River's 3.5 Mock for 2020

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BIG BIG CHANGES, ... Actually, this is more of an adjustment to my 3.0 Mock than anything completely new, but i'll likely be giving this mock thread a rest until closer to or following the first free agency period. Time to let the other fellas voice their opinions.

Two major re-signings this time around, zero costly outside free agent signings. Three trades for additional draft picks and also to increase overall available CAP. As you can see, the Rams will be getting much younger, but I believe this remains a play-off caliber roster when healthy.

I expect Wade Phillips will retire following this season and our next DC will insist on keeping Littleton on-board, ... and between our Trades and CAP Casualties, we will have enough capital to re-sign Whitworth to a final season and re-sign Littleton long-term. Since Whitworth informed Nate Silver following the 49'er game that he intends to play in 2020, there is no better fit than right here for him to finish his career.

Where's the beef ? Now showing on our O & DL, right where it belongs.

jmo.


Re-Sign :

Andrew Whitworth
Cory Littleton
Greg Zuerlein
RFA Donte Deayon, ERFA's John Kelly, John Carraway, Johnnie Mundt, Coleman Shelton, Jake Gervase, ... and all other current Practice Squad members.


Departing Free Agents :

Donte Fowler
Michael Brockers
Austin Blythe
Mike Thomas
Blake Bortles
Bryce Hager
Marqui Christian
RFA-JoJo Natson
RFA-Morgan Fox

Cuts :

S - Eric Weddle (4.25mil savings)
DT - Tanzel Smart
RB - Malcolm Brown (1.mil savings)

PUP :

Joe Noteboom

Trades :

Gerald Everett (3'rd rd.) - .5mil. savings
Rob Havenstein (3'rd rd.) - 1.5mil savings (Trade involves Havenstein & a 2021 5'th rd draft pick for the new 2020 3'rd)
Robey-Coleman (5'th rd.) - 4.5mil savings

2020 NFL Draft * :

1) N/A
2) DE - Carlos Basham, W.F.
3a) OT - Lucas Niang, TCU (From Everett Trade)
3b) DT - Rashard Lawrence, LSU (From Havenstein Trade)
3c) S - Ashtyn Davis, Cal
3d) CB - Jaylon Johnson, Ut (Comp Pick)
4) RB - Lamical Perrine, Fl
5) C/OG - Cesar Ruiz, Mi or Sean Pollard, Clem (From Robey-Coleman Trade)
6) WR - Denzel Mims, Baylor
7) TE - Colby Parkinson, Stan



Rams 2020 53 Roster :

OFFENSE (23)

QB :
Goff
Wolford

OL :
Whitworth
Noteboom
Niang *
Ruiz* (or Pollard*)
Edwards
Evans
Brewer
Corbett
Trewyn


RB's :
Gurley
Henderson
Perrine*

TE's :
Higbee
Mundt
Blanton

WR's :
Cooks
Woods
Kupp
Reynolds
Webster
Mims*


DEFENCE (27)

DL :
Donald
Basham *
Gaines
Lawrence *
Copeland
Joseph


ILB's :
Cory Littleton
Patrick**
Howard
Matthews**
Reeder

OLB's :
Ebukam
Okoronkwo
Polite
Durham
Carraway
Lawler

CB's :
Ramsey
Long
Williams
Deayon
Johnson *
Hill

Safeties :
Johnson
Rapp
Davis*
Gervase


Special Teams (3) :

Hekker
Zuerlein
McQuaide

Practice Squad :

RB - Kelly
ILB - Kiser
C - Shelton
C - B. Allen
S - Scott
CB/S - Alexander
OG - Fedd-Jackson, NC St. (UDFA)
QB - Kellen Mond, Tx A&M (UDFA)
WR - Kadarius Toney, Fl (UDFA)
TE - Parkinson*


* Denotes drafted rookie
** Denotes hybrid OLB/ILB
 

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If we are trading Everett, I hope that we pick a tight end way before the seventh round. Mundt and Blanton - as much as I like the latter - aren't answers when it comes to receiving.

I'd keep Kiser on the roster before Reeder.

Don't have many issues with your draft. Basham is someone I'd be happy with, in particular.
 

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If we are trading Everett, I hope that we pick a tight end way before the seventh round. Mundt and Blanton - as much as I like the latter - aren't answers when it comes to receiving.

I'd keep Kiser on the roster before Reeder.

Don't have many issues with your draft. Basham is someone I'd be happy with, in particular.

LOL, ... trust me, I was looking for a TE higher in this draft, just couldn't part with the players already chosen ahead of him. I know, we can't please everyone with these mocks, but Blanton was brought up, so I have to hope that McVay sees something in practice which suggests a future, otherwise this trade is unlikely to go down, and we could use the additional pick and the 2021 CAP relief that trading Everett represents.

Right now I can go either way with Reeder/Kiser. Kiser didn't show well either in his brief playing time, I only gave Reeder the benefit of the doubt because he's a rookie and the off-season may help his learning curve, but neither should start imho.

Thanks for the comments.
 

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2'nd Round Pick - Carlos Basham Jr., DE, Wake Forest
Carlos Basham Jr NFL

Scouting Report: Carlos Basham Jr.
School: Wake Forest Position: Defensive End Class: Junior Height: 6’5″ Weight: 275 Projected Draft Round: 2-4

Scouting Report:
A versatile, three down lineman that has developed into an all around pass rusher and overall disrupting force. Has excellent height, length, and frame that will allow him to play in any defensive scheme. Very good explosion off of the snap, and has shown a variety of pass rush moves. Can get into the backfield using speed or power. Gets leverage quickly and can get low and around blockers. Able to drop into coverage and doesn’t look uncomfortable when doing so. Has developed into a technique sound pass rushers.



