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 several conference championship games taking place, including a matchup between Western Kentucky and Jacksonville State for the Conference USA title.
Pro Football Focus has already put together an early big board of prospect rankings for the upcoming draft, and included on that list are a couple of players from Western Kentucky and Jacksonville State to keep your eyes on as the game unfolds.
Upton Stout, S, Western Kentucky: An experienced player with over 2,000 career snaps, and while listed as a safety, Stout has primarily lined up in the slot this season and was a boundary cornerback in past seasons. Stout has been a reliable tackler, has seen some opportunities as a blitzer, and is one of PFF’s highest-graded safeties against the run this season. He hasn’t been targeted much in coverage, only 15 times, allowing nine completions at 17.0 yards per catch with a pass breakup.
Clay Webb, IOL, Jacksonville State: Webb played his first two seasons at Georgia and the last three at Jacksonville State, with just about all of his career snaps coming at left guard. In pass protection this season, he has given up only six pressures and one sack in 325 pass-blocking snaps and has the ninth-best PFF run-blocking grade among guards.
