NFL Rookies on the Art of Watching Film
For our recent Path to the Pros series, we had the chance to speak with several NFL prospects across a range of positions as they transitioned from college to pros. [...]
Derrick Baity Jr. Once Thought Going to College Was Impossible. Now He’s Headed to the NFL
Derrick Baity Jr.’s body tells a story. To NFL scouts, that story is potential lockdown cornerback. Baity’s 6-foot-2 frame gives him a bullying presence at the position, and his 38.5-inch [...]
Driven Not To Be Another Statistic, DeAndre Baker Aims to be the NFL’s Next Shutdown Cornerback
To outsiders, Liberty City is a neighborhood defined by statistics. The five-square-mile neighborhood on Miami’s northwest side is considered to be one of the most dangerous places in America. It’s [...]
How Drue Tranquill Dominates Life
To many, Drue Tranquill is perfection personified. At Notre Dame, he was a two-time team captain. He majored in Mechanical Engineering and graduated with a 3.73 GPA. He was a [...]
Houston’s Ed Oliver May Be College Football’s Most Athletic DT Ever
I don't know how you block Ed Oliver. I'm not sure anyone does. A 6-foot-3, 290-pound rising junior defensive tackle for the University of Houston, Oliver was a first-team All-American [...]
Josh Allen’s Dream School Never Offered Him a Scholarship—and That Still Drives Him to This Day
Josh Allen entered high school as a scrawny 5-foot-10, 130-pound freshman. But the fact he was small for his age never stopped him from dreaming big. He eventually became the [...]
How Former Zero-Star Recruit Levi Wallace Walked on at Alabama and Built Himself Into an NFL-Caliber Cornerback
Just a few short years ago, Levi Wallace thought his football career was over. He graduated from Tucson (Arizona) High School with exactly zero scholarship offers and zero recruiting stars [...]
Luka Doncic: What’s All the Hype About?
Luka Doncic, “The best European NBA prospect of the 21st Century,” has drawn comparisons to Gordon Hayward due to his size and overall play style and Ricky Rubio due the production [...]
After a Devastating Injury, Xavier PG Edmond Sumner is Ready to Prove Himself in The NBA
When Xavier made their run to the Elite Eight during March Madness, they did so without one of their best players. Edmond Sumner—a redshirt sophomore point guard—was averaging 15 points, 5 [...]
It Took Just One Season for Wake Forest’s John Collins to Go From an Unknown to a Potential NBA Superstar
Player Efficiency Rating—or PER—is a stat defined as “the overall rating of a player’s per-minute statistical production.” Essentially, PER aims to boil down all of a player’s on-court contributions into a single [...]