High total prospects, Nos. 90-86


Main as much as the 2021 NFL draft, which begins April 29, Yahoo Sports activities will rely down our high 100 total prospects. We’ll rely them down in teams of 5 for Nos. 100-51, adopted by extra in-depth studies on our high 50 gamers, with assist from our scouting assistant, Liam Blutman. We reserve the best to make adjustments to gamers’ grades and evaluations based mostly on damage updates, pro-day exercises or late-arriving info from NFL groups.

Earlier prospect rankings: Nos. 100-96 | 95-91

Here are how we use our prospect grades for the 2021 NFL draft. (Albert Corona/Yahoo Sports)

Listed below are how we use our prospect grades for the 2021 NFL draft. (Albert Corona/Yahoo Sports activities)

90. Cincinnati OT James Hudson III

6-foot-4, 302 kilos

Yahoo Sports activities draft grade: 5.74 — potential starter

TL;DR scouting report: Athletically gifted, developmental left sort out who continues to be a number of years away from hitting his peak after change from protection

Video games watched: Boston Faculty (2019), Memphis (2020), Houston (2020), Georgia (2020)

The thin: A 4-star Rivals recruit (No. 240 nationally), Hudson drew consideration from a number of main applications, together with Alabama, regardless of probably not blossoming as a participant till his junior season. However when his dream faculty of Ohio State didn’t present curiosity within the two-way standout (defensive sort out and left sort out), Hudson dedicated to the Buckeyes’ rival, Michigan. After redshirting as a defensive sort out in 2017, he noticed restricted motion (31 snaps) as a reserve proper sort out in three video games through the 2018 season. Hudson then transferred to Cincinnati and — after the NCAA initially denied his hardship waiver — sat out the common season earlier than making his Bearcats debut because the beginning left sort out within the bowl sport towards Boston Faculty. In 2020, Hudson began each sport at left sort out, earned all-conference first-team point out and was invited to the Senior Bowl as a redshirt junior.

Upside: Terrific athletic traits and motion expertise. Gentle on his ft with late response expertise to chop off rushers and short-circuit line twists and stunts. Strikes such as you’d count on from a transformed defensive lineman, with good bend and suppleness. Will get low and will get beneath defenders.

Large palms (11 inches) with excellent grip energy. Can dominate when he will get his palms inside and instances his punch properly. Will stun opponents together with his preliminary blow.

Performs with an edge — seeks to bury individuals. Performs via the whistle and gained’t again down from a rock battle. Seems to take pleasure in testing the toughness of his opponents. Aggressive demeanor is considered one of his hallmarks and an amazing mixture together with his athletic template. Defensive mentality.

Performed shockingly properly in 2020 as first-time starter — zero sacks allowed. With some parts of his sport, it regarded like he’d been lining up at left sort out for a number of seasons. Went from off of scouts’ radars to very a lot on it in a rush.

Strong Senior Bowl week. Dealt with one-on-one pass-rush drills properly and appeared to choose issues up rapidly.

Draw back: Challenge — uncooked, one-year starter. Solely 719 snaps in his school profession. Rawness exhibits out at instances with approach and stability points.

Flagged for seven penalties in 2020, together with a focusing on foul within the first half of the bowl sport towards Georgia that primarily ended his school profession. Flagged for foolish fouls, reminiscent of an unsportsmanlike penalty on an additional level (SMU) and a number of false begins final season. Carries that defensive mentality too far — might stand to reel in his depth and feelings at instances.

Restricted size and bulk. Satisfactory wingspan (82 1/8 inches) and arm size (33 inches) and could possibly be a left guard candidate for some groups.

Actually struggles towards energy and loses leverage battle when he leans or doesn’t land his preliminary punch squarely. Will flip his physique an excessive amount of and get his ft out of place. Exposes his chest and offers defenders a free goal.

Additionally struggled with the velocity of Georgia’s first-round prospect, Azeez Ojulari, within the first half earlier than being ejected. Footwork (particularly his kick slide) wants refinement and reps. Is usually a little frenetic in his method. Will bear hug defenders, which might result in straightforward flags.