3a Draft Pick - Lucas Niang, OT, TCU
Lucas Niang NFL

Scouting Report: Lucas Niang
School: TCU Position: Offensive Tackle Class: Senior Height: 6’7″ Weight: 328 Projected Draft Round: 1-3

Scouting Report:
Prototypical length, height, and base to play tackle at the next level. Elite pass blocking prospect that has spent the majority of his time at right tackle, and appears to be staying there. Skillset is heavily tilted toward pass protection at this point, and with his huge frame and length, is very difficult to get around, and nearly impossible to beat with power straight on. Has a lot of work to do with run blocking, which will be the major indicator of his draft stock. With improvement in setting up to create lanes for running backs and settling into the mentality of road grading through to the next level, could go in the first round.



3b Draft Pick - Rashard Lawrence, DT, LSU
Rashard Lawrence NFL

Scouting Report: Rashard Lawrence
School: LSU Position: Defensive Tackle Class: Senior Height: 6’3″ Weight: 317 Projected Draft Round: 2-4

Scouting Report:
Has established himself as an effective 2 gapper that can eat up double teams and hold his ground. Solid frame and maintains his balance when being doubled. Uses a straight ahead power move to get into the backfield, especially when he recognizes a mismatch. Excellent character on and off the field. Still a bit one dimensional in his pass rush game, but it is developing. Will need to work on more arm techniques to get around blockers, and how to make himself thin in the gaps to get penetration.



3c Draft Pick - S - ASHTYN DAVIS

Ashtyn Davis




POSITION Safety
  • HEIGHT 6-1
  • WEIGHT 200
  • CLASS Redshirt Senior
  • HOMETOWN Santa Cruz, CA
  • LAST SCHOOL(S) Santa Cruz HS

Biography

Davis' Career Game Highs
Tackles:
8 (three times, last at Ole Miss, 2019)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0 (twice, last at UCLA, 2019)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 4 (vs. Washington, 2018)
Forced Fumbles: 1 (three times, last at Washington, 2019)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 (three times, last vs. Washington State, 2019)
Interceptions: 2 (vs. Colorado, 2018)
Interception Return Yards: 59 (vs. Colorado, 2018)
Long Interception Return: 35TD (vs. Colorado, 2018)
Interception Return TDs: 1 (vs. Colorado, 2018)
Pass Breakups: 1 (12 times, last vs. Oregon State, 2019)
Kick Returns: 7 (at Oregon, 2017)
Kick Return Yards: 168 (at Oregon, 2017)
Long Kick Return: 89TD (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Kick Return TDs: 1 (vs. Idaho State, 2018)
Punt Returns: 1 (vs. Washington State, 2019)
Punt Return Yards: 14 (vs. Washington State, 2019)
Long Punt Return: 14 (vs. Washington State, 2019)
All-Purpose Yards: 168 (at Oregon, 2017)

Cal Career (2015 – Present)
• Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award as its Most Valuable Player on Special Teams as both a 2016 redshirt freshman and 2017 sophomore
• Has played in 48 of 49 games possible over the last three-plus seasons with 33 starts including a string of 29 consecutive contests that included the final six games of his sophomore season, all 13 of his 2018 junior campaign and the first 10 of his 2019 senior campaign
• Had consecutive games played and started streaks of 47 and 27 both come to an end when he missed the Big Game at Stanford as a senior
• Has career defensive totals of 171 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss (-7 yards), seven interceptions that he has returned for 121 yards and one touchdown, 12 pass breakups, 19 passes defended, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries
• Has career highs of 57 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries as a 2019 senior
• Also has both of hs career punt returns for 33 yards as a senior
• Has a total of 1758 all-purpose yards, adding 70 kick returns for 1604 yards and one touchdown as well as two punt returns for 33 yards
• Has averages of 22.9 yards per kick return and 16.5 yards per punt return
• Cal's active career leader in interception return yards, kick returns, kick return yards, kick return touchdowns and all-purpose yards, while ranking tied for first in interceptions returned for a touchdown and second in interceptions
• Had career highs 1.5 tackles for loss (-4 yards), four interceptions that he returned for 59 yards and his lone career touchdown, five pass breakups and nine passes defended as a 2018 junior
• Posted career-high kick return and all-purpose yardage totals as a sophomore with 39 kick returns for 826 yards and 857 all-purpose yards while his lone career kick return touchdown on a career-long 89-yarder came against Idaho State as a junior
• Has worn his current No. 27 for most of his Cal career but has also suited up in No. 28

