The Athletic's NFL scout/draft guru Dane Brugler releases his pre-season Top 50 2024 NFL Draft prospects...
LINKB1G is well represented on this list with 16 prospects overall, Brugler's got (5) Ohio State, (5) Michigan, (3) Penn State, (1) Iowa, (1) Illinois, and (1) Minnesota.
OSU: #2 - WR Marvin Harrison, Jr. (duh)
#13 - EDGE J.T. Tuimoloau (feels based more on size/high level physical tools for the position & projection rn than production, but could go even higher if he Chase Young's it his JR year)
#18 - WR Emeka Egbuka (looks about right)
#35 - EDGE Jack Sawyer (don't see that one at all, looks more like 3rd or 4th rd pick to me)
#49 - OG Donovan Jackson (looks about right, he'll be one of the first guards taken)
Michigan: #19 - QB JJ McCarthy (similar to JTT, feels based more on size/high level physical tools for the position & projection rn, could go even higher if he makes a year 2 jump and level up season)
#39 - DT Kris Jenkins (
definitely going to get drafted higher than this imo)
#41 - OG Zak Zinter (looks about right, he'll be one of the first guards off the board)
#46 - RB Donovan Edwards (looks about right, but could
possibly even go higher and be RB1)
#50 - RB Blake Corum (not sure I see him as a 2nd rd RB, feels more like a RD 3 guy to me, not that there's anything wrong at all with that- that's still
pretty damn good)
Penn State: #4 - OT Olu Fashanu (duh- only flaw could be his run blocking...he needs to improve that)
#11 - CB Kalen King (don't think he gets drafted that high imo, like all them high level college CB Cass Tech guys before him he's 5'10+- not quite 5'11....think the NFL is looking for CBs taken that high that are 6'+)
#15 - EDGE Chop Robinson (he could go even higher if he has the kind of level he should)
Iowa:#17 DB Cooper DeJean (looks about right)
Illinois:#25 - DT Jer'Zahn Newton (
definitely going to get drafted even higher than this imo)
Minnesota:#40 - DB Tyler Nubin (looks about right)
https://twitter.com/dpbrugler/status/1694694552852922519?s=20