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Which College Players Are Future Vikings Week 2 Review and Week 3 Primer

Week 2 is in the books. There were some upsets in the top 25 and the usual blowouts thanks to the crappy scheduling by many teams. Why team have to schedule cupcakes is very disappointing. I understand the reasoning but it still is not good for college football fans. I mean Texas A&M played Sam Houston State and Clemson played South Carolina State. Imagine if Clemson played Texas A&M? Oklahoma State played the University of Texas at San Antonio (who?) and Louisville played Eastern Kentucky. It would have been nice to see Louisville play Oklahoma State. Nebraska played Southern Miss and TCU played Southeastern Louisiana. Imagine if nebraska played TCU? Wisconsin played Tennessee Tech and Baylor played Buffalo. Imagin if Wisconsin played Baylor? I do not know why teams need to schedule the games so far in advance and I wish they could schedule no more than 2 years in advance. Having a legitimate playoff system would also allow teams to play better teams as well. Maybe. Oh well, I can dream no?

Joe Robbins

Anyway, the upsets were Miami over Florida, BYU over Texas, and I guess Washington State over my sorrified USC Trojans.  The other "upsets" (If you want to call it that) were Georgia over South Carolina and Michigan over Notre Dame.

The game of the week award goes to Georgia vs South Carolina!

The New Mexico vs UTEP game was also a thriller and finished a close second although choosing the other game shows a bias towards the top 25.


Here are some of the top draft eligible performers stats ...

Derek Carr  QB  Fresno State  rSr  6-3  215  has completed 75 of 105 for 675 yards and 8 TDs and 1 INTs
Teddy Bridgewater  QB  Louisville  Jr  6-3  220  has  completed 46 of 60 passes for 752 yards with 9 TDs and 1 INTs
Tajh Boyd  QB  Clemson  rSr  6-1  225  has  completed  for 32 of 53 for 439 yards and 3 TDs and 0 INTs
Keith Price  QB  Washington  rSr  6-1  202  has  completed 23 of 31 for 324 yards and 2 TDs and 1 INTs
Aaron Murray  QB  Georgia  rSr  6-1  208  has completed 37 of 53 for 632 yards and 4 TDs and 1 INTs
Johnny Manziel  QB  Texas A&M  rSo  5-11  210 has completed 35 of 50 for 520 yards and 6 TDs and 1 INTs
Marcus Mariota  QB  Oregon  rSo  6-3  214 has completed 26 of 49 for 433 yards and 3 TDs and 0 INTs
Brett Hundley  QB  UCLA  rSo  6-3  227 has completed 22 of 33 for 274 yards and 2 TDs and 0 INTs
Zach Mettenberger  QB  LSU  rSr  6-5  235 has completed 32 of 51 for 533 yards and 6 TDs and 0 INTs
Corey Robinson  QB  Troy  rSr  6-1  210 has completed 47 of 51 for 499 yards and 5 TDs and 0 INTs
Brett Smith  QB  Wyoming  Jr  6-3  208 has completed 51 of 81 for 678 yards and 8 TDs and 2 INTs

Lache Seastrunk  RB  Baylor  rJr  5-9  210  has 28 carries for 261 yards and 5 TDs
De'Anthony Thomas  RB  Oregon  Jr  5-9  178  has 29 carries for 252 yards and 5 TDs
Bishop Sankey  RB  Washington  Jr  5-10  200  has 25 carries for 161 yards and 2 TDs
James White  RB  Wisconsin  Sr  5-10  198  has 33 carries for 252 yards and 2 TDs
Roderick McDowell  RB  Clemson  rSr  5-9  195  has 30 carries for 175 yards and 0 TDs
Rajion Neal  RB  Tennessee  Sr  5-11  212  has 31 carries for 215 yards and 4 TDs
Jeremy Smith  RB  Oklahoma State  rSr  5-10  208  has 27 carries for 136 yards and 3 TDs
Kasey Carrier  RB  New Mexico  rSr  5-8  185  has 61 carries for 345 yards and 4 TDs

