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Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL)

4/29/17, 8:55 PM

Georgia Tech DT Patrick Gamble to New York Jets as a priority free agent, per a source

2017 Draft Prospects

GRADE
5.15

Patrick Gamble (DT)

HT: 6'5" WT: 277LBS.

POSITION: DT

SCHOOL: Georgia Tech

ANALYSIS

Strengths

Plus physical traits to play 5-technique with exceptionally long arms and big hands. Plays with adequate punch and shed ability at point of attack. Gets arm extension and slides down the line of scrimmage mirroring runner when able. Decent athlete. Shows ability to disengage and range down the line using his length to make a tackle. Has good pursuit speed and motor. Former defensive end who has begun to grasp technique needed to play inside. Able to get skinny into the gaps against zone plays. Plays on kick block unit. Blocked a kick against Florida State in 2015 that was recovered and returned for game-winning touchdown.

Weaknesses

Former basketball player who still carries that build. Will need more time in the weight room to add bulk to his frame -- especially in the lower half. Plays with a narrow base and inconsistent pad level diminishing contact balance. Can be overwhelmed by double teams and driven off of his spot. Need to get better at controlling blocker at the point of attack to man his gap. Pass rush gets plugged up when blockers get clean punch into his frame. Struggles to clear the punch and disengage as a pass rusher. Pass rush lacks a plan and workable counter moves. 

Draft Projection

Round 7-PFA

Bottom Line

Gamble is a trait-based project who is coming off of a productive senior season but who has moderate production beyond that. While he needs to add more bulk, he has the length and athleticism that 3-4 teams will want to work with at the defensive end spot. While he's a late-rounder or priority free agent, he could find himself on a practice squad while teams continue to groom him and see how much additional growth they can coax out of him as a player.

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31 minutes ago, C Mart said:

Intelligent, focused and and resilient. Missed two and a half years of high school football due to a heart condition. Won two state basketball titles as a starting point guard and finished first team all-state in track before making his way back on the field after open-heart surgery cleared the way for his return. Concedes nothing when the ball is in the air. Tracks the ball well and finds optimal position to crowd receiver and prepare to play the ball. Explosive 40-inch vertical jumper. Shows good route anticipation and looks to play in front of the route breaks. Excellent communication with teammates calling out route development from zone coverage. Plays with urgency in his man coverage and looks to close-out any route separation as quickly as possible.

Weaknesses

Fluidity of feet in man coverage is just average. Can be knocked off the route by clever route runners with quickness. Hips are a little sticky in his transitions from press and will pop upright before triggering. Is a little delayed in opening to chase an inside release. Shows some panic when routes cross his face and will grab receivers around the waist to corral them rather than relying on technique and feet. Will occasionally lose contain in run support. Too slow to punch and shed against blocking receivers. Tackling fundamentals are below average. Too many arm tackles and not enough face up, wrap-up strikes.

Draft Projection

PFA

Bottom Line

Coleman plays with great urgency in his coverage and has a history of ball production when he's challenged. Coleman has adequate height and speed for the perimeter but could struggle to maintain man coverage against NFL quickness and speed. He has the awareness and ball skills to play zone, but will need a much more consistent approach as a tackler.

Cornerback Xavier Coleman, Portland State

Here's a deep sleeper for cornerback fans. Fifteen teams attended Coleman's pro day at Portland State, and he posted impressive numbers, including a 4.46-second 40-yard dash with a 1.56-second 10-yard split. Coleman, at 5'11 ½" and 190 pounds, also vertical-jumped 40" and broad-jumped 10'5", according to his agent. The All-Big Sky first-teamer is worth checking out.

