Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the Dynasty Dude podcast. I'm your host,
Corey Evans. This week's show is titled East West Shrine
Bowl Standouts West Roster, my bonus show over on Patreon.
This week covers at East Roster, so split it up
with those respective teams. The takeaway and perspective here is
not so much about the East West Shrine Bowler game itself.
There are a few players on might pinpoint who scored
a touchdown or head solid showings. Instead, it's more about
what I've heard from my findings on social media and
or what I've done prospect research wise in terms of
rookies or upcoming rookies that stand out in this East
West Shrine Bowl throughout the practice week. So we'll get
right to it. As a quick recap of the game itself.
West Team twenty one points, East Team seventeen points, so
a close contest. And don't dismiss the importance or relevance
of the East West shrinebel compared to the Senior Bowl,
for example. Sure, more top tier or recognizable notable prospects
in the Senior Bowl, but let's not forget that even
last year JCM Jerkorey Krasskimerit or Bill Krassky Merritt was
from the East West Shrineberl. There's always going to be
prospects that emerge and or become possible Day two, Day
three impact players. Let's get right to it. I'll sort
it by position at quarterback. Two names first, Joe Fagnano
out of Yukon and Mark Ronowski out of Iowa. First off,
this year's quarterback class is week on paper outside of
the assumed one point on one Fernando Mendoza from Indiana
to perceived first overall pick the Raiders unless the team
trades out. Outside of that, though there's not a lot
of quarterbacks they're excited about, potentially some Day two Day
three options in the mix. More to come on that
in my preview series on Patreon. But back to business.
Joe Fognano out of Yukon career twenty four games, played
a sixty four point seven completion rate, forty eight touchdowns,
only six interceptions, a good decision maker, eight yards per
pet's attempt, and ninety three to two to twenty three
four rushing scores for a rushing line. He actually peaked
at twenty twenty five, which caught my eye sixty nine
percent completion rate, twenty eight touchdowns to a mere one interception.
So Joe Fognano out of Yukon is someone to keep
an eye on in super flex formats as a possible
late round value or steal. And then the MVP offensively
for the East West Shrine game was Mark Gronowski out
of Iowa. In terms of his stats, not much to
be excited about, but still I wanted to call that
out that he was one of these stand up performers
in the game itself running back. I have four prospects
to break down. CJ. Donaldson Ohio State, Demon Claiborne wake Forest, TJ.
Harden SMU, and Dean Connors out of Houston up first. CJ.
Donaldson Ohio State an interesting storyline here, a former tight
end turn running back career forty five games played in school,
three years with West Virginia and one year with Ohio States,
even being featured alongside Bo Jackson, who's the stud the
phenom prospect. CJ. Donaldson still had a solid year with
a house state in twenty twenty five, especially when it
came to rushing touchdowns. Collectively his college career four point
seven yards per carry on five hundred and seventeen rushes,
forty rushing touchdowns, forty seven to eighty six two receiving
scores for receiving log. CJ. Donaldson is shaping up as
a fringe day two, if not Day three prospect, excited
to see his draft stock and how it fares rest
of way. Someone who caught my eye in the pre
draft process early on for his transition from tight end
to running back, which is notable the size alone Popnext
is demand Claiborne wake Forest, a running back prospect who,
by most draft grades or mock draft data so far,
is viewed as a top five to ten running back
in the twenty twenty six class. Career of forty four
games played with lake Forest four point seven yards per
rush across five hundred and fifty eight rushing attempts, twenty
six rousi touchdowns, and a fifty five four to twenty
four to two receiving line. So Clayborne is someone who
should be on your radar as an impact name day two,
if not Day three. TJ. Harden SMU career of forty
four games played in school with three years at UCLA.
In one year with SMU four point nine yards per
carry across fourner and ninety five rushing attempts, twenty one
rushing scores. And this is where it caught my eye
in terms of pure production. TJ. Harden as a pass
catcher eighty two six, twenty two and three scores, so
he might be more of an outlet in the passing
game if utilization transfers over from the college to pro scene.
