Combine invites from I-AA

[Gil Dobie]

Deluca ran the 40 under 2 minutes, but had the 5th best agility time. Scouts say he has great football instinct on where the ball is going, just had a difficult time on getting there against NFL backs in the Senior Bowl game.

[dal4018]

Deluca ran the 40 under 2 minutes, but had the 5th best agility time. Scouts say he has great football instinct on where the ball is going, just had a difficult time on getting there against NFL backs in the Senior Bowl game.

Lol ran the 40 under 2:00

[BDKJMU]

18 of 326 are from I-AA schools. Right now, 13 are projected draft picks by NFL draft scout, + 3 more borderline.
GOEDERT, DALLAS, SDSU, TE (6'5"/260)- 2nd rd
PARKER, BRANDON, NC A&T, OT (6'7"/303)- 3rd rd
LEONARD, DARIUS, SC State, OLB (6'2"/229)- 3rd/4th rd
DELUCA, NICK, NDSU, ILB (6'3"/243)- 4th rd
LAULETTA, KYLE, UR, QB (6'3"/217)- 5th rd
NEAL, SIRAN, JSU SS (6'0"/206)-4th/5th rd
WIENEKE, JAKE, SDSU, WR, (6'4"/218)- 5th/6th rd
DEMBY, JAMIL, MAINE, OG (6'5"/323) - 6th rd
JACKSON, DARIUS, JSU, OLB (6'2'/233) (Won Buchanan award)- 6th round.
THOMAS, ROC, JSU, RB (5'10"/193)- 6th round
JOHNSON, TARON, WEBER ST, DB (5'11"/189)- 6th rd
NICHOLS, BILAL, UD, DT (6'3"/301)- 6th/7th rd
PARRIS, TIMON, SBU, OG (6'5"/310)- 6th/7th rd (Injured/out for season late Oct).
HARRIS, DAVONTAE, ILSU, DB- 7th/FA
FRANKLIN-MYERS, JOHN, SFA, DE (6'3"/280)- 7th/FA
SENAT, GREG, WAGNER, OT (6'6"/294) 7th/FA
JOHNSON, DANNY, SOUTHERN, CB (5'9"/182)- FA
WADE, D'MONTRE, MURRAY ST, CB (5'11"/201)- FA
http://www.nflcombine.net/players/official-invite-list/

2nd Rd
1. Darious Leonard- OLB, SC State, 36th pick, Colts.
2. Dallas Goedert, TE, SDSU, 49th pick, Eagles.
3. PJ Hall, DE, SHSU, 57th pick, Raiders (wasn’t at the combine).
3rd Rd
4. Brandon Parker, OT, NC A&T, 65th pick, Raiders.
4th Rd
5. Kyle Lauretta, QB, UR, 108th pick, Giants.
6. Tarin Johnson, CB, Weber St, 121st pick, Bills.
7. Chase Edmunds, RB, Fordham, 134 pick, Cardinals (wasn’t at the combine).
8. John Franklin Meyers, DE, SFA, 135 pick, Rams.
5th Rd
9. Justin Watson, WR, PENN, 144th pick, Buccaneers (wasn’t at the combine).
10. Bilal Nichols, DL, UD, 145th pick, Bears.
11. Davontae Harris, CB, ILSU, 151st pick, Bengals.
12. Siran Neal, S, JSU, 154th pick, Bills.
13. Maurice Fountain, WR, UNI, 159th pick, Colts (wasn’t at the combine).
6th Rd
14. Jamil Demby, OG, Maine, 192nd pick, Rams
15. Trenton Smith, CB, UCA, 196th pick, Chiefs (wasn’t at the combine).
16. Fote Oluokun, LB, Yale, 200th pick, Falcons (wasn’t at the combine).
17. Greg Senat, OT, Wagner, 212th pick, Ravens.
7th Rd
18. Keion Crossen, DB, WCU, 243rd pick, Patriots (wasn’t at the combine).
19. Kendall Donnerson, OLB, SEMO, 248th pick, Packers (wasn’t at the combine).

The SB Nation article failed to mention the SEMO kid:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.underd ... as-goedert

Combine invites not drafted (I imagine most got UDFA contracts).
-Nick Deluca, LB, NDSU- biggest surprise not getting drafted. UDFA Titans
-Jake Weinke, WR, SDSU- UDFA Vikings
-Darious Jackson, OLB, JSU (Buchanan winner)- UDFA Jaguars
-Roc Thomas, RB, JSU- UDFA Vikings
-Timon Paris, OT. SBU (knee injury Oct)- UDFA Redskins
-Danny Johnson, Southern, CB- UDFA Redskins
-D’Montre Wade, Murray St, CB- UDFA Chiefs

[Gil Dobie]

DeLuca dropped when he ran a 2 minute 40. He did sign as an UDFA with the Titans.

[BDKJMU]

2 players I thought would get invites were JMU's consensus All American DE Andrew Ankrah. He and JMU's near consensus All American OT Aaron Stinne must have been borderline. I assume with 326 invitees there would have been around 25-30 de ends and around 25-30 OT invited. NFL Draft Scout has Ankrah (6'3"/248) ranked 22 of 163 DEs, & projected 7th rd/FA, with rising stock (probably an OLB at next level).
They have Stinnie (6'5"/309) as 29 of 115 OTs, projected FA, with rising stock.

Ankrah is a beast.

JMU none drafted.
UDFA:
OT Aaron Stinnie Titans
S Raven Greene Packers

Rookie minicamp:
QB Bryan Schor, Bears
WR Ishmael Hyman, Titans
DE Andrew Ankrah, Titans
DT Simeyon Robinson- Bengals
S Jordan Brown, Ravens, Titans.

The rookie minicamps are LONG odds- someone said on the JMU board that last May the Redskons had 37 in their rookie minicamp, and only 1 made the active roster. On the other hand, Rashard Davis, a Wr on JMU’s 2016 NC team, was in a rookie minicamp last May and got a Super Bowl ring with the Eagles.

Not surprised that JMU had zero drafted (I thought it was 50/50 would have 1 (either Stinnie or Ankrah). Not surprised that had only 2 UDFA. Am very surprised that it was Stinnie and Greene, not Stinnie and Ankrah. Like I said earlier on here back in Feb when Ankrah didn’t get a combine invite- NFL Draft Scout had him ranked 22 of 163 DEs, & projected 7th rd/FA, with rising stock..

Ironic that I-AA would have 19 players drafted, but none would be from NDSU & JMU.

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU had UDFA: DeLuca to Titans and DB Chris Board to the Ravens

Minicamp invites: Long snapper James Fisher will try out with the Chicago Bears and offensive lineman Austin Kuhnert and defensive tackle Nate Tanguay will each get a shot with the Minnesota Vikings.

[JohnStOnge]

I must admit that I thought PJ Hall was over rated. Guess not.

Maybe I just didn't appreciate him because Sam Houston State's defense was so bad.

[BDKJMU]

NDSU had UDFA: DeLuca to Titans and DB Chris Board to the Ravens

Minicamp invites: Long snapper James Fisher will try out with the Chicago Bears and offensive lineman Austin Kuhnert and defensive tackle Nate Tanguay will each get a shot with the Minnesota Vikings.

Speaking of the Titans, besides Deluca UDFA, like I mentioned above
JMU: Aaron Stinnie, OT, UDFA. Ankrah, Jordan Brown, CB, Ishmael Hyman, WR, also getting tryouts.

Here's a link that lists every I-AA player that got a UDFA or rookie minicamp tryout (it doesn't distinguish between UDFA and the one's who got tryouts:
https://sports.yahoo.com/many-undrafted ... ncaaf.html