Before the combine there was chatter of Porter sneaking into the first round. Then he blew everyone away on the physical stuff - greatly exceeding expectations, and now he's projected as a third round.
The draft will always baffle me.
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demoncore1031
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I am all over the mock drafts and reading what the "experts" are saying, and I didn't see anything about Porter going round 1 or 2 until the Senior Bowl, where he was a standout. Most "experts" knew very little about him until then and then DP just blew people away at the combine.
Steve Smith was impressed by Jayden Higgins.
Seeing more and more draft experts are talking up Dekkers. Good for him after the betting issue to revive his pro prospects.
Just going to toss this out there.
Darien Porter’s draft stock reminds me of Will McDonald.
Will did some crazy athletic things, including jumping over a car, then put up big numbers at the NFL Combine.
Then the Jets shocked by drafting him in the first round. And to prove that wasn’t a fluke, he put up big numbers in his second season.
Darien’s Combine numbers, especially in conjunction with his size, are even more impressive.
Not saying it’s going to happen, but something to watch for.
Just for comparison’s sake…
Sauce Gardner Draft and Combine Prospect Profile | NFL.com
Darien Porter Draft and Combine Prospect Profile | NFL.com
Darien Porter’s draft stock reminds me of Will McDonald.
Will did some crazy athletic things, including jumping over a car, then put up big numbers at the NFL Combine.
Then the Jets shocked by drafting him in the first round. And to prove that wasn’t a fluke, he put up big numbers in his second season.
Darien’s Combine numbers, especially in conjunction with his size, are even more impressive.
Not saying it’s going to happen, but something to watch for.
Just for comparison’s sake…
Sauce Gardner Draft and Combine Prospect Profile | NFL.com
Darien Porter Draft and Combine Prospect Profile | NFL.com
Porter is really moving up the draft boards, saw one mock draft that had him going in the 2 round. He should do well come draft day.
It seems Higgins and Noel are in great shape for Round 2. Porter is round 2/3. If a team gets him in Round 3, that will be great value
The Athletic had a mock draft this past week that had all three going in the 2nd round. Starting to sound like none will make it into the first round, but you can never tell.
Just curious, does anyone know of Malik got in a Pro Day, or private workouts?
CMC mentioned at the start of Spring ball he’d be able to do so soon, but I don’t think he was ready by the Big XII Pro Day.
CMC mentioned at the start of Spring ball he’d be able to do so soon, but I don’t think he was ready by the Big XII Pro Day.
Late, very late to this thread, but I couldn't agree more.
JN was a pretty big dissapointment early. Lotta hype, but not many eye-grabbing highlights.
MAN...DID THAT CHANGE!
As well, one of the "kids" that captured my eyes n ears, postgame interviews. Class Act!
What hype?
He was an anonymous low three star recruit. He had a nice freshman season. He built himself from there.
I think it was more internal hype coming from the staff. Although we did beat some decent schools for him. I really wondered why he was even playing early on. I remember thinking he was too soft...running OOB to avoid hits, short arming balls across the middle because he was looking at the Safety. During his FR year, I didn't think that he was a P5 player and was just another miss this staff has had on HS WRs (they seem to do much better with transfers). But, I was wrong. He produced at a VERY high level and turned himself into an NFL player.
There is literally a thread on this:
I think you're misremembering almost everything, he was a very high 3 star that picked us over Nebraska (seemed like more of an accomplishment back then). Most of the big hype was internal though. For example, there was a rumor a certain 4 star WR from Ankeny wanted to commit, but the staff liked Noel better.
Well, someone is misremembering almost everything.There is literally a thread on this:
I think you're misremembering almost everything, he was a very high 3 star that picked us over Nebraska (seemed like more of an accomplishment back then). Most of the big hype was internal though. For example, there was a rumor a certain 4 star WR from Ankeny wanted to commit, but the staff liked Noel better.
Noel was a low three star when he committed, May before his senior year. He wound up a mid three star—87 by 247, 86 247 Composite, 5.6 by Rivals.
That the coaches were disinterested in a kid who wound up at…Northern Arizona?…isn’t “hype”, it was gloating ‘cuz that kid signed with Iowa. That was also months later.
Because someone used “hype” in a thread title months after he signed does not mean there was hype over him signing.
That a reporter said that the coaches were wowed by a kid at practice is not “hype”, it’s actual reporting.
I swear, some of you people don’t know what the word means. Hype is heavily over inflating how good something is.
And, oh yeah, 38 catches as a freshman and 60 as a sophomore is hardly “starting out badly”. Deshaunte Jones had 37 and 28.
