WR JORDAN MOORE
Team captain and MVP in 2024 … Three-time Academic All-ACC …Tied for fifth in Duke history in career touchdown receptions, seventh in catches, … 10th in receiving yards … One of four Duke players to have three seasons with at least five receiving TDs … In 49 career games (35 starts), racked up 177 catches for 2,352 yards, 13.2 yards per catch, 21 TDs … also rushed 52 times for 256 yards on 4.9 yards per with three TDs … completed nine of 19 passing for 95 yards and a TD … Graduated with degree in psychology and certificate in markets and management … father holds all-time career goals and points for soccer at Goucher College …
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-0, 191
Hometown: Sykesville, Md.
SCOUT’s TAKE: Instinctive … Great body control and hands …. Good route runner … Good run after catch … Probably went undrafted because he’s an average tester … But a really good football player … Looks like a Ronnie Bell-type, a 2023 seventh-rounder out of Michigan still with 49ers ….
WR RASHOD OWENS
Multi-sport athlete who came to Stillwater and ended up playing both tight end and wide receiver for the Cowboys … Best year was 2023 with 63 catches for 895 yards and five touchdowns … First wide receiver in history to win Texas Bowl MVP honors with 10 catches for a Texas Bowl-record 164 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Texas A&M … That same season, served as a captain against Cincinnati … Also served as captain in final Homecoming Game last year … San Antonio Express News San Antonio Athlete of the Year as a high school senior … Recorded Texas’ best high school triple jump as a junior during 2019 outdoor season with jump of 49- 10.75, ranked No. 11 in the United States for the season …
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 218
HOMETOWN: San Antonio, Tex.
SCOUT’S TAKE: An interesting player … A five-year guy who moved positions a bit …In 2022, he played some tight end … Became starting X wide receiver in ’23 and became No. 1 receiver when their starter went down … In ’24 he settled in at 230-235 pounds … Big body for receiver who can play some tight end … Big catch radius … Big hands … Top five in bench press for wide receivers … Auden Tate-ish … Real production … They didn’t ask him to do a lot of it, but he’s got the size, the length, the strength, the physicality to play special teams … Plays with a chip on his shoulder …. Shows up after the catch some … More than a big receiver …He’s got a line of scrimmage lower body …
TE KOLE TAYLOR
Played in 58 career games with 30 starts for LSU, then West Virginia … 95 career catches for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns … Ranks No. 4 among WVU tight ends with 78 catches … Taylor’s 43 catches last year ranked No. 2 on WVU’s single-season list …Had 17 catches in 32 games during three years at LSU … Became first Colorado prep player to sign directly with LSU since at least 1970 …
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-7, 250
HOMETOWN: Grand Junction, Colo.
SCOUT’s TAKE: Big, long pass catcher … Good hands … Good high point … Excels as catcher of 50-50 balls…
QB PAYTON THORNE
Threw for 37 touchdowns against 19 picks and nearly 4,000 yards in last two seasons at Auburn … Threw for 338 yards vs. Oklahoma State last year …. 11-13 as starter … Transferred from Michigan State, where he went 16-10 as starter … Ranks in Spartans’ career top 10 in passing touchdowns, completion percentage, passing yards, pass completions, pass attempts, passing efficiency … Captain for two years each at Auburn and Michigan State … Father Jeff coached North Central College to its first NCAA Division III national championship in 2019 … Grandfather John Thorne, longtime coach, is in North Central College Athletics Hall of Fame … Grandfather Dave Martin played football at Wisconsin …
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 207
HOMETOWN: Naperville, Ill.
SCOUT’s TAKE: Fierce competitor … Has a lot of experience in college ranks … Took command of multiple offenses at multiple schools … Has understanding of how to distribute the ball … Smart … Tough … Reliable …
LS WILLIAM WAGNER
Snapped in 53 games for the Wolverines … Snapped all 15 games for the 2023 national champions and then all 13 last year, when he was a finalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award given to the nation’s best long snapper, Florida’s Rocco Underwood won it …Bengals incumbent long snapper Cal Adomitis won it in 2021 … Has undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in manufacturing mechanical engineering …
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 245
HOMETOWN: Alpharetta, Ga.
SCOUT’s TAKE: Thick, strong kid who protects well on field goals and punting … Good recoverability in protections … Good velocity on his snaps … Good pace … Quick release …