AbstractRome's NFL Scouting Room

  This Year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl just concluded down in Mobile, Alabama, and the event gave us a great look at over 100 interesting prospects for the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft. Each player got 3 practice sessions and playing time in the game itself, which gave scouts plenty to watch and dissect. So, going by position grouping, let’s examine who did well and boosted their stock, or who had a poor week and may have hurt theirs. (Note that the rankings are based purely off their performance in Mobile, rather than their rankings as prospects overall.) Quarterbacks Jake Haener- Fresno State Max Duggan- TCU Tyson Bagent- Shepherd Jaren Hall- BYU Clayton Tune- Houston Malik Cunningham*- Louisville (Missed Day 1) Let’s get this out of the way early; none of these QBs were particularly impressive or truly did much to increase their draft stocks. All of them were too inconsistent and played much too conservatively at times to stand out from the rest of the pack. That being said, some of t...

Calijah Kancey DT/DE 6’0, 280 RS Junior Strengths Weaknesses Incredible Burst/Snap Timing Off the Line Twitchiness Almost Superhuman Power and Drive Complete Arsenal of Pass Rush and Counter Moves Block Shedding Ability Violent and Physical Playing Style Good Run Defense Instincts Extremely Small Size and Length Can Overextend in Run Defense Cannot Break Through Double Teams 2022 Statistics (Per PFF) *(Ranking is out of the 330 Defensive Linemen with 300+ Snaps this season) 2022 Statistic Total Ranking * Rank Percentile Pressures 47 7th Top 2% Sacks 8 T-2nd Top 1% QB Hits 9 T-7th Top 2% Hurries 30 7th Top 7% Tackles 19 T-130th Top 39% Missed Tackle % 20.7% T-282nd Bottom 15% Write-Up: Calijah Kancey is a redshirt junior interior defensive lineman from Pittsburgh who has seen action all across the defensive line in his 3 years of playing time. As a Panther, Kancey largely lined up as a 3-tech defensive tackle, but also lined up as a 1-tech, 2i, and even some 5-tech defensive end. Whi...