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UK Jets HQ (@UKJetsHQ)

4/29/17, 8:19 PM

The Jets have signed UDFA DE Jareid Combs! pic.twitter.com/AkdkqiCPpg

 

 

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DE/LB Jareid Combs of North Texas ran a 4.61 forty at his pro day. That is tough.  Apr 4, 2017

 

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Dane Evans, Tulsa

This Texas native lists Drew Brees as his favorite player, and it's not difficult to see that he's patterned his game after the Saints star. He has a similar build (6-1, 218) and can deliver darts from the pocket. As a junior, he found star receivers Keyarris Garrett and Josh Atkinson down the sideline with regularity for big plays. Now Keevan Lucas is becoming his go-to target, with Atkinson also still in the fold and Garrett with the Carolina Panthers. Evans' feet aren't quite as quick as Brees', but Evans can move within the pocket to make room to throw downfield. A strong, confident player who has started since his redshirt freshman year, Evans might surprise if he's in the right system in a training camp next summer

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Dane Evans, Tulsa

This Texas native lists Drew Brees as his favorite player, and it's not difficult to see that he's patterned his game after the Saints star. He has a similar build (6-1, 218) and can deliver darts from the pocket. As a junior, he found star receivers Keyarris Garrett and Josh Atkinson down the sideline with regularity for big plays. Now Keevan Lucas is becoming his go-to target, with Atkinson also still in the fold and Garrett with the Carolina Panthers. Evans' feet aren't quite as quick as Brees', but Evans can move within the pocket to make room to throw downfield. A strong, confident player who has started since his redshirt freshman year, Evans might surprise if he's in the right system in a training camp next summer

haha! Man can you imagine.  Morton must have handpicked this guy or Macc is getting real cute lol

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Name: Dane Evans

School: Tulsa

Position fit: Developmental QB

Stats to know: Ranked second in the nation with 1,609 yards on deep (20-plus yard) passes in 2015. Fell to 17th with 1,059 yards in 2016.

What he does best:

  • Possesses a very strong, whip arm.
  • Throws with confidence.
  • Good zip and ball placement on outside the numbers, timing throws.
  • Flashes the ability to throw with anticipation.
  • Athletic player with good escapability. Mostly makes plays with his legs when things break down.
  • Can deliver strikes in tight windows in zone coverage. Throws in-breaking routes well.
  • Most effective when staying in rhythm with the quick/intermediate timing based route concepts.

Biggest concerns:

  • Questionable touch, virtually everything is a fastball.
  • More of a thrower than a passer.
  • Very inconsistent post-snap processing and defensive recognition.
  • A lot of pre-determined reads. Locks on to initial read and struggles to smoothly get to the next receiver in the progression.
  • First instinct is to find a running lane when affected by pressure or the route concept gets covered up
  • Operated in an offense centered around run/pass options and half field, single defender reads.

Bottom line: Evans is a strong-armed thrower capable of getting hot and making a lot of plays with his arm. At this point he is more of a thrower than a passer and needs to develop different ball speeds to further his game. He lacks consistent touch at the intermediate and deep levels of the field. If a coach feels they can tighten up his mechanics and develop other parts of his game he warrants an UFA deal with a chance to prove he can make a practice squad.

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1 hour ago, C Mart said:

UK Jets HQ (@UKJetsHQ)

4/29/17, 8:46 PM

The Jets have signed UDFA WR Gabe Marks!! pic.twitter.com/l43AwUy0WT

 

Why WSU receiver Gabe Marks, who signed with the New York Jets, went undrafted in the 2017 NFL draft 

Originally published April 29, 2017

 By Stefanie Loh 

Seattle Times staff reporter

Saturday proved to be a long day for Washington State’s Gabe Marks, who watched the NFL draft from his hometown of Venice, Calif. and waited out all seven rounds but never heard his name called.

Marks ultimately signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent, but his frustration with his situation was tangible on social media throughout Saturday afternoon. By the time the sixth round began, he seemed miffed that he was still waiting for a phone call even though 26 receivers had already come off the board, tweeting, “Round 6. On it goes,” followed by, “Production doesn’t matter.”

Marks’ slide was surprising considering how he finished his college career as the Pac-12’s all-time career leader in receptions. Marks also holds WSU’s career records for receptions (316), touchdowns (37) and receiving yards (3,453).

What accounts for Marks’ draft day snub?

Marks “lacks elite traits,” CBS Sports draft analyst Rob Rang wrote in a text message to the Seattle Times after the draft, adding that Marks’ statistics were inflated by the Cougars’ Air Raid offense.

It’s a perception that Marks had to fight all through the pre-draft process.

