Breakout Month: Top College Players to Watch

The Bill Barnwell Show

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, ESPN’s Jordan Reid joins for the final installment of Breakout Month to analyze the top college players who will reach new heights. They discuss quarterbacks to watch, including Shedeur Sanders’ infectious confidence, and whether we will witness the most iconic pre-draft process with Sanders controlling the narrative. Then, they discuss wide receivers who deserve more recognition, the top tight end this year, and defensive difference-makers to watch. Plus, they give their picks for their top player in this upcoming draft class. 3:36 QBs to Watch 5:30 process for evaluating quarterbacks 8:28 Shedeur Sanders takeaways and what to expect this season 12:00 Most iconic pre-draft process Shedeur 14:55 Wide receivers who deserve more hype 17:47 Running backs who can elevate from the pack 23:55 Is it an open race for the top tight end? 27:53 Top-ranked defensive players in this class 41:26 Linebacker difference makers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show.
0:08.7	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:10.2	Today, breakout month finishes as we finish up July, and we have hit various positions around the NFL.
0:18.4	We talked about breakouts.
0:19.6	And I wanted to also consider a different sort of
0:23.0	player when it comes to breakout month. And that is the wide array of college football players
0:29.1	who are about to kick off in a couple of weeks here. And joining me to talk about all of that,
0:34.3	joining me to talk about the upcoming college football season players he's excited to
0:38.2	see and scout and evaluate is one of the excellent folks who cover the draft for us at ESPN.
0:45.0	It's Jordan Reed. Jordan, welcome back to the show. How are you? I'm good, Bill. Thanks as always for
0:49.4	having me. It's always a pleasure being on here and joining you. This is one of my weekly listens as well.
0:55.0	So I've decided being here.
0:56.8	Awesome.
0:57.3	Thank you so much.
0:58.5	Obviously, you know, I've said a couple weeks, really more a few weeks to start
1:02.0	at the college football season.
1:03.4	But with regards to, you know, where you sit right now, I know, for me, like I'm sitting
1:10.1	here, I've kind of got the feeling of, you know, training campus sit right now. I know for me, like I'm sitting here, I've kind of got the
1:12.1	feeling of your training campus back. I'm thinking about this season more. Like, how do you feel
1:17.7	right now with the college football season fast approaching? This is always the most tedious part of the
1:23.6	year for us, believe it or not, just because you're trying to get familiar with a brand
1:28.5	new draft class as upcoming. And you're pretty much done with all those guys that are now,
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