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Every week here at Blogging The Boys, we’ll spotlight the biggest college matchups and the players who could soon wear the Star. If you want to get a jump on who might help America’s Team in the years to come, this is your weekly college football guide. (For teams previously covered in other weeks, we move down the depth chart, giving you more insight on other draft candidates)
It’s back to Death Valley for this week’s BTB Game of The Week, as number three Texas A&M storms in to take on old rivals, the number 20 LSU Tigers. Expect A&M’s front to hunt negative plays while the Tigers lean on home-crowd atmosphere, red-zone efficiency, and a defense trying to steal possessions. Third-down communication and turnovers will be key in a game oddsmakers frame as tight. Prediction for this game, Texas A&M 27, LSU 20.
Will Lee, CB
Will Lee III looks like a classic Cowboys boundary corner. He’s a long, confident press corner who stops releases at the line. He mirrors without panic, and fights through the catch point. The Kansas State transfer brought real production to College Station with 10 pass breakups and 42 tackles in 2024, plus a 93-yard pick-six. The good news is he’s kept pace early in 2025 with 32 tackles and four PBUs through six games. The issues are with is long speed, it’s good not great, and if the first jam misses he can be stressed by pure burners. He profiles as a CB2 with CB1 potential who fits man coverage defenses and keeps the deep ball from turning into easy receptions. That’s exactly the type Dallas fans circle on Day 2.
Chase Bisontis, OG
Bisontis looks like the kind of interior tone-setter Cowboys fans love on the second day of the draft. He’s a 6’5”, 315 physical specimen who moved from tackle to left guard and started 10 games while powering an Aggies run game that sat 26th nationally and second in the SEC in 2024. He plays with heavy hands, sturdy anchor, and enough athletic pop to pull and erase second-level targets. Project him as a plug-and-play guard in the NFL who wins with leverage and violence rather than flash.
Patrick Payton, DE
Payton looks the part at 6’6”, 255 with vine-length arms and a long-arm stab that dents pockets. His LSU start has been steady if not splashy so far after transferring from Florida State and has 18 tackles with one sack. The growing points are when the offensive tackles sit on his power, the rush can stall, so trimming the pad level and firing a quicker counter will turn more...