Once again, it's TJ. Harden out of SMU. And last,
but not least, Dean Connors out of Houston actually scored
a touchdown in the East West Rine game career of
fifty games, played three years at Rice and one year
with Houston. So a small school prospect who carries big
time numbers on his resume. How about five point two
yards per rush, five hundred and seven carries, twenty two
rushing touchdowns And then this was unbelievable. We're talking video
game esque numbers. As a receiver, one hundred and forty
seven catches, one thousand, one hundred these six yards receiving
and nine scores. Of course, Dean Connors is hard to
project with those three years at Rice and only one
year with Houston, but I'm betting on the receiving chops,
let alone the fact that he showed up in the
game itself, which is notable for extent with that touchdown.
So five point two yards per carry on over five
hundred rushing attempts at the collar scene shows he can
handle considerable volume and be effective per touch and could
make him a nice value on Day three. Someone to
keep an eye on in the mid to late rounds
rookie drafts as a dart throw for the sake of
Donee purposes time for quick breaking me back with wide
receivers and tight ends who stood out to me on
the West roster in the East West Shrine. But before
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right back after a short break. Let's talk wide receivers
on the West roster. Skylar Bell someone rising in pre
draft grades and value out of Yukon. A career of
fifty two games, played three years with Wisconsin and two
years with Yukon. How about two hundred and twenty receptions,
twenty four receiving touchdowns, thirteen point two yards per catch,
and at twenty twenty five lit it up and made
a name for himself as a prospect. A one oh
one twelve seventy eight thirteen receiving effort. Skyler Bell is
skyrocketing pun intended in pre draft value, someone that I
am excited to see how he fares in the rest
of the pre draft process and easily one of the
best wide receivers at this year's East West Shrine Bowl.
How about Malik Benson out of Oregon career forty one
games played. He was a transfer portal specialist, one year
with Alabama, one year with Florida State, and one year
with Oregon eighty one eleven ninety two eight for fourteen
point seven yards per catch across those three years and
the forty one games played, I will say that Malik
Benson was someone I expected to be perceived higher in
draft grades, but I'm seeing some low Day three projections.
He was on the same page with Dante Moore and
a big reason why Moore had a strong statistical season
in twenty twenty five. But perhaps Leak Benson is being
overlooked or the NFL sees something that they're not all
that excited about. When he transfers to the pro level.
Time will tell, but at least worth the consideration and
have him top of mind as at least a deep
wide receiver prospect to keep tabs on as we approach
the NFL Draft. And then one more wide receiver be
Chase Roberts out of BYU career forty nine games played,
a one to seventy twenty five eighty six eighteen receiving
log in his career for fifteen point two yards per ketch.
Anytime we see a wide receiver out of BYU, because
at Pookinakupa is going to catch our eye as someone
who could be a steal on Day two or day three.
Chase Roberts is not Pookin akup But I will say
for comparison, I'm seeing some Alec Pierce field structer, big playability,
smooth route runner, body control, football IQ is high. So
Chase Roberts is a underrated wide out prospect that you
should definitely have on your radar to be targeting rookie drafts,
assuming the NFL draft capital lines and for the most
part being greaded as a Day three talent. And then
let's round out this week's show tight end two names,
Lance Mason out of Wisconsin and Jaren Kanak or Kannack
out of Oklahoma. Lance Mason three years with Missouri State
and one year with Wisconsin in twenty twenty five. That
one year with Wisconsin it was thirty grabs, three ninety
eight and four scorers for thirteen point three yards per ketch.
And then Jaren kanak or Kannack out of Oklahoma interesting
story a former linebacker turntight end twenty twenty two to
twenty twenty four was a linebacker. One year as tight
end twenty twenty five turned into forty four receptions for
five hundred and thirty three scoreless yards twelve point one
yards per catch. Both Lance Mason and Jaron Kannak are
on the Day three map. These are not Day one
or Day two prospects at least in terms of draft grades,
but in title premium worth keeping an eye on. That
will do it. That will round out my East West
shrinebral standouts episode free content wise for the West roster. Again.
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the episode. Next week is all about the Senior Bowl.
It takes place this weekend, but I'll be covering it
in full my spin both free and paid content, just
like this where I split it up with my opinions
and provide my Dynasty outlook on the prospects in the
Senior Bowl. Once again, that's next week. Enjoyed the Senior
Bowl and enjoy the break we have until the Super
Bowl and then we're full rottle into the Dynasty and
NFL offseason. It's a fun time. Until next time. This
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you soon. See you english Man,