Senior (2019)
• One of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy given annually to the nation's top player who began his collegiate career as a walk-on
• Earned second-team midseason All-American honors from both Athlon Sports and The Athletic, while he was also a first-team All-Pac-12 selection of the Bay Area News Group and second-team choice of SB Nation
• Has accepted an invitation to play in the 2020 Senior Bowl
• Started all 11 games he played in including each of the first 10 before missing the Big Game at Stanford due to injury but returning to start the season finale at UCLA
• Has recorded a career-high 57 tackles to rank fourth on the team, two interceptions that he returned a team-high 31 yards, four pass breakups, six passes defended, a team-high two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles
• Fourth in the Pac-12 in per-game fumble recoveries (0.18) while he is tied for eighth in forced fumbles per game (0.18)
• Leads the team with seven kick returns for 149 yards and has also seen the first action of his five-year career as a punt returner with two punt returns for 33 yards to total 213 all-purpose yards
• Had a career-high-tying and season-high eight tackles both in the regular-season finale at UCLA as well as at Ole Miss, adding an interception and a career-high-tying 1.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards) on the final tackle of the contest on fourth-and-1 from the Cal two-yard line against the Bruins and a career-high-tying one pass breakup against the Rebels
• Had seven tackles, an interception that he returned 31 yards and a career-high-tying one pass breakup at Oregon
• Had six tackles on three occasions at Washington and against both North Texas and Washington State while adding a career-high-tying forced fumble against the Huskies, a career-high-tying one pass breakup against the Mean Green and a career-high-tying one fumble recovery against the Cougars
• Had five tackles against both UC Davis and at Utah, adding a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on the same play against the Aggies to equal a career high in both
• Registered three tackles against both Arizona State and Oregon State while adding a career-high-tying one pass breakup against the Beaver
• Had a season-high-tying two kick returns against both Arizona State (season-high 48 yards) and UC Davis (44)
• Had single kick returns at Washington (22 yards), against Arizona State (18 yards) and at Ole Miss (17 yards)
• Had one punt return for 19 yards against USC before leaving the game with an injury and one for 14 against Washington State
• On the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award given to the nation's most versatile player
• Earned honorable mention preseason All-American honors as a safety from Pro Football Focus
• Selected first-team preseason All-Pac-12 as a safety by Athlon and Pro Football Focus
• A second-team preseason All-Pac-12 choice of the league's media and a third-team pick by Lindy's as a safety
• A second-team preseason All-Pac-12 of Athlon and Phil Steele pick as a kick returner
• A weekly nominee for the Capital One Courage Award
• The nation's second-ranked safety and No. 37 player overall in the 2020 NFL Draft class according to Dane Brugler of The Athletic
• Saw limited action during the spring game and did not record any statistics other than participation but did participate fully in spring ball for the first tie in his collegiate career with his collegiate track and field career having ended in the spring of 2018

Junior (2018)
• One of 10 players including six on the defensive side of the ball to start all 13 games
• Earned first-team (Associated Press, Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus), second-team (Phil Steele) and honorable mention (Pac-12 Coaches) All-Pac-12 honors with all on defense other than his second-team special teams selection by Phil Steele as a kick returner
• A first-team midseason All-Pac-12 selection according to Pro Football Focus
• Tied for third in the Pac-12 in both total interceptions (4) and interceptions per game (0.3), while ranking tied for 16th and 27th nationally, respectively
• Registered 56 tackles to rank third on the team, while he was second with four interceptions that he returned for 59 yards and his first career pick-six, and five pass breakups, as well as a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss (career-high -4 yards) and his first career fumble recovery
• Also returned 24 kicks for 629 yards and his lone career kick return touchdown (all team highs) with the touchdown coming on a career-long 89-yard return against Idaho State
• Finished with 688 all-purpose yards
• Shared the Pac-12 lead with three others with his single kickoff return touchdown that ranked tied for sixth nationally as one of 32 players in the country who had at least one each, while his 26.2 yards per kick return average was second in the Pac-12 and 17th nationally
• Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and the FOX National Defensive Player of the Week both for the first time in his career, earned a spot on Pro Football Focus National Team of the Week and was also Cal's Co-Defensive Player of the Week after a career-high pair of interceptions against Colorado that he ran back 59 yards including a 35-yard touchdown for his first career pick six while adding three tackles, a critical pass breakup on Colorado's final offensive play and four kick returns for 82 yards to total a season-high 141 all-purpose yards
• Also served as a team game captain against Colorado
• Had seven tackles as well as a career-high-tying fumble recovery and a career-high-tying one pass breakup at Arizona
• Had seven tackles, a career-high 1.0 tackle for loss (career-high -4 yards) and a career-high-tying one pass breakup while adding two kick returns for 76 yards including a 55-yarder that was the second longest of his career against Washington
• Had six tackles against UCLA and Stanford, adding one kick return for 19 yards against the Cardinal
• Registered five tackles and three kick returns for 63 yards at BYU
• Had five tackles and one kick return for 32 yards at Washington State
• Had four tackles and one kick return for 22 yards at Oregon State
• Had four tackles and a career-high-tying one pass breakup while adding four kick returns for 90 yards at USC
• Had four tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-0 yards), one interception and a career-high-tying one pass breakup while adding one kick return for 21 yards vs. North Carolina
• Had two tackles and one interception as well as two kick returns for 110 yards including his career-long 89-yarder for a touchdown against Idaho State to earn Cal's Special Teams Player of the Week honors
• Had two tackles against TCU in the Cheez-It Bowl
• Had one tackle and season highs of five kick returns and 114 kick return yards vs. Oregon
• On the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse given annually to the most versatile player in college football
• Fourth-team preseason All-Pac-12 according to Phil Steele
• Recorded one tackle in the spring game
• Saw significantly more practice action in the spring than in previous years despite continuing to participate for the Cal men's track and field team

Sophomore (2017)
• Awarded with Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award given to the squad's Most Valuable Special Teams Player for the second consecutive season
• Played in all 12 games including starts at safety in each of the final six contests and was also the team's primary kick returner
• Finished with 33 tackles and one interception that he returned 31 yards
• Co-led the nation in kick returns (39) while ranking ninth in kick return yards (826) and 14th in combined kick return yards (826), with both the kick return and combined kick return yards second in the Pac-12
• Third on the team with a career season high 857 all-purpose yards
• Had six tackles, the first interception of his career that he returned 31 yards and three kick returns for 83 yards vs. Arizona
• Also recorded five tackles vs. Washington State and at Colorado, four at Washington and Stanford, three vs. Oregon State, two at Oregon and UCLA, and one at North Carolina and vs. USC
• Had career highs and team season highs of seven kick returns and 168 kick return yards at Oregon with other kick return numbers coming against USC (4-112), vs. Oregon State (5-91), vs. Ole Miss (4-77), at Washington (4-67), at UCLA (3-55), vs. Weber State (3-53), at Colorado (2-51), vs. Washington State (2-36) and at North Carolina (2-33)
• Had at least one kick return in 11 of 12 contests with the lone exception at Stanford
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Saw limited action in spring ball and did not participate in the spring game due to his track and field responsibilities

