NFL Draft- Local prospects
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Great question Lights Out,this year is definitely an anomaly in terms of draft talent from the Southland.
This should be the first year since 2015 that a Southern California High School player isn't drafted in the first round. Last year had Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen, 2017 had John Ross and Adoree Jackson, while Kenny Clark was drafted in the first round in 2016.
The highest projected drafted player with Southern California ties is Hollywood Brown of Oklahoma, the wideout from the state of Florida spent a pair of seasons at College of the Canyons before starring in Norman.
I stopped reading ESPN"s draft able prospects ranking at pick 254, the final pick of the draft. They project the top guy drafted a California High School to be from the North. 17th ranked is Alabama's OT Jonah Williams of Folsom.
The first Southern California HS guy ranked is number 58 Michigan DB David Long of Loyola. 94th is Stanford OLB Bobby Okereke of Foothill of Santa Ana. 102nd is San Jose State tight end Josh Oliver of Paso Robles. Crespi and USC safety Marvell Tell is ranked 120th. La Habra/Washington DT Greg Gaines is ranked 143rd. Serra/UCLA TE Caleb Wilson is ranked 182nd,Long Beach Poly/USC DB Iman Marshall is ranked 199th.
I could have easily missed some but I'll update this throughout the weekend.
This should be the first year since 2015 that a Southern California High School player isn't drafted in the first round. Last year had Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen, 2017 had John Ross and Adoree Jackson, while Kenny Clark was drafted in the first round in 2016.
The highest projected drafted player with Southern California ties is Hollywood Brown of Oklahoma, the wideout from the state of Florida spent a pair of seasons at College of the Canyons before starring in Norman.
I stopped reading ESPN"s draft able prospects ranking at pick 254, the final pick of the draft. They project the top guy drafted a California High School to be from the North. 17th ranked is Alabama's OT Jonah Williams of Folsom.
The first Southern California HS guy ranked is number 58 Michigan DB David Long of Loyola. 94th is Stanford OLB Bobby Okereke of Foothill of Santa Ana. 102nd is San Jose State tight end Josh Oliver of Paso Robles. Crespi and USC safety Marvell Tell is ranked 120th. La Habra/Washington DT Greg Gaines is ranked 143rd. Serra/UCLA TE Caleb Wilson is ranked 182nd,Long Beach Poly/USC DB Iman Marshall is ranked 199th.
I could have easily missed some but I'll update this throughout the weekend.
Here is the list of guys drafted in the past three days from Southern California High Schools, Mattison was listed by ESPN I simply missed him:
3rd Round
69: Jacksonville-Josh Oliver TE San Jose State from Paso Robles
79: Rams-David Long DB Michigan from Loyola
89: Indianapolis-Bobby Okereke LB Stanford from Foothill Santa Ana
102: Minnesota-Alexander Mattison RB Boise State from San Bernardino
4th round
127: Baltimore-Iman Marshall DB USC from Long Beach Poly
134-Rams-Greg Gaines DL Washington from La Habra
5th round: 144-Indianapolis-Marvel Tell DB USC from Crespi
6th Round:191: Minnesota-Marcus Epps DB Wyoming from Edison
7th Round: 254: Arizona-Caleb Wilson TE UCLA from Serra
3rd Round
69: Jacksonville-Josh Oliver TE San Jose State from Paso Robles
79: Rams-David Long DB Michigan from Loyola
89: Indianapolis-Bobby Okereke LB Stanford from Foothill Santa Ana
102: Minnesota-Alexander Mattison RB Boise State from San Bernardino
4th round
127: Baltimore-Iman Marshall DB USC from Long Beach Poly
134-Rams-Greg Gaines DL Washington from La Habra
5th round: 144-Indianapolis-Marvel Tell DB USC from Crespi
6th Round:191: Minnesota-Marcus Epps DB Wyoming from Edison
7th Round: 254: Arizona-Caleb Wilson TE UCLA from Serra
The number is definitely low, three guys from the IE are listed below in a list of training camp invites from Pac-12 schools announcements:
Cal OL Patrick Mekari from Westlake to Baltimore
Cal RB Patrick Laird of Mission Prep to Miami
Stanford WR Trent Irwin of Hart to Miami
UCLA DB Nate Meadors of San Gorgonio to Minnesota
USC OL Chris Brown of Loyola to the Chargers
USC OL Toa Lobendahn of Lakewood to the Jets
Washington DL Jaylen Johnson of Corona Centennial to Denver
Washington DB JoJo Macintosh of Chaminade to Washington
Washington State RB James Williams of Burbank to Kansas City
Washington State DB Darrien Molton of Chaparral to Tennessee
Washington State WR Kyle Sweet of Santa Margarita to the Rams
Cal OL Patrick Mekari from Westlake to Baltimore
Cal RB Patrick Laird of Mission Prep to Miami
Stanford WR Trent Irwin of Hart to Miami
UCLA DB Nate Meadors of San Gorgonio to Minnesota
USC OL Chris Brown of Loyola to the Chargers
USC OL Toa Lobendahn of Lakewood to the Jets
Washington DL Jaylen Johnson of Corona Centennial to Denver
Washington DB JoJo Macintosh of Chaminade to Washington
Washington State RB James Williams of Burbank to Kansas City
Washington State DB Darrien Molton of Chaparral to Tennessee
Washington State WR Kyle Sweet of Santa Margarita to the Rams
