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2025 NFL Draft: Top 10 Most Intriguing Prospects
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Mar 7, 2025
The 2025 NFL Draft is just around the corner, and it's full of exciting prospects. This video highlights the top ten most intriguing players who could be game-changers in the league. SiriusXM NFL Radio host Damon Amendolara breaks down his Top 10 Most Intriguing Prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft—not just the biggest names, but the under-the-radar players who could make a huge impact. D.A. highlights defensive playmakers like Michigan’s Will Johnson and Kentucky’s Maxwell Hairston, while shedding light on an overshadowed edge rusher in Alabama’s Jihaad Campbell. He also explores potential franchise QBs in Syracuse’s Kyle McCord and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, and a productive slot receiver in Miami’s Xavier Restrepo. Plus, with the NFL swinging back toward valuing RBs, he includes three dynamic running backs: Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon, Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson, and UNC’s Omarion Hampton. Which of these players could be the biggest steal of the draft? Find out in this must-watch breakdown! #NFLDraft #NFLProspects #WatchDALive #DamonAmendolara #CollegeFootball #NFLDraft2025 #FootballAnalysis #SiriusXMNFL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Subscribe! ✅ https://www.youtube.com/@damonamendo 🙌 “Watch D.A. Live” airs Sunday nights on YouTube 🙌 ✅ Follow D.A. on Social! ✅ ☑️ D.A. on Twitter: / DamonAmendo ☑️
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ah draft season is here I think the
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three most solid starred Laden type of
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prospects number one Penn State Edge
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rusher Abdul Carter this guy is a
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wrecking ball and a game Destroyer you
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have two-way do everything Swiss army
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knife and Travis hunter from Colorado
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can catch more than a thousand yards
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worth of passes at Colorado as a wide
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receiver can also be a shutdown Corner
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who knows if the team that drafts him
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will allow him to play both sides of the
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football but the guys got the ability to
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do so and number three quarterback cam
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Ward from Miami he set all types of
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school records the number one
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quarterback prospect in this year's
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draft always the most in demand position
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in the NFL but how about the most
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intriguing prospects it's time to get to
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that list hey before we do that remember
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coverage here on this channel number 10
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let's start with Alabama's Jihad
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Campbell you can just see this guy
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ranging around defenses in the NFL at a
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lot of different positions he's got
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speed of the linebacker position can
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come off the edge get to the quarterback
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he can obviously cover other Speedy
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players on the offensive side of the
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football Jihad Campbell's got a lot of
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great tangible qualities but also played
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at a huge program in Alabama got great
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coaching there as well and measurables
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of the combine maybe nobody did
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themselves more favors than Campbell at
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the combine athletic especially with the
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linebacker units he was the fastest
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linebacker by most accounts at the
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combine a
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45240 he cut some weight from last year
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he played in the 240s came in at 235
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Jihad Campbell a really intriguing
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Prospect out of Alabama number nine
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Texas wide receiver Matthew golden let's
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spin the clock back a year ago when
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another super fast blazing wide receiver
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came out of UT Austin and went into the
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NFL and was used by a very creative
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offensive staff to create space and big
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plays
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the Chiefs Xavier worthy Matthew golden
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has the same ability the guy absolutely
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flies a
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42940 big plays in big games eight
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catches 162 yards in the SEC
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Championship game and then through the
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playoffs Texas got a lot of good
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production at a Matthew golden there as
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well in the playoffs golden can be used
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a lot of different places but
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particularly in the slot with a creative
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offensive coordinator man this guy's got
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big play potential he bounces around to
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that field golden is the fastest
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offensive player in this draft all right
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number eight we just talked about the
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fastest offensive player in the draft
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how about the fastest player in general
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in this draft Corner Kentucky Maxwell
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hariston a
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42840 an incredible vertical lead a
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fantastic broad jump this was a guy that
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was always ball Hawking had five
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interceptions on the season 74 worst
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incompletions and when you did catch it
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against him he barely gave you any space
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less than 10 yards per catch allowed
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against receivers in the SEC hariston
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might just be the next great young
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Corner in this draft keep an eye out for
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him number eight most intriguing
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Prospect when people think running backs
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in this draft they think Ashton Genty
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but what about number seven Ali Gordon
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Oklahoma State star this guy was
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unbelievable two years ago more than
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1700 yard rushing in 20123 but man his
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production completely fell off the cliff
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last season less than 900 yards rushing
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and so question marks about his style he
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also did not wow anybody in the 40 a 461
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now this is a pretty good running back
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draft so he's going to slide but man a
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guy that put up more than 17 00 yard 2
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years ago and came into
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2024 as one of the most heralded running
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backs of the nation that is certainly
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intriguing in terms of value and
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potential put him in number seven on
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this list what if I told you there was a
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player in this draft who talent-wise
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should go in the top 10 but is going to
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significantly slide and you be able to
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grab him well after that well that's
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Michigan corner will Johnson will is a
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guy that's got a skill set that just
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every executive drools over except he
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battled Myriad injuries throughout this
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season he was barely ever on the field
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but that's a guy that was part of a
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national championship team and National
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Championship defense two years ago in
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2023 and if you get him healthy and get
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him right man sky is the limit I mean
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this was a guy that picked off Michael
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pennock's first play second half
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national championship game which
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basically sealed the win and was named
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defensive m MVP of that championship
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game guys got bonafides will Johnson
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Corner Wolverines number six most
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intriguing Prospect in this draft number
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five most intriguing Prospect in this
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draft is Alabama quarterback Jaylen
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milro there were times over the last
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couple of Seasons where milro turned
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something from absolutely nothing his
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extend the play type of abilities being
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able to use his legs then use his big
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arm in the final year of Nick Sabin and
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then the first year post Nick Sabin
