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Lots of good players to watch!
The East West Shrine Bowl is tonight and the Senior Bowl practices are underway. If you are a draft doofus like me then this is a great time right now. Obviously, free agency for the Vikings is going to be crucial and very interesting. I have no problem with anything they do really. I like to discuss as many of the options that I can think of though.
2025 East-West Shrine Bowl player standouts to know for 2025 draft
NFL.com’s Chad Reuter named 10. These are his 10 standout players from the week.
Texas Tech RB Tahj Brooks
Kansas CB Cobee Bryant
Kansas OL Bruce Cabeldue
North Carolina DB Alihag Huzzie
Memphis LB Chandler Martin
Syracuse QB Kyle McCord
Maryland DT Jordan Phillips
Virginia Tech EDGE Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Tennessee WR Dont’e Thornton
Lindenwood OL Gareth Warren
CBS Sports’ Ryan Wilson named six standout players, including McCord and Bryant. The other four he had different from Reuter are:
SMU EDGE Elijah Roberts
Colorado WR Will Sheppard
Syracuse WR Jackson Meeks
Middlebury OL Thomas Perry
One Maryland football player makes East-West Shrine Bowl All-Practice Team
Phillips has been shining all week long in practice and it’s not a shock that he made the All-Practice Team. This past season, Phillips recorded 29 tackles and one tackle for loss. The 6-3, 320-pound lineman left school after three seasons to pursue the NFL. He came to Maryland after spending his freshman season with Tennessee. Phillips started 11 games in 2023 for the Terrapins and all 12 this past season. He was named to Bruce Feldman’s Freak’s List and was also named to the preseason All-Big Ten team.
2025 Senior Bowl Day One Practice Report
The most mind-blowing thing I saw today was North Carolina IOL Willie Lampkin. He was a standout at Coastal Carolina before transferring to UNC this past year. Lampkin measured in at 5’10” and 270 pounds. But he is one of the most technically sound linemen I have seen in my years at the Senior Bowl. I am genuinely curious to see how he transitions to the next level. Lampkin could truly be the outlier of all outliers.
2025 Senior Bowl Day 1 standouts: TE Elijah Arroyo sizzles; Jack Bech, Jalen Royals star at WR
Walter Nolen
Mississippi · DT · Junior
Nolen is my top-rated defensive tackle in this year’s draft class because of his explosiveness and productivity on all three downs.
In Tuesday’s practice, Nolen stormed through his one-on-one matchups. He consistently was able to get on top of blockers with a big burst off the snap and pushed them into the pocket with relative ease. There were some up-and-down reps during the scrimmage phase, but overall, Nolen did what he needed to do maintain his standing.
Grey Zabel
North Dakota State · IOL · Senior
*North Dakota State had an offensive lineman drafted in the first four rounds for three straight years from 2021 to 2023 (Cody Mauch, Cordell Volson,...
