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Every Wednesday after the college football week, we give you the 5 biggest winners and losers from that past week, who helped their draft stock the most, and who hurt their stock the most.
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Everybody knew about Ndamukong Suh before the Big 12 Championship Game, but the performance he put out on Saturday night was nothing short of legendary. He finished with 12 tackles, 4.5 sacks including 7 tackles for loss, the constant pressure flustered Colt McCoy and the Nebraska defense completely shut down the high powered Texas offense, quite possibly the best performance by a defensive player ever. And with that performance Suh has pretty much guaranteed that he will be the first non-quarterback taken in the draft and is a top 5 lock. |
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Kareem Jackson was a huge reason why the Gators were not able to get anything going through the air, he played very physical bump and run coverage, but showed that he had the speed to run with any receiver. He does a great job turning his hips to get out of his back pedal and run with his man. He also is an excellent tackler and is the physical corner that scouts will fall in love with, he has put himself in contention to be the next corner taken behind Joe Haden. |
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Offensive Lineman usually don't stand out very much, but anybody who watched the Florida Alabama game had to have noticed Alabama's left guard. As the leader of the offensive line, they totally dominated the front 7 of Florida, and did a great job paving holes for Mark Ingram to run, and gave QB Greg McElroy all day to throw. Alabama's offensive line was the deciding factor in the game as Johnson and company were dominant, he will battle with Mike Iupati, and Rodney Hudson as the first guards to come off the board. |
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Mardy Gilyard also was well known before his game on Saturday, but his performance put him in contention to be the first Wide Receiver taken. He finished with 118 receiver yards and a TD, and 256 Kick Return yards and a TD. With his Bearcats down 31-10 a couple minutes before the half, Cincinnati's undefeated hopes looked dashed, but a 99 yard Kick Return for a Touchdown was the game changer right before the half, and then again in the 3rd quarter with his team down 14, Gilyard took a 68 yard pass to the house. With his blazing speed and playmaking ability he surely endeared himself to GM's and scouts alike. |
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As a group the Gators defense got destroyed, but what Joe Haden did locking up monster Alabama Wide Receiver Julio Jones was something that deserves praise. 1 on 1 with him all game, Jones was held to 2 catches for 28 yards one of his lowest outputs of the season. Haden knocked away 2 passes and was draped all over him all day and never let him get into the flow of the game. He showed the physicality that is necessary in the NFL and also the closing speed and ball skills to make catching passes on him very difficult. |
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The front 7 of Florida was demolished and bullied by the Alabama Offensive Line, and could not stop the run at all. Brandon Spikes since has been falling a bit since his eye-gouging incident, but he was absolutely brutal on Saturday in the biggest game of the year. He took terrible angles to the ball, missed tackles, and look very slow compared to counterpart Rolando McClain. He still is a first round prospect, but has not performed up to expectations and is no longer a top ten player. |
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Hate to pile on the Gators here, but Saturdays performance by Tebow on a national stage was probably the final nail in the coffin of him not being a QB in the throws. He showed no ability to stretch the field with the deep ball, didn't make his reads quick enough, and the game sealing interception in the end-zone was brutal, as that Aaron Hernandez was wide open and Tebow just threw it directly to CB Javier Arenas, for maybe the first time in his college career, Tebow looked flustered. Also the crying at the end of the game didn't help much either. |
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Grabbing 4 interceptions as a junior Thompson came into the season as one of the top corners in the draft, but he has not been very productive and has been beat over the top repeatedly by bigger wide receiver, especially this past weekend when Jake Locker had a field day against the Cal secondary. At 5-9 190 he is undersized but his athleticism and ball skills he showed as a junior have not been as evident this season. He still flashes at times the potential to be a very good corner, but overall he has had a poor season and his stock has fallen |
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Aaron Berry is not really a household name for most people, but many had considered him to be a sleeper at the Cornerback position. But watching him this past weekend against the big Cincinnati wide receivers, Berry looked overmatched and weak, he was not able to make any plays when his defense needed him, physically he was abused down the stretch while Pittsburgh gagged away a huge lead. No longer a mid round prospect, Berry is now in the Late to undrafted range. |
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Colt McCoy has had a very good season so far and has developed into a very good pocket passer. But his poor play against Nebraska has to raise some concerns from teams looking to invest in a high round QB. He looked uncomfortable and panicked all day against the Nebraska pass rusher, throwing 3 interceptions. But maybe his biggest sin was almost letting the clock run out on their undefeated season with a timeout in their back pocket, sure it didn't end up costing the Longhorns but that type of complacency and unawareness was bad. |
