2025 B2B Directional State Team: Sleepers, Small School, & Undervalued Draft Prospects Part 4

The B2B All Value-Buy Lineup… 1st Team:

Offense

Willie Lampkin is a generational player. By that I mean once in a generation, an NFL-quality player who’s about 3-5 inches shorter than the norm but still more than good enough comes around.  Remember 5’9″ Linebacker Sam Mills? Lampkin might be built like a literal fireplug but dang if he isn’t just about as hard to pull out of the ground.  Strength, balance, and leverage ndf you can win, even if you’re height-challenged.

After starting his college career under QB-whisperer Jeff Tedford and surviving 7 injury-plagued seasons, Ben Wooldridge emerged this year as perhaps the most polished QB prospect this side of Cam Ward.  His footwook, understanding of offense, reading of coverage, and NFL-level accuracy (particularly on short and intermediate throws) make him a likely candidate to make a roster and maybe enjoy a healthy backup-who-can-spot-start type of career.

Can someone explain to me how a 6’4″ 270 lb Tight end prospect runs a 4.63 40 yard dash, blocks like an OL, catches everything in his vicinity and then runs over or shrugs off defenders like a 30-year old wrestler playing in the backyard with a bunch of little kids… but makes nary a dent in the draft buzz? Maliq Carr is the rarest of Tight End prospects: he’s not a glorified WR, he can block and be a great receiving target… he should be no worse than a top 5 TE in this class.

Pegues is a legit fullback talent.  A converted Tight End, he runs routes and catches the ball cleanly, even at close to 300lbs.  He can run it, block… and then rush the passer on the other side of the ball.

WR  Savion Williams, TCU
WR  Isaac Teslaa, Arkansas
WR  Kyle Williams, Washington State

Williams had incredible success both downfield and in yards after catch, near the top of the leaderboard in both categories in 2024. He’s a special talent who can work inside/outisde, on deep balls and catch and run opportunities underneath.

DEFENSE
EDGE  Antwuan Powell-Ryland, Virginia Tech

APR is a compact, ball-of-muscle type outside rusher who wins by speed to power or just plain overpowering blockers. He may not be the lanky, long-armed type teams covet for a 4-3 DE, but his production of splash plays was top 5 in the class.

EDGE. David Walker, Central Arkansas
IDL Deone Walker, Kentucky
IDL Jared Harrison-Hunte, Southern Methodist
Harrison-Hunte flashes some of the best run defense in the class, winning with a combination of gap control, footwork, and strong upper body/hands to diengage. His length (6037 with 33′ arms) makes him a nearly ideal 5-tech. He generated an incredible amount of splash plays for a defensive tackle, with 1.4 per game in his career–Cam Heyward at Ohio State territory.

LB Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
Schwesinger could have won an award for the number of consonants to start his name… or for going from walk-on to the first or second-best LB prospect in the class.  He’s far more than a high-effort, try-hard guy though:  his 90 solo tackles led the FBS and his coverage skills resulted in 2 INTs, 3 PBUs, and in most teams avoiding throwing it near him.

LB  Shaun Dolac, Buffalo
NCB  Coby Bryant, Kansas
CB. Darien Porter, Iowa State

I have a bias toward physical Defensive backs who crash down on the run game and screens but who also have outlier coverage skills. Add to that size (6027 with 33′ 1/8″ arms), crazy athleticism (99th percentile 40yd, 98th percentile 10 yd split, 93 percentile SS, 95th percentile 3-cone, 96th percentile BJ… of all the CBs ever measured in the RAS era!), and the kind of ball skills that come from being a former WR… sold!

CB  Shavon Revel, East Carolina

Revel shows excellent versatility, equally adept in man or off-man/zone coverage. He may not always look like the gliding prototype, but his anticipation, quickness, and length put him in position to be a stud outside corner at the next level.

S Major Williams, Carson-Newman
S  Craig Woodson, California

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2nd Team

Martinez was the most successful short-yardage back in CFB last season, excelled in a power-based run attack while at Oregon State, and then reinvented himself into a passing offense asset in Miami. He also topped 22mph in the in-game speed department.

Underrated developmental prospect who probably could manage as an tackle but who seems destined by body type and demeanor to become a classic road-grader Guard.