DRAFT NEWS

NFL teams needing a starting safety are in luck with the quality prospects at the top of the draft board. Caleb Downs / Ohio State is arguably the best prospect, regardless of position, is the rare "high ceiling-high floor" prospect who is very unlikely to be a bust and projects as a perennial Pro Bowler, possibly as early as his rookie year. Dillon Thieneman / Oregon and Emmanuel McNeil-Warren / Toledo project as first-round picks who are plug and play starters in the NFL ne

There are athletic freaks and then there are athletic FREAKS like Sonny Styles, the LB out of Ohio State. Actually no, that’s not quite right. There has never been an athletic performance in the two decades plus of televised Combines like the one put on in Indianapolis Thursday night by the Buckeyes LB. Styles measured in at 6050 / 244 lbs / 32.7” Arms / 80.7” Wingspan, just extraordinary size for an off-the-ball LB. Then Styles hit the Lucas Oil Stadium turf and blew the doo

Entering the 2025 season, the QB class was supposed to be loaded but for a variety of reasons it has fallen well short of expectations - injury (Drew Allar), inexperience (Arch Manning), poor protection (Garrett Nussmeier), and inconsistent performances (Carson Beck & Cade Klubnik). As we stand now, only two QBs look like first-round draft picks at this point of the season - Fernando Mendoza (Indiana) and Ty Simpson (Alabama)