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Speaker 7: Hey, everyone. Jeff Risen here with your daily DLP for Sunday, April 12. We are getting close to the NFL draft. Wanna thank everyone for tuning in to the last couple of days where we had interviews. Can't thank Emery Hunt, mister football game plan from CBS Sports among other places, and Nick Baumgartner from The Athletic for being fantastic guests. We talked about a lot of draft stuff. And one of the things that that Emery brings up, and I'm gonna sponge off of him a little bit, is, late days day three sleepers, maybe undrafted free agent guys, that the Lions should have some interest in, that probably don't get a lot of attention. And the like, there are there are many, many players to look at. I I have been going through a crap ton of, like, final tapes trying to get as many evaluations as I can, at least a baseline knowledge of as many players who might possibly be drafted as I possibly can. And I ran out across a couple of late guys that I hadn't even, like, really studied much before. And I'm gonna include two of them here and as well as two other guys that I've that I've known about for a while, and have a a pretty good feel for their games and, how they would fit with the lions. And, hopeful that the lions will have at least passing interest in these guys, but, let's get into it. First guy. I'm not even gonna do pictures with these guys. We're just gonna go jump straight in. It's a Sunday. It's the master's final day. This is exciting as it was on Saturday. It'll be a fun day. So with Cameron Ball, defensive tackle from Arkansas, razorback, Six foot four, three hundred and ten pounds. He was at the combine. He's an interesting one because he is the style of defensive tackle that a lot of lions fans would like the team to have in that he's not necessarily a run stopper only. Although his stats tell you otherwise, what ball I'll I'll just go through. And I I watched quite a bit of Arkansas football over the last couple of years, and, it's easy to see, especially in this past season, where Ball would fit with the Lions. He fits in the role that they use MacKay Wingo, that they have used as a backup role, behind Ali McNeal, and as insurance slash when when Levi Hanzirike needs to move outside, if they want somebody to come inside with a little bit more ability to get into the backfield. That's how ball plays. Decent explosion off the gap. He is a gap shooter. He is not a guy that's gonna try to work through and bowl his way into the backfield. He can, but that's not where he wins. He wins by getting narrow with his frame and getting through gaps and into the backfield. Now, like, wow. That sounds great, Jeff. Let let me let me tell me how many sacks he's got. Well, he doesn't really finish a lot of sacks. He's a creator. Three sacks, 13 tackles for losses in four seasons. Not a lot of production. He does reliably get into the backfield, though, and disrupts running lanes. He he does have very good effort. I noted it here. A motor runs hot all the time. Very good tackler. He has chase down speed and space for a big guy. It's it's impressive to watch. He can get outside the box and make plays, which was not something that I expected when I sat down to watch Paul and and really break him down, after watching, you know, their, their defensive They they have a quarterback that I that I like quite a bit. But, look. Ball, he doesn't get off of blocks super well. He's much more of a guy that has to win with his initial effort and out quick the guy in front of him, whether it's a guard or a center. He can get through the the b gap between the tackle and the guard, but he's he's really gotta, like it's inconsistent there. So he's looking at being a I've seen projections of him as a fifth run. I'm not sure he's gonna go that high as as he's a decent athlete. He's not an exceptional athlete. And, again, he doesn't have a lot of the production for it, and he's not gonna be a guy who's gonna stand up against the run. He's gonna be a guy that tries to get off or around the block and try to make the play that way. And, like, there is a need for that. The lions have experimented with guys like that. When John Kaminski got to Detroit, that's sort of what he was, as an outside guy moving in. Ball's a lot bigger than that and and much more of a honestly, I could see him being the guy that they wanted Broderick Martin to be as a, a bigger rush tackle, who's not necessarily gonna get a lot of finishing, but does a lot of facilitating, especially if you have a guy, like, a not just on the outside who's gonna force the quarterback forward. Ball is a guy who can make the quarterback thinks twice about where he steps forward into, and and create things that way. And I there there's a use for him. I I I see him as a six rounder, maybe a seventh rounder, that the Lions should probably have a little bit of interest in. So that's Cameron Ball. He's the first of the the foursome today.

