Even if you didn’t regularly watch a lot of Alabama football in 2017, you probably became very familiar with Da’Ron Payne due to his outstanding performance in both games of the college football playoffs. Payne is a massive defensive tackle who will fit for teams as a nose tackle in a 3-4 defense, or a […]
Wide Receiver Without a Weakness: Michael Gallup – Colorado State
I googled the phrase ‘pet cat’ to find a definition of the slang term because people use it a lot in the draft world and it applies to Michael Gallup for me. I couldn’t find a definition so I’m going to make one up. Pet cat – noun (I think?) – a person the world […]
Potential Cowboys Target: Tremaine Edmunds
I started the draft process with dreams of Roquan Smith, the linebacker from Georgia. Sometimes our dreams aren’t realistic. I wanted to be a Top Gun pilot. More Iceman than Maverick, which I’m sure says something about me. I ended up doing radio and typing words. And so it goes. The dream probably won’t be […]
UCF’s Mike Hughes could be Dallas’ new cornerback
One of the great things about what we’re doing at The Upset is that we’re taking you on a journey through the NFL draft process. You’re getting a backseat ride down the road to the end of April. As we discover players, so will you. College football is so vast that it’s difficult enough to […]
Big Little Texas: UTSA’s Marcus Davenport might be a first-round pick.
As I sit here on my friend Jeff’s couch, covered in dog hair, I’m finding it really strange that I’m writing a report on a player that went to The University of Texas at San Antonio. The program started in 2011 and had their first drafted prospect in 2016 when the Vikings selected tight end […]
Welcome Back, Texas: The Longhorn Prospects
College football is a better place when the University of Texas has a great football team. They appear to be on the doorstep to being a really strong team again and we’ll see evidence of that in this year’s NFL Draft. After having only one Longhorn drafted in 2016 (DT Hassan Ridgeway) and one in […]