Shrine Game Practice - Final Notes & Player Rankings
Tony Pauline
Draft Analyst Writer
The practices are complete, the scouts have left St. Petersburg and all that remains is to kick off the 2019 Shrine Game. As we close the book on this year’s event, here are a few exiting notes as well as final player rankings from the three days of practice.
- Several offensive linemen impressed NFL scouts last week, and one who really stood out but didn’t get many headlines was James Pipkins of Sioux Falls. We mentioned the big tackle during our podcast on Tuesday, and I was hearing mid-round grades after the practices were complete. Teams mentioned the lack of talent at offensive tackle in this year’s draft and how a developmental left tackle prospect like Pipkins, who measured 6-foot-5.5 and 304 pounds, will be very attractive on draft weekend.
- During our final podcast from practice, I mentioned how impressed I was with Brody Oliver, the receiver from Colorado School of Mines. I was not alone, as many people I spoke with felt Oliver, who measured 6-foot-2.5 and 208 pounds with 10-inch hands, rivaled KeeSean Johnson and Cody Thompson for the top receiver on the West the final two days of practice.
- Staying on the offensive side of the ball, scouts and general managers are complaining this will be one of the worst drafts for prospects from the scoring side of the ball in a long time. Right now, they project as many as 70 of the top 100 players drafted coming from the defensive side of the ball.
- There was a lot of anger at the Shrine Game from scouts, league personnel and even agents over the record number of underclassmen who entered the draft. We reported during our podcast of January 10 about misinformation given to underclassmen to sway their decisions, including telling players they received third-round grades when nothing of the sort was true. I was also informed that underclassmen were encouraged to enter the draft based on the possibility of an NFL work stoppage in the near future. Part of the anger stems from deserving seniors potentially losing a coveted invitation at the upcoming combine. KeeSean Johnson was a mentioned as a potential casualty, as he’s yet to receive a combine invite and is one of the many deserving seniors on the bubble who will have to wait it out until invitations are sorted to the declared underclassmen. Many remedies were proposed by people at the Shrine Game, including severely restricting the number of underclassmen invited to the combine in order to make a statement; something I doubt ever happens.
Podcast from Wednesday Practice
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Final Shrine Player Rankings |
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Grade |
Rnd |
Full Name |
Pos |
Yr |
School |
|