Freshman (2016)
• Played in all 12 games and started the team's final three contests at cornerback
• Awarded with Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award given to the squad's Most Valuable Special Teams Player
• Took a team-high 212 special teams snaps including a career-high 28 vs. Washington that were the most by a Cal player during the campaign
• Finished the season with 25 tackles, three pass breakups (career-high-tying one each vs. Hawai'i, at Washington State, vs. Stanford), and one forced fumble that came at San Diego State
• Recorded a career-high-tying eight tackles vs. Washington in the contest prior to his first start and added five more stops at Washington State in his first start
• Also had four stops vs. Stanford, two vs. Texas, Utah and UCLA, and one at San Diego State and USC
• Saw limited action during spring practices while he was participating with the Cal men’s track and field team and did not play in the spring game
Freshman (2015)
• Did not play
• Played in the spring game but did not record any statistics other than participation
• Joined the team after a walk-on tryout in the spring
Freshman (2014)
• A Cal student and track and field athlete but not a member of the football program
Cal Track And Field (2015-18)
• A member of the Cal track and field program for four seasons beginning with his arrival at Cal in the spring of 2015
• A second-team All-American as a 2018 senior when he qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time and finished 14th in the 110-meter hurdles (13.87)
• Won the 110-meter hurdles on 14 occasions during his Cal career with seven of those a 2017 junior including his signature victory at the Pac-12 Championships in a personal best time of 13.50 that ranks as the third best mark in the event in school history
• Highlighted his final college indoor season as a senior by sweeping winning the 60 meter hurdles (7.75) at the MPSF Indoor Track And Field Championships after having one the event two weeks earlier at the Husky Classic
• Earned NCAA Indoor All-American honors and was the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champion in the 60-meter hurdles as a 2017 junior while also winning the event
• Advanced to the NCAA West Regional but missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships as a junior
• Earned second-team All-American honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as a 2016 sophomore
• Just missed qualifying for the 110-meter hurdles finals at the NCAA Championships by .02 seconds as a sophomore and fniished ninth
• Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships in his sophomore campaign
• Picked up a pair of wins (110-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay) at the Big Meet as a sophomore while he was also a winner in the 100 meter hurdles at the Sacramento State Invitational and Cal Opener
• Made his outdoor collegiate debut as a freshman at the California Outdoor Opener in four events (110-meter hurdles, 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay), winning the 110-meter hurdles (14.45) and also setting a season-best mark in both the 100 (11.04) and 200 (22.48) meters
• Made his indoor collegiate debut as a 2015 freshman at the New Mexico Team Challenge in the 200 meters, clocking in a time of 22.80 and the 60 meter hurdles with a mark of 8.43
• Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Big Meet at Stanford (14.32) as a freshman and helped lead the 4x100-meter team to victory (41.45), while adding 110-meter hurdle wins at Cal's tri-meet against Michigan and Virginia as well as the Sacramento State Hornet Invitational and Cal Opener
• Won the 60-meter hurdles indoor title at the MPSF Championships in both his freshman and sophomore campaigns
• Recorded a season-best time of 13.89 in the 110 meter hurdles at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin as a freshman
Santa Cruz HS (Class of 2014)
• On the track and field team and was the Central Coast Section 110-meter high hurdles champion as a 2014 senior while placing fifth at the California state meet in both the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter hurdles
Other
• Born October 10, 1996
• Son of Sean Davis and Christine Cohen
• Double major is legal studies and social welfare
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3d - Jaylon Johnson, CB, Utah

Jaylon Johnson NFL
Scouting Report: Jaylon Johnson
School: Utah Position: Cornerback Class: Junior Height: 6’0″ Weight: 190 Projected Draft Round: 3-5

Scouting Report:
A true potential shutdown corner, that has the combination of physical and mental make up that allows him to be extremely aggressive in coverage. A leader on and off the field, and also is a student of the game and an excellent student in the classroom. Possessing ideal size and speed, he followed up an injury plagued freshman season with a stellar sophomore campaign. Can cover all over the field and isn’t a liability against either big tight ends, or small, shifty running backs. Is productive in all aspects of coverage, leading the league in INT’s, but also a productive tackler. Has proven himself against NFL caliber receivers and never looks he is being bested.



4'th - Lamical Perine, RB, Florida

Lamical Perine NFL
Scouting Report: Lamical Perine
School: Florida Position: Running Back Class: Senior Height: 5’11” Weight: 227 Projected Draft Round: 2-4

Scouting Report:
A well rounded running back prospect that hasn’t had too much mileage on his legs, as he has shared the backfield for a considerable part of his college career. A prototypical blend of speed and power, that displays exceptional balance when running, which allows him to maximize his power when making contact. A solid pass protector, that is willing and able to take on defenders in the passing game. Soft hands, but hasn’t been used much as a receiver, but when he has, has looked very natural. Good vision, and is patient.



5'th Round Pick - Cesar Ruiz, C, Michigan
Cesar Ruiz NFL

Scouting Report: Cesar Ruiz

School: Michigan Position: Center Class: Junior Height: 6’4″ Weight: 319 Projected Draft Round: 3-5

Scouting Report:
A truly versatile interior lineman that can play either guard position and center. Has the longer arm length, height and frame that NFL teams are now looking for at center, especially as more and more shotgun is used. Most teams are looking for centers that don’t always need help to double team an elite defensive tackle, and that can be used as a driving force in the run game. A smart player that can move seamlessly to either guard spot, will get an early look in the draft.



