Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Do podcast. I'm your host, Corey
Evans. Thanks for listening. It's episode three hundred and seventy six title Does
Age Matter Oldest twenty twenty three Rookies? We are finally here. It is
NFL Draft week. Cannot wait for Day one, Day two, Day three
and for us to assess breakdown every single offensive prospect from here on out Before
that occurs, However, I thought it'd be a fun exercise to analyze the
oldest twenty twenty three rookies for this year, and then over on Patreon it'll
be the youngest. So I'm splitting it between two episodes, one free,
one paide because age is a huge factor, one that often doesn't necessarily receive
a ton of pre draft recognition. It's more or so postcraft, So I
figured, hey, why not dedicate two episodes the exact concept of prospect age,
the idea of short term verse long term longevity, things in that realm
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Oldest twenty twenty three rookies and what do we do with them in terms of
pre draft or post draft rankings? First up is Hendon Hooker, quarterback out
of Tennessee. He's twenty five years old twenty six next January. That is
for sure an advanced age prospect. He's six three two seventeen three years transfer
from Virginia Tech, who then excelled the Tennessee in twenty twenty one. In
twenty twenty two, posting touchdown two intercepts ratios of thirty one to three and
twenty seven to two. Over the past two years, he completed sixty six
point nine percent of his career passes. That's accuracy. There's poison the pocket
and decision making that round out his top attributes. He's also a dual ibat
quarterback, a career rushing log of five to seventeen, twenty seventy nine,
twenty five, so legitimate threat with his legs. It is fair to wand
or speculate if he will rely on his rushing as much in the NFL.
After turning his ACL in November. For most of the offseason, hen Hooker
has been viewed as a mid round prospect, probably in a day two mix.
However, over the past few weeks he's generated legitimate Round one buzz.
At the very least, He's projected to be drafted on day two. It
would be a shock if he slid to day three. His set of tools
from Tennessee are best equipped for a spread offense that relies on timing routes supposed
to dissecting coverage downfield. The common narrative is to write off Hooker in dynasty
format, dude to his advanced age. I think that could be a mistake
since quarterback shelf lives are generating longer than most other positions for real life purposes.
So should Hendon be valued less than Bryce Young, TJ. Stroud,
Anthony Rickardson, and possibly Will Levis. Yes, of course, but we
shouldn't ignore Hendon Hooker in superflex or one quarterback formats, since the NFL reportedly
views him as a starting caliber talent and it'll speak volumes if he's selected in
the first round of Day one, which means that NFL executives or gms don't
care about his age and that will certainly factor into our discussion post draft for
dynasty rankings. Up next is Mohammed Ibraham, running back out of Minnesota.
He's twenty four twenty five September, a twenty five year old rookie running back
that causes some concern or raises some eyebrows. He's five eight two oh three
to a good build, but unlike a quarterback, older running back prospects do
worry me from a longevity standpoint. A couple that with massive colleague volume and
workload that could leave serious tread and as tires eight hundred and sixty seven career
rushes, and Ibraham is a player who I will be avoiding unless he slides
to the late third, early fourth, Hence major value action not the issue.
In fact, Muhammed thrived with ample volume across all five years of school,
averaging narbercarry totals of five point seven, five point three, five point
four, five point four and five point two, so efficient with a lion
share of Russian attempts. His best overall campaign was last year in twenty twenty
two, where he delivered an astronomical three twenty sixteen sixty five twenty log on
the ground. Worth noting he missed all but one contest in twenty twenty one
due to a torn achilles. You wouldn't have guessed it. In twenty twenty
two. His burst explosion was revamped and or recaptured. But that's always suthing
to keep it in the back of your mind any running back that has torn
their achilles, because the success rates post achilles tear is oh so slim.
If you've seen in the NFL case of points, Ibraham is one of the
better yardage after contact rushers in this year's crop thanks to his punishing Russian style.
He operates like a wrecking ball between the tackles and bounces off of would
be tacklers with ease. One negative on his college resume would be a lack
of receiving usage or a role in that capacity. He only had twenty two
total receptions during his tenure in cool Land zerlinetl dot Com One of them was
plugged in. Analysts or scouting professionals in the game of football comped Ibraham to
Damian Pierce once again. Ibraham is five eight two oh three. Piers checked
in at two eighteen at last year's combine, who was a fourth round pick
last year. Don't forget. I agree with that assessment and each of their
skill sets as powerful short yardage rushers who lacked the receiving shops to become three
down weapons as professionals, Ibraham would do well to be drafted by the fourth
round. In my mind, he's more of a late Day three pick,
but his decisive rushing ability could be coveted by NFL teams who want that service
as an early down threat or even in the red zone, since Abraham is
an absolute force from Minnesota at the college level when it came to scoring touchdowns.
