Senior Bowl: February 1, 2025

Moriarty · Mon Dec 16, 2024 12:58 pm

The top All-Star Game

View: February 1, 2025 12:00pm CT, Kickoff NFL Network

Roster: https://www.seniorbowl.com/accepted-invites/

Moriarty · Mon Dec 16, 2024 1:10 pm

Charles Grant
Grey Zabel
Jonah Monheim

some names I'm interested in monitoring

thunderspirit · Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:26 pm

The Senior Bowl has a really good OL group. I've already declared my affection for Wyatt Milum and Aireontae Ersery – both play with athleticism and nasty. Ajani Cornelius has the nasty too; less sure about the athleticism. I'm intrigued by Charles Grant too and his fellow FCSer Carson Vinson, and the versatility of Monheim and Garrett Dellinger should bode well for both. (I'm guessing those two play C most of the time?)

And count me in as high on Princely Umanmielen, Dante Trader, and Jonas Sanker.

RichH55 · Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:24 pm

thunderspirit wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:26 pm

And count me in as high on Princely Umanmielen, Dante Trader, and Jonas Sanker.

You are just messing with us on those names right?

thunderspirit · Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:36 am

RichH55 wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:24 pm
thunderspirit wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:26 pm

And count me in as high on Princely Umanmielen, Dante Trader, and Jonas Sanker.
You are just messing with us on those names right?

I am not.

Princely Umanmielen
Dante Trader
Jonas Sanker

RichH55 · Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:13 pm

thunderspirit wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:36 am
RichH55 wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 9:24 pm

You are just messing with us on those names right?
I am not.

Princely Umanmielen
Dante Trader
Jonas Sanker

Dante Trader almost lost us West Point....let us never forget

thunderspirit · Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:52 pm

A deeper dive into the Senior Bowl roster:

I know @wab thinks highly of Riley Leonard, but I think Jaxson Dart will be the best QB in Mobile.
This is a great running back group, which reflects the depth in this draft. The all-star set-up doesn't give RBs a really good chance to flash, though. The TE group is also very solid (though not nearly as deep); I like Jake Brininigstool (Clemson) a lot as a move TE, though he's not much of a blocker.
Both the Iowa St receivers, Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, need to show more to thier game than the Cyclones offense has allowed. Higgins needs to handle the press, while Noel needs to show NFL routes. Jalen Royals, Xavier Restrepo, and Jaylen Lane will get chances to show off their ST skills. And a lot of people seem to love Savion Williams but I just don't see it. Maybe I'm wrong, though; we'll see.
A real solid O-line group to watch. I'm hoping we'll get to see guys at multiple positions, including Wyatt Milum (West Virginia). If I'm picking one guy I'd love to see the Bears draft, it's Milum. Plus, I haven't seen much of Jalen Rivers (Miami), and haven't seen any of Charles Grant (William & Mary) and Carson Vinson (Alabama A&M); it's always interesting to watch how FCS guys step up.
As solid as the O-line group is, the D-line group might be better: all 19 guys are draftable. I've already stated I'm high on Umanmielen (Mississippi), but I also really like his teammate Jared Ivey (transfer from Georgia Tech) and Landon Jackson (Arkansas) at DE, and Ty Hamilton (Ohio St) and Jamaree Caldwell (Oregon via Houston) will show off their strength and run-stuffing skills. The Bears could use any of these guys.
The safeties – Trader (Maryland), Sanker (Virginia), and Mukuba (Texas) – look better than the CBs – Trey Amos (Mississippi via Louisiana), Dorian Strong (Virginia Tech), and Bilhal Kone (W Michigan from Indiana St), plus a small but feisty guy in Jaylin Smith (USC). There's also Malachi Moore (Alabama), a guy who's too small to play safety and too slow to play corner but just makes plays all over the place. He's like the final legacy of Nick Saban-trained DBs, and I feel like shouldn't like his game as much as I do.