6'th Round Pick - WR - DENZEL MIMS
Denzel Mims 2019



  • POSITION Wide Receiver
  • HEIGHT 6-3
  • WEIGHT 215
  • CLASS Senior
  • HOMETOWN Daingerfield, Texas
  • HIGHSCHOOL Daingerfield HS

Biography
One of the top returning receivers in the Big 12 Conference ... ranks 13th on Baylor’s career receiving yards list (1,905) ... Ranks 15th in Baylor history with 120 career receptions ... Ranks 10th in BU history with 16 receiving touchdowns in his career ... six career 100-yard receiving games ... Preseason All-Big 12 second team (Athlon, Phil Steele) ... DCTF All-Texas College first team ... 2019 Preseason Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
2018 (Junior): Appeared in 12 games on the season, starting 10 of them ... Finished the regular season ranked 13th in the conference with 66.2 yards per game, 12th with 4.6 receptions per game ... Had 794 yards receiving on 55 receptions for a team-leading 8 touchdowns ... Hauled in 6 receptions for 95 yards, third-most on the year in the Texas Bowl vs. Vanderbilt (12/27/18)Had a 2-TD performance on 5 receptions for 65 yards vs. Texas Tech (11/24), becoming the first Baylor player to have a 2 TD performance since he did so vs. Oklahoma in 2017 ... Had 1 reception for 27 yards vs. TCU (11/17) ... Tied for the team lead with 5 receptions at Iowa State (11/10), good for 43 yards, also had 1 receiving TD ... Only catch of the day vs. OSU (11/3) was the eventual game-winning TD reception, a 6 yd reception on third down with 7 seconds left in the 4th quarter Finished with 2 receptions for 29 yards at West Virginia (10/25) ... Had 3 receptions for 80 yards and 1 TD with a long of 45 yards at Texas (10/13) ... Hauled in 8 passes for 90 yards with 1 TD vs. K-State (10/6) ... Had his second 100+ yard receiving performance of the season and seventh of his career at Oklahoma (9/29), finishing with a team-high 114 yards on 11 receptions with 1 TD ... Had 2 receptions for 32 yards with a long of 19 vs. Kansas (9/22) ... Opened 2018 with three catches for 80 yards vs. ACU (9/1) ... Had his first 100-yard receiving performance of the season at UTSA (9/8), finishing with 1 TD (first of the season) on 8 receptions for 133 yards ... Now has six 100-yard receiving performances, ranking 11th-best in program history ... One of three returning 1,000-yard receivers in the Big 12 (Gary Jennings, West Virginia; Marquise Brown, Oklahoma) .... 2018 first team preseason All-Big 12 (Media, Athlon, Phil Steele, Lindy’s) ... 2018 first team preseason All-Texas (Dave Campbell’s Texas Football) ... 2018 Biletnikoff Preseason Watch List.
2017 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games with 11 starts ... second-team All-Big 12 (Athlon Sports) ... second-team All-Big 12 (coaches) ... second-team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)... Totaled career highs of 61 catches for 1,087 yards and eight TDs on season ... 2017 Biletnikoff Award Watch List mid-season addition ... One of 15 Power 5 WRs with over 1,000 yards in 2017 ... Ranked 13th in FBS and third in Big 12 in receiving yards (1,087), 14th and third in receiving yards per game (90.6), 32nd and ninth in yards per catch (17.82) and 34th and sixth in receiving TDs (8) ... Ranked seventh in FBS in catches of 70 or more yards (2), 11th in 10 or more (42), 12th in 20 or more (18) and 40 or more (7), 17th in 60 or more (2), 20th in 30 or more (9) and 23rd in 50 or more (3) ... Had at least two catches in every game of season ... Ranked eighth on Baylor’s single season receiving yards list (1,087) ... Became 10th receiver in school history with 1,000-plus yards in a season ... Became Baylor’s 35th receiver to reach 1,000-plus career receiving yards ... With eight season receiving TDs, ranked tied for 10th on Baylor’s single-season list ... Had at least one TD catch in each of the first five games this season (KD Cannon had one or more in each of the first three games in 2016 and Corey Coleman had one or more in the first eight games in 2015) ... Started at No. 10 TCU, posted two catches for 26 yards ... Started vs. Iowa State, had four catches for 60 yards ... Started vs. Texas Tech, had career-high 12 catches for 152 yards and one TD for fifth 100-yard effort of season and career and second straight ... Started at Kansas, had five catches for 122 yards for fourth 100-yard game of season and career ... Had four catches for 42 yards vs. Texas ... Started vs. No. 23 West Virginia, posted seven catches for 132 yards for third 100-yard receiving game of season/career and third in last four games ... Started at No. 14 Oklahoma State, had two catches for 20 yards and one rush for negative six yards ... Started at Kansas State, notched second straight 100-yard game with seven catches for 127 yards, including 70-yard TD ... Started vs. No. 3 Oklahoma, posted first career 100-yard receiving game with career highs in yards (192), catches (11) and TDs (3) to earn honorable mention on Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week list for Week 4 ... First BU WR with three TDs in game since Corey Coleman had three vs. West Virginia on Oct. 17, 2015 ... Had 37th double-digit reception game in program history ... 92 receiving yards were 12th most in game in program history ... Started at Duke, had two catches for 67 yards, including 44-yard TD ... Started vs. UTSA, posted career-high-tying three catches for 62 yards with 20-yard TD grab ... Started vs. Liberty, had career-high 85 receiving yards on two catches, including first career TD on career-long, 45-yard grab.
2016 (Freshman): Played in 11 of 13 games in 2016 ... Recorded four receptions for 24 yards on the year ... First collegiate action in win over Northwestern State ... Made first career start against SMU and tallied three catches for 14 yards ... Had one catch for 10 yards at Rice ... Posted one kickoff return for 18 yards vs. Boise State.
High School: National top 300 recruit and three-sport star from Daingerfield (Texas) High School ... Versatile, all-state receiver and state-champion sprinter, played football under head coach Aric Sardinea at DHS ... Ranked No. 287 national recruit on ESPN300 and No. 330 by 247Sports ... National position ranking among wide receivers: 49th by ESPN, 57th by 247Sports, 78th by Rivals ... Rankings among Texas prospects: No. 45 by 247Sports, No. 49 by ESPN, No. 62 by Rivals, No. 79 on Lone Star 100, Waco Tribune-Herald Texas Top 100 ... Two-way player at both receiver and safety ... Named 2015 honorable mention Class 3A All-State and 2015 District 7-3A MVP as senior ... Totaled 721 yards and 10 touchdowns on 31 receptions, added 256 yards and five TDs on 24 rushes ... Selected two-way 2014 first-team All-District 7-3A, at both receiver and safety ... Credited with 682 yards and six TDs on 39 catches, also made 24 tackles, four interceptions and two TDs on defense ... Helped Daingerfield to 10-4 record and regional semis as sophomore in 2013, totaled 222 yards and three TDs on 19 receptions ... Named 2013 second-team All-District 8-2A as receiver ... Two-time all-district honoree in basketball (2015 District 16-3A MVP as junior, 2014 All-District 16-2A second team) ... Excelled at track, 2015 Class 3A 200-meter state champion with time of 21.30 seconds.
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7'th Rd. - Colby Parkinson, TE, Stanford


