Top 150 2007 Draft Small School Prospects (1 Viewer)

[Sigmund Bloom]

Josh Buchanan covers "pro hopefuls" for d2football.com and helped

select players for the Las Vegas All-American Classic and the Magnolia Gridiron Classic. He was

kind enough to share his small school prospect rankings with us.

Top 150 2007 Small School Prospects

Top 30 for 2008 to come!

 

[Cecil Lammey]

It's gonna be great picking his brain on the Audible this week!

 

[BassNBrew]

App State takes back2back titles and only has one player in the top 150. Bodes well for a 3peat I guess.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I find that list...

Um, it's just kind of...

I don't like it at all!!

BnB -- Murrell from App St., #98 should be top 15 on any list, top ten on mine.

 

[Ned]

the link to d2football in the article is bad.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

I find that list... Um, it's just kind of...I don't like it at all!!BnB -- Murrell from App St., #98 should be top 15 on any list, top ten on mine.

Ill ask him why Murrell is so low whenever we interview him on Wednesday. What else about the list bothers you?

 

[bigreese82]

MIKE MASON . He put up great numbers at the combine. and he's healthy now

 

[3nOut]

what constitutes a small school? is Northern Illinois considered small?

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

what constitutes a small school? is Northern Illinois considered small?

1-AA, II, III, NAIA, JC/CCBasically non D-1

 

[beto]

I thought Laurant Robinson would be higher on the list.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I find that list... Um, it's just kind of...I don't like it at all!!BnB -- Murrell from App St., #98 should be top 15 on any list, top ten on mine.

Ill ask him why Murrell is so low whenever we interview him on Wednesday. What else about the list bothers you?

On Murrell, I think it's only reasonable to use Jason Hunter as the measuring stick. They were twins. Murrell's numbers were a little better and he is younger. Hunter appears to be a nice find in GB and played at a high level late last season. I cannot fathom Murrell being #98 on a list of small schoolers and I expect him and Hunter have decent NFL careers. I could be completely missing something here so I'll pay attention to his response. I realize Hunter was UDFA last year. This draft just ain't that deep. It'll be interesting for Adrian's kid anyway.On the rest, I think the 1a receivers are being underestimated and now I think the small schoolers are too. This is the craziest batch of receivers in memory. It seems to me that Jacoby, Ball and Laurent are the top three NFL prospects among all small schoolers. They all have a real chance to make teams and have an impact. Mo Price should also get a little more respect, imo. Then... well, it's nitpicking, it's a long list of nits and it probably isn't worth troubling over. BUT... We're talking NFL hopefuls. I think we can all agree that Race and Whitlock are longshots to stick in the NFL, but those of us who have watched both also feel there still exists a chance for both. There's just tons of names with no chance whatsoever ahead of both. Does he really think Tyler Thigpen, the QB out of Coastal Carolina has a better shot than Whitlock? It doesn't look good for either, but surely Arkee has the better chance and thus deserves a higher ranking. See my point? I could go on and on with dozens of examples, but... is it worth the trouble? Prolly not. I sure don't envy Josh for taking on this job, and his passion for the small schoolers is a great thing, so nitpicking his efforts is a bit petty, but... I do think he could rank them by NFL opportunity a little better.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

I find that list... Um, it's just kind of...I don't like it at all!!BnB -- Murrell from App St., #98 should be top 15 on any list, top ten on mine.

Ill ask him why Murrell is so low whenever we interview him on Wednesday. What else about the list bothers you?

On Murrell, I think it's only reasonable to use Jason Hunter as the measuring stick. They were twins. Murrell's numbers were a little better and he is younger. Hunter appears to be a nice find in GB and played at a high level late last season. I cannot fathom Murrell being #98 on a list of small schoolers and I expect him and Hunter have decent NFL careers. I could be completely missing something here so I'll pay attention to his response. I realize Hunter was UDFA last year. This draft just ain't that deep. It'll be interesting for Adrian's kid anyway.On the rest, I think the 1a receivers are being underestimated and now I think the small schoolers are too. This is the craziest batch of receivers in memory. It seems to me that Jacoby, Ball and Laurent are the top three NFL prospects among all small schoolers. They all have a real chance to make teams and have an impact. Mo Price should also get a little more respect, imo. Then... well, it's nitpicking, it's a long list of nits and it probably isn't worth troubling over. BUT... We're talking NFL hopefuls. I think we can all agree that Race and Whitlock are longshots to stick in the NFL, but those of us who have watched both also feel there still exists a chance for both. There's just tons of names with no chance whatsoever ahead of both. Does he really think Tyler Thigpen, the QB out of Coastal Carolina has a better shot than Whitlock? It doesn't look good for either, but surely Arkee has the better chance and thus deserves a higher ranking. See my point? I could go on and on with dozens of examples, but... is it worth the trouble? Prolly not. I sure don't envy Josh for taking on this job, and his passion for the small schoolers is a great thing, so nitpicking his efforts is a bit petty, but... I do think he could rank them by NFL opportunity a little better.

Josh is pretty tuned in to what the scouts are thinking, they often call him to cross check guys. Scouts perceptions could the reason that these seems off to you. I specifically asked him about Price a few days ago and he said scouts are not convinced Price can do much beyond the WR screen and hitch, which accounted for a lot of his catches as Charleston Southern. He also said Price mayve should not have come out early.

 

[DawnBTVS]

Bumping this to get reactions to the following FCS players, all having strong seasons thus far as well as being Seniors. I don't know much about most of them (outside of Josh Johnson and Ricky Santos) and am curious how many of these guys have a shot at the next level. I've also heard great things about WR Micah Rucker.

QB Joe Flacco (6'6" 230 Delaware)

QB Ricky Santos (6'2" 215 New Hampshire)

QB Nick Hill (6'3" 210 Southern Illinois)

QB Josh Johnson (6'3" 200 San Diego)

RB Omar Cuff (5'10" 195 Delaware)

RB Tim Hightower (6'1" 225 Richmond)

RB Gerald Davis (6'0" 225 Missouri State)

RB Derek White (5'9" 203 Tennessee Tech)

RB/FB Mike Tolbert (5'10" 245 Coastal Carolina)

RB/WR Darren Coates (6'1" 200 Southern)

WR J.J. Moore (6'0" 201 UMass)

WR Corey Mazza (6'4" 210 Harvard)

WR Micah Rucker (6'6" 221 Eastern Illinois)