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.
Three-year starter who was named First Team All-Big Ten in each of those seasons and was the first three-time captain in school history. Left school as the Big Ten’s all-time leader in total offense, touchdown passes and total touchdowns. Completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 3,053 yards and totaled 47 touchdowns (12 rushing) with nine interceptions and 798 rushing yards in 2017. Combined for 33 touchdowns (nine rushing) as a junior and posted 3,400 total yards. Split time with Cardale Jones in 2015 and totaled 1,674 yards and 22 touchdowns (11 rushing). Completed 64.6 percent of his passes and totaled 3,772 yards and 45 touchdowns (11 rushing) with 10 interceptions as a true freshman.
Pos:
Patient, hard-working quarterback with a good head on his shoulders. Remains poised in the pocket, stands strong against the rush and knows where receivers are on the field. Always in control of the situation, effectively commands and controls the offense and makes good decisions throwing the ball. Looks to run only when necessary.
Neg:
Must improve his overall accuracy and pass placement. Slow going to secondary targets. Passes tend to get away from him.
Analysis:
Barrett was a terrific college quarterback who lacks the accuracy to stay at that position on Sundays. He could be drafted in the very late rounds as a developmental quarterback or tried at other positions.