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Scouting Report: Colby Parkinson
School: Stanford Position: Tight End Class: Junior Height: 6’7″ Weight: 240 Projected Draft Round: 3-6

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A massive target that is able to feast on mismatches with defenders in the open field. A highly productive TD machine, Parkinson’s huge catch radius, specifically his height, allows him to be a redzone nightmare for defenses. With three major pieces moving on to the next level, but the QB staying for another year, should be given all of the opportunities needed to propel him toward the top of the tight end class. Run blocking and pass blocking will greatly affect his draft stock, as the elite TE’s will separate themselves by having well rounded games.
 

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Interesting mock. I don't think the trades are realistic (I also think we already traded our 2021 5th). Basham is returning to school (well, that's what he says right now). I think the 4th round is rich for Perine. Yes, he's well rounded, but he's also a pretty average athlete. I think he has a lot in common with Malcolm Brown, personally. It also seems like Ruiz is expected to go higher, but it's hard to say at this point in time.
 

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Interesting mock. I don't think the trades are realistic (I also think we already traded our 2021 5th). Basham is returning to school (well, that's what he says right now). I think the 4th round is rich for Perine. Yes, he's well rounded, but he's also a pretty average athlete. I think he has a lot in common with Malcolm Brown, personally. It also seems like Ruiz is expected to go higher, but it's hard to say at this point in time.

Thanks for the comments.
Trades are the toughest part of any mock imo, but when you have a GM like Snead around, when you have a limited number of draft picks and are closing in on a CAP wall, and after a fairly good team underperforms, ... sometimes what's needed is a shake up of sorts.

As far as trade realism is concerned, sure, it's only real within my own thought process for a direction I may like to pursue, but I don't find any of the three trades silly or unworkable, although improbable seems likely as are most mock trades. I wouldn't trade Everett for anything less than a 3'rd round draft pick as he probably brings that much as a compensation pick if allowed to walk away as a free agent following the 2020 season anyway. With Havenstein, I stipulated he and a 2021 5'th to move up for a 2020 3'rd, but being without a 2021 5'th available, I could up the ante somewhat to Havenstein & a 2021 4'th ... for a 2020 3'rd and a 2021 5'th. The bad thing with Hav is he regressed this year, the good thing is that he is young and has plenty of good film on him, and he has a couple years remaining on his contract. Trading Havenstein also frees up a good deal of 2021 CAP in a year where we will be trying to extend Ramsey, Kupp, JJ3, and possibly even Everett. Of course, the Rams must believe they have a viable replacement at RT for this to work out, but if Whitworth returns, Noteboom, Evans, Edwards, Brewer & a new draft pick may all be in contention. As for Robey-Coleman, I don't believe a 5'th round pick to be unreasonable, but I could accept a 6'th just to free up his $4.5mil in CAP if I had to. I would also have no problem with player for player trades for any of them so long as we get equal value for a player at a position of need, i'm more than flexible on this, and Snead does have a way of making the improbable possible.

I like Perrine here, although i'd prefer B.C.'s AJ Dillon, i'm just unsure whether he is reachable with our 4'th.

jmo.
 

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Interesting but I disagree with most of your personnel moves (Fowler should be a higher priority than Littleton IMO).

Overall two issues bug me:

First, we have the best pass rush in the NFL right now and you want to break that up

Second, you have solved nothing on the OL - adding some mid-round talent on the OL might be the route we go, but if so, we will need to assume that we will be fielding a below average OL, again - why make all the trades and not fix this issue?
 

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Interesting but I disagree with most of your personnel moves (Fowler should be a higher priority than Littleton IMO).

Overall two issues bug me:

First, we have the best pass rush in the NFL right now and you want to break that up

Second, you have solved nothing on the OL - adding some mid-round talent on the OL might be the route we go, but if so, we will need to assume that we will be fielding a below average OL, again - why make all the trades and not fix this issue?

I think most of our board members would disagree with you on the Fowler/Littleton issue for who would take precedence if only one of them can be retained. While I definitely like Fowler, I also like our Edge depth and believe he is replaceable. Fowler, like any future Edge OLB, has had the benefit of playing alongside Donald, and Fowler has built his statistics largely on the back of lesser teams. When it comes to making the pass rush even better, apparently you missed my first draft pick, a 5T Edge DE who gets after the QB. Brockers offers nothing in this regard. Nothing is being broken up other than Fowler, and we have guys like Obo, Polite, Carraway, Durham and the newly acquired Jeff Holland to compete for those snaps. And Ebukam & Matthews also remain. I also like our chances at a tag & trade with Fowler, although I didn't include that possible scenario in this mock.

