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Now, we have gone two straight years without a pick. So, are there any players on the current Bobcat team that look to have good chances at getting drafted? I'd love to see the slide end. There was a lot of buzz on Tarell Basham early in his career as having NFL potential. As he enters his senior season, is that a possibility? Quinten Poling seems to be a beast for us, but is he NFL material? Back to Top UpSan Bobcat General User Member Since: 8/30/2005 Location: Upper Sandusky, OH Post Count: 3,802 Status: Offline     RE: NFL Draft and Bobcats    Posted: 5/6/2016 9:27:44 AM  It's so hard to judge. Ohio's best players aren't always the ones NFL teams are interested in. Many players who excel in college aren't NFL material for different reasons (a lot of time size or speed). Often times, it's guys who are good but not great in college that are more interesting to the NFL because they have professional speed or strength. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectsearch?multise... Rankings on these subjects change a lot within a year, but Basham is the #33 DE and Laseak is #74 DE on this list for next year's class. Sayles is #95 DT. Mangen is #51 TE. Watson is #70 OT. Sprague is #96 QB. Brown is #107 OLB. Poling is #28 ILB for next year. Morgan is #47 TE. Ouellette is #55 RB. Pruehs is #67 OG. Moore is #72 OLB. Nelson is #83 FS. There's a bunch of guys ranked 100 and below. Some aren't even with the team any more, so I think once you get to a certain point in the rankings, they probably aren't worth much. Obviously only 10-25 guys at a position get drafted. Back to Top OUcats82 General User Member Since: 1/9/2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 1,862 Status: Offline     RE: NFL Draft and Bobcats    Posted: 5/6/2016 11:36:46 AM  UpSan Bobcat wrote: It's so hard to judge. Ohio's best players aren't always the ones NFL teams are interested in. Many players who excel in college aren't NFL material for different reasons (a lot of time size or speed). Often times, it's guys who are good but not great in college that are more interesting to the NFL because they have professional speed or strength. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectsearch?multise... Rankings on these subjects change a lot within a year, but Basham is the #33 DE and Laseak is #74 DE on this list for next year's class. Sayles is #95 DT. Mangen is #51 TE. Watson is #70 OT. Sprague is #96 QB. Brown is #107 OLB. Poling is #28 ILB for next year. Morgan is #47 TE. Ouellette is #55 RB. Pruehs is #67 OG. Moore is #72 OLB. Nelson is #83 FS. There's a bunch of guys ranked 100 and below. Some aren't even with the team any more, so I think once you get to a certain point in the rankings, they probably aren't worth much. Obviously only 10-25 guys at a position get drafted. It is always intriguing for me when I watch parts of the NFL Draft in the later rounds and wonder how many of the lesser known players will end up becoming household names on Sundays. I can only imagine how frustrating it perhaps may be for a player who poured everything he had into football for years and years and see someone who played college basketball but has NFL level qualities/intangibles get drafted ahead of him. The NFL front offices are looking for certain features and are willing to gamble if they see things that cannot be taught/coached. It worked out well for San Diego...time will tell for Dallas with Rico Gathers. Ohio-The State University Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,345 Status: Offline     RE: NFL Draft and Bobcats    Posted: 5/6/2016 12:28:33 PM  During the small part of the draft coverage I watched, one thing that was frequently mentioned about G5 players was their performance in games vs upper-tier "P"5 teams. If they did well, it made an impression. I think that really helped Khalil Mack when he was drafted; he had a super game vs O$U. Unfortunately, we haven't had many of those the past decade. We used to play teams like O$U, Wisc and Va Tech on a pretty regular basis, but the L-ville game is maybe the only one since 2010. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top L.C. General User Member Since: 8/31/2005 Location: United States Post Count: 10,470 Status: Offline     RE: NFL Draft and Bobcats    Posted: 5/6/2016 1:48:36 PM  It's all a part of the cycle. When you have a weak recruiting class or two (2010, 2011), you see symptoms a few years later. The first thing you see is less depth. We saw that in 2012. Then you see teams that aren't as strong as you might like, which we saw in 2013-4. Next you see a youth movement, as the recruiting classes which follow it surpass it on the depth chart. We saw that last year. The final thing you see is no one from those classes getting drafted, which we saw in 2015-16. The 2012 class was better, but small, and has lost several players to injury. Sebastian Smith moved to 2013, while Tanner, Schany, and Henry all saw their careers end, and William Johnson has left the program. As the 2013-2016 classes reach Senior status, I think that once again we'll see players drafted. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus Back to Top Monroe Slavin General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Oxnard, CA Post Count: 9,121 Status: Offline     RE: NFL Draft and Bobcats    Posted: 5/6/2016 1:54:33 PM  Pataskala wrote: During the small part of the draft coverage I watched, one thing that was frequently mentioned about G5 players was their performance in games vs upper-tier "P"5 teams. If they did well, it made an impression. I think that really helped Khalil Mack when he was drafted; he had a super game vs O$U. Unfortunately, we haven't had many of those the past decade. 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