3.59 |
3-4 |
Daniel Wise |
DT |
5Sr |
Kansas |
|
3.55 |
4th |
Landis Durham |
DE |
4Sr |
Texas A&M |
|
3.54 |
4th |
Ty Johnson |
RB |
4Sr |
Maryland |
|
3.54 |
4th |
Chris Slayton |
DT |
5Sr |
Syracuse |
|
3.53 |
4th |
Sione Takitaki |
OLB |
5Sr |
BYU |
|
3.52 |
4th |
KeeSean Johnson |
WR |
5Sr |
Fresno State |
|
3.51 |
4th |
Jordan Brailford |
DE |
4Jr |
Oklahoma State |
|
3.48 |
5th |
Paul Adams |
T |
5Sr |
Missouri |
|
3.48 |
5th |
Devine Ozigbo |
RB |
4Sr |
Nebraska |
|
3.47 |
5th |
Kendall Blanton |
TE |
5Sr |
Missouri |
|
3.46 |
4-5 |
Rashad Fenton |
CB |
4Sr |
South Carolina |
|
3.45 |
5th |
Zedrick Woods |
S |
4Sr |
Mississippi |
|
3.44 |
6th |
Jimmy Moreland |
CB |
5Sr |
James Madison |
|
3.44 |
5th |
Daylon Mack |
DT |
4Sr |
Texas A&M |
|
3.42 |
5th |
Isaiah Wharton |
CB |
5Sr |
Rutgers |
|
3.41 |
5th |
Udoh Olisaemeka |
T |
5Sr |
Elon |
|
3.41 |
5th |
Terry Godwin |
WR |
4Sr |
Georgia |
|
3.40 |
5th |
Blace Brown |
CB |
5Sr |
Troy |
|
3.39 |
5-6 |
Khalil Hodge |
ILB |
5Sr |
Buffalo |
|
3.39 |
5-6 |
James Pipkins |
T |
4Sr |
Sioux Falls |
|
3.39 |
6th |
Jordan Wyatt |
CB |
5Sr |
SMU |
|
3.38 |
5-6 |
Mathieu Betts |
DE |
4Sr |
Laval-Canada |
|
3.38 |
6th |
Justin Hollins |
OLB |
5Sr |
Oregon |
|
3.38 |
6th |
Alex Bookser |
G |
5Sr |
Pittsburgh |
|
3.38 |
6th |
Chris Nelson |
DT |
5Sr |
Texas |
|
3.38 |
6th |
D'Cota Dixon |
S |
5Sr |
Wisconsin |
|
3.37 |
6th |
Michael Jackson |
CB |
4Sr |
Miami-Fl |
|
3.37 |
6th |
Josh Miles |
G |
5Sr |
Morgan State |
|
3.36 |
6th |
Kyle Phillips |
DE |
4Sr |
Tennessee |
|
3.36 |
6th |
Justin Skule |
T |
4Sr |
Vanderbilt |
|
3.35 |
6th |
Evan Worthington |
S |
4Sr |
Colorado |
|
3.35 |
6th |
Martez Ivey |
T |
4Sr |
Florida |
|
3.35 |
6th |
Montre Hartage |
CB |
4Sr |
Northwestern |
|
3.34 |
6th |
Marquis Young |
RB |
4Sr |
Massachusetts |
|
3.34 |
6th |
DaMarkus Lodge |
WR |
4Sr |
Mississippi |
|
3.34 |
6th |
Jamal Custis |
WR |
5Sr |
Syracuse |
|
3.34 |
6th |
Andrew Beck |
TE |
5Sr |
Texas |
|
3.34 |
6th |
Jackson Barton |
T |
5Sr |
Utah |
|
3.34 |
6th |
Richard Walker |
DT |
5Sr |
Virginia Tech |
|
3.33 |
6th |
Lanard Bonner |
G |
5Sr |
Arkansas State |
|
3.33 |
6th |
Tyler Jones |
G |
5Sr |
North Carolina State |
|
3.33 |
6th |
Keaton Sutherland |
G |
4Sr |
Texas A&M |
|
3.33 |
6th |
Cody Thompson |
WR |
5Sr |
Toledo |
|
3.32 |
6th |
Lukas Denis |
S |
4Sr |
Boston College |
|
3.31 |
6-7 |
C.J. Conrad |
TE |
4Sr |
Kentucky |
|
3.31 |
6-7 |
Tyree Kinnel |
S |
4Sr |
Michigan |
|
3.30 |
6-7 |
Jordan Ta'amu |
QB |
4Sr |
Mississippi |
|
3.29 |
7th |
Ulysees Gilbert |
ILB |
4Sr |
Akron |
|
3.28 |
7th |
Donald Lewis |
CB |
5Sr |
Tulane |
|
3.27 |
7th |
Nick Allegretti |
G |
5Sr |
Illinois |
|
3.27 |
7th |
Tyree St. Louis |
T |
4Sr |
Miami-Fl |
|
3.27 |
7th |
Jonathan Duhart |
WR |
5Sr |
Old Dominion |
|