Apparently you are choosing to spend high CAP dollars for an expensive free agent offensive lineman, otherwise i'm not sure what you have in mind for the OL, but I have used the second pick of our draft to increase OT depth. The Rams have acquired a lot of bodies to compete for the various positions, rookies Evans, Edwards & Brewer have shown good progress in their early development, same goes with 2'nd year man Austin Corbett, I feel next season we receive the benefits of their development. I've increased our competition at Center allowing for an open competition between Corbett, Trewyn, Shelton, Allen, Kolone & a newly drafted player.

At the moment my 2020 mock depth chart for the OL looks something like this 9 :

LT) Whitworth, Niang, Brewer, Noteboom
LG) Edwards, Corbett, Trewyn
C) Corbett, Trewyn
RG) Brewer, Trewyn, Edwards, Evans
RT) Noteboom, Evans, Brewer
 

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I think most of our board members would disagree with you on the Fowler/Littleton issue for who would take precedence if only one of them can be retained. While I definitely like Fowler, I also like our Edge depth and believe he is replaceable. Fowler, like any future Edge OLB, has had the benefit of playing alongside Donald, and Fowler has built his statistics largely on the back of lesser teams. When it comes to making the pass rush even better, apparently you missed my first draft pick, a 5T Edge DE who gets after the QB. Brockers offers nothing in this regard. Nothing is being broken up other than Fowler, and we have guys like Obo, Polite, Carraway, Durham and the newly acquired Jeff Holland to compete for those snaps. And Ebukam & Matthews also remain. I also like our chances at a tag & trade with Fowler, although I didn't include that possible scenario in this mock.

Apparently you are choosing to spend high CAP dollars for an expensive free agent offensive lineman, otherwise i'm not sure what you have in mind for the OL, but I have used the second pick of our draft to increase OT depth. The Rams have acquired a lot of bodies to compete for the various positions, rookies Evans, Edwards & Brewer have shown good progress in their early development, same goes with 2'nd year man Austin Corbett, I feel next season we receive the benefits of their development. I've increased our competition at Center allowing for an open competition between Corbett, Trewyn, Shelton, Allen, Kolone & a newly drafted player.

At the moment my 2020 mock depth chart for the OL looks something like this 9 :

LT) Whitworth, Niang, Brewer, Noteboom
LG) Edwards, Corbett, Trewyn
C) Corbett, Trewyn
RG) Brewer, Trewyn, Edwards, Evans
RT) Noteboom, Evans, Brewer


I would not be surprised for most of the board members to disagree with me on Fowler/Littleton - it seems few are very realistic about the actual value of Rams players.

We saw our OLB last year with Donald at his best, and even Suh on the interior - the production we received from them was almost nonexistent, and hence why we made the trade for Fowler. Littleton is more replaceable than Fowler - I like Littleton a lot, but he and Fowler are probably about the same in terms of ability - the difference is in their price tag for me. I'd prefer to pay Littleton $8 million a year and let Fowler go - but if the difference is paying Littleton $13 million and Fowler $15 million, I take Fowler all day because of his ability to rush the passer. Plus, like I said above, we have the best pass rush in the NFL right now - I don't want to break that up unless we have to. So I believe your assessment about any OLB being successful here is incorrect, and we have the first half of last season to back that up. Having said all that, my overall preference is to retain everyone on defense and run it back next year, hoping for some improvements on the OL.

As for the offensive line - I'm not necessarily saying that we need to make a big free agent splash, but I don't think it makes sense to make us weaker at TE, CB and OL (Hav had a down year, but he can still be a solid starter to trading him makes this unit weaker) and only replacing these guys with rookies. You cannot expect rookies to make that much of an impact. So the only reason I would trade NRC and Hav for draft picks is to open up the cap space to add some veteran talent, hopefully on the OL. I did not see that in this mock. Your depth chart for the OL is terrifying - I'm comfortable with Edwards, Evans, Corbett, Noteboom and Allen all ascending - but we have to acknowledge that Whitworth has been average this year and will likely get worse, which means what you have us doing is fielding virtually the same caliber offensive line. Again, I could live with that, but it's a gamble and you also made us weaker at TE and CB too and I don't see the logic in that.
 

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I like Perrine here, although i'd prefer B.C.'s AJ Dillon, i'm just unsure whether he is reachable with our 4'th.

jmo.

I don't like Perine because of his name, that's right, didn't like Pead because of his name and I don't like Perine's brother and I don't like Lamichael either, however, I do like Austin Peay State University FWIW.
 

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I would not be surprised for most of the board members to disagree with me on Fowler/Littleton - it seems few are very realistic about the actual value of Rams players.

We saw our OLB last year with Donald at his best, and even Suh on the interior - the production we received from them was almost nonexistent, and hence why we made the trade for Fowler. Littleton is more replaceable than Fowler - I like Littleton a lot, but he and Fowler are probably about the same in terms of ability - the difference is in their price tag for me. I'd prefer to pay Littleton $8 million a year and let Fowler go - but if the difference is paying Littleton $13 million and Fowler $15 million, I take Fowler all day because of his ability to rush the passer. Plus, like I said above, we have the best pass rush in the NFL right now - I don't want to break that up unless we have to. So I believe your assessment about any OLB being successful here is incorrect, and we have the first half of last season to back that up. Having said all that, my overall preference is to retain everyone on defense and run it back next year, hoping for some improvements on the OL.