Next up is Charlie Jones, a wide receiver out of Purdue. He's
twenty four twenty five in October five, eleven, one seventy five. I've
been vocal about my interest in Jones as a mid round wide receiver candidates in
this year's class over on Patreon for a few months now. Wideouts fall somewhere
in between the quarterback and running back. The discussion point on the agncern model.
Being a twenty five year old rookie pass catcher is far from ideal,
but Charlie Jones brings a lot more to the table than most prospects in terms
of experience and as the tools, contributes as a complimentary weapon on offense right
away. His tape consistently impressed me. I did not expect his athletic ability
to stand out, yet his combined numbers were fantastic for five eleven, seventy
five frame, four point four three forty yard dash, thirty six and a
half inch vertical, and the ten foot forne broad jump. Those are really
well accounted for across all major metrics. Jones is well rounded who reminds me
of Jordan Addison in a sense in terms of being a route technician with excellent
ball skills and a college resume to back up. The film checks both those
boxes. Charlie spent one year of Buffalo two with Iowa and then closed out
his college ten year with Perdue. He saved the best for last after erupting
last season for a one ten thirteen sixty one, twelve receiving line in Tanna
with Aidan O'Connell, who's a nice sleeper among quarterbacks in this year's class.
Jones wins with body positioning, reliable hands, and short area quickness with noticeable
burst and out of breaks. He actually reminds me stylistically of Cooper Cup as
a prospect, even though the comparison will be near impossible to achieve, Especially
for Jones, who's going to be a twenty five year old rookie. Don't
anticipate him being more than a mid to late day second or even early day
third when it comes to draft capital. He's not an ideal fit for rebuilding
dynasty rosters, but his absolutely employed as a third or fourth round selection for
contending teams since his services should be called upon early as a rookie in twenty
twenty three, I hope Jones lands on a team where he becomes a rotational
or sub package option out of the gates or eventually could carvalidy widersp With three
roll it's time for a quick break. I'll be back with two more older
prospects for twenty twenty three to break down from a dynasty perspective. Dalton Kincade
out of Utah tight end twenty three years old twenty four in October. Light
quarterback tight end age doesn't hold much weight to its position generally takes time to
acclimate and produce to begin with, so him being twenty four by the time
this upcoming campaign kicks off is not a huge deal. He's six four two
forty six. Make no mistake, Kinkaid is a pass catch tight end first,
without offering much in the way or form of blocking. He spent two
seasons with San Diego before transferring to Utah for three years to close out of
college career. Posted a seventy eight ninety and eight log last year to put
him and the tight end one overall mix among names. As his position for
the twenty twenty three class, I prefer Michael Mayer over Kinkaid, but will
not fault anyone for choosing Dalton due to his wide receiver traits that are expected
to transfer over to NFL fairly seamlessly as a move tight end that resembles a
blend in my mind of zach Ertz meets T. J. Higginson. He's
that sort of talent and forecast for that kind of usage. If he's a
day one pick in the first round. That'll be huge for his NFL outlook.
Kinkaid did not test at the Combine due to an ongoing back issue.
Thankfully, he was fully medically cleared earlier this month prior to the draft itself,
which keeps him in that first round. Conversation for a franchise looking to
find a cheat code at tight end the form of a glorified wide receiver with
the catch and run talent level of George Kittle. Kincaid makes defenders look silly
like Kittle does routinely, and that after catchability, the hurdling these stiff arms
really does remind me of George Kittle. I think he's a better cop that
being Kincaved too and Ertz or Hockinson in terms of overall ability, because George
Kittle is someone of a unicorn, He's a fantastic blocker that's not King Kaide,
and Kincaid's snap rate could be limited a bit because of his lack of
blocking prowess, but eventually I do expect King Kid become a full time player
for a team at the tight end position. And then, last but not
least, Nathaniel Dell out of Houston, a wide receiver nickname is Tank,
so Tank Dell. He is twenty three, will be twenty four in October.
