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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

Prospects to Pros: Difficult prospects to project in the 2023 NFL Draft

The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft have been the most difficult to evaluate? PFF’s Mike Renner joins Andy Staples and Dane Brugler to talk about the players they have had a hard time projecting. They discuss the tape, testing, age, injury, change of position and more factors that all come into play. Follow Andy on Twitter: @Andy_Staples Follow Dane on Twitter: @dpbrugler Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube 1:34 Quentin Johnston 6:39 Jalin Hyatt 9:45 Andre Carter II 13:24 Mike Morris 15:26 Jaxon Smith-Njigba 19:17 Cody Mauch 20:32 Israel Abanikanda 25:23 Marte Mapu 28:06 Adetomiwa Adebawore 30:26 Gervon Dexter 33:53 Kenny McIntosh & Keaton Mitchell 36:02 Noah Sewell 37:22 Bryan Bresee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Athletics Football Show.

0:16.4

Welcome to Prospects to Pros as we barrel toward the NFL draft in about three weeks to go.

0:22.0

Dane Brugler is back and we're joined by the devastatingly handsome Mike Brenner of Profitball

0:27.4

Focus and we have a very interesting topic this week because this is one that just drives guys like Dane and Mike crazy.

0:36.4

It's the people who are just tough e-vails.

0:39.9

Either their production doesn't match their traits.

0:43.9

Their traits don't match their production or they're just a straight up tweener where for size or speed reasons or whatever.

0:50.9

They don't fit some obvious position in the NFL.

0:54.7

So guys Dane you've been working through the beast.

0:58.7

You've got every name in this draft floating in your head.

1:02.7

Mike you got to do the same thing at PFF.

1:05.7

Who are some of the guys that every time you pull up their tape you're like, huh?

1:12.7

What do I do with this one?

1:14.7

Mike why don't you kick it off with a guy that really stands out for you.

1:20.7

To me I'm just like throw a few names out here because to me the wide receiver class is one where there are a few guys that I cannot make heads or tails up.

1:30.7

And one I'll start right at the tops.

1:32.7

Quint Johnson I think the TCU wide receiver I will watch reps of him and just be an awe of what a man you know nearly six three two hundred tenish pounds can do from just a explosive this standpoint.

1:46.7

I think he's unique in that regard and then you'll watch him alligator arm one over the middle and you'll watch him get body to the sideline.

1:54.7

You're just like, what's that going to look like once he gets to the NFL.

1:58.7

So he's the one that just I go back and forth on because the high end is higher than anyone else's in the class in my opinion.

2:06.7

The high end reps are just like special unique reps and like you saw it against NFL competition to Julius Brents the Kent State corner.

2:15.7

I mean he put him on the dirt one play for a big touchdown in that game and left him flying by in a couple of come back routes that just not a lot of guys that size are capable of.

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