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The 2018 Draft's We-Told-You-So Team: College Stars the NFL Shouldn't Sleep On
Those of us who prefer college football to the NFL get frustrated when players who proved themselves capable of producing at a high level get overlooked in the draft process in favor of freak athletes who didn’t produce in college. We cringed when Dion Jordan went No. 3 overall in 2013 when he might not have been the third-best player on Oregon’s defense the previous season.
We love when someone like Seahawks receiver/return man Tyler Lockett finds success as a middle-round pick because it seemed obvious Lockett would succeed when he posted huge numbers at Kansas State despite opposing defenses knowing he was the only real downfield threat.
Poona Ford, DT, Texas
This may have been the biggest combine snub of this draft class. Though linebacker Malik Jefferson and safety DeShon Elliott have better measurables, Ford may have been the best player on a Texas defense that was quite stout by season’s end.
It’s understandable if NFL scouts look at the 5'11", 303-pound Ford and dismiss him as too small to play inside. That’s pretty much what members of the Texas coaching staff thought when they took over last season. It took about one day at practice to realize that Ford is a nightmare for guards and centers who try to block him one-on-one.
Because of his size, Ford will need to play in a defense that prefers gap-shooting defensive tackles. But given the fact that he could be available on day three, he could provide incredible value to such a team.
https://www.si.com/college-football/201 ... poona-ford
Texas DT Poona Ford has himself a day in the first session of 1-on-1s
https://twitter.com/JoeBuscaglia/status ... 36/video/1
Those of us who prefer college football to the NFL get frustrated when players who proved themselves capable of producing at a high level get overlooked in the draft process in favor of freak athletes who didn’t produce in college. We cringed when Dion Jordan went No. 3 overall in 2013 when he might not have been the third-best player on Oregon’s defense the previous season.
We love when someone like Seahawks receiver/return man Tyler Lockett finds success as a middle-round pick because it seemed obvious Lockett would succeed when he posted huge numbers at Kansas State despite opposing defenses knowing he was the only real downfield threat.
Poona Ford, DT, Texas
This may have been the biggest combine snub of this draft class. Though linebacker Malik Jefferson and safety DeShon Elliott have better measurables, Ford may have been the best player on a Texas defense that was quite stout by season’s end.
It’s understandable if NFL scouts look at the 5'11", 303-pound Ford and dismiss him as too small to play inside. That’s pretty much what members of the Texas coaching staff thought when they took over last season. It took about one day at practice to realize that Ford is a nightmare for guards and centers who try to block him one-on-one.
Because of his size, Ford will need to play in a defense that prefers gap-shooting defensive tackles. But given the fact that he could be available on day three, he could provide incredible value to such a team.
https://www.si.com/college-football/201 ... poona-ford
Texas DT Poona Ford has himself a day in the first session of 1-on-1s
https://twitter.com/JoeBuscaglia/status ... 36/video/1
