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.
Rotational back who rushed 89 times for 407 yards and four touchdowns in 2017. Carried 114 times for 852 yards and seven TDs and set a school record with 7.5 yards per carry as a junior. Rushed for 176 yards on 33 carries in 2015. Led the team with 138 rushes as a redshirt freshman and tallied 565 rushing yards and one score.
Pos:
Strong downhill ball carrier who does the little things well. Runs with an aggressive style, gets a lot of momentum going and is tough to bring down. Displays outstanding vision as a blocker and willingly gets out in front and removes defenders from the action. Solid pass catcher with the ability to adjust to errant throws and make receptions in stride.
Neg:
Not a creative ball carrier who makes defenders miss or improvises. Gets in trouble when he tries to run east and west. Cannot avoid piles and defenders. Lacks burst.
Analysis:
Coleman is a bit one-dimensional and is sort of a ‘tweener who lacks the size to be a true power runner and the quickness of a more creative ball carrier, but he gets the most from his ability. His short-yardage potential, pass-catching skill and willingness as a blocker will make it hard to cut Coleman from the final roster.
