IS RYAN KELLY FIRST-ROUND MATERIAL?-rbr

Recapping Alabama's spring: Running backs-bol

BamaOnLine's Charlie Potter recaps notes, stats and quotes on the Crimson Tide running backs following their 2016 spring season

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Position Thoughts: Cornerback

Mel Kiper predicts first three Redskins selections-bol

Tide's projected two-deep offensive depth chart-bol

Kirk Herbstreit shares thoughts on Alabama's QB race on Finebaum-bol

"I always feel like I'm getting overlooked and not getting the respect," Jones said in a phone interview from Buffalo Niagara International airport last week after he completed a pre-draft visit with the Bills. "There are plenty of coaches saying that if I was an inch or two taller, I'd be a first-round pick. It hasn't affected me to this point, but it is what it is. I know what type of player that I am and what I can do. If you ask me, I'm the best corner in the draft. That's just how I carry myself."
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rbr opCyrus has always been a hyper-competitive player with a huge chip on his shoulder. He took his awful 2013 debut season and used it as motivation to become a lockdown corner in just one offseason. He did the same with his early problems with fumbling punt returns to become a dynamic return man this year. He has the attitude and the football skills, but you have to wonder if his combination of a lack of stature and barely average athleticism will prevent him from being successful in the pros, where the receivers will be even bigger and faster.

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They grew up in modest means. I ask him what it feels like to have that sort of background and know that, a few months from now, he’ll be a millionaire. What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning these days? "It just makes me that much more responsible," Reed says. "People are really counting on you now. You can’t mess up because just as quick as you got here, it can be taken away even faster. So to me, it’s not really about the money or how much I’m going to get. Now, you’ve got to produce."
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rbr opA cool article where Andy Benoit sits down with Jarran Reed to break down quite a few plays from the Georgia game. It is a couple of weeks old, but it has a lot of good gifs, and definitely worth the read.

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Most of us have been jealous of Reggie Ragland at some point in our lives. Or, more accurately, jealous of Ragland’s ilk. He’s an alpha without trying to be. He has the blend of politeness and firmness of one not easily intimidated. You can tell his BS detector is acute. And he’s an athlete. A big-time athlete. He started receiving letters of recruitment in sixth grade—for basketball.
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rbr opIn the same series as the article with Reed above, now Reggie Ragland gets a shot. I think this article ended up being even more interesting than Reed's. Ragland seems to be a very insightful and engaging guy with quite a few good quotes. He also mentions that rising sophomore defensive tackle, Daron Payne, has a six-pack. That's a 315-pound man with abs. That should not even be possible.

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ESPN Sport Science: Ragland's range astonishes-espnbama