Draft Countdown

In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com discusses the Tampa Bay Buccaneers plans for the 2016 NFL Draft and potential fits at #9 overall with Scott Reynolds of PewterReport.com.

Topics include Oregon DE DeForest Buckner, Eastern Kentucky DE Noah Spence, Florida CB Vernon Hargreaves III, Clemson CB Mackensie Alexander, Florida St. CB / S Jalen Ramsey, Notre Dame OT Ronnie Stanley, Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell and Ohio St. RB Ezekiel Elliott.

The official list of prospects who were invited to the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine has been released and as always there were a handful of surprises.  In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com counts down this year's Top 5 snubs.

Prospects covered, in alphabetical order, include Akron OLB Jatavis Brown, Kansas State CB Morgan Burns, Middle Tennessee State S Kevin Byard, Alabama QB Jake Coker and Baylor WR Jay Lee.

In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com discusses the needs of the New York Giants and potential fits at #10 overall with Ed Valentine of BigBlueView.com.

Topics include Oregon DE DeForest Buckner, Ohio St. RB Ezekiel Elliott, Notre Dame OT Ronnie Stanley, Ohio St. OT Taylor Decker, Eastern Kentucky DE Noah Spence, Clemson DE Shaq Lawson, Alabama DT A'Shawn Robinson, Notre Dame OLB Jaylon Smith and UCLA LB Myles Jack.

Josh Buchanan (@JoshNFLDraft) is the scouting industry’s preeminent small school expert and for the first time this season he is debuting his 2016 NFL Draft rankings exclusively at DraftCountdown.com.  In this episode Scott Wright chats with Buchanan about the top sleeper prospects in this class.

Players covered include North Dakota St. QB Carson Wentz, Eastern Kentucky DE / OLB Noah Spence, Southern Utah S Miles Killebrew, William & Mary S DeAndre Houston-Carson, Northern Iowa CB / S Deiondre' Hall, Southeastern Louisiana CB Harlan Miller, Southeast Missouri St. WR Paul McRoberts, Incarnate Word OLB Myke Tavarres, South Carolina St. DT Javon Hargrave, Stony Brook DE Victor Ochi, South Carolina St. TE Temarrick Hemingway and Northern Iowa CB Makinton Dorleant.

The rankings at DraftCountdown.com were recently updated to reflect everything that happened at the post-season all-star games.  In this episode Scott Wright shares some of his thoughts and revelation from the process.

Topics include QB's (Paxton Lynch of Memphis, Carson Wentz of North Dakota St., Jared Goff of California), RB's (Ezekiel Elliott of Ohio St., Derrick Henry of Alabama), WR's (Laquon Treadwell of Ole Miss, Corey Coleman of Baylor, Josh Doctson of T.C.U., Braxton Miller of Ohio St., Tyler Boyd of Pittsburgh, Will Fuller of Notre Dame, Leonte Carroo of Rutgers, Roger Lewis of Bowling Green), TE's (Hunter Henry of Arkansas, David Morgan II of U.T.S.A.), DE's (Noah Spence of Eastern Kentucky, Emmanuel Ogbah of Oklahoma St., Shaw Lawson of Clemson), DT's (Robert Nkemdiche of Ole Miss, A'Shawn Robinson of Alabama), LB's (Jaylon Smith of Notre Dame, Myles Jack of UCLA, Darron Lee of Ohio St.), CB's (Harlan Miller of Southeastern Louisiana) and S's (Darian Thompson of Boise St., Jalen Mills of L.S.U.).

Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com discusses the top quarterback prospects for the 2016 NFL Draft - Paxton Lynch of Memphis, Carson Wentz of North Dakota St. and Jared Goff of Cal - from an analytics perspective with Steve Palazzolo of Pro Football Focus.  Particular attention is paid to the Cleveland Browns since they are in the market for a signal caller and are shifting toward a statistical based philosophy under new chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta.

The 2016 Senior Bowl week is in the books, which means it's time to review what happened in Mobile.  In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com takes a look at the prospects who helped and hurt their draft stock the most.

Players covered include Ohio St. WR Braxton Miller, North Dakota St. QB Carson Wentz, Louisville DT Sheldon Rankings, Eastern Kentucky DE / OLB Noah Spence, Indiana OT Jason Sprigg, Baylor DE Shawn Oakman and Michigan St. QB Connor Cook.

The 2016 Senior Bowl week is coming to a close and the third set of practices are in the books.  In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com takes a look at some of the standouts from Thursday's sessions.

Players covered include Louisiana Tech RB Kenneth Dixon, Minnesota CB Eric Murray, Stanford OG Josh Garnett, East Carolina TE Bryce Williams, Duke S Jeremy Cash, Michigan C Graham Glasgow, Baylor WR Jay Lee, South Carolina St. DT Javon Hargrave, Kansas St. FB / TE Glenn Gronkowski and Louisiana Tech QB Jeff Driskel.

The 2016 Senior Bowl week has kicked off and the second set of practices are in the books.  In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com takes a look at some of the standouts from Wednesday's sessions.

Players covered include Boise St. S Darian Thompson, Louisiana Tech DT Vernon Butler, Ohio St. TE Nick Vannett, Michigan St. C Jack Allen, San Jose St. RB Tyler Ervin, Alabama DT Jarran Reed, SE Louisiana CB Harlan Miller, Georgia OLB Jordan Jenkins, Texas Tech OT Le'Raven Clark and L.S.U. S Jalen Mills.

The 2016 Senior Bowl week has kicked off and the first set of practices are in the books.  In this episode Scott Wright of DraftCountdown.com takes a look at some of the standouts from Tuesday's sessions.

Players discussed include North Dakota St. QB Carson Wentz, Illinois DL Jihad Ward, Temple DT Matt Ioannidis, Ohio St. WR Braxton Miller, Louisville DL Sheldon Rankins, Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell and BYU DE Bronson Kaufusi.