Guess who’s coming to dinner! Part deux … One of the things we try and do during the course of the ’30’ visits process is identify under-the-radar prospects who making an unusual number of visits suggesting that the league may actually have them rated higher than they are generally credited with. And while its still early in the process with another couple of weeks during which teams can bring out-of-town candidates for one of their allotted visits, there are already several players who fall into that category. Most notably are Georgia State OT Travis Glover and DT Khristian Boyd of Northern Iowa, both of whom have had more than a half dozen visits to date. Glover is a massive guy at 6-6, 330 with 57 career starts at GSU; Glover was a late addition to the Senior Bowl roster where he held up very well. Teams that have shown interest in Glover include Arizona, Dallas, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Houston and Jacksonville. Meanwhile, Boyd, who made several FCS AA teams this fall, is a squatty 6-2, 330 pound run-stuffer with exceptional weight room strength – he managed 38 BP reps at his pro – as well as some decent short-area quickness; he’s getting looks from Buffalo, Detroit,Green Bay, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Miami, Minnesota, New Orleans and the NY Giants. At the same time, Samford QB Michael Hiers has also had invites from a half dozen teams including Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit, Washington and the NY Jets. Hiers, who spent 2 years at a CC before enrolling at Samford, is a very accurate passer who completed 74% of his pass attempts over the past two years while he connected on 52 TD passes against 12 picks. However, while he’s a good athlete who was also an all-conference basketball and baseball player in high school, the 6-1, 215 pound Hiers doesn’t run much. Other names to keep an eye in this context include Tennessee WR Ramel Keyton, who has never put up big numbers, but has been a big-play threat when he does get his hands on the ball, USF OT Donovan Jennings, Arizona ER Taylor Upshaw, a 6-6, 250-pound Michigan transfer who posted 8.5 sacks this past season, and Oregon LB Jamal Hill.
