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NFL Draft scouts’ poll

https://theathletic.com/2551187/2021...-guy-to-scout/

Best overall player, favorite guy to scout …
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Bob McGinn


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This is the 37th year Bob McGinn has written an NFL Draft Series. Previously, it appeared in the Green Bay Press-Gazette (1985-2001), the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1992-2017) and BobMcGinnFootball.com (2018-19). Until 2014, personnel evaluators often were quoted by name. The series reluctantly adopted an all-anonymous format in 2015 at the request of most scouts. The Top 100 and position rankings are linked below.

A year ago, the personnel evaluators basically had it right.

When 19 NFL scouting executives were asked beforehand to name the best player in the 2020 draft, 13 tabbed edge rusher Chase Young of Ohio State and just four voted for LSU quarterback Joe Burrow.

Young was everything Washington hoped he would be en route to being named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. The Bengals’ Burrow was in contention for Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and the overall top rookie award when he suffered a knee injury in the 10th game, ending his season.

Now let’s see how the scouting execs fare this year.

In the past month, 18 personnel people were asked to name the three best players, in order, in this year’s draft. A first-place vote was worth three points, a second-place vote was worth two points and a third-place vote was worth one.

Here were the point totals:

Best player in the draft

1. Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida: 36 points (6 firsts)

2. Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson: 34 points (9 firsts)

3. Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU: 18 points (2 firsts)

4. Penei Sewell, T, Oregon: 7 points

5. Patrick Surtain II, CB, Alabama: 4 points

6.(tie) Najee Harris, RB, Alabama (one first); Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State; Zach Wilson, QB, BYU: 3 points

As you can see, Lawrence had nine first-place votes to Pitts’ six, but Pitts nosed him out in total points.

“Love him,” one evaluator said of Pitts. “He’s the most talented player in the draft. He’s the most gifted tight end I’ve scouted. He is a legitimate, legitimate threat.”

Regarding Lawrence, another scout said: “He’s as close to a sure thing as you can have. He’s got every physical trait. He’s been the No. 1 quarterback at whatever level his whole life. If they craft an offense around him, there’s no reason to think he’s not going to be able to do it in the NFL.”



The 18 scouts were then asked two additional questions …

Favorite player to scout in the draft (pick one)

1. Pitts: 5˝ votes

2.(tie) Chase; Elijah Moore, WR, Ole Miss 2 votes each

4. Wilson: 1˝ votes

5.(tie) Lawrence; Harris; Travis Etienne, RB, Clemson; Rondale Moore, WR, Purdue; Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, LB, Notre Dame; Kadarius Toney, WR, Florida; Javonte Williams, RB, North Carolina: 1 vote each

Best defensive player in the draft (pick one)

1. Surtain II: 9 votes

2. Parsons: 4 votes

3.(tie) Jaycee Horn, CB, South Carolina; Jaelan Phillips, Edge, Miami: 2 votes each

5.(tie) Christian Barmore, DT, Alabama; Jamin Davis, LB, Kentucky: ˝ vote each
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