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NFL DRAFT: FCS’ Post-Combine Likely Draft Picks

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
March 23, 2017
NFL DRAFT: FCS’ Post-Combine Likely Draft Picks

If you think NFL players only come out of the FBS, think again. The highly respected site NFLDraftScout — which provides rankings for several media entities — says the FCS features 25 FCS players ranked among the FCS-football-icon-200x200top 350 prospects going into the 2017 NFL Draft. The chart below uses NFLDraftScout's post-combine ranking, pulled on March 22. 

There are other sites now doing full 7-round mock drafts, and while projecting the draft is as easy as herding felines — especially the "day three" rounds (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th) — a consensus is beginning to form about some of the FCS' top talent. With senior seasons, postseason all-star games, the combine and pro days all nearly wrapped up, the cream is rising to the top.

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Here are a few highlights:

  • Eastern Washington's Cooper Kupp has held steady as a potential 2nd rounder, but Derek Rivers of Youngstown State has shot up the charts for several weeks now. Look for both to be clearcut Day Two picks (2nd or 3rd rounds). 
  • When other mock drafts are used to create a consensus, Villanova's Tanoh Kpassagnon, Bucknell's Julie'n Davenport and Drake's Eric Saubert routinely grade among the top five FCS prospects.
  • Along with the list below, players like New Hampshire's Casey DeAndrade, Grambling's Chad Williams, Montana's Brady Gustafson, Stetson's Donald Payne and Western Illinois' Lance Lenoir have all been projected as draft picks by at least one 7-round mock draft (Walter Football, Bleacher Report, Draftsite, DraftTek).

Check out the FCS prospects below and where NFLDraftScout projects them to go, post NFL Draft Combine, but remember … only one thing is certain when it comes to the NFL Draft, there will be surprises when April 27's draft arrives.

NOTE: There are 253 NFL Draft picks in the 7 rounds, so the chart below shows the top 253, along with another 100 or so prospects who project to be in the mix for a draft spot, according to NFLDraftScout.com.

FCS PLAYER COLLEGE POS PRO DAY PROJ ROUND
Cooper Kupp Eastern Washington WR 23-Mar 61 2nd
Derek Rivers Youngstown State OLB 14-Mar 84 2nd to 3rd
Tanoh Kpassagnon Villanova DE 27-Mar 124 3rd to 4th
Jessamen Dunker Tennessee State OG 17-Mar 132 4th
Julie'n Davenport Bucknell OT 17-Mar 147 4th to 5th
Eric Saubert Drake TE n/a 191 5th to 6th
De'Angelo Henderson Coastal Carolina RB 21-Mar 196 5th to 6th
Keionta Davis Chattanooga DE 30-Mar 204 6th
Lorenzo Jerome Saint Francis (Pa.) FS 16-Mar 218 6th
Javancy Jones Jackson State OLB 23-Mar 227 6th to 7th
Corey Levin Chattanooga OG 30-Mar 237 7th
Brendan Langley Lamar CB 23-Mar 239 7th  
Ezra Robinson Tennessee State CB 17-Mar 244 7th
Jerry Ugokwe William & Mary OT 16-Mar 247 7th
Tarik Cohen North Carolina A&T RB 21-Mar 261 7th to FA
Anthony Firkser Harvard FB 13-Mar 266 7th to FA
Javarius Leamon South Carolina State OT 29-Mar 282 7th to FA
Dylan Cole Missouri State OLB 22-Mar 294 7th to FA
David Jones Richmond FS 14-Mar 296 7th to FA
Emmanuel Holder Towson FB n/a 303 7th to FA
Michael Coe North Dakota C n/a 304 7th to FA
Xavier Coleman Portland State CB 15-Mar 305 7th to FA
Avery Moss Youngstown State DE 14-Mar 329 7th to FA
Winston Craig Richmond DT 14-Mar 331 7th to FA
Josh Thornton Southern Utah CB 29-Mar 333 7th to FA
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