2026 Draft Crush List

I have seen highlights of Dugger. Like him. Kind of want to see if he could get to 260 and be a pass rusher. To me that frame has serious growth potential without losing juice. I think you could get Jalyx Hunt + if you wanted to go that route.

It is a strange frame for a LB, but he looked pretty natural at the Shrine Bowl. Much more so than Gentry imo, and not so thin he gets blown away like a leaf in the wind in the run game.

I’m very intrigued with him as a Barnes understudy, and hell he could even creep up into the 260s the way we use that spot. While I wish we used a true overhang or WILL, I do like the way we play a traditional SAM.

He goes earlier than thought to a 3-4 OLB leaning team was my thought :man_shrugging:

He mostly did LB stuff at the Shrine Bowl and looked great. Very little rushing (though some, of course). The coverage instincts were really, really impressive. He’s closer to safety than edge imo. Of course so was Jalyx, so I get it. Honestly I just want to add him to the roster and figure it out.

Do you guys ever look back at the prior years lists to see how everyone did?

Yeah, the thing is the list gets so bloated by draft day that we all end up with some hits lol. Lots of misses too. Really it’s just a fun way to stay engaged with the prospects.

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Plus I don’t really think crushes means we are saying this guy is going to hit. I often put esoteric guys on there for the fun of it. I assume many lean into the entertainment aspect as well.

Right. I mean, too many of my crushes are day 3 guys and UDFA once I finish that big list, and I definitely don’t think most of those will hit.

DE Anthony Lucas (Southern California)

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He played for the other USC. Hell of a specimen if someone wants to bet that he’ll be a more productive pro.

