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Maryland
Fride Feeva swept College Park for
another year as coach Ralph Friedgen proved 2001 was no fluke. After starting of
a bit rocky the ship was righted and once again they play in a big
post-season game. The headliner from the Terps is senior middle linebacker
EJ
Henderson, an intimidating defender that forces the action up the
field. While we like Henderson we never bought into what many were saying
aloud; he's top ten material. Henderson has a previous back injury that
must be looked into and is more of a straight-line defender with minimal range in
pass defense. He may be best in a three-four alignment where his
area duties are kept to a minimal. Defensive
end Durrand
Roundtree offers a solid pass rushing force while fullback
Chad
Killian gives an honest days effort. The player Killian shares
the position with, James
Lynch, is rounding into form after a tough start to the season which
saw him grappling with personal affairs. Lynch is a very good future
prospect at fullback. Jafar
Williams did not develop as many hoped at
receiver or take the next
step but stills displays big play ability and must be charted. Red-shirt
sophomore CJ Brooks
was used at several positions on the offensive line but the
athletic prospect has the makings of a very good tackle.
Tennessee
As is the case
every year Tennessee is loaded with pro-prospects and a lot of these players will be drafted.
On the offensive line tackle Michael Munoz has picked up where he left off prior
to his knee injury in 2001 and looks like a great future prospect, Will
Ofenheusle has improved his draft ranking though many are not sure he
will stay at tackle and
Anthony
Herrera had a solid campaign. Tight end Jason Witten
will
likely enter the draft and be the first player at his position selected while
receiver Kelly Washington
would be making a huge mistake if he leaves college after the serious injury
sustained to his neck and the medical procedure that followed. Quarterback
Casey
Clausen was also nicked up last year which slowed his development and
halted any ideas he may have had to getting an early start in the NFL. On
defense Omari Hand looked good as a senior at
end which raised his draft stock but
Rashad Moore,
Edward
Kendrick and Demetrin
Veal had lackluster campaigns. Middle
linebacker Keyon Whiteside and outside
linebacker Eddie
Moore each stood out and improved as seniors while Julian
Battle may have helped himself more that anyone on the defense.
The hard hitting safety took his game to another level and when forced to play cornerback
and responded with several solid outings. Teams must now decide whether
to move him off the corner and waste the fine cover skills he displayed during
the second half of the season. A good forty time prior to the draft will
push Battle into the top sixty.
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