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Week 1 - Which College Players Are Future Vikings 2023

NCAA Football: Florida State at Louisiana State Melina Myers-USA TODAY Sports

Most of the teams are playing this weekend! Not a lot of compelling matchups but you can still see whichever is your favorite team!

Below are some the games that have some prospects we can begin to keep an eye on (if that is your thing). I may have missed some players so feel free to list any prospects you’d like.

There are intriguing games with some nice prospects to watch especially the QBs!


Week 1 | Fri., Sept. 1

Louisville vs. Georgia Tech (Atlanta)

Storm Duck Louisville CB 6’0” 200 RSR
Jermayne Lole Louisville DL1T 6’2” 324 RSR

Miami (OH) at Miami (FL)

Leonard Taylor III Miami (FL) DL3T 6’3” 305 JR
Kamren Kinchens Miami (FL) S 5’10” 202 JR
James Williams Miami (FL) S 6’4” 224 JR
Zion Nelson Miami (FL) OT 6’5” 316 RSR
Javion Cohen Miami (FL) OG 6’4” 305 SR
Akheem Mesidor Miami (FL) DL5T 6’2” 280 RJR
Tyler Van Dyke Miami (FL) QB 6’4” 224 RJR
Branson Deen Miami (FL) DL5T 6’2” 280 RSR

Week 1 | Sat., Sept. 2

South Dakota at Missouri

Kris Abrams-Draine Missouri CBN 5’11” 178 SR
Javon Foster Missouri OT 6’5” 319 RSR

Rice at Texas
Xavier Worthy Texas WR 6’1” 164 JR
Quinn Ewers Texas QB 6’2” 207 RSO
Ja’Tavion Sanders Texas TE 6’4” 242 JR
T’Vondre Sweat Texas DL1T 6’4” 346 RSR
Jalen Catalon Texas S 5’10” 201 RSR
Isaiah Neyor Texas WR 6’3” 216 RSR
Jaylan Ford Texas ILB 6’3” 236 SR
Adonai Mitchell Texas WR 6’3” 190 JR
Alfred Collins Texas DL5T 6’4” 291 SR
Barryn Sorrell Texas EDGE 6’4” 258 JR
Byron Murphy II Texas DL3T 6’1” 300 JR
Jordan Whittington Texas WR 6’1” 205 JR
Christian Jones Texas OT 6’5” 314 RSR

Oregon State at San Jose State

Joshua Gray Oregon State OG 6’4” 288 RJR
D.J. Uiagalelei Oregon State QB 6’4” 235 SR
Avery Roberts Oregon State ILB 6’1” 234 RSR

Ohio State at Indiana

Marvin Harrison Jr. Ohio State WR 6’3” 205 JR
Emeka Egbuka Ohio State WR 6’1” 205 JR
Denzel Burke Ohio State CB 6’1” 190 JR
TreVeyon Henderson Ohio State RB 5’10” 214 JR
J.T. Tuimoloau Ohio State EDGE 6’4” 270 JR
Donovan Jackson Ohio State OG 6’4” 300 JR
Michael Hall Jr. Ohio State DL3T 6’2” 290 RSO
Tyleik Williams Ohio State DL1T 6’3” 318 JR
Jack Sawyer Ohio State EDGE 6’4” 267 JR
Tommy Eichenberg Ohio State ILB 6’2” 239 RSR
Lathan Ransom Ohio State S 6’0” 207 SR
Miyan Williams Ohio State RB 5’8” 225 RJR

Virginia vs. Tennessee (Nashville)

McCallan Castles Tennessee TE 6’5” 238 RSR
Joe Milton III Tennessee QB 6’5” 245 RSR
Javontez Spraggins Tennessee OG 6’3” 325 SR

West Virginia at Penn State

Olumuyiwa Fashanu Penn State OT 6’6” 323 RJR
Kalen King Penn State CB 5’11” 190 JR
Chop Robinson Penn State EDGE 6’3” 253 JR
Curtis Jacobs Penn State OLB 6’1” 227 JR
Adisa Isaac Penn State EDGE 6’4” 249 RJR
Dante Cephas Penn State WR 6’1” 186 RJR
Zach Frazier West Virginia OC 6’2” 306 RJR

Washington State at Colorado State

Cameron Ward Washington State QB 6’3” 220 RJR
Tory Horton Colorado State WR 6’1” 180 SR
Mohamed Kamara Colorado State EDGE 6’1” 250 SR

Utah State at Iowa

Cooper DeJean Iowa S 6’1” 209 JR
Connor Colby Iowa OG 6’5” 308 JR
Erick All Iowa TE 6’4” 255 RSR
Nick Jackson Iowa ILB 6’1” 234 RSR