Marqise Lee  WR  Southern California  Jr  6-0  195  has 15 catches for 131 yards and 0 TDs
Sammy Watkins  WR  Clemson  Jr  6-1  205  has 9 catches for 146 yards and 1 TDs
Brandon Coleman  WR  Rutgers  rJr  6-5  220  has 12 catches for 135 yards and 2 TDs
Jordan Matthews  WR  Vanderbilt  Sr  6-3  205  has 16 catches for 289 yards and 2 TDs
Allen Robinson  WR  Penn State  Jr  6-3  205  has 14 catches for 262 yards and 2 TDs
*Paul Richardson  WR  Colorado  rJr  6-1  176  has 21 catches for 417 yards and 4 TDs
Devin Street  WR  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-3  192  has 6 catches for 141 yards and 0 TDs
Jared Abbrederis  WR  Wisconsin  rSr  6-1  188  has 10 catches for 184 yards and 3 TDs
TJ Jones  WR  Notre Dame  Sr  6-0  195  has 15 catches for 232 yards and 1 TDs
Eric Ward  WR  Texas Tech  rSr  5-11  206  has caught 16 catches for 186 yards and 0 TDs
Robert Herron  WR  Wyoming  Sr  5-9  187  has caught 9 catches for 214 yards and 1 TDs
Mike Davis  WR  Texas  Sr  6-2  195  has 13 catches for 177 yards and 3 TDs
Jalen Saunders  WR  Oklahoma  Sr  5-9  164  has 7 catches for 90 yards and 2 TDs
DeVante Parker  WR  Louisville  Jr  6-2  209  has 9 catches for 207 yards and 3 TDs
Ryan Grant  WR  Tulane  rSr  6-0  192  has 17 catches for 269 yards and 2 TDs
Tevin Reese  WR  Baylor  rSr  5-10  172  has 9 catches for 227 yards and 2 TDs
Donte Moncrief  WR  Ole Miss  Jr  6-2  226  has 7 catches for 130 yards and 1 TDs

On defense ...

Khalil Mack  OLB  Buffalo  rSr  6-3  248  has 10 solo and 3 assts with 2.5 TFLs, 2.5 sacks, 1 PD, and 1 INT
Ryan Shazier  OLB  Ohio State  Jr  6-2  226  has 10 solo and 2 assts with 2.0 TFLs, and 1 PD
Kyle Van Noy  OLB  Brigham Young  rSr  6-3  235  has 6 solo and 6 assts with 3.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, and 1 PD
*Jordan Hicks  OLB  Texas  rJr  6-2  235  has 10 solo and 11 assts tackles
Jonathan Brown  OLB  Illinois  Sr  6-1  235  has 11 solo and 12 assts with 1.0 TFLs, and 0.5 sacks
Kevin Pierre-Louis  OLB  Boston College  Sr  6-1  218  has 15 solo and 8 assts with 3.5 TFLs, and 1.0 sacks

A.J. Johnson  ILB  Tennessee  Jr  6-2  240  has 15 solo and 8 assts with 3.5 TFLs and 1.0 sacks
Yawin Smallwood  ILB  Connecticut  rJr  6-2  244  has 2 solo and 14 assts tackles
Shayne Skov  ILB  Stanford  rSr  6-2  245  has 3 solo and 6 assts tackles
*Andrew Jackson  ILB  Western Kentucky  rJr  6-0  258  has 8 solo and 6 assts with 1.0 TFLs and 1 PD
Lamin Barrow  ILB  LSU  rSr  6-1  232  has 3 solo and 6 assts with 0.5 TFLs, with 0.5 sacks and 1 PD
Chris Borland  ILB  Wisconsin  rSr  5-11  248  has 5 solo and 9 assts with 0.5 TFLs
Max Bullough  ILB  Michigan State  Sr  6-3  245  has 4 solo and 9 assts with 2.5 TFLs and 1 PD
Greg Blair  ILB  Cincinnati  rSr  6-1  252  has 7 solo and 10 assts with 31.5 TFLs and 2 PDs
DeDe Lattimore  ILB  South Florida  rSr  6-0  236  has 16 solo and 8 assts with 1.0 TFLs, and 1 PD