Finest-suited vacation spot: Hudson is a sophisticated analysis due to his inexperience and rawness, however his high-end traits are clearly attractive. We’d prefer to see him find yourself in a zone-blocking system and be groomed as a left sort out, maybe for a crew such because the Seahawks, Eagles or Rams (who’ve getting older left tackles). But when Hudson is allowed to start out early on in his NFL profession, there could possibly be some rising pains. With persistence, he may find yourself a very intriguing participant.

Do you know: Hudson’s switch from Michigan was not a reasonably affair. He and the household had some uncomfortable conferences with Jim Harbaugh and members of the Wolverines’ teaching employees, and Hudson later got here public with mental-health considerations, citing despair. The standoff primarily boiled all the way down to each side suggesting the opposite one wasn’t telling the entire fact about Hudson’s state of affairs previous to his leaving.

Participant comp: If he pans out, maybe Hudson turns into a La’el Collins-like lineman. If not, maybe he’ll be extra on the Cedric Ogbuehi or Yodny Cajuste monitor.

Anticipated draft vary: A top-50 touchdown spot wouldn’t be gorgeous in any respect, but when not he seemingly gained’t get out of Day 2.

89. UCLA WR-RB Demetric Felton

5-foot-9, 189 kilos

Yahoo Sports activities draft grade: 5.74 — potential starter

TL;DR scouting report: Shifty, fast, undersized again with receiving and return means who could possibly be used as a hybrid, do-it-all weapon

Video games watched: USC (2019), Cal (2020), Arizona (2020), Arizona State (2020)

The thin: A 3-star Rivals recruit, Felton enrolled early at UCLA and redshirted his first season in 2016. After seeing restricted time as a receiver and runner in 2017, Felton moved almost full time to receiver in 2018 and hauled in 20 catches for 207 yards and one TD. In 2019, he lined up principally within the backfield, sharing operating duties with 2020 fourth-rounder Joshua Kelley, speeding 86 instances for 331 yards and one TD; catching 55 passes for 594 yards and 4 TDs; and averaging 26.0 yards per kickoff with one TD. As a redshirt senior, Felton primarily lined up within the backfield and totaled 668 rush yards on 132 carries with 5 TDs and caught 22 passes for 159 yards and three scores in six video games. He attended the 2021 Senior Bowl.

Upside: Dynamic athleticism — nice agility, change-of-direction expertise and physique management. Refined burst within the gap. Elusive in house and might speed up in a flash. Fast as a hiccup to make individuals miss routinely (see Arizona 2020 sport).

Flashes good stiff arm in house. Doesn’t give defenders a clear goal to hit when he has the ball. Extremely productive on a per-touch foundation behind so-so Bruins offensive line.

Added notable energy via his school profession and it confirmed. Stunning workhorse when requested to hold the load — averaged 27 touches per sport in 2020. Confirmed average enchancment in go safety over previous two years. Additionally offers good effort blocking downfield for teammates. First rate hand dimension.

Ate up DBs in one-on-one protection drills on the Senior Bowl — regarded like a man who had been taking part in slot receiver all his life. Didn’t decelerate in his breaks or present hesitancy. Has true positional versatility and will have large enchantment as both a operating again, slot receiver or a combo of the 2, together with kickoff-return ability.

Was keen to tackle no matter position that was requested of him. Coachable and tough-minded athlete. Staff-first participant.

Draw back: Small body (measured 5-foot-8 5/8 at Senior Bowl) that’s near maxed out. Middling arm size (31 3/8 inches) and wingspan (74 1/8 inches). Sturdiness questions — beforehand battled hamstring accidents. Nearly definitely gained’t be a 15- or 20-touch-per-game participant on the common within the NFL.

Not as many home-run performs in 2020 with elevated quantity — lengthy achieve of 40 yards. Ball safety is one thing to observe — had two fumbles over his ultimate 143 school carries.

A bit an excessive amount of east-west in his operating, versus north-south. Even together with his quicks and imaginative and prescient, higher as an outside-zone runner.

Reputable debate within the scouting group over the place greatest to play him. Does he have one dominant spot? Route tree may be considerably restricted — you’re not going to ask him to run nook routes or posts too usually.

No punt-return expertise to talk of. A bit older for a rookie — turns 23 in July.

Finest-suited vacation spot: Felton figures to have a job just like how the Patriots have used James White, giving him occasional carries and utilizing him as an outlet receiver who can cut up out and create house towards nickel backs, safeties and linebackers. He may by no means be an NFL workhorse, however he solely must be held again by the shortage of creativity of his offensive coordinator.