He's five eight one sixty five, and to be honest, size is
my primary reason for making him lower than consensus pre draft despite stellar college output.
The age is what it is. A twenty four year old rookie isn't
necessarily what we want, but you can't control when players a player or are
drafted. Speaking of if Delbregors thret a one O nine thirteen ninety eight seventeen
log in twenty twenty two, those are out of this world numbers to prove
twenty twenty one line of thirteen twenty nine twelve was no fluke. That's back
to back dominant collegiate seasons at Houston with Clayton Tune throwing him the football.
His route running and game speed are standout traits. The forty yard dash time
of four point four nine was rather puzzling because that element of his profile as
clear as day on tape. Dell regularly burns defenders down field. Perhaps his
game speed is better than a straight line speed. Tank Dell was at the
center of all conversations during Senior Bowl week, which resulted in his perceived draft
stock to soar, and that's the conversation point right now. I've seen grades
all of them at for Dell, ranging from the second round to even the
fourth round. It does seem that NFL teams value him more than the dynasty
community US based on early rookie adp I've seen Dell goals late as the third
or even fourth in some mock drafts. Turning twenty four during his rookie campaign
is not optimal, but like Charlie Jones, it might not matter if utilized
in a role immediately. And unlike Charlie Jones, Nathaniel Dell commutilized on kickoff
or pump returns, which could ring incentive for the draft capital to be second
to third round and provide even more value to his overall set of tools.
Fell's ability to separate is elite among his peers in the twenty twenty three class.
Not to mention his catch and run talent, drops and contested catches,
those are possible downfalls or airs improvement. He had twenty one drop passes per
PFF. That's prof buff focused the past two seasons. That's not going to
cut it at the professional level. Has to refine either concentration or work on
his hands in terms of securing the football. But the county stats as I
mentioned are perhaps the best or close to it when it comes to production models
at the college level of four Nathaniel Dell more or less, I think his
rigae DP will eventually settle in around the mid to eight second, if not
early to mid third draft capital will be huge. He's a second round pick.
It's going to boost him, no doubt about it. It's that recency
bias that we all fall suspect too, or his real live draft stock could
suffer from the drops from the size concerns, or even his age. Time
will tell here in a matter of a few days by the time you're listening
to this episode. And then I have a few honorable mentions those names I
thought we're most important to break down from an age perspective. These next few
prospects aren't as popular or receiving as high of draft grades as the names I
mentioned, But we have Stetson Bennett, quarterback out of Georgia. He'll be
twenty six in October, so he's older than Henn and Hooker, who already
discussed on this show. I do remain optimistic about Bennett's versatile skill set,
but as off the field issues I've heard cost him to slide big time or
even going drafted, so that couple with his advanced age are factors working against
him. Luke Schoolmaker tight end Mission Game will be twenty five September. Not
a huge deal for a tight end, but that is a bit older for
a pass catching prospect. Will Mallory tight end Miami will be twenty four in
June. Will Levis, quarterback out of Kentucky, possible top ten pick in
real life, will be twenty four in June. So if you're concerned about
Henn and Hooker and his age, then you should be right there with Will
Levis. One year makes virtually no difference for the sake of a big picture
when it comes to an NFL franchise selecting an impact player. So if you
are concerned about the age of hen and Hooker, then the same applies to
Will Levis. We're not talking about at Bryce Young, Richardson or Strout type
age situation where youth favors them. At Perry wide receiver weight fours will be
twenty four in October. Then, last, but not least a name I
discussed recently. It's Eric Gray, running back out of Oklahoma, will be
twenty four in November, which for a running back, does bring some level
of caution to allocating early draft capital from our point of view in Dynasty.
But if the draft capital aligns for him as an early day to pick,
probably not going to write him off all that much or even lower him my
ranks because what Gray brings to the gridiron as a Russian receiver is a near
complete product for NFL purposes. That will do it. Quick recap of my
episode title does age matter? Oldest twenty twenty three rookies we had. Hendon
Hooker quarterback out of Tennessee is going to be twenty six next January. Muhammad
Ibraham running back Minnesota, will be twenty five this September. Charlie Jones wide
receiver out of Perdue will be twenty five in October. Dalg Kincaid tied end
out of Utah will be twenty four this October, and then Nathaniel tank Dell
wide receiver in Houston will be twenty four in October. Thank you all so
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