4/25/13 Norm’s NFL Draft Sleepers

  In every NFL draft there will be so called "sleepers" and what I like to term "value players." And there IS a big difference. Sleepers may be smaller schools players or under-the-radar types from major schools who have a chance to have nice NFL careers either as starters or primo backup players who also contribute on special teams. Here's my list of both for the 2013 draft.

 
SLEEPERS
 
DT—Everett Dawkins, Florida St….round 5-6
 
DE–David Bass, Missouri Western…late 5 or 6
 
SS–J. J. Wilcox, Georgia Southern….round 5-6
Zeke Motta, Notre Dame….round 5-6
 
 
FS– Rontez Miles, California (Pa.)…undrafted free agent
Jakar Hamilton, So. Carolina St…round 6-7
Don Jones, Arkansas St….round 7
 
CB—Dax Swanner, Sam Houston….round 6-7
 
QB–Zac Dysert, Miami, Ohio…round 5
 
RB–Dennis Johnson, Arkansas…round 6-7
Robbie Rouse, Fresno St…round 7-UDFA
Matthew Tucker, TCU…round 7–UDFA (special teams)
 
FB–TE–Kyle Juszczyk, Harvard…round 5-6
 
WR–Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas…round 5-6
Josh Boyce, TCU….round 6-7
 
G—JC Tretter, Cornell…round 5-6 (started as a TE, moved to OT, projected as a guard)
 
OT–David Quessenberry, San Jose…round 5-6 (then "redshirt" him for a year to work on overall strength)
 
 
VALUE PLAYERS
 
DE–Lavar Edwards, LSU….late 3 or 4
 
DT–Jordan Hill, Penn St….round 3 or 4 (solid player—attention Cowboy fans)
 
OLB–Zaviar Gooden, Missouri…round 4
 
FS–Keelan Johnson, Arizona St…round 5
 
CB–D. J. Hayden, Houston….late 1 or 2
Robert Alford, SE Louisiana…round 3
Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Uconn…round 4
 
QB–Tyler Wilson, Arkansas…round 2
 
RB–Theo Riddick Notre Dame…round 5
Cierre Wood, Notre Dame…round 5-6
Jonathan Franklin, UCLA….round 3-4
Christine Michael, Texas A&M…round 4-5
 
WR–Aaron Dobson, Marshall….round 3-4
Quinton Patton, La. Yech….round 3-4
Marquise Goodwin, Texas….round 4
 
TE–Vance McDonald, Rice….round 3-4
Travis Kelce, Cincy…round 4
 
C—Brian Schwenke, Cal…round 3 (keep an eye on this player Cowboy fans)
 
Ot–Terron Armstead, Arkansas Pine Bluff…round 2