Now that the 2020 NFL Draft is over, analysis, grades, praise, and criticism is pouring in from fans and the media.
On Tuesday, Yahoo! Sports revealed results of an informal poll they conducted with college coaches across America, asking what players were the biggest steals of the draft.
According to Pete Thamel, they texted over 120 college coaches to get the analysis "from those who've studied the players on film and across the sideline" with the results coming from "both the repetition of appearances and conviction of argument." They then broke the votes down by conference, and listed the top-five vote-getters in each of the Power Five conferences - The SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12, ACC, and Big-12.
Two Buffalo Bills picks made their list.
Defensive end A.J. Epenesa came in at No. 4 in the Big Ten and quarterback Jake Fromm at No. 5 in the SEC. One coach told Yahoo! that Epenesa is "as good against the run as I've seen," adding "I can't believe that he slipped. He probably can't be an edge guy, but he's good."
As far as Fromm, Yahoo! included two different coaches' feelings, with one saying "I think he will be in the league a long time. He may never be a star, but he'll be a reliable player for a long time." Another coach added, "Would not be surprised if Fromm has more NFL starts than one of the quarterbacks taken with a top-10 pick."
Among AFC East teams, the Bills and New York Jets both had two players make an appearance on the Power-5 conference top-five lists, while the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins had one player each.
Yahoo Sports also included a poll of smaller-school and independent school players and Bills sixth-round pick, kicker Tyler Bass, not only made the list, but was No. 1 overall, with one coach saying "You're going to think I'm crazy, but Tyler Bass the kicker from Georgia Southern has a howitzer for a leg. I see him playing for a while," and another adding "You could hear it when he contacts the ball."
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