With the Indianapolis Colts on their bye week, let’s turn our attention this weekend to College Football.
The college season is winding down with the Bowl season on the horizon. But a big weekend is ahead with the conference championship games taking place.
While the 2025 NFL draft is still a ways off and a lot will change between now and then from needs to prospect rankings, this weekend of college football can be a good opportunity to begin getting familiar with some prospects to know if you haven’t started that process already.
For the Colts, they hold seven picks in the 2025 draft–one in each round. Some positions of need at the moment include cornerback, safety, tight end, running back, linebacker, and defensive tackle depth.
On Friday, there will be a few conference championship games taking place, including the Conference USA Championship game and the Mountain West Championship game.
Then on Saturday, the MAC and Sun Belt Conference Championship games will be two of several title games taking place.
Pro Football Focus has already put together an early big board of prospect rankings for the upcoming draft, and included on that list is one player from Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship and another from Marshall in the Sun Belt Championship.
Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall: At 6-4 – 248 pounds, Green has played just over 1,000 career college snaps in three seasons–668 of which came in 2024. He’s been highly productive, however, with those opportunities, totaling a whopping 60 pressures and 16 sacks, according to PFF. Those 60 pressures are the second-most among edge rushers this season and Green’s 16 sacks are the most. He’s also graded out as one of the best edge defenders against the run this season.
Brian Ugwu, EDGE, Miami (OH): At 6-3 – 256 pounds, Ugwu has played over 2,000 college snaps in his career. After totaling 64 pressures and eight sacks in 2023, Ugwu has put up similar numbers this season, with 50 pressures and six sacks. He ranks 156th out of all edge defenders in PFF’s run defense grade.