs talk about them. And look, I get it.

14:01Some people are going to look and say, oh, it's the last name. It's the lineage. It's I think it's a lot more than that. And, yeah, I mean, you said that the article that I had on The Athletic this week, hopefully people read it and check it out. because I included seven, eight clips to just illustrate what I'm talking about, about why there's optimism, why there's promise. And it has nothing to do with his last name. And so I think your point is spot on. If you watch Ohio State, if you watch Florida, if you watch some of those early games and got discouraged, I understand. But he's a young quarterback.

14:31Let's get the full body of work and understand where he is. And so I think Arch Manning is polarizing to a degree for several reasons. But when you go in, just wipe your mind clean with a clean slate and just try to give them, you know, a clear evaluation. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. But I'm glad you mentioned Dante Moore because I don't think it's a slam dunk that it's like Arch Manning and then everybody else. Dante Moore did so many good things last year for Oregon that I think he belongs in this discussion when we're talking about the top quarterbacks because he's a very loose passer.

15:07He's very quick with everything that he does. And so you see that in the screen game, his release, everything's out quickly. But he's also very good down the field. His touch is really, really impressive. And I'm excited to see him with, you know, tight end with Johnson, you know, no more Sadiq, but Johnson's he's going to be a he has a good chance to be a first round pick next year. The receivers are awesome. The offensive line, we'll see, because that was a little bit of a problem last year for Oregon. just like it was at Texas. You watch that Texas Tech tape, and man, I mean, David Bailey and that group just got after, and Indiana as well.

15:49Oregon could not block Indiana. And now Dante Moore made several mistakes of his own, but he wasn't getting a lot of help from the offensive line either. So I was really impressed with Dante Moore. If you tell me that he's the top quarterback coming into this year, I'm not going to fight you on it because I think Moore is a good player. And something to keep in mind, too, last year, one of my concerns was he just looked small at times, especially in the pocket. And he was around 205. Talking to a scout who just saw him a couple weeks ago, said he's up to 215 and expects to play this year, this season, at 218 in that range.

16:25So I think that's a good sign for him. And one of the reasons he went back is to grow and mature, not just mentally, but also physically. Dante Moore on the peanut butter sandwiches at night diet during training camp. It's Jamari Johnson tight end at Oregon has a chance to be the heir apparent to Kenyan Sadiq, Evan Stewart, probably a receiver worth knowing. Yeah. I think, you know, for, for as hard as it is to keep track of everything in the NIL transfer portal era. One cool thing about it is that Oregon can pay a guy like Dante Moore well enough for him to go back to school. And I just I think that's incredibly exciting that he gets another year in this offense.

17:08We talked about last when we talked last year about how just throw UCLA out, just throw that experience out when you're trying to evaluate him. So now we get a second full real season of him as a starting quarterback, spending more time in a college strength and conditioning program. I'm I'm incredibly excited for Dante Moore. It would have been exciting if he had been part of last year's class, but I just think we'll have a more rock-solid opinion of what he is when this season's over with. Yeah, and Oregon should be—you said their talent, right? Oregon should be, if not one of the favorites, I mean, close to it in terms of just being one of the best teams this year.

17:48So whether it's Ohio State or Oregon or Texas or Miami, Georgia, like it's I don't think there's a clear favorite this year, but there's a handful of teams that are in that mix, have a be part of that conversation. And Oregon absolutely is there. But I think it's it's so it's interesting as we move on from those two guys, because I think the theme of this year's draft. Well, actually, not the theme, but the question that will determine the theme is, can these quarterbacks live up to the massive hype that's already attached to this draft class? And so those are the top two guys, in my opinion, and I think on a lot of different people's opinions.

18:29If the draft were tomorrow, both Manning, Moore, their top five picks, very good chance they go one, two. but the I think the intrigue of this class is that next tier or the second and third tiers it the list of talented college quarterbacks is a long long list but who is so you know when you think about it the quantities there but the first round quality and future NFL quality that's the question mark how many from those next tiers can make a jump this year and join Arch and Dante Moore in that top tier, or at least get very close. And that's where the list is long, where, you know, Notre Dame, CJ Carr, Oklahoma State's Drew Mestemaker, South Carolina's Lenora Sellers, Miami's Darian Mensah, Trinidad Chambliss, who you mentioned, Ole Miss.