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Speaker 7: Next up, and if you have paid attention, you've heard of this guy. Well, you might have heard of him because you're in space Houston Space Jam too. Former child actor and USC recruit, Ciar Wright, cornerback Nebraska. He was in the sixth round of my very first mock draft version one point o as a six rounder. And I have the link here, although you can't click on it while it's in the video. But check that one out. It is mock draft one point o back in January. Shrine Bowl guy, you know, played his way up, into the Senior Bowl. Had a very nice week in in the star in the Dallas area. Trackstar speed. That's the first thing you notice about him. Dude can go, has run, been timed, GPS timed at over 22 miles an hour a lot. It's not just like a one time thing. Like, he's he is a sprinter. He he moved to the slot after playing more outside. He has also played some safety, but Nebraska kicked him into the slot for the most part in 2025, and that's where his game really blossomed because he was sort of a guy that was fledgling, you know, transfer out of USC with somewhat of a disappointing five star or four star recruit there. Never really clicked for him. Inside did a very good job there. His run defense specifically. He was a guy that didn't always take the best path when he was on the outside and, you know, had to weave his way through traffic and everything. And being closer to the action helped his game and helped his aggressiveness, helped his vision as a run defender. He's still not a great, you know, tackler. Does okay. But but some of the other things that you really like about him, he does have fast feet. He can mirror inside receivers. He can carry them with his speed, on drags and crosses and meshes. He's he's he got a lot better at that. This is a guy who's blooming late into his college career. Good spatial awareness. He does understand how to maintain leverage. And what I mean by that is that if he is designed to have inside leverage, which means that he's gonna stay on the inside of the wide receiver of the slot receiver to not let the receiver get to his inside. He does a pretty good job of walling that off for being a a a look. He's he's five eleven, one eighty four. He allegedly played earlier in his career in the January, maybe losing the the the mass and and committing to being a full time slot helped on that. I don't know. But I I was impressed with what I saw from him. He does miss some interception opportunities. Doesn't have a lot of bulk production. He's he's he's not a receiver, folks. That's one of the reasons why he plays defense. One of the things that you do notice with and this is not not exclusive to right, but this is something that you do see with a lot of track track guys in air quotes there. He doesn't decelerate super smoothly. He needs a little bit of a runway to decelerate, and that can get him into trouble, if a guy is really quick and can jerk him around, with, you know, with especially inside routes. So you have to be careful with him on that. But for a guy and he did he did have a high missed tackle rate, over 22 on over 20% in his final two years. It did actually get better, but he will dive at feet that aren't necessarily there anymore. Doesn't have a lot of tackling power. Look. This is why he's a sixth or seventh round player. His cover skills are better than that, and he also and this this is where I think the lions are gonna like him, and I know they did meet with him at the Shrine Bowl. Have that verified from somebody who who was there. Special teams, leadership, incredible special teams player. You need that. We just saw this week, Chase Lucas, 2022 Lions seventh round pick. Slot corner played almost exclusively special. He just got signed this week. Nobody ever wants to see him play defense. He's still in the league because of the special teams. Had two years in Detroit, bounced to San Francisco, and, now he's in Tampa Bay. Good luck to him. But Wright has that sort of a background with him, and he's noted for being a an incredible leader, a good team first guy, competitive spirit, very, very fiery guy. He, been told that he was one of the guys, who really, like, fired into his teammates and helped them in the huddle and in practices. So has the grit fit for a, again, a late round guy, slot corner? He has played a little bit of free safety, but I I don't really envision him being there with his tackling issues. So C. A. Wright, a name to know. The Lions have indeed looked at him. I don't know how they feel about him. I think they should like him. That's how I'm gonna phrase that. And, again, sixth round, maybe seventh round, and probably a guy that you you have almost playing almost exclusively on special teams. Look. The lions, for 2026, they have a assuming everybody is healthy in their in their quarterback room, they're already five deep, maybe six deep depending on how you feel about Monte Maddox. So they don't necessarily need a corner right away, but they might need a guy who can, you know, develop in in time. And I think if you give Wright more time as a full time slot, I think it might work for him. Next guy.

