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.
Two-year starter who was named Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and led Oklahoma with 17.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and three forced fumbles while making 76 tackles as a senior. Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors and led the team with 12 tackles for loss and nine sacks while adding 71 tackles and tying for the team lead with two forced fumbles. Combined to make 16 tackles (four for loss) and three sacks in his first two seasons with the Sooners.
Pos:
Explosive athlete and tremendous pass rusher who shows the ability to play in space. Rarely off his feet, breaks down well and plays with tremendous balance. Shows tremendous speed and quickness off the edge, quickly adjusts off the initial block and gets a lot of momentum going up the field. Explosive, plays with a nasty attitude and can be impossible to stop. Instinctive, finds the ball and immediately alters his angle of attack to get to the action. Athletic, uses his hands to protect himself and has a tremendous closing burst. Jolts blockers with violent hand punch. Displays speed in a straight line and laterally, plays with proper pad level and goes hard through the whistle. Stays with assignments and plays disciplined football.
Neg:
Lacks bulk and gets handled by larger blockers. Rarely asked to make plays in reverse.
Analysis:
Okoronkwo was graded as a street free agent by scouts entering the season but now projects as a potential second-day pick. He’s an underrated defender who can come out of a three-point stance as a one-gap defensive end or stand over tackle and make plays up the field and in space. Okoronkwo needs a bit more work on his game but has tremendous upside and will be a force at the next level in the proper system.