19:22And, I mean, the list goes on and on. UCLA, Ohio State, Sam Levitt now at LSU, Jade Maiava at USC. I mean, it's crazy the talent that we have right now in college football, but who's going to ascend? Who's going to maybe stumble? Who maybe just stays steady in kind of where they are? I think that's going to be, to me, the biggest question of this draft class in this college football season. And that will determine what the main theme is for the 2027 class. Some of these storylines with the rest of these quarterbacks are incredible. I mean, CJ Carr wound up as your number three guy in your preview.

20:02Grandson of Lloyd Carr had a very promising first year as Notre Dame's starter. How do you build on that? We saw last year that growth isn't always linear. Mess to makers, just an incredible story. Like, didn't play much quarterback or any at all in high school, right? He didn't. The last time he started a game at quarterback before last season. well I guess he started one as a red as a his first year at UNT but he didn't start a game in high school he had to go back to middle school the last time he started a game at quarterback which is I don't think we've ever seen anything like that right I mean we've there Matt Castle was a backup in college like we've seen that maybe a few times but it's just so rare to have a guy that didn't play quarterback in high school walked on and for him to be this good this quickly, it's really a unique situation.

20:58Led the number one scoring offense in college football last year as a former walk-on. He's at Oklahoma State now. His coach, Eric Morris, took the Okie State job. He goes with him. That's going to be fascinating to watch. Oregon goes to Stillwater week two. So that'll be, you know, we can quibble about the Big 12 and how much defense they play. Oregon will get after Oklahoma State in week two so that'll be a great opportunity to evaluate the quarterback good early season matchup and which we will sorely need because glancing over the early season schedule it it looks a little lifeless so it's a little bit but we we can get to that Trinidad Shameless like we said back for year two at Ole Miss Lenora Sellers I got re-excited when I I saw some of the additions that South Carolina made this offseason.

21:48They upgraded their left tackle spot. I'm holding out. I'm holding out hope for some more consistency. Maybe if Lenora Sellers has a better supporting cast. You mentioned Mensa. He's shown flashes everywhere he's gone. Obviously, Duke last year, but Tulane before that. And now landing on a Miami team with as much talent as they have. I'm very curious about the narrative that's going to surround Darian Mensah. Basically, how good is this really? Because I'm guessing it's going to look really, really good. But parsing Miami's on-field results from his NFL potential, I think, is going to be an interesting conversation.

22:29No doubt. You just mentioned Lenora Sellers. The rare physical tools that he has being a guy that's 6 '3", 240 pounds. But he'll run in the 4 '4". He has an explosive arm. Mensah doesn't have any of that. He's a little bit smaller. He doesn't have the ball doesn't explode off his hand like that, but he's more consistent in the areas that Sellers has not been. And so you get into that conversation where maybe you don't love the ceiling because the physical tools aren't amazing with Mensah, but he is going to go. The stage is set for him to have a really big year in the ACC, with that offense, with the talent around him.

23:10And they have to rebuild the offensive line. And, you know, but Mark Fletcher's back at running back. Tony at receiver, who's not draft eligible, but he's one of the best playmakers in college football. So Mensah will have every opportunity to show why he belongs somewhere in that top 50 mix. I think we said a lot of these names worth pointing out. I know it wasn't good when he came back from injury, but John Mateer is back at Oklahoma for another go around. Indiana replaced Fernando Mendoza with Josh Hoover, who threw for 10 ,000 yards at TCU. So I'm interested to see what that looks like with some receiver firepower at Indiana.

23:50You mentioned Sam Levitt. Julian Sayan is back, lest we forget, a guy who was a Heisman candidate for most of last year. And then I would, the last guy that I really wanted to highlight, just because he, in this day and age, he's kind of outlandish. landish uh drake lindsey at minnesota just being a 6 '5 230 pound guy like there is a there's an option for every type of quarterback you might like in this class i can't wait and i think several of these guys are probably going to be better 2028 prospects if we're being honest i mean drew mestemaker as crazy as the story is it just it feels like one more year after this one probably makes the most sense for him.

24:32Maybe even CJ Carr as well. So that'll be part of this conversation throughout the year as well. Who really needs another year? Maybe that's the biggest threat to this draft class is the quarterbacks that say, hey, I can go back, get paid$4 or$5 million and get better with one more year of college, similar to how Dante Moore did. That probably the biggest threat to what we think this quarterback class could be. Still, and God, I hope this isn't the sports announcer jinx, but I think it's going to be a more robust class than the last couple that we've seen. But cannot wait to see how that prediction ages.

