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1. DALLAS GOEDERT, TE – SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
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EARLY 2018 PROJECTION: No. 3 TE, projected 3rd rounder
2016 STATS: An eye-popping 92 receptions for 1,293 yards and 11 TDs, while adding another rushing touchdown.
Goedert may be 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, but he moves and catches the ball like a guy who is much, much smaller. That's what makes him an absolute lock for the NFL Draft next spring. While he was certainly productive as a sophomore in 2015, this past year he became a human highlight reel — catching one-handed passes and lighting up defenses with his pass catching partner in crime, Jake Wieneke.
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The Next 30 FCS 2018 NFL Draft Prospects
EDITOR'S NOTE: The chart includes only seniors from FCS schools. However, NFLDraftScout does rank underclassmen they expect to declare for early entry into the draft. FA = Projected NFL Free Agent.
As mentioned on page one, the "PROJ. ROUND" is based where the NFLDraftScout.com position rank was drafted three months ago. EXAMPLE: Jeremiah Briscoe below is rated the No. 9 quarterback prospect in the 2018 NFL draft class. The No. 9 QB in 2017 — Miami's Brad Kaaya — was drafted in the sixth round.
NAME | COLLEGE | POS | POS RK | PROJ ROUND |
Davontae Harris | Illinois State | CB | 25 | 6th |
Jeremiah Briscoe | Sam Houston State | QB | 9 | 6th |
Tre Dempsey | North Dakota State | CB | 29 | 7th |
Lane Clark | Tennessee State | K | 3 | 7th |
Corey Avery | Sam Houston State | RB | 23 | 7th |
Roc Thomas | Jacksonville State | RB | 26 | 7th |
Andrew Vollert | Weber State | TE | 15 | 7th |
Malcolm Washington | Northern Iowa | CB | 51 | 7th to FA |
Mike Ford | Southeast Missouri State | CB | 53 | 7th to FA |
Jay-Tee Tiull | Eastern Washington | DT | 26 | 7th to FA |
Kellen Soulek | South Dakota State | DT | 32 | 7th to FA |
Dalton Keene | Illinois State | DT | 33 | 7th to FA |
Mike Basile | Monmouth (NJ) | FS | 17 | 7th to FA |
Raven Greene | James Madison | FS | 20 | 7th to FA |
Nick DeLuca | North Dakota State | ILB | 14 | 7th to FA |
Darius Leonard | South Carolina State | OLB | 29 | 7th to FA |
Pat Afriyie | Colgate | OLB | 31 | 7th to FA |
Brandon Parker | North Carolina A&T | OT | 24 | 7th to FA |
Aaron Stinnie | James Madison | OT | 27 | 7th to FA |
Detrez Newsome | Western Carolina | RB | 30 | 7th to FA |
Cole Reyes | North Dakota | SS | 17 | 7th to FA |
Emmanuel Butler | Northern Arizona | WR | 46 | 7th to FA |
Jordon Gandy | Murray State | WR | 51 | 7th to FA |
Rob Rolle | Villanova | FS | 22 | 7th to FA |
Brett Taylor | Western Illinois | ILB | 26 | 7th to FA |
Justin Lea | Jacksonville State | OG | 26 | 7th to FA |
Andrew Ankrah | James Madison | OLB | 36 | 7th to FA |
Bryan Schor | James Madison | QB | 22 | 7th to FA |
Troy Pelletier | Lehigh | WR | 55 | 7th to FA |
Mike Needham | Southern Utah | OLB | 39 | 7th to FA |