CFB Week 0: Scouting preview for the first handful of college games

Florida State football players Marvin Jones (7) and Patrick Payton (11) take part in the final Tour of Duty winter workouts ahead of 2024 spring practices on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

College football is back! It’s not in full force yet, but there are a few college games in what is deemed Week 0 kicking off.

For those of us in the NFL Draft world, that means it’s time to start scouting the new season of potential 2025 draft prospects. And there will be some in action on Saturday, August 24th.

Most of them will be in Dublin, Ireland for the ACC matchup between the Florida State Seminoles and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Florida State lost a ton of talent to the 2024 NFL Draft, but the Seminoles still have an impressive 16 players who made the Senior Bowl watchlist.

The two most prominent are defensive linemen Darrell Jackson and Patrick Payton. Jackson is especially intriguing because we didn’t get to see him in 2023 after transferring from Miami. The 330ish-pounder had a lot of impressive game tape at Miami and Maryland before that.

Payton toyed with declaring in 2024 but will now hope to succeed first-rounder Jared Verse and get himself into the first-round conversation for 2025. The 6-foot-5 Payton had seven sacks and 14.5 TFLs in 2023.

Well-traveled QB D.J. Uiagalelei takes over at QB for Florida State with hopes that things will click enough for him to become a viable NFL draft prospect. Others to watch include talented CB Fentrell Cypress and speedy slasher Lawrance Toafili at running back. It’s also the first chance to see Marvin Jones Jr. in a Seminoles uniform, as the son of Florida State’s legendary linebacker has transferred in (from Georgia) as a defensive lineman.

Georgia Tech has five players on the Senior Bowl watchlist and all are linemen. Massive DT Zeek Biggers, all 6-foot-6 and 333 pounds of him, patrols…

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Author : Draft Wire

Publish date : 2024-08-23 22:39:33

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