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<p style="font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,33);">The first few weeks of preseason action are in the books, as is my annual training camp tour -- which means it's time to present this year's list of training camp risers.

<p style="font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,33);">Below, you'll find 10 players, arranged in alphabetical order, who have been trending upward through camps and the initial portion of the preseason slate. As with last year's group, these players all either stood out to me in person, on tape or via the heat their names have been gathering. Expect all of these guys to make a significant impact on the 2015 season.


Blake Bortles, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
<p style="font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(34,34,33);">Bortles has a new quarterbacks coach in Nathaniel Hackett and a new coordinator in Greg Olson, and his offensive line should provide better play up front, with free agents Stefen Wisniewski and Jermey Parnell coming aboard. Thus far, Bortles looks night-and-day different from what he was as a rookie. He's improved his mechanics and has a much better understanding of NFL coverages and the speed of the game; it looks to me like he's firmed his body up. More than anything, I like the weapons around him.Allen Robinson, whose rookie season ended when he was placed on injured reserve last November, looks like he's in for an excellent campaign.

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