2023 NFL Draft Profiles: Best Of The Rest From The Mountain West

These players may be long shots to hear their name called in the draft, but here’s what you need to know about what they bring to the pros.

2023 NFL Draft: The Best of the Rest of the Mountain West Prospects By School

Air Force | Boise State | Colorado State | Fresno State | Hawaii | Nevada | New Mexico | San Diego State | San Jose State | UNLV | Utah State | Wyoming

Utah State

Wide receiver Brian Cobbs spent just one year at Utah State after four years at Maryland, but it was a very busy one. He led the Mountain West with 116 targets in 2022 and posted a 65.2% contested catch rate, so while his catch radius (10 1/4″ hands, 75 3/4″ wingspan) may interest some teams, the bigger immediate concern is a 4.70 40-yard time which may diminish that enthusiasm.

It took a few years before Connor Coles got to step up at Utah State’s placekicker on a full-time basis, but he finished his Aggies career having made 71.4% of his field goal tries. That may not be the level of accuracy the NFL is looking for, so he may have to find a way to prove he can handle kickoff duties in order to have staying power.

Center Chandler Dolphin developed into a workhorse for the Aggies and played 953 snaps in 2022, the most of any offensive lineman in the Mountain West. He was also one of just six FBS centers to play at least 900 snaps while allowing two or fewer quarterback hits and zero snaps, probably in large part to what Pro Football Network’s Tony Pauline describes as initial quickness mixed with a mean streak.

Offensive tackleĀ Alfred Edwards earned the left tackle job as a redshirt freshman in 2018 and never let go of it, finishing his college career with a school-record 53 starts. An excellent pass protector, he was credited with a PFF pass-blocking grade of 73.4 or better in four of his five seasons in Logan, though PFN’s Pauline notes that improved footwork will help him build on the physical profile in which NFL teams are almost certainly interested.

Gurvan Hall transferred to Utah State after four seasons at Miami (FL), making five starts for the Aggies in 2022. However, the fact that head coach Blake Anderson gave him an indefinite suspension late last season may be a red flag to some NFL front offices.

You can’t teach size and length, two things that wide receiver Justin McGriff has in spades, measuring in at 6-foot-4 and 216 pounds with an 80 and 5/8″ wingspan at Utah State’s pro day. He struggled with drops (14% career rate) more than you’d like across three seasons with the Aggies, though, meaning that NFL coaches may need to put in a fair amount of time to maximize what he could offer.

Safety Hunter Reynolds spent two seasons with the Aggies after transferring in from Michigan and he became a defensive leader who helped spearhead the team’s championship run in 2021. His on-field instincts and sure tackling made him one of the more underrated players anywhere in the Mountain West, as he posted four interceptions and nine passes defended in the last two years.

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