2025 NFL Draft

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Houston needs to draft an interior OL at some point in the first two days of the draft (and probably also add a body in free agency), but I like the idea of drafting the highest upside DT on the board, which could be any of Derrick Harmon, Walter Nolen, Kenneth Grant, or Deone Walker.. or maybe even Alfred Collins

I'd like to draft another TE too, although the first round might be too rich for that. While Stover is promising, it's a long developmental curve position and we need to get Stroud a stable of good TEs to play with for the future

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20 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

The On Texas Football guys were basically telling everyone DJ Campbell is gone- get ready for it during signing day coverage this morning. 
All 5 OL getting drafted in the same year would be pretty cool of that happens and Hayden Connor sneaks in. 

You keep trying to sell us on Conner getting drafted. You do realize that, eventually, scouts and analysts are going to actually watch his film, right? In more than a handful of plays each game, the guy touches literally no one on the opposing side of the ball.

[Wulaw Horn 19560]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

You keep trying to sell us on Conner getting drafted. You do realize that, eventually, scouts and analysts are going to actually watch his film, right? In more than a handful of plays each game, the guy touches literally no one on the opposing side of the ball.

I'm not selling anyone on Conner getting drafted. I asked specifically "do yall think he gets drafted?", said "if he sneaks in" in the post you quoted and have him and Lole listed as "coin flips to get drafted, but definitely gone" and guessed 1 of the 2 get taken. Maybe it's zero or maybe it's both of them or maybe 1 and 1.  He's had a pretty good senior year based upon expectations going in and has improved a lot.  Is it enough to get drafted? I have no idea. But it's on the table I believe.  Maybe not and I'm an idiot. 

 

My biggest overarching point on being bullish on guys getting drafted, and this proved out last year with Whitt and Robinson and the corner, is that good teams that finish in the top 5 have more guys taken than you might otherwise think due to a Halo effect, "culture", this guys a winner and other assorted stuff that becomes a tie breaker for guys at the ass end of the draft. Look at all the shitty Texas teams that guys like Poona Ford ended up going undrafted that should have been (roach is another) and compare that to the beneift of the doubt we got last time around.  

Edited December 5 by Wulaw Horn

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2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I'm not selling anyone on Conner getting drafted. I asked specifically "do yall think he gets drafted?", said "if he sneaks in" in the post you quoted and have him and Lole listed as "coin flips to get drafted, but definitely gone" and guessed 1 of the 2 get taken. Maybe it's zero or maybe it's both of them or maybe 1 and 1.  He's had a pretty good senior year based upon expectations going in and has improved a lot.  Is it enough to get drafted? I have no idea. But it's on the table I believe.  Maybe not and I'm an idiot. 

Merely intimating that the guy could be drafted is a sell, to me, at least. Same for Lole. If either of those guys get drafted, you'll be able to knock me over with a feather. Frankly, I'm going to be surprised if either get a combine invite. Lole's medical records alone should prevent an invite.

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1) Travis Hunter- WR/CB- Colorado
2) Mason Graham- DT- Michigan
3) Abdul Carter- Edge- Penn State
4) Will Johnson- CB- Michigan
5) Ashton Jeanty- RB- Boise State
6) Malaki Starks- S- Georgia
7) Mykel Williams- Edge- Georgia
'8) Will Campbell- OG/OT- LSU
9) Kelvin Banks Jr- OT- Texas
10) Cam Ward- QB- Miami
11) Tetairoa McMillan- WR- Arizona
12) Shedeur Sanders- QB- Colorado
13) Tyler Warren- TE- Penn State
14) Jalon Walker- Edge- Georgia
15) James Pearce Jr- Edge- Tennessee
16) Walter Nolen- DT- Ole Miss
17) Josh Simmons- OT- Ohio State
18) Luther Burden III- WR- Missouri
19) Shemar Stewart- Edge- Texas A&M
20) Jihaad Campbell- LB- Alabama
21) Derrick Harmon- DT- Oregon
22) Colston Loveland- TE- Michigan
23) Kenneth Grant- DT- Michigan
24) Shavon Revel Jr- CB- East Carolina
25) Emeka Egbuka- WR- Ohio State
26) Jahdae Barron- CB- Texas
27) Josh Conerly Jr- OT- Oregon
28) Tyler Booker- OG- Alabama
29) Nic Scourton- Edge- Texas A&M
30) Drew Allar- QB- Penn State
31) Tyleik Williams- DT- Ohio State
32) Mike Green- Edge- Marshall
33) Maxwell Hairston- CB- Kentucky
34) Aireontae Ersery- OT- Minnesota
35) Landon Jackson- Edge- Arkansas
36) Benjamin Morrison- CB- Notre Dame
37) Isaiah Bond- WR- Texas
38) Cameron Williams- OT- Texas
39) Deone Walker- DT- Kentucky
40) Mason Taylor- TE- LSU
41) Nick Emmanwori- S- South Carolina
42) Jonah Savaiinaea- OG/OT- Arizona
43) Evan Stewart- WR- Oregon
44) Omarion Hampton- RB- North Carolina
45) Marcus Mbow- C- Purdue
46) Armand Membou- OG/OT- Missouri
47) Elic Ayomanor- WR- Stanford
48) Kyle Kennard- Edge- South Carolina
49) Elijah Arroyo- TE- Miami
50) Jalen Milroe- QB- Alabama

 

[HenryJames 67115]

That reads like a pre-season list.

[The Dog 44771]