Do you know: Jedd Fisch tried (unsuccessfully) to recruit Felton to Michigan however later coached him at UCLA. Contemplating Fisch spent a yr with the Patriots final season, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Felton excessive on New England’s radar.

Participant comp: Comparable prospect to Nyheim Hines, Gio Bernard and Dion Lewis.

Anticipated draft vary: Spherical 3 or 4.

88. Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble

6-foot-4, 248 kilos

Yahoo Sports activities draft grade: 5.75 — potential starter

TL;DR scouting report: Ornery blocker with fullback/H-back/tight finish flexibility and a few receiving means value investing in

Video games watched: Iowa State (2019), Duke (2020), South Florida (2020), Clemson (2020)

The thin: A 3-star Rivals recruit from Georgia, Tremble had a slew of faculty courting him — from blue-blood applications to Ivy League colleges. He settled on the Irish and redshirted his first season in 2018. The next yr, Tremble began seven of 13 video games and ranked fourth on the crew with 16 catches for 183 yards and 4 TDs in 13 video games. His red-zone manufacturing slipped a bit in 2020 with zero TDs, however Tremble nonetheless earned All-ACC honorable point out with 19 catches for 218 yards in 12 video games.

Upside: May need been the most effective blocking tight finish in school soccer final season. Finest on the transfer within the run sport — will get to the sting and seeks to bury individuals all the way in which as much as the second degree. Scrapper who loves to combine it up towards greater gamers. Additionally efficient blocking towards smaller, faster targets. Helps spur one of many higher speeding assaults within the nation final yr.

Watch right here towards South Florida as Tremble, lined up at fullback, will get outdoors to prepared the ground for a straightforward speeding rating:

Watch here as Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble leads the way for an easy rushing score.

Watch right here as Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble leads the way in which for a straightforward speeding rating.

Stunning athletic means — fires out of his stance and exhibits some good straight-line motion ability. Would possibly run a surprisingly good 40-yard sprint time.

Fullback means — lined up within the backfield steadily the previous two seasons. Additionally lined up in-line, within the slot, out large and on the wing.

Has receiving ability that could possibly be developed. Exhibits good go off the road and will get into his breaks properly. Displayed stable physique management to regulate to off-target throws and make performs on the sideline — one more spotlight from the USF sport:

Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble has some intriguing receiving skills.

Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble has some intriguing receiving expertise.

Younger expertise with some upside — turns 21 years outdated in June. Coachable and versatile. An excellent blue-collar addition with some upside to develop.

Draw back: Inexperienced. Missed most of his senior season in highschool and performed solely two years in school.

Restricted receiving manufacturing — 35 catches in 19 profession video games. Zero TDs in 2020. Solely two profession catches 20-plus yards downfield. Misplaced taking part in time and receiving alternatives in 2020 to gifted freshman Michael Mayer.

Uneasy palms — too many drops for thus few receiving probabilities. Route operating might use some refinement, and his route tree may all the time be pared down considerably. A few of his catches should be schemed up, reminiscent of with rollouts and misdirection (Y Leak, e.g.).

Doesn’t all the time achieve a lot separation and sometimes has to make catches in tight protection. Regardless of good velocity, there’s a scarcity of shiftiness and elusiveness in his sport.

Blocking effort and effectiveness had been noble traits on school degree however might wrestle to lock horns with greater, longer defenders. Arm size seems barely sub-par.

Wasn’t requested to contribute a lot on particular groups — fewer than 25 profession snaps on these items.

Finest-suited vacation spot: Tremble figures to carve out a job as a hybrid tight finish/H-back for a crew that makes use of lots of “12” and even “13” personnel, reminiscent of Ravens, Titans, Patriots, Panthers or Vikings. If he can discover a position on particular groups, Tremble can be much more beneficial.

Do you know: Tremble’s father, Greg, performed security in school at Georgia and spent one yr within the NFL with the Eagles and Cowboys. He gained a Tremendous Bowl ring on the Cowboys’ roster within the 1995 season after they beat the Steelers in Tremendous Bowl XXX, though he was on injured reserve and didn’t play within the sport.

Participant comp: Reminiscent as a prospect of 2019 second-rounder Drew Pattern however might have Jack Doyle or Irv Smith Jr.-like potential if his receiving expertise are developed correctly.

