He is a tough, consistent finisher with a low center of gravity. The days of being able to draft Allgeier with a mid-second will soon be over, but I’m happy to take advantage for the time being. 2.06 – Tyler Allgeier, RB 5’11” 220 Justin Hulsey Credit: Vanquish The Foe Hopefully, he has more early success at the next level than fellow Nittany Lion KJ Hamler, who has a similar build to Dotson. Add to this that Dotson can play several different WR roles, and it gives him an even better chance to find his way onto the field on any team he ends up with. His tape shows excellent speed that can take the top off the defense while still being a strong enough route runner to get separation over the middle of the field. Ultimately, when we get to this point in the draft, I am looking for guys with strong upside. While Dotson is one of the more undersized WRs in the draft, he makes up for it with speed, strong route running, and a tenacity to attack the ball when it is thrown his way. 2.05 – Jahan Dotson, WR 5’11” 184 Tim Martens Credit: Nittany Sports Now He’s a much better value here with a substantial drop-off at the quarterback position in this class than any other skill player remaining on the board. Was he inaccurate at times during Senior Bowl week? Yes, but I’ll trust what I saw out of him during his career at Nevada. Right now, though, at 2.04 in a Superflex draft, I would be a fool to pass up drafting a quarterback with Strong’s arm talent. If not, and he is drafted any later, he would be closer to my do-not-draft board than this pick. Carson Strong is likely a late first-round pick if his knees get the green light. He is entirely dependent on when he is drafted, which will likely be mostly dependent on his physical. 2.04 – Carson Strong, QB 6’4″ 215 Keith Ensminger Credit: USA Today I do worry slightly about his smaller frame, but I believe he will be more of a pass-catching back in the NFL anyway. In the last two years, he has rushed for over 1000+ yards both times and is very active in the passing game. In his redshirt freshman season, he was named ACC Rookie of the Year for both offense and overall. I grew up near Notre Dame, so I might have a little bias, but Williams is a great value here in the second round. There was a plethora of RBs that I could have chosen here between Tyler Allgeier, Rachaad White, and Dameon Pierce, but I decided to go with the crafty Kyren Williams. I was one pick away from a huge steal in David Bell, but Erik decided to snipe me. 2.03 – Kyren Williams, RB 5’9″ 199 Noah Wright Credit: Fighting Irish Wire I’m really interested to see how he does at the combine, but it’s looking like he’s going to get day two capital, so I’m taking him over the remaining RBs and QBs at this point. He’s going to need a guy that’s happy throwing into the tight windows. My concern is his lack of ability to separate- this could hurt him at the next level, and it will make him landing spot dependent. I’m not the biggest David Bell fan, but it’s undeniable that he has top-tier ball skills and elite production. 2.02 – David Bell, WR 6’2″ 210 Erik Kortz Credit: IndyStar 2.01 may be the floor for Pickens, whose draft stock will only rise from here. He is an early declare with a solid production profile, something we should be looking for in our rookie drafts. I will take the injury discount as the talent is obviously there. Unfortunately, Pickens suffered a torn ACL in the Georgia spring game and only played 63 snaps in the 2021 season. He was riding high off a Peach Bowl performance of 7 catches for 135 yards and a touchdown against a very tough Cincinnati defense. Just a year ago, George Pickens was in the conversation of WR1 in this 2022 class. 2.01 – George Pickens, WR 6’3″ 200 Dan Toomey Credit: Online Athens After no quarterback went until pick 1.04, will there be any surprises in the second round? Let’s take a look. We are on to Round 2 of our Superflex mock draft.
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