FSU football: Several Noles make PFF Final Top 300 Draft Board
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football has seen a decline in the number of players selected in the NFL Draft the past few years.
Running back Cam Akers was the only Noles selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, a second-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams.
The 2019 NFL Draft only saw two Noles selected when Brian Burns was a first-round selection, and DeMarcus Christmas was a sixth-round selection.
Things could be different for FSU football and the upcoming NFL Draft. The majority of the final Jimbo Fisher recruiting class in 2017 is eligible and packed with several players ranked in the top 100 players in the nation.
Pro Football Focus released their top 300 Players Big Board and several Noles made the list. However, just because a player ranks among the top 300 doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to be among those drafted in the upcoming draft.
Here’s where the Noles were on the list:
- Asante Samuel Jr.-No. 29 (First round)
- Marvin Wilson-No. 94 (Third round)
- Hamsah Nasirildeen-No. 129 (Fourth round)
- Joshua Kaindoh-No. 148 (Fifth round)
- Janarius Robinson-No. 180 (Sixth round)
- Tamorrion Terry- No. 193 (Sixth round)
If I had to give credit to who lived up to their high school recruiting rankings? Asante Samuel Jr., Hamsah Nasirildeen, and Tamorrion Terry were the only three to do so. Terry probably outperformed his three-star ranking, but mainly he was from a rural area in Georgia and didn’t have a lot of exposure on the recruiting trails.