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there was more than a handful of plays
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that were only there because of Jaylen
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Milo what's the old adage chicken salad
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out of chicken feathers that was Jaylen
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Milo a couple of times over the last few
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seasons the passing stats don't knock
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you off your chair last two seasons
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about 2800 yards passing a piece 2023 23
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touchdowns six ints this past season
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though only 16 touchdowns through the
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air and 11 interceptions yikes but I'll
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say this Joel clatz a college football
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voice that I think many of us respect I
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know that I do and he said that milro
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the combine really distinguished himself
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he's inconsistent but he absolutely
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loves his attributes so keep an eye on
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Jaylen milro one of the most intriguing
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prospects of this draft are you looking
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for a slot receiver a guy with good
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hands good route running Maybe
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a diamond of the rough you can find and
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say the fourth round I give you Miami's
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Xavier Restrepo this guy caught more
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than a thousand yards the last two
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seasons and with Cam Ward's
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record-breaking year at Miami caught 11
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touchdown passes this year for an
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extremely explosive hurricanes offense
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but again projected to be somewhere in
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the fourth round or so I feel like in
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today's NFL we're just making sure you
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have a guy on time on point in his route
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tree there is always a rooll for that
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guy he's compact 5'11 about 200 lb but
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you know what there is going to be a
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team in this draft that ends up getting
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him plugging him in and knowing they can
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count on him to be where he needs to be
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he might not be the biggest name on the
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board he might last until the third or
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fourth round but keep Restrepo on your
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radar the next pick is Syracuse QB Kyle
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McCord now think about this for a moment
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this was a guy that started at Ohio
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State 2 years ago then the buck guys
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decided to move on will Howard took over
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they won a national championship hey it
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ended up working out perfectly for the
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Buckey but one man's trash was another
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program's treasure as my Syracuse Orange
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picked up Kyle McCord to the transfer
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portal and let me just say that mord
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changed everything I did a whole da Deep
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dive about this before the season began
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but those of us who are orange fans and
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I'm a football Orange fan going back to
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the 90s when I was there with Donovan
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McNab was waiting we've all been waiting
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for a big-time QB back inside the
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Carrier Dome and that's what McCord did
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McCord played his best football this
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season against the best competition and
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McCord's Swagger without arrogance
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certainly changed the locker room as
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well this was a guy that helped Syracuse
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to only its second 10- win season since
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y 2K and man his performance against
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Miami was a thing of beauty and every
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Orange fan inside the Dome that day saw
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what we used to remember great
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quarterback play great football from
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Syracuse McCord's got the size he's 63
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about 220 he's big he's strong good arm
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he's just not agile he's not going to
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run the football a lot and that's what
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every executive wants these days but but
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if you're looking for a pocket passer
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McCord is a very intriguing Prospect
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here and a guy that's a winner now this
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is the type of list that doesn't take
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the stars that you know but instead ones
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that are a little bit under the radar so
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instead of looking at Ashton Genty let's
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say is a running back instead let's look
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at Ohio State's trayon Henderson four
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years with the Buckey two of them more
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than
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1,300 yards of combined offense in this
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past season look at how valuable he was
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with the Buckeyes offense a Buckey's
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passing attack that had all of those
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Dynamic wide receivers and yet Henderson
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was as important as almost anybody on
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that attack as a freshman this guy found
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the endzone 19 combined touchdowns he
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just had 10 rushing touchdowns this past
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year and a very solid 44 340 at the
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combine he also showed off his hands as
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a pretty good pass catcher as well
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trevan Henderson one of the most
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intriguing prospects to to me in this
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draft finally the most intriguing
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Prospect in this draft I'm going to make
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it UNC running back Omarian Hampton
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let's just look at what the running
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backs in the free agent class did last
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year we saw saquin Barkley win a Super
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Bowl Derek Henry helped the Ravens to an
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amazing season Josh Jacobs and Green Bay
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be a real lead horse for the Packers
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Austin Eckler found himself in an NFC
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Championship game in Washington the
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running back position is back and of
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value and we know Ashton jent is going
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to be the first running back selected
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but how about Hampton this is a guy that
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some Scouts say has some Josh Jacobs in
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him I've heard comparisons to Nick chub
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as well just put on a highlight reel of
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Hampton's runs in Chapel Hill this guy
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runs with speed and power I love seeing
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him hit the line of scrimmage run
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through a linebacker break an arm tackle
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and then just keep grinding you'll see
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tons of power in his runs especially at
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the goal line he'll run through you
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he'll drag a pile but man if a lane is
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open he's got the Jets To Go the
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Distance as well so many big plays he
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hits the hole fast and he just goes last
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season he gained more than 1,200 yards
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after contact he's got the body to take
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the beating 6' 220 in terms of making
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people Miss
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73 Miss tackles on this guy he's got
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Vision he's got instincts he can also
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catch the ball out of the back field a
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very reputable
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44640 and while all eyes are going to be
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on Genty you watch a great pick huge
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value and you're going to get him on a
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rookie contract without spending all
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that money in the free agent market
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Hampton is going to come in and help
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some team right away establish the Run
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hey that's the list of my 10 most
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