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Speaker 7: Now the guy that they have met with in the bowl games, postseason schedule, Cam Dorner. Cameron Dorner, North Texas, started his career at Shepherd. His freshman year there, he caught passes from Tyson Bajant, who is now the Bears backup quarterback. Shepherd was really, really good then. Small d two school in West Virginia. He's from Maryland. Transferred his final year to North Texas. Now North Texas, if you've watched the Mean Green, and I'll start with the cons here first, they had one year there after three years at the d two level. Didn't play against anybody of notes who's gonna be ever playing in the NFL. And North Texas runs the the quick hit, air raid shotgun spread offense, which means that the quarterback doesn't hold the ball long. You've got four wide receivers, sometimes five. They're all isolated. Most teams play zone against them, and he doesn't have a lot of, like, jamming. It's one of those things where you try to, you know, limit the catch or to the catch and and get him down right away. So there's a lot of schemed space for him. A lot of schemed opportunities for him in that North Texas offense. Not a lot of blocking on his tape either, because just things the way the way that their offense runs, it's just it's just not that way. It's not that he can't do it. It's it's just that the the it it's not really there. And I I saw one game at Shepherd. It was different, but not super encouraging from that. Now why is he draftable at six one one ninety five? Look at that first pro. For those of you watching on YouTube, thank you. Thank you for liking and subscribing. Zero drops in 2025. I don't have reliable statistical metrics from his times at Shepherd, but I've been told by somebody who is aware that he might have had one drop in 2024. Maybe. Dude catches everything. Consistently attacks the ball in the air. He doesn't wait for it to get to him, which is important when you're not gonna be look. He's not gonna be facing the same levels of defenses. He's going to get coverage. He's gonna get pressed. When you're getting pressed, when you're not used to it, one of the things that you have to do is you have to attack the ball because you're gonna be in tighter coverage situations. You need to go out and extend those arms out and get the ball. I have seen that on Dorner's tape, and I like that. That's good. Quickly transitions from receiver to runner. Even in that gimmicky offense, he's good at it. He's not super fast. He he got clocked unofficially at a four six o in hit in the 40 at at North Texas' pro day. But if you watch the film, he gets the speed quickly, and, like, he's not easy to catch. Has a little bit of a wiggle to him. Can can definitely, catch a he can catch a hook, spin either way, and go and make that first guy miss. I'm not gonna say that he's like a yak merchant like, you know, like like, Ammon Ross Saint Brown was coming out of USC, where there was a lot of things that were designed for him to catch the ball and then create things. Like, he he's got a lot of space, but I I think Dorta does a pretty good job with it. And I do think that that will translate somewhat to the NFL. He's tough to tackle. He has a long stride. It makes it easier if you can, like, trip him up, but he does have some balance through that. Impressive red zone catch radius and on the sidelines. He has one catch where he is leaning over to his side, and he's way, way, way, way, way outside and and hauls it in. It's reminiscent of Kenny Golladay at Northern Illinois. He's not that big. He's not that kind of a receiver. But if you remember when Kenny Golladay got to the NFL, like, the one thing that we knew he could do was, like, catch balls on the sideline all over the place, and Dortner has flashed that. So that's nice. Forgot he was gonna work probably inside or outside. Lions don't really need a slot, especially this year. You know, they signed, Greg Dorch, who's an exclusive slot guy. He is a yak merchant. And they've got Ammona Ross St. Brown to slot. You can play the big slot if you need to. So you're looking here at a z receiver, kind of a a bigger target of an outside receiver than what Khalif Raymond offered. And I I can make this one work. I like daughter. Has has kick return and special teams experience. That's good. That's important. If you're gonna be reserved, you need to be, be able to do that. I watched an interview with him. He's kinda soft spoken, but he has a quiet confidence to him that, I I think think the lions will find appealing. I do know that they have checked him out. I don't know the extent to it. I've just been told that that he has been in contact with the lions, whether that was a Zoom or, you know, a a a North Texas meeting. I I wish I knew more. I I but that's all I've got. But that's Kim Dorner. Maybe sixth round, maybe seventh round. He is a guy that I I'm not sure he's gonna get drafted. Look. There's a stigma against the air raid guys, and he's gotta fight that. Gonna hop into my past for the last one. This guy, Curtis Allen, running back Virginia Union. If Virginia Union rings a bell, yeah, it's where Ben Wallace went to school. It's in Richmond, Virginia. He's from Petersburg, Virginia, where I happen to have taught and, worked many, many years ago. And I briefly attended grad school at Virginia Union's rival, Virginia State, which is in