25:13So many guys who could take the ball and run with it. And I'm just assuming Arch and Dante Moore are going to be part of the conversation like you alluded to. But whether it's two or three or four or God knows, maybe more than that. I can't wait to see. All right. That we, we went long on quarterback on purpose. We wanted to make sure we hit as many guys, as many guys as possible, but we're going to take a quick break. We're going to try our best to hit every other position heading into this 2026 college football season. We'll be right back. This episode is brought to you by bill, the intelligent finance platform that helps businesses and accounting firms scale with proven results.

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30:03All right, Dane, my goal here is just to bounce around to as many positions as possible. I didn't prep you for this because I wanted your honest answer. If I say to you, not counting quarterback, which position feels the deepest or the most exciting heading into the season, where are you going first? It's probably receiver just because I think you look at the top of the class. I think I do have questions about whether this receiver class is as deep as we've seen it in the past few years. But when you have a Jeremiah Smith from Ohio State at the top, who is as special of a prospect as we've seen at receiver since maybe Calvin Johnson, it's just he's got rare stuff.

30:50He's 6 '3", 225. I bet he runs—if you tell me the over-under on his 40 is 4 '4", I'll take the under. I bet you he gets in the 4 '3". He is as explosive as any receiver in the country, and he's so big and physical. but and I think the best thing that he does is at the catch point because he the way he can win at the catch point is so unique so Jeremiah Smith is just a cheat code and I think he will be the rare prospect that makes teams think about okay yeah we could use a quarterback but man you add a talent like this and you know we've got our Andre Johnson we've got our you know however the the outlandish comps that we're going to hear over the next eight months they all kind of fit jeremiah smith so you're going to see how what that looks like this year in ohio state no more carnell tate and you know they do have talent obviously at ohio state i'm sure the depth chart's just fine they do but if i'm if i'm a defense facing ohio state i'm triple teaming jeremiah smith and making everybody else beat me if they beat me so be it but i'm not gonna let number four beat me because if you leave him one-on-one he's going to win it's over so I I think it'll be just fascinating how defenses choose to defend the Buckeyes this year um but after Jeremiah Smith Cam Coleman from Texas uh who was at Auburn big five-star recruit kind of overlooked went overlooked in that offense because the passing attack was just dreadful the last two years at Auburn so he moves on to Texas where uh I think he's going to get plenty of targets.

32:30As long as he stays on the field, stays healthy, he's going to get plenty of chances to show how special he can be. He's another guy, 6 '3", he's over 210 pounds, probably going to run in the 4 '4", special kid. Charlie Becker from Indiana, he's also a guy that I think is in that top tier of wide receivers. We saw what he did down the stretch last year for Indiana. Another guy that's 6 '3", 210 pounds, probably runs in the low 4 '4", maybe even the 4 '3". He can really stride it out. But he was without Charlie Becker in the way he emerged last year. Indiana might not win the national championship.

33:05They might not win the Big Ten. So I said that because if you watched Fernando Mendoza last year, you know exactly what we're talking about. But looking at the stats is so striking. Charlie Becker had seven catches on November 1st. And from week 11 until the national title game, he caught 27 balls for 522 yards. Elijah Surratt got hurt and so they needed him to step up and it was like okay we need to create more opportunities for this guy even after Surratt came back because he was such a difference maker it's not just Charlie Becker though Nick Marsh transferring in from Michigan State I guess he would be the other side of Indiana's one-two punch having lost not just Surratt but Omar Cooper Jr.

33:50as well so it's Marsh and Charlie Becker that kind of step into those vacancies Right, which very eager to see that. How does Marsh look in that offense? I think everything about Indiana is going to look maybe a little different from last year just because so many of those key members of the national title team moved on, specifically Mendoza. So what does that offense look like this upcoming year? That'll be, I mean, looking at Indiana's schedule, it doesn't, I wish there was maybe a little few more harder tests on there, but they do have to face Ohio State. And there are some good matchups to watch, but we just have to wait a little bit on those.

34:29But the rest of these receivers, I think, are more wait and see. Like they show a ton of promise, but kind of want to wait and just kind of hope that the traits take over and they ascend. Guys like Bryant Wescoe at Clemson or Mario Craver at Texas A &M, who's undersized but can be electric. Ryan Coleman-Williams at Alabama, who had such a phenomenal freshman year, and then the issues kind of caught up with him. The lack of size really showed up. The lack of play strength really showed up. The drops were so frustrating. but the talent that he has, he can be a top 50 guy, compete for the first round.

