Sam, this is just fyi since it probably isn't worth much:
This is hardly a list of “who’s who” in prospects for the NFL Draft. The distinction is that none of these players received a single mention in the preseason rankings I gleaned in making a compilation off the Net. Players are ranked by how many points they earned in various recent rankings (after Week 10 … as results trickle in).
To be fair, I was “on” to Sinnott, Brade and Wiley before the end of the ’23 draft cycle, when they all decided to return to school.
Players who have risen above preseason expectations, with results derived from composite ranking lists before opening games and again after games of Nov. 4:
Player, School PAE-x
RB – Jonathon Brooks, Texas 55
TE – Ben Sinnott, Kansas State 52
T – Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State 47
DT – McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M 44
TE – Dallin Holker, Colorado State 41
WR – Xavier Legette, South Carolina 37
ED – Landon Jackson, Arkansas 36
LB – Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M 35
ED – Jonah Elliss, Utah 35
S – Beau Brade, Maryland 34
LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama 32
TE – Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame 31
TE – Jared Wiley, TCU 27
S – Jaylin Simpson, Auburn 27
LB – Curtis Jacobs, Penn State 24
DT – Byron Murphy, Texas 23
DT – Howard Cross, Notre Dame 22
WR – Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington 22
ED – Steve Linton, Texas Tech 19
ED – Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State 16
G – Sataoa Laumea, Utah 16
ED – Ashton Gillotte, Louisville 15
DT – T.J. Sanders, South Carolina 15
WR – Brian Thomas, LSU 15
S – Xavier Watts, Notre Dame 15
ED – Justin Eboigbe, Alabama 13
WR – J. Michael Sturdivant, UCLA 13
T – Josh Simmons, Ohio State 10
x-PAE denotes points above preseason expectation (which would be zero).
This is a great list and it does capture many of the names that went under the radar entering the year. I also really like Jared Wiley and Beau Brade when looking through tape for the 2023 draft, although I had a friend that was significantly higher than me on Wiley. It's always interesting to see who quickly rises in the early fall and when the media starts to catch onto it.
Sam, this is just fyi since it probably isn't worth much:
This is hardly a list of “who’s who” in prospects for the NFL Draft. The distinction is that none of these players received a single mention in the preseason rankings I gleaned in making a compilation off the Net. Players are ranked by how many points they earned in various recent rankings (after Week 10 … as results trickle in).
To be fair, I was “on” to Sinnott, Brade and Wiley before the end of the ’23 draft cycle, when they all decided to return to school.
Players who have risen above preseason expectations, with results derived from composite ranking lists before opening games and again after games of Nov. 4:
Player, School PAE-x
RB – Jonathon Brooks, Texas 55
TE – Ben Sinnott, Kansas State 52
T – Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State 47
DT – McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M 44
TE – Dallin Holker, Colorado State 41
WR – Xavier Legette, South Carolina 37
ED – Landon Jackson, Arkansas 36
LB – Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M 35
ED – Jonah Elliss, Utah 35
S – Beau Brade, Maryland 34
LB – Deontae Lawson, Alabama 32
TE – Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame 31
TE – Jared Wiley, TCU 27
S – Jaylin Simpson, Auburn 27
LB – Curtis Jacobs, Penn State 24
DT – Byron Murphy, Texas 23
DT – Howard Cross, Notre Dame 22
WR – Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington 22
ED – Steve Linton, Texas Tech 19
ED – Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State 16
G – Sataoa Laumea, Utah 16
ED – Ashton Gillotte, Louisville 15
DT – T.J. Sanders, South Carolina 15
WR – Brian Thomas, LSU 15
S – Xavier Watts, Notre Dame 15
ED – Justin Eboigbe, Alabama 13
WR – J. Michael Sturdivant, UCLA 13
T – Josh Simmons, Ohio State 10
x-PAE denotes points above preseason expectation (which would be zero).
Thanks for looking,
Jim Fryar
This is a great list and it does capture many of the names that went under the radar entering the year. I also really like Jared Wiley and Beau Brade when looking through tape for the 2023 draft, although I had a friend that was significantly higher than me on Wiley. It's always interesting to see who quickly rises in the early fall and when the media starts to catch onto it.