Coastal Carolina at UCLA

Willie Lampkin Coastal Carolina OC 6’1” 285 JR
Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina QB 6’3” 210 RJR
Sam Pinckney Coastal Carolina WR 6’4” 215 RSR
Laiatu Latu UCLA EDGE 6’4” 265 RSR
Gabriel Murphy UCLA EDGE 6’3” 262 RSO
Carson Steele UCLA RB 6’0” 215 JR
Grayson Murphy UCLA EDGE 6’3” 262 RSO
Darius Muasau UCLA ILB 6’1” 230 SR
Collin Schlee UCLA QB 6’3” 216 RSR

Buffalo at Wisconsin

Braelon Allen Wisconsin RB 6’2” 235 JR
Jack Nelson Wisconsin OT 6’6” 310 RJR

East Carolina at Michigan

Blake Corum Michigan RB 5’7” 210 SR
Donovan Edwards Michigan RB 6’0” 204 JR
J.J. McCarthy Michigan QB 6’3” 196 JR
Kris Jenkins Michigan DL5T 6’3” 285 SR
Zak Zinter Michigan OG 6’5” 315 SR
Roman Wilson Michigan WR 6’0” 185 SR
Josaiah Stewart Michigan EDGE 6’1” 237 JR
Junior Colson Michigan ILB 6’2” 235 JR
Drake Nugent Michigan OC 6’1” 306 RSR
Ladarius Henderson Michigan OG 6’4” 310 RSR
Mike Barrett Michigan ILB 6’0” 233 GR
Cornelius Johnson Michigan WR 6’3” 211 RJR
Jaylen Harrell Michigan EDGE 6’4” 246 JR

Boise State at Washington

George Holani Boise State RB 5’11” 208 RJR
Bralen Trice Washington EDGE 6’3” 269 RJR
Rome Odunze Washington WR 6’3” 201 RJR
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Washington EDGE 6’3” 249 RSR
Michael Penix Jr. Washington QB 6’2” 213 RSR
Jalen McMillan Washington WR 6’1” 186 RJR
Roger Rosengarten Washington OT 6’5” 303 RSO
Troy Fautanu Washington OG 6’3” 312 RJR
Jeremiah Morton Washington EDGE 6’4” 267 SR

Arkansas State at Oklahoma

Danny Stutsman Oklahoma ILB 6’3” 240 JR
Andrew Raym Oklahoma OC 6’3” 305 SR
Billy Bowman Jr. Oklahoma S 5’10” 190 JR
Rondell Bothroyd Oklahoma EDGE 6’3” 265 RSR
Dillon Gabriel Oklahoma QB 6’0” 205 RJR

Colorado at TCU

Shedeur Sanders Colorado QB 6’1” 215 JR
Alton McCaskill IV Colorado RB 6’1” 215 JR
Kavosiey Smoke Colorado RB 5’9” 201 RSR
Josh Newton TCU CB 5’11” 195 RSR
Brandon Coleman TCU OT 6’5” 325 RSR
Noah Daniels TCU CB 5’11” 210 RSR

Mid Tenn at Alabama

Kool-Aid McKinstry Alabama CB 6’1” 195 JR
J.C. Latham Alabama OT 6’6” 335 JR
Dallas Turner Alabama EDGE 6’3” 242 JR
Terrion Arnold Alabama CB 6’0” 196 RSO
Malachi Moore Alabama S 6’0” 198 SR
Ja’Corey Brooks Alabama WR 6’2” 195 JR
Justin Eboigbe Alabama DL5T 6’4” 292 RSR
Damon Payne Jr. Alabama DL3T 6’3” 303 RSO
C.J. Dippre Alabama TE 6’4” 257 JR
Tim Smith Alabama DL3T 6’3” 302 SR
Jase McClellan Alabama RB 5’10” 212 SR

North Carolina vs. South Carolina (Charlotte)

Drake Maye North Carolina QB 6’4” 220 RSO
Cedric Gray North Carolina ILB 6’2” 230 SR
Bryson Nesbit North Carolina TE 6’5” 230 JR
Devontez Walker North Carolina WR 6’2” 192 RJR
Antwane Wells Jr. South Carolina WR 6’1” 207 RSR
Spencer Rattler South Carolina QB 6’0” 215 RSR
Austin Stogner South Carolina TE 6’6” 262 SR
David Spaulding South Carolina CB 6’1” 195 RJR

New Mexico at Texas A&M

Bryce Foster Texas A&M OC 6’4” 325 JR
Reuben Fatheree II Texas A&M OT 6’7” 325 JR
Tony Grimes Texas A&M CB 6’0” 195 SR
Shemar Turner Texas A&M DL3T 6’3” 300 JR
Layden Robinson Texas A&M OG 6’3” 330 RSR
Tyreek Chappell Texas A&M CBN 5’10” 185 JR
Demani Richardson Texas A&M S 6’1” 210 RSR
Ainias Smith Texas A&M WRS 5’9” 190 RSR
Edgerrin Cooper Texas A&M OLB 6’2” 230 JR
Nik Constantinou Texas A&M P 6’3” 225 JR
Baylor Cupp Texas A&M TE 6’5” 245 RJR
Myles Jones Texas A&M CB 6’3” 190 RSR

