seats 25 to 21 – Café Crème Sport

The NFL season is over, it’s time for the Draft! On April 27, no less than 250 newcomers ready to smash everything in the big league will be called. To best prepare for this annual celebration, the CCS invites you to come back to our 50 favorite prospects. After evaluating all of this vintage, here are the 50 former university players who obtained the best marks. To decide between them, Hugo and Cyprien each made their own ranking. The rankings were then aggregated to obtain an average position per player. The 50 winners will be presented to you each week in groups of 5. Here they are!

25 – Tyjae Spears, RB, Tulane

At Hugo’s: 45

At Cyp: 27

WE love :

The very complete profile of Spears who will be a real offensive threat for his new team. There is no real weakness in the green wave RB game. Spears is fast without being a dragster, powerful without being Derrick Henry, and nimble without being totally cat-like. Its little extra, it definitely brings it with its explosiveness at the end of the cut. A lightning acceleration that leaves and will leave a lot of people on the spot. Coupled with his above-average reading of the game, this cocktail makes the player a real « homerun hitter » able to turn every ball into a scoring opportunity.

We like less:

Probably his physique which added to his explosive style will affect his durability over time (like all RBs). His profile is not a rare commodity either. The league is teeming with explosive runners adept at sudden cuts. Tyjae will nevertheless be able to stand out by not being dependent on a particular scheme. Finally, his just honest hands on reception and his average pass blocking quality will put him behind specialists.

24 – Dalton Kincaid, TE, Utah

At Hugo’s: 27

At Cyp: 25

WE love :

Dalton only has TE on the label. It’s a constant aerial threat. His hands are excellent, with an insignificant drop rate of 2.8% last year for more than 75% of balls caught in his possession and sometimes in questionable situations (9/18). The quality of its short and intermediate routes is excellent, regardless of the defensive system faced (zone or man). Moreover, the Utah attack was not mistaken, aligning him in the slot 55% of the time and making him exclusively run paths in a passing situation (91.8%). Finally, Kincaid is able to convert his receptions into bigger wins with a rare appetite for a post-wrestling TE.

We like less:

If Dalton is closer to Averell’s physique than Joe’s, he is not necessarily “imposing” for his position. A medium size which has not been a problem in the NCAA but which will put doubts on its transition to the NFL. Finally Kincaid is definitely more of a WR than a TE, impossible to judge on the pass block but especially with a just enough level on the race. It remains to be seen what the teams expect from their “TE”.

23 – Myles Murphy, EDGE, Clemson

At Hugo’s: 14

At Cyp: 37

WE love :

His physical profile. Myles Murphy is tall, burly, explosive, nimble, flexible…He ticks absolutely all the boxes of the modern outside lineman. The athletic profile is more than enticing and just waiting to be shaped. Murphy also knows how to use this body to put himself to his advantage, especially against the race where his attributes allow him to easily stack the linemen and then get out of them to make the tackle. Murphy is a good « edge setter ». Finally, his reaction time is also a real weapon in its own right that allows him to catch up on his reading errors.

We like less:

What he brings to the rush pass. It’s a big question mark that stands before me (Cyprien) in view of Myles Murphy’s match videos. If the flashes are there, and superb, on the speed rush in particular, the inconstancy of Clemson’s DE is still far too important to secure a place in the first round. Murphy simply has no pass rusher movement, does not know how to use his hands, an abyssal technique… The most worrying, his inability to transform his explosiveness into power to martyr his opponents. Nothing insurmountable for a good coaching staff but a heavy work awaits Murphy to become a real number 1.

22 – Isaiah Foskey, EDGE, Notre-Dame

At Hugo’s: 35

At Cyp: 11

WE love :

Isaiah Foskey does everything Myles Murphy does… only better. Technically and physically, Foskey is the player best equipped in this vintage to defend the race. And he’s a real devil in the field. He is able to choose to let the runner come to him without losing a meter, while controlling his opponents. Or simply decide to penetrate the opposing offensive line with power and technique to make a play clutch. Foskey is tall and athletic, he won’t stand out in the modern NFL, he’s also very intelligent and analyzes game situations faster than others. He also has a good pass rush technique on a palette that is certainly not very rich (stab, rip, club) but devilishly effective.

We like less:

Not much… but his agility below his other physical abilities and that translates into a bend weak. Of course his technique always to be refined and his variety of movements of pass rusher are also worth noting. But in my case (Cyprien) it will stop there.

21 – Tyree Wilson, EDGE, Texas Tech

At Hugo’s: 11

At Cyp: 29

WE love :

Never two without three. The last two were already « freaks » athletic, well that’s their boss. Tyree Wilson was built in a secret lab and came to terrorize the NFL. It’s a giant with the wingspan of an albatross and far too feline for this size. Wilson is probably the most powerful of the three nominees of the day. He knows how to use this body to stamp out any man who will come face to face with him, whether running or passing. Again his run defense is easy, effortless for him who easily controls his assigned zone. Tyree Wilson is a huge block of clay that just needs to be sculpted for NFL coaches/potters.

We like less:

Technically, we are still far from the mark with Tyree. He is notably more behind than these two friends on his hand placement to gain this very important leverage effect. Now he has also shown a palette of pass rusher movements to complete and above all perfect. Finally, the last black point, embarrassing, in Wilson’s game is his often (too) long reaction time which prevents him from exploding from the snap. But unlike Murphy and Foskey, Wilson is a character drawn too much from Dragon Ball Z to see him leave the first round.

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