Given the overall caliber of product out on the field I have watched way too many pre-season games this Summer. As teams prepare to publish their final roster cuts this weekend I wanted to get you my quick list of 20 Rookies who got my attention in August, all of them being undrafted. I am not projecting all of these guys will make their present team’s opening day rosters. But those that don’t are very likely to end up on a practice squad, or two, in the coming months. And I will predict that those who don’t make a roster now will show up in Training Camps next year listed as 1st Year Players, with a solid shot to make a roster for 2017.
DOMINIQUE ALEXANDER/ILB #54 BROWNS 6’0/235 OKLAHOMA
ROBBY ANDERSON/WR #83 JETS 6’3/190 TEMPLE
PEYTON BARBER/RB #43 BUCS 5’11/225 AUBURN
MIKE BERCOVICI/QB #6 CHARGERS 6’0/206 ARIZONA STATE
TREVONE BOYKIN/QB #5 SEA HAWKS 6’0/213 TCU
JOE CALLAHAN/QB #6 PACKERS 6’/216 WESLEY
ALEX ERICKSON/WR/PR #12 BENGALS 6’1/195 WISCONSIN
D.J. FOSTER/RB/WR/RS #27 PATRIOTS 6’0/195 ARIZONA STATE
C.J. HAM/RB #30 VIKINGS 6’1/238 AUGUSTANA
De’VANTE HARRIS/CB #49 SAINTS 5’11/190 TEXAS A&M
TRACY HOWARD/CB #41 BROWNS 5’10/180 MIAMI (F)
ROB KELLEY/RB #22 ‘SKINS 6’0/220 TULANE
CRE’VON LeBLANC/CB/RS #35 PATRIOTS 5’9/195 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
J.D. McKISSIC/WR/RS #85 FALCONS 5’11/193 ARKANSAS STATE
ROMEO OKWARA/DE #78 GIANTS 6’5/265 NOTRE DAME
TYVIS POWELL/S #40 SEA HAWKS 6’3/211 OHIO STATE
JALEN RICHARD/RB #46 RAIDERS 5’8/207 SOUTHERN MISS
CHESTER ROGERS/WR #3 COLTS 6’1/180 GRAMBLING
BRENNAN SCARLETT/OLB #57 TEXANS 6’4/264 STANFORD
NELSON SPRUCE/WR/RS #86 RAMS 6’1/205 COLORADO
Congrats on your work this Summer guys. I see an eventual NFL future for you all.
PIGSKIN PAUL