Pete Marasco

In keeping with the theme of touting lesser known players as Risers in NFL scouts eyes and mostly noting more highly rated players as Fallers, Week 6 provided new names for consideration.  As an aside, I don't think that the Notre Dame - N.C. State game should have been played as they played in a monsoon.  The Virginia Tech - North Carolina game had heavy rains but didn't appear to hinder Virginia Tech as much as it affected North Carolina and Houston suffered its first ...

In addition to the marquee matchups between Clemson vs. Louisville and Michigan vs. Wisconsin there were also a number of players who hadn't done much in the past who had outstanding or even spectacular games.

RISERS

1.  TAJ WILLIAMS - WR - 6-3 193 - JR - TCU – Williams had 5 ...

Week 4 Risers and Fallers

Week 4 provides more insight in the evaluation process as the players and teams have had 3 weeks to work out the kinks and most teams got to play in great weather conditions.

RISERS

1.  MITCH TRUBISKY - QB - 6-3 220 - JR - NORTH ...

Week 3 Risers and Fallers

Week 3 provided some stunning outcomes as far as team performances such as Louisville's 63-20 drubbing of No. 2 Florida State, FCS's North Dakota State's dramatic 23-21 upset win over No. 13 Iowa and California beating Texas as examples.  And as with the teams, individual players rose or fell with their performances for Week 3 with this article's emphasis for Risers being mainly on lesser known players.

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Week 2 Risers and Fallers

After a loaded Week 1 of quality matchups, Week 2 was a letdown in that there were no matchups of ranked teams. But week 2 provided many more exciting games with the outcomes not being determined until the last seconds of games such as Arkansas - TCU, Penn State - Pittsburgh, North Carolina State - East Carolina and BYU - Utah.  The emphasis on the ...

NFL Draft Sleeper – Hidden in Plain Sight

Florida State opened the 2016 season with its biggest come from behind win in school history over nationally ranked Mississippi on a Monday night game that had a huge audience as it was the only game being played at the end of a holiday weekend between two nationally ranked ...

 Week 1 Risers and Fallers

The 2016 college football season got into full swing with top games scheduled throughout the Labor Day Weekend. And while the college football season is always greeted with great anticipation, this year was even more so as the powers that be realized that scheduling top 25 teams against each other would create more interest rather than just having the top teams scheduling ...

2015 NFL Draft Guide

With the NFL season not yet reaching the half way point it has still become obvious that certain teams such as Jacksonville, Tampa Bay and Oakland will be in line for an early draft choice, and it is equally obvious that teams such as Denver and Dallas will be drafting at the other end of the spectrum. 

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