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Scouting the ‘10-‘11 bowls - pt. 3 (Dec. 30-31)

So many prospects, so little time.

(NOTE: Draft stock reflects where players would be drafted were they to come out for this year’s draft. Obviously, there are “risers” who would be late picks this year that could come on for their senior years, but that’s not the intent here. It’s just to give you names to look out for over the next few weeks. Non-eligible prospects won’t have a round grade. Potential first or second round picks regardless of class are in bold.)

Thu., Dec. 30th

Army v. SMU: Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas, TX), 12:00pm ET, ESPN

Army: Josh McNary, OLB (Sr., 7-UD)

SMU: Aldrick Robinson, WR (Sr., 6th-UD), Kevin Beachum, G (Jr., 6th-UD), Margus Hunt, DE (Soph.)

Kansas St. v. Syracuse: New Era Pinstripe Bowl (New York City, NY), 3:20pm ET, ESPN

Kansas St.: Daniel Thomas, RB (Sr., 2nd-4th), Tysyn Hartman, CB/S (Jr., 4th-6th), Brandon Harold, DE (RS Soph., 4th-5th), Ty Zimmerman, S (Fr.)

Syracuse: Delone Carter, RB (Sr., 3rd-5th), Doug Hogue, OLB (Sr., 5th-6th), Ryan Bartholomew, C/G (Sr., 6th-UD), Derrell Smith, ILB (Sr., 7th-UD), Mike Holmes, CB (Sr., 7th-UD), Nick Provo, TE (Sr., 7th-UD), Mikhail Marinovich, DE (Jr., 6th-UD), Ryan Nassib, QB (Jr., 7th-UD), Chandler Jones, DE (RS Soph.?, 4th-7th), Alec Lemon, WR (Soph.), Justin Pugh, OT (RS Fr.?), Marquis Spruill, OLB (Fr.)

N. Carolina v. Tennessee: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

(Nashville, TN), 6:40pm ET, ESPN

UNC: Bruce Carter*, OLB (Sr., 1st-2nd), Marvin Austin*, DT (Sr., 1st-3rd), Deunta Williams, FS (Sr., 2nd-3rd), Quan Sturdivant, ILB (Sr., 2nd-4th), Greg Little*, WR (Sr., 3rd-5th), Kendric Burney, CB (Sr., 3rd-5th), Charles Brown*, CB (Sr., 6th-7th), Da'Norris Searcy, SS (Sr., 7th-UD), T.J. Yates, QB (Sr., 7th-UD), Robert Quinn*, DE (Jr., 1st-2nd), Zach Brown, OLB (Jr., 3rd-4th), Quinton Coples, DE (Jr., 3rd-5th), Tydreke Powell, DT (Jr., 4th-6th), Dwight Jones, WR (Jr., 5th-7th), Jonathan Cooper, G (RS Soph., 4th-6th), Donte Paige-Moss, DE (Soph.), Erik Highsmith, WR (Soph.), Kevin Reddick, ILB (Soph.), James Hurst, OT (Fr.), Tre Boston, CB (Fr.), Josh Adams, WR (Fr.),

* - Carter is out with an ACL injury, Austin was kicked off the team. Little and Quinn were declared permanently ineligible, and Charles Brown is ineligible for this season, though he has one year of eligibility so he can decide to return.

Tennessee: Luke Stocker, TE (Sr., 2nd-3rd), Denarius Moore, WR (Sr., 6th-7th), Ben Martin, DE (Sr., 7th-UD)*, Tauren Poole, RB (Jr., 6th-UD), Malik Jackson, DE (Jr., 6th-UD), Montori Hughes, DT (Soph.), Dallas Thomas, OT (Soph.), Janzen Jackson, FS (Soph.), Tyler Bray, QB (Fr.), Justin Hunter, WR (Fr.), Eric Gordon, CB (Fr.), Da'Rick Rogers, WR (Fr.)

* - Martin is out for the season with an Achilles injury.

Nebraska v. Washington: Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

(San Diego, CA), 10:00pm ET, ESPN

Nebraska: Prince Amukamara, CB (Sr., 1st), Pierre Allen, DE (Sr., 3rd-4th), Niles Paul, WR (Sr., 4th-5th), Mike McNeill, TE (Sr., 4th-6th), Roy Helu, RB (Sr., 5th-6th), Eric Hagg, SS (Sr., 5th-7th), Alex Henery, K (Sr., 6th-7th), Keith Williams, G (Sr., 6th-UD), DeJon Gomes, FS (Sr., 7th-UD), Jared Crick, DT (Jr., 2nd-3rd), Alfonzo Dennard, CB (Jr., 3rd-5th), Lavonte David, OLB/ATH (Jr., 3rd-6th), Jermarcus Hardrick, OT (Jr., 4th-7th), Baker Steinkuhler*, DT (RS Soph., 4th-5th), Cameron Meredith, DE (RS Soph., 3rd-4th), Rex Burkhead, RB (Soph.), Taylor Martinez, QB/WR (Fr.)

* - Steinkuhler has been suspended for this game for a DUI.

Washington: Jake Locker, QB (Sr., 1st-2nd), Mason Foster, OLB (Sr., 3rd-4th), Nate Williams, SS (Sr., 6th-7th), Cody Habben, OT (Sr., 7th-UD), Jermaine Kearse, WR (Jr., 5th-7th), Chris Polk, RB (RS Soph., 3rd-4th), Desmond Trufant, CB (Soph.)