35:13He just has to be more consistent, and he's a young player who, you know, I think it'll be interesting this year with Alabama breaking in a new quarterback and a very new-look Alabama offense. What can we see out of Coleman Williams? And then similar things with the senior class. You mentioned Evan Stewart from Oregon. He's coming back from the knee injury. you know he's in the mid 170s like he's a smaller guy but it's very slender but he can he can run I mean he should be in the low 4-4s if not the 4-3s I think there's a lot of talent at the position it's just I want to see who can ascend and take that next step my eyes bugged out of my head when I saw another big receiver transferred from Colorado to Arizona State so Amarian Miller is my name to watch heading into the season.

36:01All right, so if receiver is the one you like most, I got to assume that makes edge number two. Yes, that would be probably where I'd go next. And that, again, starts with the really fun players at the top. And I think it starts with Dylan Stewart for me from South Carolina who just burst on the scene immediately as a freshman. He's a five-star kid who came in, and nobody could block him. he shows some special stuff. And that comes from the burst, the athletic twitch that he rushes with. He also shows up versus the run. Now, the box score doesn't look great. Last year as a sophomore, the sack number doesn't blow you away, but you watch the film and it's just, he's got it.

36:44He's got the traits. He's got the talent. Just want to see it a little more consistently this year. Not very far behind him is Colin Simmons from Texas. So both those two guys belong in the top 10 mix. And then even after that, I don't think it slows down. Yonse Pierre at Alabama, he's kind of, to me, in that top 20 conversation to start the year. I'm a big fan of Quintavious Johnson at Georgia, who I think is ready to ascend. And in the senior class with Will Helt at Clemson, Kenyatta Jackson at Ohio State. Oregon's got two guys. So I think that it's a edge class that you have guys at the top and then you have a little bit of a drop off and then you still have some promising depth in the first round, second round guys that you think could be NFL starters.

37:34I'm really intrigued by how the remaining guys at Ohio State live up to last year. I mean, what was it? Seven guys off that defense got drafted in the top 40, I think. and Kenyatta Jackson decided to stay behind. So he's one of the big names that's left over. Jalen McLean is one of your big safeties to watch in this year's class. And if anybody recruits at a high enough level to not miss a beat, it's probably Ohio State. So, you know, it's probably not fair to expect similar results to last year's demon unit. But I just I can't wait to see how these guys potentially elevate a new cast of characters on that side of the ball for the Buckeyes.

38:20And a lot's going to be on Kenyatta Jackson's shoulders because he's the rare 50-year senior for an Ohio State defense, right? He's the returner, and he is—the reason why he's so high is, I mean, the way he came on last year late in the year, you watch that Michigan tape, and he was just bullying guys both as a pass rusher and the run game. And he's massive. He's 6 '5", 260, but his hands are almost 11 inches. His wingspan's almost 83 inches, which I think is the longest of, I think, last year's Ed Drusher class would have been the second longest out of everybody. So he has the physical measurables.

39:03And then towards the end of last year, he really started to figure things out, which I think you would expect for a guy that was a highly recruited coming in and just kind of incrementally got better and better and better. But a lot is going to be on his shoulders to take Ohio State's defense. And they're going to be a lot different than last year. But I still think not maybe not as talented, but still pretty close. I'm really excited by the thought that so many of these edge rushers are playing for programs that are going to give them a chance to shine. I mean, Colin Simmons is a big part of the reason why people are projecting Texas to go far in addition to Cam Coleman and Arch Manning.

39:45Kenyatta Jackson and Ohio State. Yonsei Pierre is the new edge to know at Alabama, which that's a great track record to be following. I don't know about South Carolina. I know they made a lot of additions to their roster. I don't know if that means we should be putting them in the college football playoff conversation. But a lot of these guys are going to be playing on on really big stages. I don't have to go digging through my YouTube TV subscription to find where a lot of these guys are going to be playing their games. Well, and I think in the opener, like Will Helt for Clemson, I can't wait to see him go up against Jordan Seaton at LSU, the left tackle.

40:23Like that'll be right week, week one, an opportunity to see NFL versus NFL type of matchup. And so, yeah, it's going to be fun to watch these edge rushers as they go out throughout the year. You know what? Beautiful segue, Dane. because let's talk about Jordan Seaton and the offensive tackles, which heading into the season, you said maybe this is a thinner group than we've gotten used to. And by the way, amazing stat in your offensive tackle preview, 28 tackles taken in the first round dating back to 2021, which if you do some rounding, that's about six per year going in the first round. Like the NFL is telling you how much they value guys that they think can do this.

