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For many players, the bowl season is the final chance to show NFL scouts what they have on the field before months of interviews and workouts in shorts. For fans, it's the last chance to take a look at the prospects that will make up the majority of the 2014 NFL Draft.
On Monday, there are four bowl games: The Armed Forces, Music City, Alamo and Holiday Bowls. Here are the prospects that should be paid the most attention:
Armed Forces Bowl - Middle Tennessee St. vs. Navy, 11:45 p.m.
No prospects projected to be drafted by NFLDraftScout.com.
Music City Bowl - Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech, 3:15 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
GT | 45 | Jeremiah Attaochu | OLB | 6-3 | 242 | 3rd |
MISS | 12 | Donte Moncrief* | WR | 6-2 | 226 | 3rd |
MISS | 3 | Charles Sawyer | CB | 5-10 | 178 | 6th-7th |
GT | 14 | Jemea Thomas | CB | 5-9 | 195 | 7th |
MISS | 3 | Jeff Scott | RB | 5-7 | 164 | 7th-FA |
MISS | 97 | Tyler Campbell | P | 6-2 | 230 | 7th-FA |
Alamo Bowl - Oregon vs. Texas, 6:45 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
ORE | 8 | Marcus Mariota** | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 1st |
ORE | 14 | Ifo Ekpre-Olomu* | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 1st |
UT | 44 | Jackson Jeffcoat | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 2nd-3rd |
UT | 1 | Mike Davis | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 3rd |
ORE | 1 | Josh Huff | WR | 5-11 | 202 | 5th |
ORE | 66 | Taylor Hart | DE | 6-6 | 287 | 5th-6th |
ORE | 25 | Boseko Lokombo | OLB | 6-3 | 230 | 5th-6th |
ORE | 6 | De'Anthony Thomas* | RB | 5-9 | 170 | 6th |
UT | 23 | Carrington Byndom | CB | 6-0 | 180 | 6th |
ORE | 21 | Avery Patterson | S | 5-9 | 190 | 6th-7th |
UT | 4 | Anthony Fera | K | 6-2 | 208 | 7th |
UT | 51 | Donald Hawkins | OT | 6-5 | 310 | 7th-FA |
ORE | 12 | Brian Jackson | S | 5-10 | 197 | 7th-FA |
ORE | 90 | Ricky Havili-Heimuli | DT | 6-4 | 314 | 7th-FA |
Holiday Bowl - Arizona State vs. Texas Tech, 10:15 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
ASU | 90 | Will Sutton | DT | 6-0 | 305 | 1st-2nd |
TTU | 22 | Jace Amaro* | TE | 6-5 | 260 | 1st-2nd |
ASU | 52 | Carl Bradford* | OLB | 6-1 | 243 | 2nd |
ASU | 87 | Chris Coyle | TE | 6-2 | 240 | 6th-7th |
TTU | 18 | Eric Ward | WR | 5-11 | 205 | 6th-7th |
ASU | 4 | Alden Darby | S | 5-11 | 195 | 6th-7th |
* Junior
** Draft-eligible sophomore
No bowl game so far has provided a glimpse at the amount of NFL Draft-level talent that the Alamo Bowl will on Monday night, as the Oregon Ducks in particular bring several top players into the game. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean they will affect the 2014 NFL Draft.
Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota has already announced he will return for another year with the team in 2014 and cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu may be soon to follow.
That means the top 2014 NFL Draft talent for the day might be on display one game later in the Holiday Bowl where two-time All-American defensive tackle Will Sutton will wrap up his collegiate career.
After racking up 12 sacks and 23.5 tackles for loss from the nose tackle position as a junior, Sutton has almost exclusively faced double and triple teams as a senior. In the NFL, he likely projects best as a penetrating 3-technique type that would have a similar role as Sen'Derrick Marks with the Jaguars.