Louis Nix  DT  Notre Dame  rJr  6-2  352 has 4 solo and 1 assts with 1.0 TFLs
Ra'Shede Hageman  DT  Minnesota  rSr  6-6  312 has 3 solo and 5 assts with 2.5 TFLs and 1 PD
Timmy Jernigan  DT  Florida State  Jr  6-2  298 has 2 solo and 2 assts with 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sacks
DaQuan Jones  DT  Penn State  Sr  6-3  333 has 12 solo and 6 assts with 5.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks
Ryan Carrethers  DT  Arkansas State  rSr  6-1  328 has 6 solo and 9 assts with 2.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks
George Uko  DT  Southern California  rJr  6-3  285  has 4 solo and 1 assts with 3.0 TFLs, 3.0 sacks, and 1 FF
Bruce Gaston  DT  Purdue  Sr  6-2  310 has 6 solo and 6 assts with 3.5 TFLs and 2.0 sacks

Bene Benwikere  CB  San Jose State  Sr  5-11  192  has 7 solo and 4 assts with 5 PDs, and 1 INT
Jason Verrett  CB  TCU  Sr  5-10  178  has 9 solo and 5 assts with 1.0 TFLs, 1 sack, and 4 PDs
Ciante Evans  CB  Nebraska  Sr  5-10  190  has 2 solo and 2 assts with 2 PDs and 3 INTs
Stanley Jean-Baptiste  CB  Nebraska  Sr  6-2  214  has 4 solo and 3 assts with 1.0 TFLs and 3 PDs and 2 INTs
Torin Harris  CB  Southern California  rSr  6-0  190  has 7 solo and 4 assts with 4 PDs and 1 INT
Darqueze Dennard  CB  Michigan State  Sr  5-11  197  has 1 solo and 6 assts with 0.5 TFLs and 5 PDs

Lamarcus Joyner  FS  Florida State  Sr  5-8  195  has 7 solo and 2 assts with 2.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, and 1 PD
Deone Bucannon  FS  Washington State  Sr  6-1  198  has 14 solo and 8 assts with 0.5 TFLs and 1 FF
Dion Bailey  SS  Southern California  rJr  6-0  210  has 14 solo and 3 assts with 2.0 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, 1 PD, and 2 INT


Now let's look at some upcoming games for week 2 and the ACC

No. 1 Alabama at No. 6 Texas A&M      Saturday, September 14 @ 3:30 PM
Cyrus Kouandjio  OT  Alabama  Jr  6-5  310
C.J. Mosley  OLB  Alabama  Sr  6-2  232
Hasean Clinton-Dix  FS  Alabama  Jr  6-1  208
Adrian Hubbard  OLB  Alabama  rJr  6-5  252
A.J. McCarron  QB  Alabama  rSr  6-3  214
Anthony Steen  OG  Alabama  rSr  6-2  310
Ed Stinson  DE  Alabama  rSr  6-3  292
Deion Belue  CB  Alabama  Sr  5-11  183
Kevin Norwood  WR  Alabama  rSr  6-1  195
John Fulton  CB  Alabama  Sr  6-0  186
Cade Foster  K  Alabama  Sr  6-1  224
Cody Mandell  P  Alabama  Sr  6-4  213
Kenny Bell  WR  Alabama  rSr  6-0  180
Nick Perry  SS  Alabama  Sr  6-1  212
Tana Patrick  OLB  Alabama  rSr  6-2  238
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Jake Matthews  OT  Texas A&M  Sr  6-5  308
Cedric Ogbuehi  OT  Texas A&M  rJr  6-5  300
Johnny Manziel  QB  Texas A&M  rSo  5-11  210
Derel Walker  WR  Texas A&M  Sr  6-2  185
Ben Malena  RB  Texas A&M  Sr  5-8  198
Nehemiah Hicks  TE  Texas A&M  Sr  6-4  250
Steven Jenkins  OLB  Texas A&M  rSr  6-2  224
Tramain Jacobs  CB  Texas A&M  rSr  6-1  190

