Blinkscout 2023 LBs ...

Getting things done early this year for a couple of reasons ... first? My time management has reached almost "competent adult" levels. Second? The chatter as we get closer to the draft might have an effect on me and there's simply no new info that will be coming out this month. Third? These tend to get lost the week of the draft. I'll still do my "Top 2 rounds" draft week.
Also, since these get buried quickly, if you want to search for a position group, just put "Blinkscout 2023" in the search bar and they should all come up.
Another note ... defense usually has more players on the lists because of special teams play.

This position is not a full time player for us ... some games they'll be needed more than others. I'm looking for coverage and chase ... big safety types. So, of course, this draft has a million of them. I am so confident that we can hit the perfect target in the 6th or 7th with a Malcolm Rodriguez type that I wouldn't invest anything higher than that in the position ... with the chance of drafting zero and still getting value, because there aren't too many of these guys that do anything but play STs.
Some of these guys may come off early, but the difference between Dayon Henley and Dee Winters is negligible and I have him higher than Dorian Williams.

I'm trying to be more stringent on my grades, but guys will generally be rated higher by me than others because I imagine them in their best fit.

I'll italicize my targets ...


2023 LB



20-40

CLEM 22 OLB Trenton Simpson 6-3 240 Jr.

ARK 42 DE Drew Sanders 6-5 232 (Ala trans)
ILB Jr. 6.5 sacks in 4 games. Optout

IOWA 31 LB Jack Campbell 6-5 243 So. ++
Jr.
246 Sr.


40-64

ALA 10 ILB To'o To'o 6-2 228 Jr. (Tenn trans)
Sr.

Wst 1 LB Dayon Henley 6-2 232 Sr. (Nevada Trans)

NCSt 1 ILB Isaiah Moore rsFR 6-2 240 FR
So.
Jr. should come out
232 Sr. 4.65 40 7.02 3 cone 4.25 ss

ORE 1 tfILB Noah Sewell 6-3 260 FR ++ ACLINJ
251 rsFr.
rsSo


3-4

TCU 13 LB Dee Winters 6-1 230 Sr.

TEX 0 LB Overshown 6-4 217 Jr.
223 Sr.
5th

INCI 0 LB Ivan Pace 2nd 6-0 235 So. (lilbro Trans )

TUL 2 LB/S Dorian Williams 6-1 210 So. ++

225 Jr.

LOU 22 OLB Abdullah 6-1 218 FR
235 So. Fast. 10 sacks
242 Sr.

UF 51 LB Ventrell Miller 6-1 222 So. ++
230 Jr.
Sr. INJseason
221 5th

DUKE 42 OLB Shaka Heyward 6-4 230 FR
So.
Jr.
240 Sr.

NCSt 32 tfOLB Drake Thomas 6-2 235
So.
RsSo 4.65 40 7.1 3 cone
Jr. (bro of thayer) led ACC in TFL 2 years in a row. Pancaked O Lineman

PITT 7 LB Sirvocea Dennis (6-1 230 Jr. ex QB, lacrosse, angry)
S r. Can rush

AUB 0 tfOLB Pappoe 6-1 219 FR
222 So.
226 Jr.
Sr.


5-6

UF 2 Spur Burney 6-2 224 So.
230 Jr.
239 Sr.
5th

Gtech 1 LB Charlie Thomas 3rd 6-2 207 Sr (ummm teams?) got weight up to 217, can add more.

UT 3 LB Mohamoud Diabate 6-4 222 Sr.

IND 4 LB Cam jones 6-3 224 So.
230 Jr.
Sr. fast and active …
228 5th

JSt LB Aubrey Miller Jr. 4.71 35 v 23 reps

WMC LB Zaire Barnes 6-1 233 4.56 40 1.57 spl 7.02 3 cone 20 reps 4.27 10-4

TENN 33 OLB (rushes) Banks 6-1 220 Jr. like him
224 Sr.

LSU 23 OLB Baskerville 6-1 231 Jr.
Sr.

VAN 24 LB Alston Orji 6-2 245 Jr.



7-UDFA

Gtech 2 LB Allende Eley 6-3 233 Sr. leading tackler

Vtech 4 ILB Hollifield 6-1 243 FR
232 So.
239 Jr.
Sr.
5th
6th

TROY 2 OLB Carlton Martial 5-9 210 Jr. ST …400 tackles
Sr. 554 tackles all time FBS leader

SDSU 54 LB Caden McDonald 6-3 235 Jr. +++ smart
5th can long snap

WAKE 5 ILB Smenda 6-2 235 So.
Jr.
rsJr.
SR. 40 starts 4.68

TUL 1 OLB Nick Anderson 5-10 225 Jr.

AZSt 8 OLB Merlin Robertson 6-3 235 FR
So.
250 Jr.
235 Sr. 5th

AZ 5 DB Christian Young 6-1 209 FR
So.
OLB 221 Sr. 4.60 4.43 ss

BAY 5 DE Dillon Doyle 6-3 235 So.
Jr.
ILB Sr. plays on and off line

OREst 8 LB Kyrei Fisher-Norris 6-1 237 Sr.

ARK 10 LB Bumper Pool 6-2 232 Sr.

BYU 49 LB Payton Wilgar 6-3 245 So.
235 Jr.

MINN 55 LB Sori-Marin 6-3 245 So.
Jr.
Sr.
5th

MSU LB Vansummeren 6-1 237 4.36 40

Ill st LB Vandenburgh 6-3 234 4.8 4010-2 br 7.06 3

KASN 7 LB Lorenzo McCaskill 6-0 223 Sr. 4.58 40

OLE 8 ILB Troy Brown 6-0 220 Sr.

Okst 11 LB Bishop 6-2 235 Sr. 4.6 40

SDSU 43 ILB Lakalaka 6-1 235 Jr.
Sr.

SYR 3 LB Mikel Jones 6-1 224 Jr.

SMU 41 LB Slade-Matautia 6-1 235 Jr. (Ore trans) best athlete
Sr. 37 vert

SMU 6 OLB Jimmy Phillips 6-0 224 Jr.
Sr.
6-3 236? 5th

SC 19 rOLB Johnson 6-2 235 Jr.
240 Sr. 4.77 40 32 v


That wraps it up for positional lists ... questions and comments welcome.

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