3.26 |
FA |
Easton Stick |
QB |
5Sr |
North Dakota State |
|
3.26 |
7th |
Ron'Quavion Tarver |
WR |
4Sr |
Utah State |
|
3.26 |
7th |
Ethan Greenidge |
T |
4Sr |
Villanova |
|
3.25 |
FA |
Chris Johnson |
S |
4Sr |
North Alabama |
|
3.25 |
FA |
Saquan Hampton |
S |
5Sr |
Rutgers |
|
3.25 |
FA |
Michael Dogbe |
DT |
5Sr |
Temple |
|
3.24 |
FA |
Brett Rypien |
QB |
5Sr |
Boise State |
|
3.24 |
FA |
Qadree Ollison |
RB |
5Sr |
Pittsburgh |
|
3.24 |
FA |
Ryan Pope |
T |
5Sr |
San Diego State |
|
3.23 |
FA |
Delvon Randall |
S |
4Sr |
Temple |
|
3.22 |
FA |
Brody Oliver |
WR |
5Sr |
CSU-Mines |
|
3.22 |
FA |
Lamont Gaillard |
C |
5Sr |
Georgia |
|
3.22 |
FA |
Derrick Baity |
CB |
4Sr |
Kentucky |
|
3.22 |
FA |
BJ Blunt |
DE |
4Sr |
McNeese State |
|
3.22 |
FA |
Andrew Wingard |
S |
4Sr |
Wyoming |
|
3.21 |
FA |
Matt Sokol |
TE |
5Sr |
Michigan State |
|
3.20 |
FA |
Chris Peace |
OLB |
5Sr |
Virginia |
|
3.19 |
FA |
Joseph Dineen Jr. |
ILB |
5Sr |
Kansas |
|
3.16 |
FA |
O'Shea Dugas |
G |
4Sr |
Louisiana Tech |
|
3.14 |
FA |
Alec Eberle |
C |
5Sr |
Florida State |
|
3.14 |
FA |
David Blough |
QB |
5Sr |
Purdue |
|
3.12 |
FA |
Kevin Wilkins |
DT |
5Sr |
Rutgers |
|
3.11 |
FA |
Cortez Broughton |
DT |
5Sr |
Cincinnati |
|
3.11 |
FA |
Jesper Horsted |
WR |
4Sr |
Princeton |
|
3.11 |
FA |
Ka'dar Hollman |
CB |
4Sr |
Toledo |
|
3.11 |
FA |
John Keenoy |
C |
4Sr |
Western Michigan |
|
3.05 |
FA |
Ryan Davis |
WR |
4Sr |
Auburn |
|
3.05 |
FA |
Drew Lewis |
ILB |
4Sr |
Colorado |
|
3.05 |
FA |
Darrin Hall |
RB |
4Sr |
Pittsburgh |
|
3.04 |
FA |
Adarius Pickett |
S |
5Sr |
UCLA |
|
3.03 |
FA |
Markus Jones |
DE |
5Sr |
Angelo State |
|
3.03 |
FA |
Juwann Bushell-Beatty |
T |
5Sr |
Michigan |
|
3.02 |
FA |
Jordan Ellis |
RB |
5Sr |
Virginia |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Shawn Poindexter |
WR |
5Sr |
Arizona |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Brian Wallace |
T |
5Sr |
Arkansas |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Cole Holcomb |
OLB |
5Sr |
North Carolina |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Kano Dillon |
TE |
5Sr |
Oregon |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Terry Wright |
WR |
4Sr |
Purdue |
|
3.00 |
FA |
Derick Roberson |
CB |
5Sr |
Sam Houston State |
|
2.96 |
FA |
Nick Brossette |
RB |
4Sr |
LSU |
|
2.95 |
FA |
Sean Rawlings |
C |
5Sr |
Mississippi |
|
2.93 |
FA |
Taylor Cornelius |
QB |
5Sr |
Oklahoma State |
|
2.92 |
FA |
Daniel Helm |
TE |
5Sr |
Duke |
|
2.85 |
FA |
Tre Watson |
ILB |
5Sr |
Maryland |
|
2.83 |
FA |
Jervontius Stallings |
G |
5Sr |
Kentucky |
|
2.81 |
FA |
Cody Barton |
OLB |
4Sr |
Utah |
|
2.80 |
FA |
Armon Watts |
DT |
5Sr |
Arkansas |
|
2.80 |
FA |
Marcus McMaryion |
QB |
4Sr |
Fresno State |
|
2.76 |
FA |
Nick Linder |
C |
5Sr |
Indiana |