As Darren mentioned, I will be discussing college football athletes that are not on draft boards, but have something to offer NFL teams if given the opportunity in my opinion. Let me know what ya’ll think!
Jeremy Gray-CB
NC State RS JR
On couchscout.com, Gray is listed as the #130 CB for the 2009 draft class. Jeremy saw increased playing time this past year (mostly as nickle) as a RS SO and will compete for starting time with Jimmie Sutton and Levin Neal. Gray possesses great size for a CB, standing at 6’2 and 186 lbs. His height alone makes it tough for quarterbacks to get the ball to their receivers and he has excellent speed in the 4.40’s range. Gray only had 12 tackles in 2006, but led the team in passes broken up with 7. Although Gray does not have any career interceptions, his stats should increase in that category the next few years. With new coach Tom O’brien, and a new defensive scheme, Gray will have an opportunity to act as more of a ball hawk then he was allowed to under Chuck Amato. A 2 star prospect coming out of high school, Gray may never achieve elite status, but has the possibility to be someone with an NFL career. The former Alabama state 300M and long jump champion has a good chance at joining fellow Opelika native Melvin Oliver in the NFL one day.
NFL comparison- Curtis Deloatch (another 6’2 CB, who went undrafted and has found a home in the NFL).
-Paul D.
3 replies on “Paul’s corner-part 1”
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If your going to be using sources for certain players I think I Would use a better site then couchscout.com. From reading this I can already tell you have no clue what you are talking about.
haha cam leave it to you to get on here and say those 2 things!! your mad that jeremy is doing it big but oh well. I used couchscout as one example because no other sites have a ranking of him because he has not been given a real opportunity to start yet. I am simply stating that he is someone to keep an eye on and if he does get signed as a UFA, you know where you first heard it. Players who are sleepers are more interesting to me and I enjoy following them more. Jeremy is deffinitly someone to watch though, I bet you never heard of Curtis deloatch until I told you who he was. But even if deloatch is a journeymen oh well, hes still a professional athlete and doing it big.