41:06And so it's an interesting year to potentially be thin. And it sounds like we dodged a bullet for starters. I think the word I saw on Trevor Goosby at Texas, who is your best bet to be OT1 right now, I heard bone bruise suffered at practice, which not ideal, but the early prognosis is a few weeks. and maybe he doesn't miss any regular season time. I would hope so. I'm rooting for the guy because, oh, my God, he was fun to watch last year. Yeah, and I think that his play strength is what stands out more than anything. It's just really impressive. And to your point about the injury, it sounds like a couple weeks, it could go linger longer than that.

41:52It's just a matter of how he heals. But hopefully we get to see him on the field in week two against Ohio State, talking about Kenyatta Jackson and that that'd be a heck of a matchup the the offensive line was it's in so many ways failed Arch Manning in that or in that Texas offense last year Goosby it was the one one of the few bright spots so if they get more stability on the interior you have a stud at left tackle who could be a top 10 pick um that that's something they sorely need for that Sarkeesian offense to get going to your point it great scheduling quirk this year you get a you get Texas State to open instead of starting with Ohio State, which I mean, I want as many sexy games as possible on the schedule, but I'd rather give teams a week to get ready for the big game.

42:41You know, like I'm OK with a tune up considering we don't have preseason games. So nice for Trevor Gooseby, hoping he can stay healthy. Trevor Lauk at Iowa. Did I is it Lauk? Yeah, I was always got a guy right when they had a couple of guys. I'm going to say, buddy, I always got two offensive linemen and a tight end in your preview series, which is just what the good Lord intended. Well, and the starting five from last year, three of them got drafted, offensive linemen. And the two that are left are both going to be in my top 50. So, yeah, Iowa knows a thing or two about finding offensive linemen, developing them.

43:20And then, yeah, I'm glad you mentioned tight end, too, because they just got a pipeline going over there. But then, like I mentioned, with Jordan Seaton, he's also in that mix. Former five-star, went to Colorado. He was one of the big gets for Deion Sanders there. He entered the portal late. LSU paid him in a big way. And so I'm eager to see, because the talent's there, it's just a matter of can he be more consistent and iron out some of those issues, because he has a chance to be a top-ten pick if he's able to take some really important steps this year. I also am eagerly anticipating Jordan Seaton's debut at Tiger Stadium.

43:59I mentioned Jacarius Peake is the left tackle that South Carolina added to their roster. He was at North Carolina State, and now they're hoping he can improve the blindside protection on Lenora Sellers. Yeah, he's light. This spring, he was 292 for scouts, but the tools are awesome. And you look at the length, he has almost 35-inch arms. I think it was 34-3 quarters. So I think the tools are there for him to be an NFL starter. It's just he needs to show that he can hold up, the anchor can hold up, he can win one-on-one matchups. But it's an upgrade over what South Carolina had there last year, so that'll help sellers.

44:41Nicky Prongos from Stanford, behind him, just in terms of the top seniors at tackle going into the year, he's a guy that I really like. as a right now he's probably a top 60 top 75 type of prospect but absolutely could work himself into the top 40 top 30 with a big season so yeah this offensive tackle class really the whole offensive line it's thinner this year I think at least right now but hopefully we end up being wrong about that as guys get better in a sense to your point one thing I wanted to highlight that I thought was interesting. One of your highlighted guards on this series is Austin Cereveld at Ohio State, who played left tackle last year out of necessity.

45:27And we are currently waiting to find out how Ohio State's going to put their offensive line together. And a down the line guy in the tackle position is Ian Moore, who could potentially play left tackle. I mean, we don't know the answer to these questions right now, but a lot of options for Ohio State, and not surprisingly, they're all guys with NFL potential. Right, and that's part of, you know, Carter Smith in Indiana, right, the left tackle, who one of the guys that chose to, you know, bypass the NFL, would have been a day two pick, but chose to come back and play for Indiana one more year. You know, he's a left tackle, but going to be probably a guard or even a center.

