Every 12 months dozens of faculty prospects play within the East-West Shrine Bowl and the Senior Bowl, the faculty soccer all-star video games that present two of the most important pre-draft alternatives for NFL personnel to scout and interview gamers.
And yearly the officers who run these bowl video games get up-close, private seems on the prospects.
So, it is sensible to ask them – Jim Nagy, government director of the Senior Bowl, and Eric Galko, director of soccer operations and participant personnel for the Shrine Bowl – who, among the many contributors of their respective video games, is sensible for the Dolphins on this 12 months’s NFL Draft (April 27-29).
The Dolphins have 4 picks – one within the second spherical, one within the third spherical, one within the sixth spherical and one within the seventh spherical.
For these functions, Galko and Nagy had been requested which gamers that participated of their video games are good suits for the Dolphins within the second and third rounds at three positions – tight finish, proper sort out, and guard/heart.
Here are the gamers they appreciated from their video games. And pay particular consideration to the tight finish feedback, together with the one thought of a “perfect fit” for the Dolphins within the second spherical.
INTERIOR OL (Guard/heart)
Senior Bowl: Steve Avila (TCU), Cody Mauch (North Dakota State), Tyler Steen (Alabama)
Nagy is particularly excessive on Mauch, who some say is relegated to inside offensive line due to his brief arms. Mauch was a left sort out in school however performed heart and guard on the Senior Bowl.
“He’s the only five position player in the draft,” Nagy stated, including he has Mauch as a first-round expertise. “If I’m drafting, I’d make him show to me he can’t play sort out.
“I’ve never seen him not look like he can play tackle on any tape I’ve seen, including during our week. So the measurements are the measurement, but it’s never shown up on any tape. So, yeah, I think he could play all five spots.”
Shrine Bowl: Juice Scruggs (Penn State), Jon Gaines II (UCLA), Atonio Mafi (UCLA), Chandler Zavala, North Carolina State
Galko stated Scruggs is probably going being considered extra as a middle due to his excessive soccer IQ and his 30-plus profession begins on the place.
“He probably had, based off most NFL teams’ grades, the best week of any Shrine Bowl offensive lineman,” Galko stated. “I think he’s a plug-and-play starter at two spots. He’ll go somewhere in the top three, four rounds.”
But Galko additionally appreciated Gaines.
“I think he had one of, if not the best, short shuttle of any offensive lineman at the NFL Combine and in the draft process so far,” Galko stated. “Short shuttle is probably, if not definitely, the most predictive athletic test for interior offensive linemen. The list of guys who have run a 4.5 short shuttle or below is a pretty crazy and predictive list of guys who wind up being Pro Bowlers.”
By the best way, Galko stated Zavala has been “the biggest draft riser I’ve maybe ever seen on the offensive line in the NFL Draft” and will go wherever from the late second to early fourth rounds.
RIGHT TACKLE
Senior Bowl: Steen (Alabama), Blake Freeland (BYU)
Regarding Steen, Nagy stated, “He can’t play center, but he’s played both tackle spots in college. And he played guard during Senior Bowl week and looks good in there. He’s a big girthy dude in the lower half.”
Nagy actually appreciated Freeland. He talked about his 37-inch vertical soar on the mix, best-ever for an offensive lineman.
“I think his best football is way in front of him,” Nagy stated. He’s a mountain of a person and he’s actually athletic. I believe he’s going to go most likely within the second (spherical). But he’ll go someplace on Day Two.
“I think he would be an immediate guy that could push for a starting job.”
Shrine Bowl: Dalton Wagner (Arkansas), John Ojukwu (Boise State), Connor Galvin (Baylor), Trevor Reid (Louisville)
Wagner performed proper sort out at Arkansas however Galko thinks he can play both aspect.
“A really efficient pass blocker in the SEC [Southeastern Conference], which matters lots to most teams,” Galko stated. “I think [Dolphins general manager] Chris Grier, in particular, he values those SEC guys.”
Ojukwu was principally a left sort out, however performed some proper sort out on the Shrine Bowl.
“That’s one of the benefits of the all-star game process is these guys get a chance to show some extra versatility,” Galko stated. “He looked pretty comfortable at right tackle…I think he can really develop into a really capable right tackle depending on your scheme.”
Galko stated Galvin might be a Day Three man whereas Reed “tested out as one of the most athletic offensive linemen in the entire draft class.”
TIGHT END
Senior Bowl: Will Mallory (University of Miami), Davis Allen (Clemson), Josh Whyle (Cincinnati)
Nagy actually, actually likes Mallory.
“Will’s going to be a better pro than he was a college player,” Nagy stated.
And that was only the start of the gushing.
“I think he’s the guy that’s really flying under a lot of media radars,” Nagy stated, “however the league’s increased on him than the media. He’s obtained sufficient dimension to play on the road of scrimmage. He’s a combo man. To me he’s higher within the move sport than the run sport, however he’s massive and hard sufficient. He’s obtained the body to not less than play on the road of scrimmage.
“You put him out there on the field, it’s not like you’re tipping your hand [about] what you’re going to do with him. That’s always the sticking point in draft meetings. They don’t want these guys that are just pass catchers. Will was the fastest guy at the combine. We went back and re-watched his tape the other day and it shows up a bunch on tape.”
Interestingly, Nagy stated Mallory might final till the fourth spherical.
“I don’t know if he goes on Day Two,” Nagy stated. “If he were clean injury-wise, I think he might go in the second or the third, like a fringe type of player. I think he probably goes in the fourth now, but I don’t know that.”
Shrine Bowl: Luke Schoonmaker (Michigan), Blake Whiteheart (Wake Forest)
As a lot as Nagy likes Mallory, Galko likes Schoonmaker.
“The one guy that jumps out, I know the Dolphins pick at (No.) 51, that I think has been a little bit underrated by people in the media because he had an injury in the College Football Playoff is Luke Schoonmaker of Michigan,” Galko stated. “He’s going to go somewhere, if not round two early, round three.”
But that is the half that will get your consideration.
“This is a guy that can block and pass catch and route run,” Galko stated of Schoonmaker, “one thing I do know that they possibly didn’t see in Mike Gesicki and that’s why they moved on in search of a extra conventional in-line man.
“I believe Luke and Durham Smythe could be an superior complement as a result of Durham is somewhat little bit of a greater blocker, however Luke may block and Luke’s a greater receiver than Durham as properly, they usually sort of play off one another actually, very well.
“So he’s one that jumps out and screams a perfect fit for Miami if they did want to go tight end in round two.”
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