No. 16 UCLA at No. 23 Nebraska      Saturday, September 14 @ 12:00 PM
Anthony Barr  OLB  UCLA  Sr  6-4  248
Brett Hundley  QB  UCLA  rSo  6-3  227
*Xavier Su'a-Filo  OG  UCLA  rJr  6-3  305
Cassius Marsh  DE  UCLA  Sr  6-4  262
Shaquelle Evans  WR  UCLA  rSr  6-1  210
Jordan Zumwalt  ILB  UCLA  Sr  6-3  236
Keenan Graham  OLB  UCLA  rSr  6-1  246
Seali'i Epenesa  DT  UCLA  Sr  6-1  316
Damien Thigpen  RB  UCLA  rSr  5-8  180
Darius Bell  WR  UCLA  rSr  5-10  216
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Spencer Long  OG  Nebraska  rSr  6-4  315
Jeremiah Sirles  OT  Nebraska  rSr  6-5  310
Ciante Evans  CB  Nebraska  Sr  5-10  190
Brent Qvale  OT  Nebraska  rSr  6-6  315
Jason Ankrah  DE  Nebraska  rSr  6-3  265
C.J. Zimmerer  FB  Nebraska  rSr  6-0  230
Jake Long  TE  Nebraska  Sr  6-3  240
Andrew Rodriguez  OG  Nebraska  Sr  6-5  330
Quincy Enunwa  WR  Nebraska  Sr  6-2  225
Taylor Martinez  QB  Nebraska  rSr  6-0  210
Andrew Green  CB  Nebraska  rSr  6-0  195
Stanley Jean-Baptiste  CB  Nebraska  Sr  6-2  214
Thad Randle  DT  Nebraska  rSr  6-1  292
Cole Pensick  C  Nebraska  rSr  6-2  278
Mohammed Seisay  CB  Nebraska  Sr  6-1  200

Virginia Tech @ East Carolina      Saturday, September 14 @ 12:00 PM
Antone Exum **  CB  Virginia Tech  rSr  5-11  220
Kyle Fuller  CB  Virginia Tech  Sr  6-0  190
James Gayle  DE  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-4  253
Logan Thomas  QB  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-6  254
J.R. Collins  DE  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-2  252
D.J. Coles  WR  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-3  238
Andrew Miller  C  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-3  298
Derrick Hopkins  DT  Virginia Tech  Sr  6-0  312
Jack Tyler  ILB  Virginia Tech  rSr  6-0  228
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Justin Jones  TE  East Carolina  rSr  6-8  277
Will Simmons  OG  East Carolina  rSr  6-5  342
Vintavious Cooper  RB  East Carolina  Sr  5-9  200
Derrell Johnson  OLB  East Carolina  Sr  6-2  264
Damon Magazu  FS  East Carolina  Sr  5-11  204
Adhem Elsawi  OT  East Carolina  Sr  6-5  312
Lee Pegues  DE  East Carolina  Sr  6-2  294
Zico Pasut  FB  East Carolina  rSr  6-2  250
Adonis Armstrong  CB  East Carolina  Sr  5-9  182
Lance Ray  WR  East Carolina  Sr  6-2  208
Kyle Tudor  ILB  East Carolina  rSr  6-2  242

Louisiana-Monroe @ Wake Forest      Saturday, September 14 @ 12:30 PM
Je'Ron Hamm  WR  Louisiana-Monroe  Sr  6-3  233
Isaiah Newsome  FS  Louisiana-Monroe  rSr  5-11  200
Josh Allen  C  Louisiana-Monroe  Sr  6-3  315
Kolton Browning  QB  Louisiana-Monroe  rSr  6-1  212
Tavarese Maye  WR  Louisiana-Monroe  rSr  5-11  183
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Michael Campanaro  WR  Wake Forest  rSr  5-10  195
Justin Jackson  OLB  Wake Forest  rSr  6-1  227
Nikita Whitlock  DE  Wake Forest  rSr  5-11  260
A.J. Marshall  FS  Wake Forest  Sr  5-11  190
Mike Olson  ILB  Wake Forest  rSr  6-2  230
Whit Barnes  C  Wake Forest  rSr  6-3  290