46:11He's on some teams like him best, maybe as a center. He's a rock solid player. I don't know what the ceiling super high. That's why he, I don't know that he's, I wouldn't call him a slam dunk first round pick by any means, but I think that he's just looks like a solid player who will end up having a long NFL career. I guess as long as we're doing interior and yeah, that's the story for a lot of your guys, but we mentioned it. We're talking about Iowa Cade Piper. Is it Piper? Your number one guard. I don't know. Center, yeah. Sorry, he played guard. He's moving to center this year, correct? Yep.

46:47I'm not going to overthink the Iowa guys. I'm okay with that. Yeah, I think that's a proven way to go about it. And then, really, honestly, the theme of the interior offensive lineman that I was looking at was the Big Ten. You talked about Ohio State, talked about Indiana, you just mentioned Iowa. Greg Johnson at Minnesota, he's my top. guard coming into the year, 6 '6 1⁄2", 327 pounds, big mauler who will just erase you from the play, but he's not a slug either. He can move a little bit. So Greg Johnson, absolutely a player to watch, and we don't get a ton of first-round guards. I think Greg Johnson could be one of them.

47:30My favorite bit from that preview is, yeah, I had the same conclusion where I was like, my God, the Big Ten boys are just going to road grade everybody. And then I noticed Anthony Knapp, who you are projecting as an interior guy who plays left tackle for Notre Dame. He's from Athens, Georgia. Bulldogs. What the hell are we doing? How did we let this happen? Because it sounds like he's in line for a big season at Notre Dame. Yeah, I think Notre Dame, with that schedule and the talent they have, they're absolutely going to be in the mix for the national title. And we talked about CJ Carr, how that offense with no Jadarian Price, no Jeremiah Love, it's probably, and obviously they're not just going to give up on the run.

48:13They've got running backs coming up, but there's going to be a more of an emphasis on the pass. And with CJ Carr going into year two, they need that offensive line to hold up. And so they've mixed and matched over the last two years. I mean, I think we all remember the opener last year against Miami and Ruben Bain and Mesidor just teeing off on the edges, especially late in that game. Well, I think the offensive line should be better this year for the Irish and not moving inside, I think, is a big part of that. Speaking of Notre Dame, we are deep into this show without having mentioned one of the best prospects in this class.

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51:37it's no slight against him, Dane. It's just the way the conversation went, because if you're just listing guys with sky high NFL potential that I'm excited to watch this year, let's talk about cornerbacks because watching tape of receivers last year, if they played Notre Dame, Leonard Moore kicked their ass and Leonard Moore comes into this season as one of the best, most complete looking prospects. I wrote in my notes, my only question is how high can he go? Well, yeah, I mean, I think that besides Jeremiah Smith, you could make an easy argument. He's the best prospect in the country for the 2027 class.

52:19Maybe 6 '2", 200 pounds, probably going to run the four threes. But the physical traits are impressive. But I was really impressed with just his understanding of the offense and what receivers want to do. So he's running better routes than the receivers are because he understands situations and tendencies and what. OK, in this look, he knows that he's going to get, you know, an inside stem. He knows that this combination route is going to leave. Like he just he works through all of this pre snap and then he puts himself in position to make a play. And so he was an outside corner primarily. but then you watch USC and Makai Lemon being a slot receiver.

53:04They just, okay, let's put you inside for this game. He, again, primarily an outside guy. They moved him inside to cover Makai Lemon, and he did it. He's just a really impressive player who I think that it's fair to, because we're going to do this with Jeremiah Smith, where we're going to say, well, he's the best receiver since, or we're going to rank him among the best receivers prospects we've seen the last couple of decades. I think it's fair to do the same thing with Leonard Moore, where if you want to talk about, you know, Sauce Gardner and Stingley and, you know, however you ranked the corners coming out in terms of the highest grades you've ever given, Leonard Moore is going to be somewhere in that conversation.

53:44And I think that, yeah, the success that Notre Dame has this year, Moore will be a big part of that. And really, I was really impressed with Notre Dame's secondary as a whole. There are other corners, whether it's talking about Christian Gray or DJ McKinney, who comes over from Colorado. Both are really good players. They're senior prospects who will get drafted. And then even at safety, I think they're loaded. One of my top safeties in this class is Tay Johnson, who is a really rangy player who is, at least in the mix, to be, if not the top safety, one of the first safeties off the board. So, and then Aiden Shuler as well, who's a good underclassman safety to watch.

