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Mekhi Wingo pre-season All-American. What’s his draft stock?
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:10 pm
Big dogggggg
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Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:14 pm to Vanilla Ice
Late first round but could play his way into being mid/early first round pick
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:23 pm to brtiger77
I haven't seen him go that early. Everything I saw, he was going in 3rd or 4th round.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:26 pm to Vanilla Ice
2nd/3rd round but can play his way up
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:33 pm to Vanilla Ice
Jacquelin Roy was getting first round buzz before last year. I know Wingo is small but he's a MUCH better player. Should be mid 2nd at least
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:33 pm to brtiger77
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Late first round but could play his way into being mid/early first round pick
I’m not saying he wont be a good pro but I doubt someone drafts him that high. He would need a monster year and his size will still probably scare some teams away until the 3rd or 4th. Maybe 2nd. He is an outstanding player tho. No doubt.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 7:55 pm to ExpoTiger
He’s 6’0 285 lbs, at best.
DTs at that size aren’t highly desired by NFL scouts. That’s why Maason Smith is a much higher ranked prospect than Wingo despite Wingo have much more college production. They see Wingo as a good college player with concerns he may not be as productive once level of size and athleticism greatly increases in the NFL. They see a guy like Smith as someone who can handle the size and physicality of the NFL. They’ll teach him to be a good DT
NFL teams look at raw physical traits more than production. They feel they can teach a rare athlete to be a great player. They can’t teach him to had rare size and physical ability. That’s why Anthony Richardson gets taken much higher than Max Duggan.
DTs at that size aren’t highly desired by NFL scouts. That’s why Maason Smith is a much higher ranked prospect than Wingo despite Wingo have much more college production. They see Wingo as a good college player with concerns he may not be as productive once level of size and athleticism greatly increases in the NFL. They see a guy like Smith as someone who can handle the size and physicality of the NFL. They’ll teach him to be a good DT
NFL teams look at raw physical traits more than production. They feel they can teach a rare athlete to be a great player. They can’t teach him to had rare size and physical ability. That’s why Anthony Richardson gets taken much higher than Max Duggan.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:09 pm to brtiger77
He won’t go in the 1st but his height also does not doom him, despite being 1% tile for height at the position.
Somewhere between 2-4rds depending on season he has & workout
Somewhere between 2-4rds depending on season he has & workout
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:12 pm to Alt26
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He would need a monster year and his size will still probably scare some teams away
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DTs at that size aren’t highly desired by NFL scouts. That’s why Maason Smith is a much higher ranked prospect than Wingo despite Wingo have much more college production.
Y’all are talking out of your arse with this.
Aaron Donald is arguably the best interior DL in the NFL. He’s listed as 6’1, 280 & he was picked 13th overall.
Another Pitt DL just got picked 19th last year. Calijah Kancey is listed as 6’1, 281
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:22 pm to JimTiger72
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Aaron Donald is arguably the best interior DL in the NFL. He’s listed as 6’1, 280 & he was picked 13th overall
No one ever said there weren’t outliers. But that’s why Donald gets so much praise. He’s an outlier. Just like Drew Brees.
If you look at most draft projections he’s seen as a 3rd or 4th round guy. He’s had good production in college, so that projection isn’t based upon production.
The NFL errs on the side of rare physical traits. Always has. That doesn’t mean outliers don’t occur
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:23 pm to Alt26
Sir this is the rant, take your data and facts elsewhere
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:33 pm to Alt26
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If you look at most draft projections he’s seen as a 3rd or 4th round guy. He’s had good production in college, so that projection isn’t based upon production.
You don’t get drafted in the 1st round because of “good production”. If he has an all-American season, like the other two guys I mentioned, he will be drafted much higher than 3rd or 4th round. Probably in the 1st round
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:41 pm to Vanilla Ice
His size might prevent him from going high.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:46 pm to Alt26
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No one ever said there weren’t outliers. But that’s why Donald gets so much praise. He’s an outlier.
out-li-er - a person or thing differing from all other members of a particular group or set.
Posted on 8/21/23 at 8:52 pm to Vanilla Ice
Mid second to early third round. Will be a STEAL for whoever drafts him!!!
Posted on 8/21/23 at 9:04 pm to Vanilla Ice
For Pete's sake, let him play this year before worrying about the NFL.
This post was edited on 8/21/23 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 8/22/23 at 6:15 am to Lester Earl
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He won’t go in the 1st but his height also does not doom him, despite being 1% tile for height at the position.
Agreed. I played a pickup game against Henry Thomas when he was at LSU, and he was decidedly shorter than me - I was 6’ 2”. Thomas was always listed as 6’ 2” in the NFL, and maybe he grew, but I think they just overstated his height.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 6:30 am to Alt26
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DTs at that size aren’t highly desired by NFL scouts. That
Saints took that DT from Louisville a few years back in the 1st, he as 6’
Posted on 8/22/23 at 10:19 am to JimTiger72
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Y’all are talking out of your arse with this. Aaron Donald is arguably the best interior DL in the NFL. He’s listed as 6’1, 280 & he was picked 13th overall. Another Pitt DL just got picked 19th last year. Calijah Kancey is listed as 6’1, 281
I was waiting for someone to bring up Aaron Donald. I love when people bring up outliers to try to prove someone wrong. Aaron Donald’s do t grow on trees. You named two players. No one said tgat there aren’t sub 300 dts tgat can move and be effective. Tgey are not often chosen in tge first or given first round money right off the bat. He’s an undersized DT. This isn’t a real complicated topic. We know he’s a very good player.
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