Potential Franchise Player - Possible Perennial All-Pro, and a guaranteed high First Round Pick.
Impact Player - Player who can change the course of a game and a consistent performer. Multiple Pro-Bowl possibilities and top ten selection
Quality Player - Someone who consistently gives good performances. Occasional Pro-Bowl appearances.
First Team Prospect - Player who has ability to make plays from the get go and start early into his rookie season.
Potential Starter - Usually a good athlete who must learn to be a football player or someone who is an “overachiever”. Quality early-to- mid round prospect with good long term potential
"Fence Prospect"- Player on the fence that has the skills and abilities but may need some time and patience.
Practice Squad - Late round or UDFA player who will develop and have his talents on the practice squad. Can find his way onto a roster as a special teamer.
Free Agent - Player who will make a 60 or 80 man roster.
Reading the stats
While it's difficult not to be redundant with scouting reports, we tried to cut down the wordiness when giving statistics. Here is how to read the stats line for the different positions.
Rushing Attempts/Rushing Yards/Yards per Carry/Touchdowns
Receiving:
Passes Caught/Receiving Yards/Touchdowns
Defensive Stats:
Tackles/Tackles for Loss/Sacks
Defensive Backs:
Tackles/TFL/Sacks/Interception/Passes Broken up (unless otherwise stated)
HEIGHT, WEIGHT & FORTY TIMES
Over the course of the past several months much is said and written about the computer numbers of prospects in the draft. You'll see several differences in these numbers from different sources. We try and be as accurate as possible and give these numbers based on the playing height, weight and speed during each players last collegiate season, not some pumped up artificial number.
There is forty speed and playing speed, playing weight and workout weight. The weeks and months leading to the draft is filled with prospects working hard to specifically add bulk, become stronger or get their forty time down. In reality many of these prospects cannot maintain this weight during the grind of a long season or do not play to the listed stopwatch speed; running backs don't run in a straight-line (which is how the forty yard dash is recorded), the bodies of both offensive and defensive linemen break down and cannot maintain the added bulk or, if they do, they will lose a good amount of quickness and speed.
Where pertinent in the players bio we spoke of either how they performed in recent individual or combine workouts to give you an idea of what direction they are headed.
Backup running back who rushed 145 times for 820 yards and nine touchdowns and caught 23 passes for 331 yards in 2017 to earn an invitation to the Senior Bowl. Posted 233 yards and three scores on 52 carries as a junior. Ran for 296 yards and four TDs on 60 rushes in 2015. Carried 64 times for 302 yards and three touchdowns as a true freshman.
Pos:
Nice-sized ball carrier with a well-rounded game. Sees the field, finds cutback lanes and quickly gets through the open hole. Runs with an aggressive style, rarely gets taken down by the first defender and falls forward when tackled. Patiently waits for blocks to develop, displays some shiftiness and uses an effective straight arm to keep plays alive. Solid pass catcher out of the backfield and effectively follows blocks.
Neg:
More of a downhill runner and struggles to turn the corner. Cannot beat defenders into the open field or run to daylight.
Analysis:
Williams is an underrated ball carrier who lacks great athleticism but is a terrific football player. He’s a triple-threat back who will help as a ball carrier, pass catcher and blocker when necessary and will be a steal on the last day of the draft.