54:29So Notre Dame's secondary is just remarkable and a big reason for their success this year. If you think your team might need a DB, if you want to watch some secondary play, Notre Dame, I think is a solid bet. The other one I would mention, Georgia. Georgia. KJ Bolden is your top safety heading into the season. And Ellis Robinson, the fourth, the cornerback is behind Leonard Moore in your cornerbacks rankings right now. So yeah. Anytime a secondary has two top-tier sorts of NFL prospects, I'm beelining for those teams. Yeah, no, and I think that's a good shout because, I mean, Ellis Robinson was, I think, the number two recruit in the nation coming out a couple years ago behind only Jeremiah Smith.

55:12So he's kind of been up there as a guy that is super talented and just waiting for him to break out, and he did at times last year. The talent's remarkable with him. KJ Bolden was a guy that from day one that he showed up in Athens, he kind of was the guy. And he showed it the last two years. So, yeah, he wished he was maybe a little bit bigger. I don't have officials or verifies on him, but he's listed, I think, at 6 '1", 190. So you wish he was a little bit bigger, but he plays big. And I think that's all you care about. But, yeah, the secondary, it's a good safety class. I think it's a good corner class.

55:48It's also a good safety class. We mentioned KJ Bolden. We mentioned Tay Johnson. You shouted out Jalen McLean from Ohio State. He's also in that top 50 mix. Zach Lutmer from Iowa is up there as well. Jelani McDonald from Texas. Ty Benefield comes over from Boise State to LSU. He is one of those physical freaks. He's over 6 '2", 200. He was 208 in the spring talking to somebody just recently. He's up to 218 now. He's expected to run in the 4-4s. The testing numbers are off the charts. So Ty Benefield from LSU, this should be a big year for him. He's a little inconsistent at Boise State. I think it was a smart move by him coming back for his senior year.

56:33Very eager to see what he can do in the SEC this season. Two guys I want to check in on this year. Bray Hubbard got dogged so badly for that Florida State game at the beginning of last year when Alabama lost to FSU. I thought he rebounded nicely from it. I'm interested to watch him this year. Wisconsin State was awesome. Yeah, if you're going to watch Bray Hubbard from last year, Wisconsin tape was the one to watch. It's a good show. Speaking of the FSU Alabama game from last year, Earl Little Jr. is in Columbus with Ohio State now. So that is somebody else I want to keep an eye on. Linebacker.

57:07Okay, I'm just going to go to the guy I want to talk about. Georgia's got a guy, Chris Cole. Clemson's got a guy, Sammy Brown. But the guy, the guy I was drawn to is honestly the, the one with the least NFL profile because I saw Xavier Atkins, who's at Auburn now. He's, he's six flat to 10, which, like I said, he doesn't have an ideal NFL build, but you said his best trait is his rabid pursuit skill. And I want a guy with rabid pursuit skill on my team. yeah because I try to sum these guys up in like just three or four words and that was the best I had for Atkins because I don't know where you play him exactly um he's not you're not playing him on the edge as a six foot 210 pounder and and maybe he gets up to 220 or you know like is this are we going to run into the Harold Perkins issues with with Atkins um you know can he be a true off-ball linebacker do you need him working downhill so there's things we got to work out with Xavier Atkins.

58:11I just know he's somebody I want on my team because that guy gets after it. All right, quickly. We don't want to go too long in August. Jumping to running back. No, we haven't. We haven't hit the last two offensive skill positions. It's a fun group at running back, particularly at the top. I mean, these are guys, again, it's a theme for the 2027 class, guys that we've been waiting on to be pro eligible. I mean, how many times last year did you watch Ahmad Hardy at Missouri or Kiwan Lacy at Ole Miss and say like, yes, let's talk about this guy. And you're like, oh, he's not eligible. Well, it's not our problem this year, man.

58:54Yeah. Well, and the problem last year was we had a superstar at the top with Jeremiah Love, but then it just wasn't a deep class at all at the running back position. This year, it is deeper. we just don't have a love at the top, but we could have as many as three first rounders with Kwon Lacy, Jaden Baugh from Florida, and then Hardy at Missouri. I have Lacy at the top going into the year just because he's the most explosive of the group. Jaden Baugh, for a guy that's almost 230 pounds, his ability to make guys miss, but then also use power when he needs to, it's really impressive. He just doesn't have the ability to create these big chunk plays.

