Quinten Rollins is a very intriguing player. Collegiality he played 3 years of basketball for the Miami-OH Redhawks before deciding to try out for the football team. There he made an immediate impact on the defense at corner, and was selected as the MAC Defensive Player of the Year with 7 interceptions and 72 tackles. Technically a two sport star at Miami- OH, he also finished second in school history in steals with 214. A small-ish DB, at 5-11, 195, its thought that he can bulk up to the next level, but really needs to improve his bottom speed to be a better corner. The Packers liked what they saw here and selected Rollins at the bottom of Round 2 during the 2015 NFL draft. During his rookie season Rollins had 31 tackles, a sack, 6 pass defensed, and 2 interceptions- returning one of those 45 yards for a TD against the Rams.
At 6’5″, 320 Carl Davis has the tools to really exceed to the next level. While at Iowa he was a 2 time second Big Ten selection at defensive tackle. Despite this Carl’s lack of stats hindered his draft status. Some pundits thought he’d sneak into the bottom of round one, but he ended up plummeting to round 3 where he was selected by the Ravens, who have a penchant for finding good defensive players in the rough. The Ravens it looks like have opted to punch Davis outside to defensive end in their 3-4 alignment. He finished the 2015 season 11 total tackles.
Nick Boyle was pushed into action as a Freshman and took control of the tight end position for the Delaware Hens. A well decorated player, Boyle was named All-CAA in both his Junior (2013) and Senior (2014) seasons. With his size and frame (6’3″, 268) he could develop into a pretty solid every down tight end at the NFL level. He already has proven hands, but needs to work on squaring up his blocking for the NFL level.
After the departure of Owen Daniels and Dennis Pitta’s back to back season ending injuries, Baltimore looked to reboot at the position. The team selected Maxx Williams early on and then came back to select the sure-handed Boyle in the bottom of Round 5 in the 2015 NFL Draft. In his rookie season he caught 18 passes for 153 yards. He will face an uphill climb matching those numbers in 2016, as he was suspended for the first 10 games of the season for performance enhancing drugs.
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Card: Leaf Draft 2015