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QB: Ty Simpson, Alabama (HSVLion )
QB: Sawyer Robinson, Baylor (@DetroitvsEverybody )
QB: Trinidad Chambliss, Mississippi (DetroitvsEverybody, HSVLion)
QB: Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (DetroitvsEverybody)
RB: Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest (CuriousHusker)
RB: Nic Singleton, Penn State (DetroitvsEverybody)
RB: Kaelon Black, Indiana (HSVLion)
RB: Kaytron Allen, Penn State (TouchdownMyPants)
RB: Adam Randall, Clemson (TouchdownMyPants)
RB: Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (jman)
RB/WR: Eli Heidenreich, Navy (DetroitvsEverybody)
WR: Zavion Thomas, LSU (Thats2)
WR: Skyler Bell, UConn (Martymcfly2017)
WR: K.C. Concepcion, Texas A&M (@Humberto , HSVLion, jman)
WR: Carnell Tate, Ohio State (HSVLion)
WR: Zachariah Branch, Georgia (HSVLion, @farmerted )
WR: Chris Bell, Louisville (Blizer)
WR: Barion Brown, LSU (DetroitvsEverybody)
WR: Daniel Sobkowicz, Illinois State (Thats2)
WR: Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri (TouchdownMyPants)
WR: Ted Hurst, Georgia State (CuriousHusker)
WR: Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana (Blizer)
WR: Makai Lemon, USC (jman)
TE: Will Kacmarek, Ohio State (Thats2, TouchdownMyPants)
TE: Marlin Klein, Michigan (frm710 , Tcmouse)
TE: Michael Trigg, Baylor (Tcmouse)
TE: Jack Velling, Michigan State (DetroitvsEverybody)
TE: Tanner Koziol, Houston (DetroitvsEverybody)
TE: Dae’Quan Wright, Mississippi (CasanovaJack1)
TE: Sam Roush, Stanford (CasanovaJack1, TouchdownMyPants)
OT: Caleb Tiernan, Northwestern (Thats2, Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants)
OT: Max Iheanachor, Arizona State (Thats2, Blizer)
OT: Spencer Fano, Utah (Tcmouse )
OT: Fa’alili Fa’amoe, Wake Forest (Tcmouse)
OT: Riley Mahlman, Wisconsin (CuriousHusker, DetroitvsEverybody)
OT: Trevor Goosby, Texas (farmerted)
OT: Markel Bell, Miami (HSVLion)
OT: Blake Miller, Clemson (DetroitvsEverybody)
OT: Monroe Freeling, Georgia (Thats2, Blizer)
OT/iOL: Francis Mauigoa, Miami (HSVLion, DetroitvsEverybody)
OT/iOL: Carter Smith, Indiana (HSVLion)
OT/iOL: Gennings Dunker, Iowa (DetroitvsEverybody, jman)
OT/iOL: Kadyn Proctor, Iowa (Sofatso)
OT/iOL: Jalen Farmer, Kentucky (Thats2)
iOL: Beau Stephens, Iowa (Thats2, frm710 )
iOL: Conner Lew, Auburn (Martymcfly2017, DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants, jman)
iOL: Logan Jones, Iowa (Martymcfly2017, Tcmouse, NowFromTN, jman)
iOL: Vega Ioane, Penn State (Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody)
iOL: Brian Parker, Duke (farmerted)
iOL: Keylan Rutledge, Georgia Tech (DetroitvsEverybody, jman)
iOL: Jake Slaughter, Florida (DetroitvsEverybody, Sofatso)
iOL: Pat Coogan, Indiana (DetroitvsEverybody, Martymcfly2017, jman)
iOL: Bryce Foster, Kansas (DetroitvsEverybody)
iOL: Matt Gulbin, Michigan State (TouchdownMyPants)
iOL: Sam Hecht, Kansas State (Thats2)
iDL: Caleb Banks, Florida (Thats2, farmerted, Blizer)
iDL: Ahmad Moten, Miami (CuriousHusker, HSVLion)
iDL: Lee Hunter, Texas Tech (HSVLion)
iDL: A’Mauri Washington, Oregon (CuriousHusker)
iDL: Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati (farmerted)
iDL: Kaleb Proctor, Southeastern Louisiana (Thats2)
iDL: Peter Woods, Clemson (DetroitvsEverybody)
iDL: Gracen Holton, Oklahoma (DetroitvsEverybody)
iDL: Rayshaun Benny, Michigan (DetroitvsEverybody)
iDL: Kayden McDonald, Ohio State (TouchdownMyPants)
iDL/Edge: Keldrick Faulk, Auburn (Tcmouse, farmerted, Blizer)
iDL/Edge: L.T. Overton, Alabama (Sofatso)
Edge: Boubacar Traore, Notre Dame (Thats2)
Edge: Rueben Bain Jr., Miami (Thats2, Blizer , Tcmouse, @Lionsfansincebirth , HSVLion, farmerted, DetroitvsEverybody, @NowFromTN )
Edge: Malachi Lawrence, Central Florida (Thats2)
Edge: Gabe Jacas, Illinois (Thats2, Martymcfly2017, farmerted, TouchdownMyPants)
Edge: Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State (Martymcfly2017)
Edge: Anto Saka, Northwestern (Martymcfly2017)
Edge: David Bailey, Texas Tech (Blizer, HSVLion)
Edge: Zion Young, Missouri (Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody)
Edge: Akheem Mesidor, Miami (Tcmouse, Lionsfansincebirth, HSVLion)