New Mexico @ Pittsburgh      Saturday, September 14 @ 12:30 PM
Kasey Carrier  RB  New Mexico  rSr  5-8  185
Dillon Farrell  C  New Mexico  rSr  6-5  292
Darryl Johnson  OT  New Mexico  rSr  6-4  308
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Devin Street  WR  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-3  192
Aaron Donald  DT  Pittsburgh  Sr  6-0  285
Matt Yoklic  P  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-3  215
Tom Savage  QB  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-4  230
Jason Hendricks  SS  Pittsburgh  rSr  5-11  182
K'Waun Williams  CB  Pittsburgh  Sr  5-9  190
Ed Tinker  WR  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-1  195
Tyrone Ezell  DT  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-3  300
Cory King  OG  Pittsburgh  rSr  6-5  325

Boston College @ USC      Saturday, September 14 @ 3:00 PM
Kevin Pierre-Louis  OLB  Boston College  Sr  6-1  218
Chase Rettig  QB  Boston College  Sr  6-3  214
Alex Amidon  WR  Boston College  Sr  6-0  186
Steele Divitto  ILB  Boston College  Sr  6-2  238
Matt Patchan  OT  Boston College  rSr  6-5  305
Andre Williams  RB  Boston College  Sr  6-0  220
Kaleb Ramsey  DT  Boston College  rSr  6-2  295
Kasim Edebali  DE  Boston College  Sr  6-2  258
Mike Naples  TE  Boston College  rSr  6-3  238
Ian White  OG  Boston College  rSr  6-5  305
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Marqise Lee  WR  Southern California  Jr  6-0  195
Morgan Breslin  OLB  Southern California  Sr  6-1  250
Dion Bailey  SS  Southern California  rJr  6-0  210
Silas Redd **  RB  Southern California  Sr  5-9  200
Xavier Grimble  TE  Southern California  rJr  6-5  255
George Uko  DT  Southern California  rJr  6-3  285
Torin Harris  CB  Southern California  rSr  6-0  190
Kevin Graf  OT  Southern California  rSr  6-6  300
Demetrius Wright  FS  Southern California  Sr  6-1  195
John Martinez  OG  Southern California  rSr  6-2  305
Devon Kennard  DE  Southern California  rSr  6-3  260
Kevin Greene  OLB  Southern California  rSr  6-3  255
De'Von Flournoy  WR  Southern California  rSr  6-0  185

Georgia Tech @ Duke      Saturday, September 14 @ 3:30 PM
Jeremiah Attaochu  OLB  Georgia Tech  Sr  6-3  242
Jemea Thomas  FS  Georgia Tech  rSr  5-9  195
Brandon Watts  OLB  Georgia Tech  rSr  6-2  234
Emanuel Dieke  DE  Georgia Tech  rSr  6-6  270
Louis Young  CB  Georgia Tech  Sr  5-11  196
Isaiah Johnson  SS  Georgia Tech  Sr  6-2  208
Will Jackson  OG  Georgia Tech  rSr  6-3  290
Jay Finch  C  Georgia Tech  rSr  6-2  287
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Ross Cockrell  CB  Duke  rSr  6-0  182
Kenny Anunike  DE  Duke  rSr  6-4  260
Perry Simmons  OT  Duke  rSr  6-5  300

Nevada @ #10 Florida State      Saturday, September 14 @ 3:30 PM
Joel Bitonio  OT  Nevada  rSr  6-4  315
Brandon Wimberly  WR  Nevada  rSr  6-2  225
Kolby Arendse  TE  Nevada  Sr  6-3  250
Markus Smith  CB  Nevada  Sr  6-1  195
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Cameron Erving  OT  Florida State  rJr  6-5  310
Christian Jones  OLB  Florida State  Sr  6-3  232
Timmy Jernigan  DT  Florida State  Jr  6-2  298
James Wilder Jr.  RB  Florida State  Jr  6-1  226
Rashad Greene  WR  Florida State  Jr  6-0  176
Lamarcus Joyner  FS  Florida State  Sr  5-8  195
Terrence Brooks  FS  Florida State  Sr  5-11  197
Bryan Stork  C  Florida State  rSr  6-4  308
Demonte McAllister  DT  Florida State  rSr  6-2  288
Chad Abram  FB  Florida State  Sr  5-11  240
Telvin Smith  ILB  Florida State  Sr  6-2  218
Kenny Shaw  WR  Florida State  Sr  5-11  170
Jacobbi McDaniel  DT  Florida State  rSr  6-0  286
Dan Hicks  DE  Florida State  rSr  6-4  259
Gerald Demps  FS  Florida State  rSr  5-10  197