Fri., Dec. 31st

S. Florida v. Clemson: Meineke Car Care Bowl (Charlotte, NC), 12:00pm ET, ESPN

USF: Terrell McClain, DT (Sr., 3rd-6th), Craig Marshall, DE (Sr., 5th-7th), John Lejiste, SS (RS Soph., 6th-7th), Sam Barrington, ILB (Soph.), Ryne Giddins, DE (Fr.), Devekeyan "DeDe" Lattimore, OLB (Fr.)

Clemson: DeAndre McDaniel, SS (Sr., 2nd), Jarvis Jenkins, DT (Sr., 2nd-3rd), Marcus Gilchrist, CB/FS (Sr., 4th-5th), Chris Hairston, OT (Sr., 4th-6th), Da'Quan Bowers, DE (Jr., 1st), Andre Branch, DE (Jr., 3rd-4th), Jaime Harper, RB (Jr., 3rd-5th), Brandon Thompson, DT (Jr., 5th-7th), David Smith, OG (Jr., 6th-UD), Dwayne Allen, TE (RS Soph., 2nd-4th), Dalton Freeman, C (RS Soph., 2nd -4th), Andre Ellington, RB (RS Soph., 2nd-4th), Jontahan Willard, OLB (RS Soph., 5th-7th), Malliciah Goodman, C (Soph.), Quandon Christian, OLB (Fr.)

Notre Dame v. Miami: Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX), 2:00pm ET, CBS

Notre Dame: Ian Williams, DT (Sr., 4th-5th), Darrin Walls, CB (Sr., 6th-UD), Armando Allen, RB (Sr., 7th-UD), Michael Floyd, WR (Jr., 2nd), Kyle Rudolph*, TE (Jr., 2nd-3rd), Kapron Lewis-Moore, DE (Jr., 5th-7th), Darius Fleming, OLB (Jr., 6th-UD), Braxston Cave, C/G (Jr., 5th-UD), Manti Te'o, ILB (Soph.), Tyler Eifert, TE (Soph.), Cierre Wood, RB (Soph.), TJ Jones, WR (Fr.)

* - Rudolph is out for the season with a hamstring injury.

The U: Allen Bailey, DE (Sr., 2nd), Orlando Franklin, G (Sr., 2nd-3rd), Leonard Hankerson, WR (Sr., 2nd-4th), Colin McCarthy, ILB (Sr., 2nd-4th), Graig Cooper, RB (Sr., 6th-7th), Brandon Harris, CB (Jr., 1st-2nd), Sean Spence, OLB (Jr., 2nd-4th), Adewale Ojomo, DE (Jr., 4th-5th), Micanor Regis, DT (Jr., 6th-7th), Vaughn Telemaque, FS (RS Soph., 4th-5th), Marcus Forston, DT (Soph.), Ray Ray Armstrong, SS (Soph.), Brandon Washington, G (Soph.), Lamar Miller, RB (Fr.)

Georgia v. C. Florida: AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN), 3:30pm ET, ESPN

Georgia: Clint Boling, G/OT (Sr., 3rd-4th), Akeem Dent, ILB (Sr., 5th-7th), Shaun Chapas, FB (Sr., 6th-7th), Kris Durham, WR (Sr., 7th-UD), A.J. Green, WR (Jr., 1st), Justin Houston, OLB (Jr., 1st-3rd), Ben Jones, C (Jr., 2nd), Cordy Glenn, G (Jr., 3rd-4th), Brandon Boykin, CB (Jr., 3rd-4th), Marcus Dowtin, ILB/OLB (Jr., 4th-6th), Caleb King, RB (Jr., 5th-6th), Blair Walsh, K (Jr., 5th-7th), DeAngelo Tyson, DT (Jr., 6th-7th), Jakar Hamilton, FS (7th-UD),

UCF: Jah Reid, OT (Sr., 5th-7th), Bruce Miller, ILB/OLB (Sr., 7th-UD), Darius Nall, DE (Jr., 5th-6th), Josh Robinson, CB (Soph.), Kemal Ishmael, FS (Soph.), Chris Martin, OT (Fr.), E.J. Dunston, DT (Fr.)

S. Carolina v. Florida St.: Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta, GA), 7:30pm ET, ESPN

S. Carolina: Cliff Matthews, DE (Sr., 3rd-5th), Jarriel King, OT/G (Sr., 3rd-5th), Weslye Saunders*, TE (Sr., 3rd-6th), Chris Culliver*, CB (Sr., 5th-7th), Ladi Ajiboye, DT (Sr., 6th-UD), Rokevious Watkins, G (Jr., 3rd-4th), Stephen Garcia, QB (Jr., 6th-UD), Devin Taylor, DE (RS Soph., 2nd-3rd), Tori Gurley, WR (RS Soph., 4th-6th), Alshon Jeffrey, WR (Soph.), Stephen Gilmore, CB (Soph.), DeVonte Holloman, SS (Soph.), D.J. Swearinger, FS (Soph.), Marcus Lattimore, RB (Fr.)

* - Saunders was dismissed from the team in September. Culliver's been out since Halloween with a torn pec.

FSU: Rodney Hudson, G (Sr., 1st-2nd), Christian Ponder*, QB (Sr., 1st-2nd), Markus White, DE (Sr., 4th-6th), Nigel Bradham, OLB (Jr., 3rd-4th), Andrew Datko, OT (Jr., 4th-5th), Bert Reed, WR (Jr., 7th-UD), Nick Moody, FS (RS Soph., 4th-5th), Brandon Jenkins, DE (Soph.), Greg Reid, CB (Soph.), Jacobbi McDaniel, DT (Soph.), Xavier Rhodes, CB (Fr.), Björn Werner, DE (Fr.)

* - Ponder should be able to play after missing the ACC Championship due to a minor surgical operation on his throwing arm.

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