He could start immediately at center, whereas at guard he’d be a backup for a while. He’s also on the way small end for a guard being below 300 lbs. Only 2 of his 25 starts came at guard and his last 2 years he played only center. I think teams are drafting him with his smarts in mind and my personal guess is he’ll be taken 2nd round as a center.
I would think his value would be most at center. As you mentioned guards nowadays are 310 plus. He's always been listed shy of 300 at Iowa. If he springs up the draft board as the #1 center I could see him going late first round to a team needing one. I don't see 2 or 3 centers being taken in the first round and I think there's a guard from Notre Dame that's pretty highly thought of and I don't see 2 or 3 guards going in the first round either. I think it'll be a QB, DL, DB, heavy 1st round. I don't think I could tell you one offensive tackle on the board... Maybe that's just me being out of the loop or maybe it's a weaker Oline class.
Agree, though I'm not sure he ends up top 10. That might be a reach.
Yeah part of that depends on the run on QBs. There's like 4 or 5 of them that you could put in a blender and just pick them out in any order. What teams are favoring which ones will be a secret right up till draft time. There'll be a lot of misdirection on who's interested in who I'm sure leading up to it but we'll see. But back to DBs and Jackson I could see the 49ers taking him at 9 or 10 depending on where they pick pretty easily. It's kinda between him and the OSU Ward kid.
I don't doubt that either. I just think that he's a little undersized since you don't see many guards under 310, and generally the center position is where you try to put some brains. Daniels has plenty of that and I think he'll do well wherever he ends up.
Washington would be a great fit. Put him at center next to Scherff.
And to take that the next step further and they can draft Wadley. They already have Leshun too and it'll be like their putting the gang back together. Brothers together again.
I'd rather root for that team than any other one on the east coast.Washington would be a great fit. Put him at center next to Scherff.
I wrote that not knowing where they even pick. I just see now they are picking at 13... So way too high for taking him so unless he drops to the 2nd round I don't see it happening.
Unless JJ really opens eyes at the combine, I would expect Ward to be the first corner off the board. He has insane natural athletic ability. There's a couple of other corners that are in the mix in the first as well, such as Hughes out of UCF, and another out of Colorado. It will be interesting to see what order they go in after Ward. If JJ runs a sub 4.5 40 I think he has a good shot to be the second. If he runs above a 4.6, he could be the fourth. It's tight.