59:36Last year he had one carry over 25 yards, and it was 26 yards. So he's not that big explosive, big playmaker, but he still averaged over five yards a carry, close to six yards a carry because he's a really talented player. And then you have Maude Hardy. He's more of a guy that will run through you, and the strength that he plays with is awesome. But even behind them, whether it's Nate Frazier at Georgia or I'm eager to see at Texas with Relique Brown and Hollywood Smothers both transferring in. What does that timeshare look like? Both are NFL guys. I mentioned Mark Fletcher earlier at Miami. He surprised some people by going back.

1:00:20He's 6 '2", 226, bigger running back. Justice Haynes, who we thought could be in last year's draft class at Michigan, he transfers to Georgia Tech. So an L.J. Martin at BYU, he would have been a top five running back if he came out. he goes back to BYU. And so he'll be somebody we're watching closely this year. Tight end is fun because it's so predictable and then so unpredictable because we said Jamari Johnson is following Kenyon Sadiq at Oregon. Makes perfect sense. Benjamin Brommer at Penn State is a quintessential Big Ten tight end following Matt Campbell over from Iowa State. That makes total sense.

1:01:00We brought up Iowa's tight end, DJ DJ Vannum or Vannum a how are we saying this I think the second one sounded right yeah I don't know I don't hear their names on tape so sometimes I'm late to catch up to yeah we got all season to figure it out apologies DJ but okay Iowa tight end makes perfect sense and then we have my guy trade as green who okay I mean he's a basketball player he's 6 '6 238 the red zone potential is enticing is an understatement, but when you're talking about a tight end, I have a lot of questions about how well-rounded he is heading into this season. And similarly, Terrence Carter Jr.

1:01:43at Texas Tech is 6 '2". So you have two very outside-the-box prospects on either side of three very, very inside-the-box prospects. Green is just a... He's a rare, rare dude. I mean, To be 6 '6.5, 240-ish pounds, and to run probably in the 4 '5", he is so elastic with the moves. He has speed, and he wins in contested situations. And so he's not just a jump ball threat, but he can do that. We saw him do that multiple times, especially in the red zone. I'm very eager to see what his usage is in the Lane Kiffin offense. Are they going to have him mainly in the slot? Are they, you know, they kind of used them all over last year.

1:02:32What does it look like this year in that new offense? And so Green is just a phenomenal talent. And so I'm very curious to see what it looks like this season. Very excited in particular that trade as Green gets to play for Lane Kiffin because I don't trust every coach to maximize a guy like this. But I think Lane Kiffin is going to know what to do with a 6 '6", 238-pound power slot, basically. I think it's going to be very fun. I think that leaves us real quickly before we get out of here. I don't think we brought up defensive tackle. And I see your guy, Amari Washington, who you loved during last year's draft cycle.

1:03:13And then, you know, I'm sure Miami would love to have a key mesador and Ruben Bain back. But the nice consolation prize is that Justin Scott and Ahmad Moten Sr. are two of the top interior defensive linemen in this class. and they both play for the Hurricanes. Yeah, I mean, anybody that watched the national championship game against Indiana, they know Ahmad Moten, number 99. He plays way too tall, but he gets after it. He has both a pass rusher and a run defender. It's the underclassmen that are really intriguing to me. Will Echols from Ole Miss is kind of my top guy going into the year because he shows up in all facets of the game.

1:03:54but Justin Scott from Miami right behind him. David Stone from Oklahoma right behind them. There's a few more guys. So I think defensive tackle could end up being a strength to this draft based off of how these underclassmen, how some of them develop and what they show this year. It could be a strong group. It all technically gets started next week because week zero is still a thing. North Carolina, Bill Belichick playing TCU in Dublin. Uh, Jaden Maiava is in early action against San Jose state with USC. Not the, not the fullest week zero schedule, but a couple of games worth having an eye on.

1:04:35And then we start in earnest over labor day full, full weekend of action. And that is actually when we will be back, Dane. So we got Miami Stanford LSU playing Clemson is the big highlight. Uh, plenty of stuff to react to. And, Dane, you and I will be back on Labor Day night for our week one recap heading into the meat of the season. So in about two, three weeks, look for us again on your feed as we react to everything that happened in the first two weeks of the college football season. And we're sending a scout to LSU Clemson to give us a firsthand account. So I'm looking forward to that. I will have eyes on Jordan Seaton and Trey Desgreen.

1:05:17I promise. Until then, buddy, so happy to be back, man. Thank you so much for listening. We'll be back soon. Talk to you all next time. Thanks for tuning in. Make sure to hit that subscribe or follow button so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed what you heard, please like, comment, and leave a rating. We'll see you next time.

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