Edge: Caden Curry, Ohio State (Tcmouse, HSVLion)
Edge: Cashius Howell, Texas A&M (@Wolverine0611 , DetroitvsEverybody)
Edge: Joshua Josephs, Tennessee (farmerted, Thats2)
Edge: T.J. Parker, Clemson (DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants, Blizer)
Edge: Tyreak Sapp, Florida (CasanovaJack1)
Edge: Anthony Lucas, USC (TouchdownMyPants, @FootballDynamo97 )
Edge: Stephen Daley, Indiana (CuriousHusker)
Edge/LB: Jaishawn Barham, Michigan (Martymcfly2017, DetroitvsEverybody)
Edge/LB: Arvell Reese, Ohio State (HSVLion, DetroitvsEverybody)
Edge/LB: Nadame Tucker, Western Michigan (DetroitvsEverybody)
Edge/LB: Keyron Crawford, Auburn (DetroitvsEverybody)
LB: Sonny Styles, Ohio State (Thats2, HSVLion, farmerted, DetroitvsEverybody)
LB: Josiah Trotter, Missouri (Thats2)
LB: Harold Perkins, LSU (Martymcfly2017)
LB: Aiden Fisher, Indiana (Humberto)
LB: Anthony Hill, Texas (HSVLion, CuriousHusker)
LB: Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (farmerted, DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants)
LB: C.J. Allen, Georgia (farmerted, DetroitvsEverybody)
LB: Jake Golday, Cincinnati (farmerted)
LB: Shad Banks, UTSA (CuriousHusker)
LB: Lander Barton, Utah (DetroitvsEverybody)
LB: Jimmy Rolder, Michigan (DetroitvsEverybody)
LB: Deonte Lawson, Alabama (TouchdownMyPants)
LB: Jaden Dugger, Louisiana-Lafayette (Thats2)
CB: Jermod McCoy, Tennessee (Thats2)
CB: D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana (Thats2, CuriousHusker, @Martymcfly2017 , HSVLion, DetroitvsEverybody)
CB: Hezekiah Masses, California (Thats2)
CB: Devin Moore, Florida (Thats2)
CB: Keionte Scott, Miami (Thats2, Tcmouse)
CB: Daylen Everette, Georgia (Tcmouse, HSVLion)
CB: Rodrick Pleasant, UCLA (CuriousHusker)
CB: Will Lee, Texas A&M (CuriousHusker)
CB: Chandler Rivers, Duke (DetroitvsEverybody)
CB: Malik Muhammad, Texas (DetroitvsEverybody)
CB: Josh Moten, Southern Mississippi (DetroitvsEverybody)
CB: Domani Jackson, Alabama (CasanovaJack1)
CB: Ceyair Wright, Nebraska (CuriousHusker)
CB/S: Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina (Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo (Thats2, DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Kamari Ramsey, USC (Thats2, DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Genesis Smith, Arizona (Thats2, DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Zakee Wheatley, Penn State (Thats2, farmerted)
S: A.J. Haulcy, LSU (Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants)
S: Bray Hubbard, Alabama (Tcmouse)
S: Bud Clark, TCU (Tcmouse, DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Earl Little Jr., Florida State (Tcmouse)
S: Caleb Downs, Ohio State (HSVLion, farmerted, @Sarge , DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Jakari Foster, Louisiana Tech (@JimInTN )
S: Dillon Thieneman, Oregon (DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Michael Taffe, Texas (DetroitvsEverybody, TouchdownMyPants)
S: Bishop Fitzgerald, USC (DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Jalen Catalon, Missouri (DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Malik Spencer, Michigan State (DetroitvsEverybody)
S: Key Lawrence, UCLA (DetroitvsEverybody)
S: V.J. Payne, Kansas State (CuriousHusker, Blizer)

You can’t edit posts after a month, so I can no longer ALSO edit the original post at the top of the thread. I’ll keep updating it here.

Would be an honor to have you run the show. Thank you

Ha yes I know that. I just finished watching a couple videos on the kid prior. Total brain fart.

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NP, though as Uni Student i got alot on my plate already lol

I do think though that as a Community, we could run it together, and given previous run mocks, i think it would go well, especially for the Draft Nerds on this board.

Stephen Daley DE Indiana

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Jeremiyah Love RB Notre Dame

Makai Lemon WR USC

KC Concepcion WR Pro Lifer

IOL

Gennings Dunker Iowa

Kaelyn Rutledge Ga Tech

Pat Coogan Indiana

Connor Lew Auburn

Logan Jones Iowa

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@Thats2 i

Think you missed these ones buddy