As for the offensive line - I'm not necessarily saying that we need to make a big free agent splash, but I don't think it makes sense to make us weaker at TE, CB and OL (Hav had a down year, but he can still be a solid starter to trading him makes this unit weaker) and only replacing these guys with rookies. You cannot expect rookies to make that much of an impact. So the only reason I would trade NRC and Hav for draft picks is to open up the cap space to add some veteran talent, hopefully on the OL. I did not see that in this mock. Your depth chart for the OL is terrifying - I'm comfortable with Edwards, Evans, Corbett, Noteboom and Allen all ascending - but we have to acknowledge that Whitworth has been average this year and will likely get worse, which means what you have us doing is fielding virtually the same caliber offensive line. Again, I could live with that, but it's a gamble and you also made us weaker at TE and CB too and I don't see the logic in that.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

The only position likely weakened in 2020 would be at TE with the trade of Everett. I only do this because Higbee has taken a dramatic step forward and our WR corp is one of the best in the league. CB gets better imo as we've drafted Jaylon Johnson and have quality depth moving up in the slot. The OL can't help but improve as our many rookies as well as those new players who weren't around at last years camp will likely see increased development and strength growth. As for Whitworth declining, we'd have a new 3'rd rd. draftee, Noteboom or Brewer available to step in if it became absolutely necessary.
You say we aren't doing anything in the free agent market to make up for those trade losses, but I present you with our new ability to retain Littleton as we've freed up CAP space.

If you want to use previous years to defend retaining Fowler, that's fine, but consider also that Barwin was on his last legs and Quinn was a descending player for us at the time, we had no-where near the depth at OLB like we do today.
 
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I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

The only position likely weakened in 2020 would be at TE with the trade of Everett. I only do this because Higbee has taken a dramatic step forward and our WR corp is one of the best in the league. CB gets better imo as we've drafted Jaylon Johnson and have quality depth moving up in the slot. The OL can't help but improve as our many rookies as well as those new players who weren't around at last years camp will likely see increased development and strength growth. As for Whitworth declining, we'd have a new 3'rd rd. draftee, Noteboom or Brewer available to step in if it became absolutely necessary.
You say we aren't doing anything in the free agent market to make up for those trade losses, but I present you with our new ability to retain Littleton as we've freed up CAP space.

If you want to use previous years to defend retaining Fowler, that's fine, but consider also that Barwin was on his last legs and Quinn was a descending player for us at the time, we had no-where near the depth at OLB like we do today.


I think you are severely underrating Nickel Robey-Coleman. He's one of the better slot CBs in the NFL. Ask the Bears how easy it is to replace those guys.

You're also weirdly throwing Havenstein out the window because of one bad season. Guess we should ship Goff out too? His performance was equally bad to Havenstein relative to their positions.

We didn't have Quinn or Barwin last season before the Fowler trade. We had Ebukam and some unproven guys - which is sort of what you're proposing to go back to. I suppose you do have us keeping Matthews, so there's that.

I shouldn't be so combative - I appreciate reading the work you put into it. I just think sometimes fans rely on rookies too much when thinking about the draft.
 

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I think you are severely underrating Nickel Robey-Coleman. He's one of the better slot CBs in the NFL. Ask the Bears how easy it is to replace those guys.

You're also weirdly throwing Havenstein out the window because of one bad season. Guess we should ship Goff out too? His performance was equally bad to Havenstein relative to their positions.

We didn't have Quinn or Barwin last season before the Fowler trade. We had Ebukam and some unproven guys - which is sort of what you're proposing to go back to. I suppose you do have us keeping Matthews, so there's that.

I shouldn't be so combative - I appreciate reading the work you put into it. I just think sometimes fans rely on rookies too much when thinking about the draft.

Fowler replaced Longacre during 2018. Quinn, Barwin & Longacre were the guys in 2017.
I'm not so much under-rating Robey-Coleman as much as appreciating where his CAP could be utilized elsewhere. Robey-Coleman is a good CB, but i'm not going to over-value him either when I like our depth at the position.
Like Robey-Coleman, Havenstein offers CAP relief, more so in 2021 when we are trying to extend Ramsey, Kupp, JJ3 & Everett if he's still around. And like R-C, Hav has depth behind him which makes his future more fluid. Havenstein is the only remaining pre-McVay/Kromer offensive lineman left, they may not be feeling the same loyalty as you.
I want McVay to shake things up for 2020, this mock does that imo.
 

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Jaylon Johnson - yes!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see you have Marquise Copeland in the mix
Honest question: Given the scouting profile above, why would he be available in the third? It says ideal height/length, true shutdown corner, and process against NFL caliber talent. Doesn't sound like that late if a pick to me, but I know nothing so I'm willing to be wrong.
 

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Honest question: Given the scouting profile above, why would he be available in the third? It says ideal height/length, true shutdown corner, and process against NFL caliber talent. Doesn't sound like that late if a pick to me, but I know nothing so I'm willing to be wrong.

Keep in mind that many of these draft projections were made over a month ago while the college season was still underway. There are going to be players who rise and fall as more information and tape is looked at, and soon enough the Senior Bowl Game, the East-West Shrine Game, etc. will do the same, then the Combine will offer more opinions & conclusions.
One player at the top of this mock is likely to remain in school for another year, another 4 or 5 in this mock have more recently moved up the charts while a couple others may have dropped some.

Now that our new OC & DC have been announced, I suspect i'll offer a new draft/free agency mock season within the next week or two.
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don't know much about drafts but I like the size of these picks. i'm just tired of drafting little players who are athletic then expecting them to take on bigger players who are athletic as well
 

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I think Ruiz will 100% be a target on the Rams' board and in fact someone they might maneuver to get. Reason I say that is our line struggled with reach blocks on the interior and this dude is a natural on his film doing just that. And he can start for us at guard.

Advantage of Ruiz vs some others like Biadasz for example is that he's more likely to be within our striking range. I think he's a solid round 3 guy but we'll see long way to go.