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.
First-year starter who earned Third Team AP All-America honors and made 44 tackles (5.5 for loss) with 3.5 sacks and four pass breakups as a junior. Started five games and recorded 39 tackles (6.5 for loss), five sacks and one forced fumble in 2016. Posted 17 tackles (three for loss), one sack and one forced fumble as a redshirt freshman.
Pos:
Athletically gifted big man with tremendous upside. Fires off the snap with an explosive first step, fights with his hands and plays with terrific pad level. Consistently gets leverage on opponents and displays good change of direction and lateral speed in pursuit of plays from the back side. Plays with suddenness and strength and defeats blocks to get to the action. Consistently double teamed but holds his ground. Fundamentally sound and works his hands throughout the action.
Neg:
Easily handled by lesser opponents and sealed from the action too often. Intensity and consistency run hot and cold. Lacks top balance and often can be found on the turf.
Analysis:
Vea offers tremendous natural skills and flashes the ability to take over games when he wants to. He has possibilities to line up in a multitude of defensive schemes but must start to do the little things well on a consistent basis if he wants a career at the next level.