Petersburg. Well, technically, Ettrick. So I this is one of those things where, like, I don't have a lot of like, I don't really care much. Like, I was there. I I took two classes. But, like, there's still a little bit of pride. So when I'm hyping up a Virginia union guy as a guy who had briefly attended VSU, you know that the guy impresses me. Harlan Hill winner set the d two individual single season rushing record with over 2,400 yards. Dude scored 30 touchdowns last year. Yeah. Legit NFL build. He is six foot two, two hundred and fifteen pounds. It's well distributed. Got a powerful lower body. His highlight tape and and this is the good and the bad from it. The bad because, again, I like to I like to finish on a high note, so I'll start with some of the negatives. Extremely untested against NFL caliber defensive talent. I'm not sure he's ever played against anybody who might even play in the UFL. Like, seriously, like, it's the CIAA is not noted for putting a lot of guys into the NFL. The other part of this, and I didn't put this in here, but he is following a legend for VUU, and and one of the reasons why he he didn't really start until his senior year because they had a guy who also ran for 2,000 yards last year in 2024. They are a very good run offense school, and he is not, like, unique for it. No. He he's productive for it, but ran through some massive holes. Like, there were times where he's running through holes, like, their center and I I I probably should know who their center is because he he was good. Moved people. Like, moved them where big holes that aren't gonna exist in the NFL even against, like, terrible defenses. He he got a lot of that. Now pass protection, the effort is there. He's a hugger. He's a grabber. Needs to get his pads lower. He's very stiff with it. He always tries. You can work with that. That can be developed. Although like, Lamar Jefferson, it never really happened. But in theory, it can be developed anyways, and the attitude is there for it. Can't catch. Dude caught seven passes in four years, five of them last year. And in one of the games, I saw him drop one. So there's just not a lot of receiving background there. This is not a guy who is going to he's not replacing, what David Montgomery gave you in the passing game. It's just not who he is. Isaiah Pacheco can do that, but Curtis Allen, not so much. Great burst through the crease, but what I love, number one thing you notice when you watch Curtis Allen and from NFL eyes, he has patience and discipline to let the blocks set and then explode through. The other thing I like, he's really subtle with his shoulders and hips. He can he can angle off of a block to set up the next block. He has a very good idea of how to how close to press the hole, whether he should burst through it and and break outside, stay close to the block. Like, he's really, really good at that. And those are things that can't be taught. He's got a really good feel for it. He does have some explosiveness. He was a high school basketball standout. In fact and I I did see an interview with him where he said that he was he was he still thinks he's a better basketball player than football player, but he's got I don't know if he's gonna get drafted either, but this is certainly a guy who can at least get into a rookie mini camp and impress. And if he's running in the gap duo system that the lions run schematically with their run blocking, I think it's a fantastic fit for him because he's gonna find the right hole and gonna go where it's designed, and he can run through the hole. He can run off of arm tackles. He needs to quit hurdling dudes. That's gotta stop. But there is a lot to like about Curtis Allen running back Virginia Union Panthers. Gotta bring up some obscure guys. Y'all want the the names that we haven't heard about. They don't get talked off about talked up enough. Just as a note, there, I believe, are 275 draft slots this year. He is my number 275 player. My big board will be released this Wednesday at Real GM. I went out to 337 players. I have crash course this weekend. I stayed at home instead of, going off to volleyball with my daughter. Dealt with a massive head cold that had part to do with it, but I've I've finally gotten through a lot of these late guys, daughter being one of them. Ball being another one that I kinda went back and and restudied. But so just to recap, Sierra Wright, cornerback Nebraska, Cameron Ball, defensive tackle Arkansas, Cam Doerner, wide receiver North Texas, and Curtis Allen, running back Virginia Union, are four guys, late late round guys, maybe undrafted free agents, priority free agents that you hear their names called right after the draft, that I like for the lions. I'm not sure that again, not sure that the lions have have made an exceeding amount of interest in any of these guys, but I think they should. And that's that's where we're at. We will, get back in on Monday. There's a chance that, we will chance that Monday's show will be a little bit later in the day, based on some things that might be happening. So, if it's not there in the morning, look for it in the afternoon. That's why you like and subscribe so you know when I'm gonna come in here. Your whole son magically here. Yeah. I gotta pull that one out even though Chris isn't here. Jeff Riston signing out. Make it a great Sunday, and please, please, please be good to one another out there.