Nevada at USC

Caleb Williams USC QB 6’1” 220 JR
Calen Bullock USC S 6’2” 190 JR
Dorian Singer USC WR 6’0” 180 JR
Korey Foreman USC EDGE 6’4” 235 JR
Mario Williams USC WRS 5’9” 180 JR
Eric Gentry USC OLB 6’5” 205 JR
Jonah Monheim USC OT 6’5” 295 RJR
Justin Dedich USC OG 6’2” 305 RSR
Brenden Rice WR 6’ 3” 210 SR
Tahj Washington WR 5’ 10” 175 SR
Jarrett Kingston OL 6’ 4” 305 SR
Michael Tarquin OL 6’ 5” 300 SR
Emmanuel Pregnon OL 6’ 5” 315 JR
Kyon Barrs DL 6’ 2” 290 SR
Jack Sullivan DL 6’ 5” 275 SR
Tyrone Taleni DL 6’ 2” 275 SR
Solomon Tuliaupupu DL 6’ 3” 270 SR
Solomon Byrd DE 6’ 3” 250 SR
Jamil Muhammad DE 6’ 1” 250 SR
Mason Cobb LB 6’ 0” 235 SR
Shane Lee LB 6’ 0” 240 SR
Christian Roland-Wallace CB 6’ 0” 200 SR
Bryson Shaw S 6’ 0” 190 SR

Week 1 | Sun., Sept. 3

LSU vs. Florida State (Orlando)

Malik Nabers LSU WR 6’0” 195 JR
Maason Smith LSU DL3T 6’4” 300 RSO
Mekhi Wingo LSU DL3T 6’1” 295 JR
Duce Chestnut LSU CB 6’0” 198 JR
Sage Ryan LSU S 5’10” 203 RSO
Omar Speights LSU ILB 6’1” 233 RSR
Jayden Daniels LSU QB 6’2” 185 RJR
Sevyn Banks LSU CB 6’0” 200 RSR
Jared Verse Florida State EDGE 6’3” 253 RJR
Trey Benson Florida State RB 6’0” 221 RJR
Jaheim Bell Florida State TE 6’2” 233 RJR
Johnny Wilson Florida State WR 6’6” 240 RJR
Jordan Travis Florida State QB 6’1” 212 RSR
Akeem Dent Florida State S 6’1” 195 RSR
Fentrell Cypress II Florida State CBN 5’11” 182 RJR
Fabien Lovett Florida State DL1T 6’4” 328 RSR
Robert Scott Jr. Florida State OT 6’5” 304 RJR
Braden Fiske Florida State DL3T 6’4” 305 RSR

Week 1 | Mon., Sept. 4

Clemson at Duke

Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Clemson ILB 6’0” 230 JR
Andrew Mukuba Clemson S 6’0” 185 JR
Will Shipley Clemson RB 5’10” 205 JR
Barrett Carter Clemson OLB 6’1” 225 JR
Ruke Orhorhoro Clemson DL3T 6’4” 295 RSR
Tyler Davis Clemson DL3T 6’2” 300 RSR
Beaux Collins Clemson WR 6’2” 210 JR
Nate Wiggins Clemson CB 6’2” 185 JR
Xavier Thomas Clemson EDGE 6’2” 255 RSR
Sheridan Jones Clemson CB 6’0” 190 RSR
Lannden Zanders Clemson S 6’1” 210 RJR
Graham Barton Duke OT 6’5” 311 SR
DeWayne Carter Duke DL3T 6’3” 298 RJR
Riley Leonard Duke QB 6’4” 209 JR

As always,

YORE MOCK

Trade Partner: Buffalo Bills
Sent: Round 2 Pick 23
Received: Round 2 Pick 29, Round 4 Pick 29
...
Trade Partner: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sent: Round 4 Pick 23, Round 5 Pick 6
Received: Round 4 Pick 1
...
Trade Partner: Kansas City Chiefs
Sent: Round 5 Pick 32, Round 6 Pick 23
Received: Round 5 Pick 27, Round 6 Pick 32
...

23: R1 P23 DL Maason Smith - LSU 6’6” 315

61: R2 P29 C Sedrick Van Pran - Georgia 6’4” 311

101: R4 P1 G Javion Cohen - Miami 6’4” 325

125: R4 P25 CB Josh Newton - TCU 6’0” 190

129: R4 P29 WR Keon Coleman - Florida State 6’4” 215

163: R5 P27 LB Omar Speights - LSU 6’1” 235

189: R6 P14 DL Fabien Lovett - Florida State 6’4” 318

207: R6 P32 S Demani Richardson - Texas A&M 6’1” 215

I know, I know, players from the same school? Where have we seen that before?

Well, enjoy the games!