Anticipated draft vary: Rounds 3 or 4

87. USC WR Amon-Ra St. Brown

6-foot-1, 195 kilos

Yahoo Sports activities draft grade: 5.75 — potential starter

TL;DR scouting report: Fluid route runner with excellent physique management who could possibly be a fixture as an NFL slot receiver

Video games watched: UCLA (2019), Iowa (2019), Arizona State (2020), Washington State (2020), UCLA (2020)

The thin: A 5-star Rivals prospect (No. 3 nationally), St. Brown had his decide of the litter when it got here to a faculty selection. He landed at USC and was an immediate contributor, catching a game-winning TD in his first school contest and ending his freshman yr with a team-high 60 grabs for 750 yards and three TDs in 11 video games. As a sophomore in 2019, St. Brown caught 77 passes for 1,042 yards and 6 scores, including seven rushes for 60 yards and a TD in 13 contests. In his junior season, he caught 41 passes for 478 yards and 7 scores (all in his ultimate three video games). St. Brown declared for the 2021 NFL draft as an underclassman.

Upside: Extraordinarily pure route runner — fluid, easy and assured. Makes sharp cuts look straightforward and sells routes extraordinarily properly. Sudden and lightweight ft to maintain stability all through the route and explodes out of breaks to realize separation. Quickness to make the primary man miss as a rule.

Constantly productive — five-plus catches in 16 of his ultimate 17 school video games and solely three profession video games with fewer than three catches. Terrific physique management and timing on the catch level. Nice ft alongside the sideline and might haul within the off-target throws.

Underrated competitiveness and toughness. Comes again for the soccer and works fearlessly over the center, the place safeties lurk. Will break and slip via tackles. Offers requisite effort as a blocker.

Very clever and centered. Prepares like a professional. Method is polished.

Draw back: Drops are too frequent — makes the powerful seize after which coughs up the simpler ball. Will begin operating with out the ball secured at instances. Had fumble points earlier in his profession — three as a freshman (however zero within the following two years).

Might wrestle to launch from press protection and may be greatest at residence within the slot predominantly. Not fairly as efficient on the skin as he was inside.

Lacks deep velocity to constantly take the tops off of defenses and elite explosiveness — not lots of tape of him separating downfield. Lean construct and restricted size. May not fare as properly towards bodily, longer-armed corners.

Competes exhausting however doesn’t win with physicality. Might stand so as to add some extra physique armor to lean body. Blocking effort is okay, however effectiveness is middling at greatest.

Has some return means however restricted manufacturing — had just one punt return longer than 11 yards. Solely returned two kickoffs and won’t possess a lot different special-teams worth (perhaps as a vice, which he did briefly as a freshman). Would possibly by no means be a real No. 1 receiver.

Finest-suited vacation spot: St. Brown can be an impressive third possibility and a superb WR2, lining up predominantly within the slot and infrequently getting used on returns and end-arounds.

Do you know: St. Brown is fluent in three languages — English, German and French. He’s the son of John Brown, a bodybuilder who was a two-time Mr. Universe (1981 and 1982) and three-time Mr. World; and the brother of Packers 2018 sixth-rounder Equanimeous St. Brown and Stanford receiver Osiris St. Brown.

Participant comp: A Tyler Boyd clone, and style-wise, there are even some shades of Chris Godwin to his sport. However we simply don’t assume he’ll ever attain that degree within the NFL.

Anticipated draft vary: Rounds 2 or 3

86. Vanderbilt DL Dayo Odeyingbo

6-foot-5, 279 kilos

Yahoo Sports activities draft grade: 5.76 — potential starter

TL;DR scouting report: Lengthy-levered, versatile, sturdy, sensible defensive lineman whose Achilles damage clouds his draft projection

Video games watched: Texas A&M (2020), Ole Miss (2020), Florida (2020), Missouri (2020)

The thin: A 3-star Rivals recruit, Odeyingbo — the son of Nigerian-born dad and mom — dedicated to the Commodores to play alongside his brother Dare (who hung out on the Cincinnati Bengals’ roster). As a freshman in 2017, Dayo made 20 tackles (4.5 for losses), 2.5 sacks and one interception in 12 video games. He began 10 of 12 video games in 2018, making 28 tackles (6.5 for losses), 2.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries. In 2019, Odeyingbo began 11 of 12 video games, amassing 45 tackles (12 for losses) and 1.5 sacks.

