If you have been paying any attention at all to the 2015 NFL Draft, you can't help but notice that this is s deep class for RB and OT, but there is another position that is emerging out of the shadows that has the possibility of impacting the later half of Rd 1 and the top half of Rd 2. This emerging position is LB, with as many as 5 LBs potentially being taken in the top 50 draft selections. Most of us are aware of

 

1. Bernardrick McKinney - ILB - Mississippi State - 6'4" 249 Lbs

 

2. Denzel Perryman - ILB - Miami - 5'11" 242 Lbs

 

3. Eric Kendrick - ILB - UCLA - 6'0" 230 Lbs

 

but out of the post bowl game experience, two more prospects are beginning to elevate their draft positions.

 

One is

 

4. Paul Dawson - ILB - TCU - 6'2" 230

 

who showed the nation that he is the total package in both run defense and dropping back in coverage.

 

Prior to this week, Dawson has been overlooked as a mid round selection, but, now there is talk that he may rise to the top of Rd 2 and could find himself taken in the later part of Rd 1, jumping ahead of the three players listed above. He is not listed on the Senior Bowl roster but that may change in the next week.

 

The other is a Jr from Alabama

 

5. Reggie Ragland - ILB - Alabama - 6'2" 254 Lbs

 

He had to wait for C.J. Moseley to graduate last year, but since he has been introduced into the Alabama lineup, the Alabama defense has not missed a beat. Ragland has not declared for the draft, but did ask for an evaluation and it is suspected that he got a 1st or 2nd round grade.

 

How does this impact the Jags, you may ask? Well there is a very good chance that one of these five players will be the Jags Rd 2 selection. Right now it would not surprise me in the least if the selection is Paul Dawson of TCU, but time will tell.

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