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FCS: Top Prospects For The 2022 NFL Draft (March Update)

Sam Herder by Sam Herder
March 17, 2022
FCS NFL Draft 2022 March

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The 2022 class of FCS prospects in the NFL Draft is looking strong after a couple of down years for the subdivision. Six FCS players were selected in both the 2021 and 2020 drafts, compared to 14 in 2019, 19 in 2018, 15 in 2017, and 20 in 2016.

Using Draft Scout’s database HERO Sports subscribes to, here are the former FCS players Draft Scout currently projects as 2022 NFL Draft picks, plus whose stock has gone up since the start of the draft process.

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*Indicates players who transferred from the FCS

Trevor Penning

School: Northern Iowa

Position: OT

Projected Round: 1st

Position Rank: No. 3

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 6

Stock: Same

RELATED: Trevor Penning feature story

*Zion Johnson

School: Boston College (2019 transfer from Davidson)

Position: OG

Projected Round: 1st

Position Rank: No. 1

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 27

Stock: Up

Christian Watson

School: North Dakota State

Position: WR

Projected Round: 2nd

Position Rank: No. 9

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 50

Stock: Up

Troy Andersen

School: Montana State

Position: OLB

Projected Round: 2nd-3rd

Position Rank: No. 7

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 72

Stock: Up

Pierre Strong Jr.

School: South Dakota State

Position: RB

Projected Round: 3rd

Position Rank: No. 6

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 101

Stock: Up

Cole Strange

School: Chattanooga

Position: OG

Projected Round: 3rd-4th

Position Rank: No. 6

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 105

Stock: Up

Braxton Jones

School: Southern Utah

Position: OT

Projected Round: 4th

Position Rank: No. 13

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 141

Stock: Up

Zyon McCollum

School: Sam Houston

Position: CB

Projected Round: 4th-5th

Position Rank: No. 20

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 158

Stock: Up

RELATED: Zyon McCollum feature story

Isaiah Weston

School: Northern Iowa

Position: WR

Projected Round: 4th-5th

Position Rank: No. 20

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 159

Stock: Up

*John Ridgeway

School: Arkansas (2021 transfer from Illinois State)

Position: DT

Projected Round: 4th-5th

Position Rank: No. 13

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 160

Stock: Same

*Bailey Zappe

School: Western Kentucky (2021 transfer from Houston Baptist)

Position: QB

Projected Round: 5th-6th

Position Rank: No. 8

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 197

Stock: Down

Markquese Bell

School: Florida A&M

Position: FS

Projected Round: 6th

Position Rank: No. 10

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 206

Stock: Same

*Jaylan Foster

School: South Carolina (2017 transfer from Gardner-Webb)

Position: CB

Projected Round: 6th-7th

Position Rank: No. 10

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 224

Stock: Down

Cole Kelley

School: Southeastern Louisiana University

Position: QB

Projected Round: 6th-7th

Position Rank: No. 9

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 234

Stock: Same

EJ Perry

School: Brown

Position: QB

Projected Round: 7th

Position Rank: No. 10

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 261

Stock: Up

*Bryan Cook

School: Cincinnati (2019 transfer from Howard)

Position: SS

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 12

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 265

Stock: Down

Cordell Volson

School: North Dakota State

Position: OG

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 16

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 274

Stock: Same

Dai’Jean Dixon

School: Nicholls

Position: WR

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 35

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 278

Stock: Same

James Houston

School: Jackson State

Position: OLB

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 26

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 295

Stock: Up

*Jerreth Sterns

School: Western Kentucky (2021 transfer from Houston Baptist)

Position: WR

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 36

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 298

Stock: Same

*Nick Muse

School: South Carolina (2019 transfer from William & Mary)

Position: TE

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 18

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 312

Stock: Same

*Cody Roscoe

School: Syracuse (2020 transfer from McNeese)

Position: DE

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 27

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 321

Stock: Same

*Qwynnterrio Cole

School: Louisville (2021 transfer from Alcorn State)

Position: SS

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 15

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 324

Stock: Same

Matt Waletzko

School: North Dakota

Position: OT

Projected Round: 7th-HPFA

Position Rank: No. 24

Top 350 Overall Prospect Rank: No. 341

Stock: Same

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