In 2020, Odeyingbo was named all-SEC second crew, with 32 tackles (8 for losses) and 5.5 sacks. He opted out of Vandy’s ultimate two video games of the season to arrange for the 2021 NFL draft. Odeyingbo had accepted an invite to the Senior Bowl however reportedly suffered a ruptured Achilles damage following the season.

Upside: Excellent size and dimension — measured at 6-foot-5 1/4 and 279 kilos by scouts final yr, together with elite arm size (35 5/8 inches) and nice hand dimension (10 inches). Glorious twitch for a person of his dimension. Will get off the ball line a go rusher 15-20 kilos lighter. Estimated by scouts to run within the 4.8-second 40-yard sprint vary previous to his damage.

Bodily and highly effective — invitations contact and normally wins drive matchups. Violent palms and a powerful base. Exhibits good hand coordination to defeat OL punches, and his work on the finer factors of DL present up in his total approach. Has some pure pass-rush ability — good preliminary strikes and might cross blockers’ faces with a pleasant first step. Performs with consciousness — retains eyes up and appears to find the ball rapidly.

Nice versatility — rushed nearly equally from in and out and flipped sides routinely. Chess piece up entrance with three-down means. Fared simply as properly on the inside as he did out on the sting. Wasn’t surrounded by a lot expertise in 2020 and in some ways was a one-man gang on protection. Confronted fairly a number of double groups.

Right here’s Odeyingbo (No. 10) burying the Ole Miss left sort out, exhibiting excellent effort on a first-and-goal play late in sport the Rebels had been profitable 41-14 on the time:

Vanderbilt DL Dayo Odeyingbo kept his motor running hot, even in blowouts such as this one against Ole Miss.

Vanderbilt DL Dayo Odeyingbo saved his motor operating scorching, even in blowouts reminiscent of this one towards Ole Miss.

Excellent effort. Saved motor revving for winless crew that misplaced six video games by three scores or extra — by no means stopped working and grinding. Had considered one of his greatest 2020 video games towards Texas A&M’s sturdy offensive line.

Good, powerful, accountable and pushed — can’t ask for a greater mixture in a possible crew captain on the subsequent degree. Made strides as a participant each season on campus.

Draw back: Achilles damage seemingly places a wholesome begin to coaching camp in critical doubt — nearly sure to start the season on the PUP (bodily unable to carry out record) and delay his rookie debut. Damage seemingly price him a complete spherical when it comes to draft standing. More likely to lose some lower-body energy, mass and stamina whereas rehabbing.

Restricted manufacturing — 26.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks, one pressured fumble and two recoveries in 41 profession video games. Not prone to be an enormous sack producer on the NFL degree. Not a clear tackler — lets some ball carriers get via his grasp. Should be taught to wrap up higher.

Some groups may need him to bulk up and play extra inside, whereas others may favor him to shed only a few kilos and keep on the sting. Has a little bit of a tweener body. Nearly by no means requested to drop into protection, not even briefly zones.

Nonetheless engaged on his stability and footwork. Has some clunkiness to his sport and has some awkward reps on tape. Can get stymied if his preliminary rush transfer is stunted. Pad degree tends to rise the longer video games go on.

Might use a redshirt season to refine a few of his approach, even when he’s labored exhausting at it.

Finest-suited vacation spot: Together with his damage clouding his 12 months 1 projection, no matter crew drafts Odeyingbo should perceive that his rookie season largely could possibly be a wash. We imagine he profiles greatest as a base finish in a 4-3 entrance or as a 5-technique finish in a 3-4 system, however including weight or slimming down might change that. In time, nonetheless, we view Odeyingbo as a beneficial DL piece able to filling quite a lot of roles.

Do you know: Odeyingbo is one thing of a beast within the kitchen, too. He likes to cook dinner — particularly for his teammates. “My go-to meal can be a fast Hibachi,” he instructed the varsity’s web site final season. “Straightforward meal. I grew up cooking with my mother, and it’s one thing I like to do.”

Participant comp: Just like 2018 fourth-rounder Jalyn Holmes or 2019 fifth-rounder Charles Omenihu.

Anticipated draft vary: Spherical 4

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