As a wrap up to the 2024 Combine we wanted to present to you our quick recap. This will be a two article coverage. In this one we will highlight the biggest loser of each position group as well as players whose stock we believe is trending downward.

Quarterback

Biggest Loser: Sam Hartman, Notre Dame

• The biggest loser is Sam Hartman. Despite starting strong with the slow motion 40 run, his throws were extremely erratic, continuing a trend from the senior bowl. He is likely a day 3 pick at best now.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Michael Pratt, Tulane
• Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
• Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
  • For as much hype as Rattler has garnered from the Senior Bowl and on, his combine was….fine? He did not do anything to cement himself as one of the biggest sleepers in the class and did not help his stock.
• Drake Maye, UNC
• Jayden Daniels, LSU
• Caleb Williams, USC

Realistically, Daniels, Maye, and Williams stock has not changed. However, why did they not throw? In Caleb’s defense, his stock can only go down (though the medical stuff certainly raises an eyebrow). However, Drake Maye saying he is itching to get out there and yet didnt throw is not a good look. Daniels saying he wants to wait to bring more attention to his teammates at the pro day is a great line, but is likely not true. LSU literally has 2 of the top 5 receivers, a TE, and defensive pieces all getting looked at. 

Running Back

Biggest Loser: Will Shipley, Clemson

• Where the heck was he? After stating he was the best 3 down back at the combine he did checks notes nothing? No athletic testing, no positional drills, no on field interviews, nada. And there is hardly any information as to what happened. Until news comes out about why he did nothing, his stock is suffering.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
  • Did not run, jumped not great and we remain having concerns about athleticism
• Cody Schrader, Missouri
  • His 40 was disappointing and he got hurt. The Mizzou pro day should have a lot of eyes so he can rebound hopefully.
• Bucky Irving, Oregon
  • His athletic testing as a whole was bad. We did not see him as a full time starter either way, but this confirms it for us especially for the size he measured in at.
• Audric Estime, Notre Dame

Wide Receiver

Biggest Loser: Those who sat out and did not do positional drills

• This is specifically mentioning Xavier Worthy. Because why would he not do the positional drills? We have major concerns about effort in game and, for us, this killed momentum that his athletic testing gained. On top of this, he measured way smaller than listed. Besides him, Nabers did nothing for some reason, and MHJ had a whole day where he missed his media day. In a loaded class, multiple receivers gained ground while these 2 did not.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Troy Franklin, Oregon
  • Measured in even lighter than expected, tested okay athletically though not special, and had drops
• Jha’Quan Jackson, Tulane
  • Awful testing for a player that will likely have to stick as a special teamer and plenty of drops.
• Jacob Cowing, Arizona

Tight End

Biggest Loser: Ja’Tavion Sanders, Texas

• For a player who is awful at blocking, and needs to make the most out of his receiving ability, his 40 time was shocking. He definitely plays faster than his time, but it still raises concerns on a prospect whom we did not love in the first place.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Brock Bowers?, Georgia
  • Reports surfacing indicate bad interviews? Unsure what to think of this.
• Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota
• Dallin Holker, Colorado State

Offensive Line

Biggest Loser: Amarius Mims, Georgia

Mims is a big man, who ran a 5.07 40, and gave us just a small glimpse of how freaky he is. Unfortunately, due to a lack of tape, positional drills were going to mean more than the athletic testing, but he got hurt on his second 40 attempt which looked like it was gonna be faster. No real questions were answered for him at Indy. Hopefully he’s ready for the pro day.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Olu Fashanu, Penn State
  • To us, Fashanu hurt his stock. It’s not the biggest deal in the world, but you could see his speed fall off after 20 yards. He also got hurt on his 2nd attempt, which similar to Mims was unfortunate because we could’ve had more questions answered in his positional drills than his athletic testing
• LaDarius Henderson, Michigan
• Keaton Bills, Utah
• Javon Foster, Missouri
  • Disappeared for positional drills
• Joe Alt, Notre Dame
  • Look, Alt is an interesting one for us. His athletic testing was really good, so one would think his stock would be up, but much like most of the linemen we hold a lot of the weight in positional drills, and truth be told we just don’t think his were as good as others. They were okay-good, not great. A lot of the questions we had about him can’t really be answered at the Combine either. 
• Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
• Matt Goncalves, Pitt???
  • Coming off an injury, but no reports found about why he didn’t participate. It sounded like he should’ve been ready for Combine
• Graham Barton, Duke???
  • Couldn’t find any report about his reasons for not participating at Combine. 
• Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
  • We’re sorry, but JPJ is overhyped. We thought he had one good drill rep and it was the right side kick slide rep. Everything else we weren’t impressed with. His lateral movement looked a little better, but still kind of awkward moving. His stock continues to trend down for us
• Brady Latham, Arkansas

Defensive Line

Biggest Loser: Leonard Taylor III, Miami

• This is not really fair, as no Dline had awful days, but Taylor had the chance to really improve his stock and did nothing to help. His testing was okay, and drill work was fine. But, ultimately, he did not do much to help himself.

EDGE

Biggest Loser: Bralen Trice, Washington

• It was just a rough day overall for Trice, who tested not that great, looked really stiff in drills, and may have gotten hurt or just did not want to finish drills.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
  • He is a close second to Trice. Dorlus is a project that seems explosive on tape, but the testing and jumps specifically were BRUTAL and contradict this. He definitely is going to drop a little.

Linebacker

Biggest Loser: Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State

Watson continues to look stiff, and didn’t do positional drills. He answered zero of the questions we had about him going in. 

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Maema Njongmeta, Wisconsin
• Trezmen Marshall, Alabama
  • Tremen Marshall for us was arguably the biggest loser. Despite being in a 3 man rotation at Bama, we like his skillset a lot and think he could find himself starting for a starting spot this summer. However, he didn’t even get an invite to the Combine, so he’s down to his pro day to prove what he’s got. 

Cornerback

Biggest Loser: Nate Wiggins, Clemson

We like Wiggins much more than most people do, but his height/weight measurables come in smaller than he looks on tape and that ESPN had listed. Yes, he had a phenomenal 40, but the injury and inability to do positional drills sucks. 

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
  • Despite running a surprising 40, we believe that his positional drills were up and down, which we felt he needed to nail more than the athletic testing
• Terrion Arnold, Alabama
  • Arnold certainly didn’t have the worst day of CBs, but we had more “negative” comments than positive. We just didn’t believe he put on the performance we thought he was going to athletically or drills wise. 
• Kool-Aid McKinstry
  • McKinstry didn’t even get passed medical, as they found a Jones fracture. No testing hurts in a strong CB class. 

Safety

Biggest Loser: Beau Brade, Maryland

Not seeing Beau Brade at all at the Combine was extremely disappointing for us considering he is our Safety 1. The worst part of it all is that we can’t seem to find out why. No report of an injury or anything. If he just decided not to participate that would be a massive issue, considering we haven’t seen him in anyone’s Top 5 Safeties except for us.

Players Whose Stock is falling

• Demani Richardson, Texas A&M
  • Richardson stock as a whole didn’t fall, but as a safety we just felt like he didn’t perform in the drills the way the others did. We noted that a move to LB could be in the cards for him. 
• Millard Bradford, TCU