Lance Zierlein · Feb 28, 2025
Zierlein raised his draft evaluations after Thursday's workouts: Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman moved into his top 100, South Carolina's Demetrius Knight could be the first inside linebacker drafted, and Caine Medrano went from undrafted to draftable on his board.
“I thought he was like a third fourth. I think he's in the top one hundred now.”
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- Position Order CallsDemetrius Knight Jr.Feb 28, 2025
“Demetrius Knight from South Carolina stood out to me... Might even be you know, could be linebacker one as an inside linebacker.”
Scored 50a naive guess scored 21.98+28.02 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- naming one of the 21 at random averages 21.98
- skill:
- 28.02
- player:
- Demetrius Knight Jr.
- season:
- 2024
- zero at:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 21.98
- position:
- inside linebacker
- class size:
- 21
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 3
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Mock Draft PicksDanny StutsmanFeb 28, 2025
“and he did like he made himself money, he helped himself. I thought he was like a third fourth. I think he's in the top one hundred now. Is a linebacker.”
Scored 0.82a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Danny Stutsman
- season:
- 2024
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 0.82
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 112
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0.82
- predicted pick:
- top one hundred (picks 1–1)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksKain MedranoFeb 28, 2025
“So I went from undrafted on him to drafted like love that yesterday”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.