Wagner @ Syracuse      Saturday, September 14 @ 4:00 PM

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*Sean Hickey  OT  Syracuse  rJr  6-5  290
Jerome Smith  RB  Syracuse  rJr  5-11  218
Keon Lyn  CB  Syracuse  Sr  6-1  200
Marquis Spruill  ILB  Syracuse  Sr  6-0  226
RiShard Anderson  CB  Syracuse  rSr  5-11  189
Drew Allen  QB  Syracuse  rSr  6-5  235
Macky MacPherson  C  Syracuse  Sr  6-1  286
Charley Loeb  QB  Syracuse  rSr  6-4  220
Beckett Wales  TE  Syracuse  Sr  6-3  240
Jay Bromley  DT  Syracuse  Sr  6-3  293
Ross Krautman  K  Syracuse  Sr  5-7  158
Adrian Flemming **  WR  Syracuse  Sr  6-2  202
Prince-Tyson Gulley  RB  Syracuse  Sr  5-9  192
Jeremi Wilkes  FS  Syracuse  Sr  5-9  190
Clay Cleveland  FB  Syracuse  Sr  6-1  226

Maryland @ Connecticut      Saturday, September 14 @ 7:30 PM
Marcus Whitfield  OLB  Maryland  rSr  6-2  240
C.J. Brown  QB  Maryland  rSr  6-2  210
Dave Stinebaugh  TE  Maryland  rSr  6-4  250
Nick Klemm  OT  Maryland  rSr  6-5  305
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Yawin Smallwood  ILB  Connecticut  rJr  6-2  244
*Byron Jones  CB  Connecticut  rJr  6-1  190
Ryan Donohue  OLB  Connecticut  rSr  6-0  236
Jimmy Bennett  OT  Connecticut  rSr  6-8  308
Tyler Bullock  C  Connecticut  rSr  6-3  313
Shamar Stephen  DT  Connecticut  rSr  6-5  323
Taylor Mack  CB  Connecticut  Sr  5-9  173
Jesse Joseph  DE  Connecticut  rSr  6-3  262
Steve Greene  OG  Connecticut  rSr  6-5  308


My  mock for this update will still use the 18 spot .

18. Marcus Mariota  QB  Oregon  rSo  6-3  214
50. De'Anthony Thomas  RB  Oregon  Jr  5-9  178
82. Deone Bucannon  FS  Washington State  Sr  6-1  198
90. DaQuan Jones  DT  Penn State  Sr  6-3  333
114. *Andrew Jackson  ILB  Western Kentucky  rJr  6-0  258
146. E.J. Gaines  CB  Missouri  Sr  5-10  195
178. Jeremiah Sirles  OT  Nebraska  rSr  6-5  310
210. Isaiah Crowell  RB  Alabama State  Jr  5-11  215


UDFA
Julien David  SS  Howard  Sr  5-10  198
Larry Webster  DE  Bloomsburg  rSr  6-6  240
Brandon Linder  OG  Miami (Fla.)  Sr  6-6  320
Jamal Merrell  OLB  Rutgers  rSr  6-4  224
Keith Price  QB  Washington  rSr  6-1  202
Andrew Norwell  OG  Ohio State  Sr  6-6  320
Garrison Smith  DT  Georgia  Sr  6-3  299
L'Damian Washington  WR  Missouri  rSr  6-4  205
Ciante Evans  CB  Nebraska  Sr  5-10  190
Zach Moore  DE  Concordia-St. Paul  rSr  6-6  285
Parker Thomas  LS  North Carolina  rSr  6-5  228


Well, there you have it.  Enjoy the games!