\n WR JORDAN MOORE<\/p>\n
Team captain and MVP in 2024 … Three-time Academic All-ACC …Tied for fifth in Duke history in career touchdown receptions, seventh in catches, \u2026 10th in receiving yards … One of four Duke players to have three seasons with at least five receiving TDs \u2026 In 49 career games (35 starts), racked up 177 catches for 2,352 yards, 13.2 yards per catch, 21 TDs \u2026 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 \u2026 father holds all-time career goals and points for soccer at Goucher College \u2026<\/p>\n
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-0, 191<\/p>\n
Hometown: Sykesville, Md.<\/p>\n
SCOUT’s TAKE: Instinctive \u2026 Great body control and hands \u2026. Good route runner \u2026 Good run after catch \u2026 Probably went undrafted because he’s an average tester \u2026 But a really good football player \u2026 Looks like a Ronnie Bell-type, a 2023 seventh-rounder out of Michigan still with 49ers \u2026.<\/p>\n
\n WR RASHOD OWENS<\/p>\n
Multi-sport athlete who came to Stillwater and ended up playing both tight end and wide receiver for the Cowboys \u2026 Best year was 2023 with 63 catches for 895 yards and five touchdowns \u2026 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 \u2026 That same season, served as a captain against Cincinnati \u2026 Also served as captain in final Homecoming Game last year \u2026 San Antonio Express News San Antonio Athlete of the Year as a high school senior \u2026 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 \u2026<\/p>\n
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 218<\/p>\n
HOMETOWN: San Antonio, Tex.<\/p>\n
SCOUT’S TAKE: An interesting player \u2026 A five-year guy who moved positions a bit \u2026In 2022, he played some tight end \u2026 Became starting X wide receiver in ’23 and became No. 1 receiver when their starter went down \u2026 In ’24 he settled in at 230-235 pounds \u2026 Big body for receiver who can play some tight end \u2026 Big catch radius \u2026 Big hands \u2026 Top five in bench press for wide receivers \u2026 Auden Tate-ish \u2026 Real production \u2026 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 \u2026 Plays with a chip on his shoulder \u2026. Shows up after the catch some \u2026 More than a big receiver \u2026He’s got a line of scrimmage lower body \u2026<\/p>\n
\n TE KOLE TAYLOR<\/p>\n
Played in 58 career games with 30 starts for LSU, then West Virginia \u2026 95 career catches for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns \u2026 Ranks No. 4 among WVU tight ends with 78 catches \u2026 Taylor’s 43 catches last year ranked No. 2 on WVU’s single-season list \u2026Had 17 catches in 32 games during three years at LSU \u2026 Became first Colorado prep player to sign directly with LSU since at least 1970 \u2026<\/p>\n
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-7, 250<\/p>\n
HOMETOWN: Grand Junction, Colo.<\/p>\n
SCOUT’s TAKE: Big, long pass catcher \u2026 Good hands \u2026 Good high point \u2026 Excels as catcher of 50-50 balls\u2026<\/p>\n
\n QB PAYTON THORNE<\/p>\n
Threw for 37 touchdowns against 19 picks and nearly 4,000 yards in last two seasons at Auburn \u2026 Threw for 338 yards vs. Oklahoma State last year \u2026. 11-13 as starter \u2026 Transferred from Michigan State, where he went 16-10 as starter \u2026 Ranks in Spartans’ career top 10 in passing touchdowns, completion percentage, passing yards, pass completions, pass attempts, passing efficiency \u2026 Captain for two years each at Auburn and Michigan State \u2026 Father Jeff coached North Central College to its first NCAA Division III national championship in 2019 \u2026 Grandfather John Thorne, longtime coach, is in North Central College Athletics Hall of Fame \u2026 Grandfather Dave Martin played football at Wisconsin \u2026<\/p>\n
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 207<\/p>\n
HOMETOWN: Naperville, Ill.<\/p>\n
SCOUT’s TAKE: Fierce competitor \u2026 Has a lot of experience in college ranks \u2026 Took command of multiple offenses at multiple schools \u2026 Has understanding of how to distribute the ball \u2026 Smart \u2026 Tough \u2026 Reliable \u2026<\/p>\n
\n LS WILLIAM WAGNER<\/p>\n
Snapped in 53 games for the Wolverines \u2026 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 \u2026Bengals incumbent long snapper Cal Adomitis won it in 2021 \u2026 Has undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s in manufacturing mechanical engineering \u2026<\/p>\n
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6-2, 245<\/p>\n
HOMETOWN: Alpharetta, Ga.<\/p>\n
SCOUT’s TAKE: Thick, strong kid who protects well on field goals and punting \u2026 Good recoverability in protections \u2026 Good velocity on his snaps \u2026 Good pace \u2026 Quick release \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WR JORDAN MOORE Team captain and MVP in 2024 … Three-time Academic All-ACC …Tied for fifth in Duke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[204,80,443,7,1843,81,898,49,48,15,6359],"class_list":{"0":"post-38361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-204","9":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","10":"tag-centerpiece","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-hobson","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-latest-stories","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-football","17":"tag-nfl-draft","18":"tag-offseason-content"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114482117829607569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}