Big Ten- Northwestern

Mike Kafka, QB, Sr- Kafka has an uphill battle to be drafted in my opinion. He has good accuracy and seems to understand how to progress through his reads, but I don’t think he has the arm strength to make it in the NFL. He really pushes the ball instead of throwing it, and that’s a problem as it gives that extra time to break on the ball by the defender. If he’s drafted it will be late, but some team that runs a West Coast offense may like it.

Zeke Markshausen, WR, Sr- Markshausen seems to be a nice possession receiver type. He has reliable hands, he’s not afraid to go over the middle, and he’s a good short to intermediate route runner. Very slight build though so he will struggle with press man coverage. He’s a late rounder at best, and will struggle to make a team, but he seems to be one of those guys that will always find a way to hang in there on a scout team.

Andrew Brewer, WR, Sr- Almost the same thing goes for Brewer. He has to be absolutely precise in what he does as he’s limited physically and athletically.

Corey Wooten, DE, Sr- I think Wooten’s still struggling to overcome his knee injury from last year. He’s making some fundamental mistakes that he can correct with some time and coaching. Physically, he’s big enough and strong enough to hold the edge against the run. Once he can get more comfortable with his knee and work on his speed, he should get back some of that pass rush ability he showed the past two years. His technique issue is that he’s starting to stand up straight away out of his stance instead of firing out low and extending his arms to keep the tackle off of him. He’s big enough and versatile enough to play DE in an odd or even man front and I would take him in the second round because of his ability to impact both the run and pass plus the fact that he can be moved around the line to several different positions.

Adam Hahn, DT, Sr- Hahn is just too small to play DT. He does not have great strength at the point either. I don’t think he’s draftable, but he could go late.

Sherrick McManis, CB, Sr- McManis made one very memorable play in coverage and showed a great ability to read the play, jump the route, and make the pick. He actually looks like he might fit better as a FS at the next level. Worst case scenario is to start him at CB and potentially move him to FS if it doesn’t work there. If he runs well at his Pro Day, he could sneak into the late third, but would be a nice value in the fourth.