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Skins have been doing their due diligence this year when scouting, they have been following some small school guys pretty hard. They have been looking at guys like Adrian Hamilton hard, and Ryan Davis. Here is a list of guys that I speak too that have all had interviews with their scouts so far.

They have been scouting Marquette King, Punter of Fort Valley State who had a few huge punts this year, one for 80 against Bethune Cookman who blasted this punt, it was amazing, didn't not bounce, 80 yard missle in the air.

I have had the pleasure to write articles on all the guys that the team has been interested in so far from the small schools and thought I would give you guys a chance to read up on some of the guys, here are the articles I have wrote on all of them

Marquette King, P, Fort Valley State - 60 punts averaging 43.3 yards and the NCAA record for D-2 with an 80 yard missle

http://www.optimumsc...lley-state.html

Adrian Hamilton, DE, Prairie View A&M - 20.5 sacks led the SWAC and broke Robert Mathis record, true DE in 4-3

http://www.optimumsc...e-view-aam.html

Ryan Davis, DE, Bethune- Cookman - Led the MEAC in sacks and was named HBCU MVP for 2.5 sacks at the HBCU Bowl

http://www.optimumsc...ne-cookman.html

Other Small school articles

Rico Wallace, WR Shenandoah University - 6'3, 210 pound WR who can catch away from his body, Joe Jacoby says he is like Art Monk, Jacoby is his coach at Shenandoah

http://www.optimumscouting.com/scout-s- ... ndoah.html

Casey Therriault, QB Jackson State - Big Armed QB, who had to overcome a ton to get to this level.

http://www.optimumscouting.com/scout-s- ... state.html

Thomas Mayo, WR, Cal (PA) - D2 all time leading reciever

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... ia-pa.html

Stanley Porter DE & Charles Deas NT, Shaw University - Both were transfers to Shaw and both took the HBCU by storm this year.

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... -shaw.html

Ryan Steed CB, Furman - known as the second best CB coming out this draft from a small school behind Janoris Jenkins of North Alabama.

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... urman.html

Jared Green, WR, Southern - the son of HOF Darrell Green, this kid is a burner, he ran a 4.3 at the HBCU Bowl, a burner for real

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... thern.html

Gino Gradkowski, OG, Delaware - Bruce Gradkowski's kid brother, but is not a little man, a very good blue collar blocker.

Damond Talbot - Optimum Scouting

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Loved the articles on Casey and Rico. Thanks for posting.

No problem, when i post a new one, I will let you know, you should check out the article on Darrell Greens son Jared Green, I talked with Darrell as well, both good guys

Down for some more Green!

The greens were very happy to do the article, they knew that they would be going against the grain by transferring to Southern, but it didn't stop them. Jared the son is said to be faster than Darrell

Shenandoah!?!?!? cvillehog and i went to Shenandoah many moons ago for music. we were there when the football program [controversially] began. i had no idea Joe Jacoby was coaching there now!

Yes, Big Joe Jacoby is there coaching, doing his thing, he is building those hogs down their in Shenandoah

I always like to see our scouts looking at small school guys -- there are some real diamonds in the rough out there.

Not too sure about that QB though. He didn't make grades to receive a scholly from MSU and then got into a bar fight and was thrown in jail. Intelligence and good decision-making are the cornerstones to being a good NFL QB. While I understand there may have been extenuating circumstances, he shouldn't have placed himself in that position in the first place -- that, in and of itself, is a decision right there.

There have been a good number of small school guys make it in the NFL -- after all our best player went to John Carroll.

Some corrected links:

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... state.html

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... w-aam.html

http://www.optimumscouting.com/draft/ar ... okman.html

Good job.

Just in case somebody in this board wishes to know:

Optimum Scouting is a third party scouting service that works with professional teams, leagues, agents, and others in the professional football area to aid in their prospect research and evaluation. Our scouting staff is comprised of trained, experienced scouts.

All of them have extensive education and training in scouting and/or have worked with professional organizations in some capacity in their history as a scout or scouting consultant. Optimum Scouting was founded five years ago by myself (Eric Galko) and has grown substantially since then.

Have you provided advice to the Skins or Bruce Allen or Mike Shanahan previously?

Faster then the at one time fastest man in the league? That's pretty fast I'd say

You guys have been great on this board, I love the feedback.

Here is a guy you might want to look at. The Skins have not looked at him yet, but they will be at the Battle of Florida

http://profootballzone.com/atlanta-falc ... lands-ilb/

cowboykillerzRED wrote:Faster then the at one time fastest man in the league? That's pretty fast I'd say

Late rounder, 6th or 7th.

Too many holes for us.

drocksthaparty wrote:You guys have been great on this board, I love the feedback.

Here is a guy you might want to look at. The Skins have not looked at him yet, but they will be at the Battle of Florida

http://profootballzone.com/atlanta-falc ... lands-ilb/

Thank you!
We like to think that we are pretty darned smart football fans... and, we appreciate a thoughtful and insightful contributor.

Redskin in Canada wrote:

cowboykillerzRED wrote:Faster then the at one time fastest man in the league? That's pretty fast I'd say

Late rounder, 6th or 7th.

Too many holes for us.

Unless someone has him specifically eyeballed, likely will be a UFA... The most likely draft scenario would be: DS: "Mike, I love what you've been doing... you know... I've been pretty quiet so far... could I ask for something... yada, yada..."
MS: "Ummmmm..."

Redskin in Canada wrote:

cowboykillerzRED wrote:Faster then the at one time fastest man in the league? That's pretty fast I'd say

Late rounder, 6th or 7th.

Too many holes for us.

Too many holes... Qb, OL and WR being the biggest right? Maybe a CB and some depth for safety but WR is a pretty high priority, with kid who's dad is a redskins legend and happens to be a FAST WR. Something we lack at that position.

I will be keeping you guys up to date if I hear of any players that have spoken with the Skins. sound good? just keep reading my stuff and getting it out there and I will keep it coming

Sweet thanks for the inside scoop

? Why isn't the Redskins listed as one of the teams in the article about Jarrod Green?

drocksthaparty wrote:You guys have been great on this board, I love the feedback.

Here is a guy you might want to look at. The Skins have not looked at him yet, but they will be at the Battle of Florida

http://profootballzone.com/atlanta-falc ... lands-ilb/

I wonder if he could make it as a Strong Safety

Just to give you guys a heads up, if they are diamonds in the rough that means that most of the NFL teams have inquired about them, so that is why they don't state who has looked at them, as far as my other articles NFL Draft Late round steals, those are guys that are not getting great looks but could be a potential roster guys in the future.


Here is a new one on Lanny Kelly, CB of Howard University

http://profootballzone.com/atlanta-falc ... -kelly-cb/

He has not talked with the Redskins but I know you guys are enjoying these articles so please make sure you keep reading and following

@drocksthaparty on twitter for up to date access on the NFL Draft