2013 Mocks and Needs

[HPF Bob]

32 Terrance Williams WR Baylor 6' 3" 205
62 Desmond Trufant CB Washington 6' 0" 172
94 Shayne Skov ILB Stanford 6' 3" 242
126 Jordan Hill DT Penn State 6' 1" 297

PK, those first four picks are a great draft, IMO. Probably too good as in "won't be there in real life".

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

PK, those first four picks are a great draft, IMO. Probably too good as in "won't be there in real life".

Yes it would be, and that is passing up on two guys I love for our 3-4 Okafor and Jeffcoat in the 1st.

And I agree, as we get closer to the actual draft, guys will climb and some of the QBs near the top will drop.

[painekiller]

Boredom on a Saturday night leads to another Mock. I'm going to use CBS Sports.com 's list of top players. I will not use a pick number due to the fact that I am adding in estimated supplemental picks. (3rd for Mario, 5th for Brisiel, and a 7th for Allen).

1st Alex Okafor DE Texas Sr 6-5 265
2nd Shayne Skov ILB Stanford Sr 6-3 242 This is a more realistic place for him
3rd Bacarri Rambo FS Georgia rSr 6-0 210
3 Sup Desmond Trufant CB Washington Sr 6-0 186
4th Joseph Randle RB Oklahoma State Jr 6-0 200
5th Anthony Rashad White DT Michigan State Sr 6-2 330
5 Sup Jonathan Bostic ILB Florida Sr 6-1 246
6th Xavier Nixon OT Florida Sr 6-5 314
7th Lucas Reed TE New Mexico rSr 6-5 250
7 sup Ryan Allen P Louisiana Tech rSr 6-2 215

Very few of these guys are going to have roster spots. This team is young and deep, so any pick after the 3rd or 4th rounds will have to play very well in order to get a roster spot.

If Barwin continues to play with no sacks, he could be in for a low ball offer and possibly be allowed to walk. Thus my 1st pick. We need ILB help and depth. With Rambo's suspension due to a failed drug test, would the Texans look at him, a lot of weight would have to be given to the interview and college coaches reviews of him. They did give Braman and Posey chances. Trufant is a solid pick in the late 3rd. And if a back like Randle is available in the 4th you jump up to hand in your card on draft day. The guys after that are just filling up training camp spots on this team.

[Nconroe]

Free Agency is the wild card right now in how many and which position groups might be tarrgeted, seems we will have about 8 FA who will want to be paid, just like this year.. Hopefully we can hold on to most of them.

Are there any tall , say 6'3" DBs to help coveer tall WR and TE, similar to what Seattle has done?

Sounds about right on compensatory picks.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Are there any tall , say 6'3" DBs to help coveer tall WR and TE, similar to what Seattle has done?

Not where we are projecting to pick. 6'1" guys are available throughout the draft, 6'3" is a different animal.

[Nconroe]

Wonder if they'd take a chance somewhere in draft on


Ray Ray Armstrong, S, Faulkner University
Height: 6-4. Weight: 220.
Projected 40 Time: 4.59.
Projected Round (2013): 4-6.

He was doing well at Miami then decided to be a dunce and meet with marketers.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Wonder if they'd take a chance somewhere in draft on


Ray Ray Armstrong, S, Faulkner University
Height: 6-4. Weight: 220.
Projected 40 Time: 4.59.
Projected Round (2013): 4-6.

He was doing well at Miami then decided to be a dunce and meet with marketers.

He is not on the team at Faulkner from what I can see. Not sure how the Texans would view him.

Ray-Ray Armstrong declared ineligible by NAIA

By Michael Casagrande Sun Sentinel

5:15 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2012

Update 5:14 p.m. Wednesday: The next move for Ray-Ray Armstrong is still unknown at this point.

Faulkner University spokesman Doug Amos said he "gets the impression" Armstrong will stay at the small school in Montgomery, Ala. after spending the last month there.

He would still be eligible to practice with the team. The NAIA's ruling only barred him from competition. About five or six NFL scouts had already been to town to watch him practice.

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Original story:

The college football career of former Miami safety Ray-Ray Armstrong appears to be over.

The NAIA officially declared the Sanford, Fla., product ineligible Tuesday after nearly a month's wait. Armstrong had been attending Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., after being kicked off the Miami team in late July.

According to a news release from Faulkner, the NAIA did not grant Armstrong his senior season because UM had declared him ineligible for NCAA competition.

The NAIA rule book has a stated policy on the matter:

“Any student who has completed eligibility or who has been permanently banned in a given sport at any four-year institution, either NAIA-affiliated or other, shall have no eligibility remaining in that sport within the NAIA," the rule book reads. "Such a student cannot regain eligibility in that sport at an NAIA institution.”

According to Faulkner, Miami tried to get Armstrong reinstated so he could play at the new school, but the NCAA ruled UM did not have that authority.

“We’re disappointed in the ruling, obviously,” Faulkner athletics director and head football coach Brent Barker said in the news release. “We respect the great job the NAIA Eligibility Center does for our student-athletes, but we thought Ray Ray’s situation was unique and unprecedented, and deserved a positive ruling.

"I most of all hate it for him, because he has fit in so well on our campus with our student body and has really been a leader in our locker room with a lot of our younger players."

Armstrong was dismissed from the Hurricanes on July 18 after a suspension-plagued junior season. Armstrong was allegedly dishonest with the school during an internal investigation.

Lawyers representing Armstrong threatened to sue Miami for reinstatement to the program before deciding to enroll at Faulkner.