The NFL Scouting Industrial Complex has no problem with taking chances on youth at the quarterback position, Kiser’s prototypical frame and age-adjusted college production place him in the discussion with the top quarterbacks in the 2017 class.
Despite lacking elite college production, Kizer possesses traits beyond his advanced stats and metrics NFL Draft player profile coveted by scouts.
Last time, we took a film-plus-metrics look at the the top dogs in the 2017 draft class, complete with several locked-in first rounders. This time around, we’ll go a bit deeper, examining some of the late risers and lesser known prospects that are guaranteed to make a splash in the upcoming season.
KD Cannon is a home run hitter with the ball in his hands, capable of accelerating past defenders or just juking them into oblivion. Cannon backed up his speed at the NFL Scouting Combine, running a 4.41 (91st-percentile) 40-yard dash time, one of the highest marks of all wideout prospects
McCaffrey posted monster numbers in his sophomore season in 2015, rushing for 2,019 yards and 8 touchdowns, while tacking on 45 receptions for 645 yards and 5 touchdowns and finishing 2nd in the Heisman voting.
After posting a 10.79 (96th-percentile) Agility Score and displaying excellent hands and even spending time in the passing drills with the wide receivers, McCaffrey showed NFL scouts that he’s ready for the next level and has cemented himself as a top-5 pick in dynasty rookie drafts.
David Njoku checks all the boxes that NFL teams want to see from someone in this new wave of athletically-gifted receiving tight ends. The team that misses out on O.J. Howard in the first round be very tempted to select Njoku as a consolation prize.
Target David Njoku in fantasy football dynasty league rookie drafts based on his advanced stats and metrics nfl draft player profile.
Corey Davis missed the NFL Scouting Combine but remains strong No. 1 pick in dynasty rookie drafts based on his advanced stats & metrics profile.
Davis currently sits atop the college football leaderboards with 5,278 career receiving yards, 27 games with 100 or more receiving yards, and 52 touchdowns in 50 games. Expect Corey Davis to join Randy Moss as the only wide receivers from the MAC to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft.
Jamaal Williams owns the earliest Breakout Age recorded in the PlayerProfiler database of 17.4 years old. Both a high-volume producer and prolific at an early age, but his athletic measurables severely underwhelm.
If Tim Hightower electrifies your soul, then by all means Jamaal Williams needs to be on all your fantasy rosters come fall.
With great athleticism and quality arm talent, Pat Mahomes the highest upside quarterback in the NFL Draft based on his advanced stats and metrics profile.
Despite attempting a eye-opening 591 passes, Patrick Mahomes remained efficient by finishing with the No. 16 Passing Yards Per Attempt and 84.3 College QBR in his final season at Texas Tech.
While Joe Williams is quantitatively comparable player to Jeremy Langford, Williams is stylistically comparable to Marshawn Lynch. A brief look at the player profiles of the two brings out some interesting comparison points.
The Williams-Lynch similarities extend off the field. Both players are retirees. Like Marshawn Lynch once walked away from the game, Joe Williams also briefly retired from football.
Chris GOD-WIN is rising quickly up NFL Draft boards with exciting fantasy football potential based on his advanced stats & metrics profile.
Chris Godwin was a three-year producer at Penn State, and really took off his sophomore year of college when he exploded for 69 receptions for 1,101 yards and five touchdowns while averaging 16.0 yards per catch.
Given Jeremy McNichols’ rare combination of college dominance and exceptional overall athleticism, he is quantitatively more impressive than Dalvin Cook and rivals Christian McCaffrey.
Still under-appreciated by the NFL’s Scouting Industrial Complex, McNichols may be the best-value running back in the NFL Draft and fantasy football league drafts.