“Guys are trying to call us ‘system receivers’ like that’s a thing,’’ Marks said in a February interview with the Seattle Timesat the NFL Scouting Combine. “It’s not a thing. You’ve still got to do it. It doesn’t matter the system that you are in. You’ve still got to catch the ball.

Somebody has to catch the ball and score the touchdowns. If you just put some guy out there that couldn’t play, it wouldn’t work. I just get an opportunity to catch more passes — I can understand that. But I’m still getting open. So the whole ‘system receiver’ thing kind of bothers me a little bit.”

But the way the draft played out showed that Marks wasn’t entirely successful in dispelling the notion that his statistics were inflated.

Another reason why Marks might have gone undrafted? His lack of standout measureables, says Dion Caputi, a draft analyst for the National Football Post.

“In a WR class that was seemingly so deep on the backend, a guy like Marks who doesn’t have great size-to-speed ratio took a bit of a knock in value,” Caputi wrote in an email to the Times. “A lot of the receivers taken had that element, even if they were a work in progress.”

At 5-11, 189 pounds, Marks is considered an undersized receiver, and his 4.56 40-yard-dash time, while respectable, was not among the top 10 times clocked by receivers at the NFL combine.

Of the 32 receivers who were drafted over the weekend, 23 stood at 6-foot or taller and eight of the nine receivers who failed to hit the 6-foot mark clocked 40 times that were faster than Marks’.

“Ultimately, a guy like Malachi Dupre from LSU barely wound up being drafted despite being such a highly touted high school player at a major school,” Caputi wrote. “It just goes to show how tough it is to get picked.”

Marks is no stranger to snubs. He did not have many scholarship offers coming out of high school and was notably passed over by his hometown team, UCLA. Throughout his WSU career, he played with a fire fueled by this chip on his shoulder.

“I kind of feel like, sadly, little things have to happen to me all the time just to make me realize I need to stay focused,” Marks told the Spokesman-Review in an interview last summer. “I wish it didn’t have to be like that, but sadly, that’s how it is.”

Marks is also not the first Pac-12 career receptions leader to ever go undrafted. Colorado’s Nelson Spruce, who held the title in 2015 before Marks broke his record last season and is, coincidentally, also a Venice native, went undrafted in 2016 before signing with the Los Angeles Rams.

Like Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin, who went undrafted coming out of Stanford in 2011, Marks will likely use his draft snub as motivation in his quest to get a shot in pro football.

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Domonique Young

Junior college transfer who was off to a hot start last season before dislocating his knee and tearing three ligaments. Has excellent length, uses his frame to shield defenders and extends to snatch the ball from the air. Finds ways to separate from opponents, quickly turns upfield running after the catch and lays out for the difficult reception. Effective downfield blocker.

Neg: 
Lazily comes off the line of scrimmage if he’s not involved in the play. Possesses average speed and quickness. Must rebound from a disastrous knee injury.
 
Analysis: 
Scouts handed Young a second-day grade prior to the season, and it looked justified before his injury. He’s a tall pass catcher with solid hands and athleticism, but the knee injury from last season puts his future in jeopardy.
 
 

WR Domonique Young (6-3, 219, 4.52)

After leg surgery in October, Young fell off the radar, but he is an intriguing height/weight/speed target who is expected to be healthy in time for training camp.

 

Could have something here if he's healthy and regains his speed 

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walterfootball.com posted this list:

NYJ imgNew York Jets
Austin Calitro, ILB, Villanova
Xavier Coleman, CB, Portland State
Jareid Combs, DE, North Texas
Brisly Estime, WR, Syracuse
Anthony Firkser, FB, Harvard
Patrick Gamble, DT, Georgia Tech
Connor Harris, ILB, OLB, Lindenwood
Rickey Jefferson, S, LSU
Javarius Leamon, OT, South Carolina State
Gabe Marks, WR, Washington State
 
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Five years ago we signed a Tulsa Qb GJ Kinne as an UFA. He was cut early. But he's resilient. He's been on the Eagles and the Giants PS's. In the AFL. And he's currently on the roster of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and played for them last season. BTW the Penn Qb we were all interested in Alek Torgerson signed with the Falcons. 

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