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Agree Porter is going to go higher than many think. Consensus has him in the 3rd. He's a little overaged at 24. That should keep him out of the top 50, but 6-3, 200, 4.31 forty and 33 inch arms is not something teams will pass on for very long.
Which player are you hearing is having a late surge up teams' boards?
Reid: Darien Porter, CB, Iowa State. At 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, Porter is a long zone corner who also had a standout performance at the combine. His 4.3-second 40-yard dash and 10-foot-11 broad jump matched the athletic traits we see on his tape. The main knock against Porter is he has only two seasons of defensive experience, as he played wide receiver for the Cyclones prior to the 2022 season. But that also means his upside is immense, and teams specializing in zone coverage likely have him circled as an early-to-mid Day 2 target.
What's also helping Porter is the number of injuries facing this year's corner class. Porter was one of the few top prospects who managed to stay healthy throughout the season and predraft process, allowing him to play in the national spotlight at the Senior Bowl.
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I think if the Viking's strongly consider corner, its going to be Maxwell Hairston.
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(Yesterday, 07:36 AM)JustInTime Wrote:
Johnson is the only presumed 1st rounder who is not the consensus pick for any team in the 1st round. Now, that doesn't mean a whole lot when the mockers are just NFL media writers, but I've seen this in the past and players like this tend to drop.
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(Yesterday, 08:27 AM)MaroonBells Wrote: Johnson is the only presumed 1st rounder who is not the consensus pick for any team in the 1st round. Now, that doesn't mean a whole lot when the mockers are just NFL media writers, but I've seen this in the past and players like this tend to drop.
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(Yesterday, 08:37 AM)JustInTime Wrote: I believe I have karma control over the draft. Don’t believe me?
Never bothered to look at Dalvin Cook because he wasn’t going to be there.
Never bothered to look at Dallas Turner because he wasn’t going to be there.
Never bothered to look at Will Johnson because he wasn’t going to be there
Please don't bother to look at Ashton Jeanty. :-)
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(Yesterday, 08:37 AM)JustInTime Wrote: I believe I have karma control over the draft. Don’t believe me?
Never bothered to look at Dalvin Cook because he wasn’t going to be there.
Never bothered to look at Dallas Turner because he wasn’t going to be there.
Never bothered to look at Will Johnson because he wasn’t going to be there
You probably never bothered to look at me either.
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UM CB Johnson works out; doesn’t run at private pro day … Michigan CB Will Johnson finally worked out for NFL teams at a private pro day, but opted not to run a 40. Johnson missed both the combine and Michigan’s regular pro day a hamstring injury after he missed much of the 2024 season with a toe injury. Johnson, though, did post a very good 37-inch vertical. The qu7estion dogging Johnson who remains a top 15 prospect for the next week’s draft, though, was whether he had elite foot speed and passing today isn’t going to alleviate those concerns. For the record, Georgia LB Jalon Walker, another top 10-15 prospect who has been unable to work out to date, will have a private pro day on Thursday.
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As usual, he raises some eyebrows. Has Will Johnson ahead of Travis Hunter. Calls Johnson a prototype, an island corner. Tier 1. Thinks Hunter could struggle on the outside. Better in nickel or slot. But elite there. Tier 2
Has Hairston, Porter and Revel in tier 3 ahead of Barron. Calls them island corners, outside corners. Says Barron cannot play outside at all. Lance Zierlein agrees. They also mention that Daniel Jeremiah says NFL teams aren’t as high on Barron as he is. That’s interesting, because DJ’s big board is typically seen as the thought leader for a lot of draft media. Might Barron go later than all the mocks say? Calls Darien Porter maybe his favorite player in the whole draft. Thinks Starks and Emmanwori are 2nd rounders. Doesn’t trust Emmanwori’s tackling.
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