Roger Lewis eligible for the draft

[Falconfreak90]

GT, I appreciate seeing the 3 deep, as it possibly appears for next year simply, for info sake.

[hammb]

FWIW this team is awesome and ridiculously fun to watch. I don't like talking about uniforms because color swatches and which color matches which one are not my thing. There isn't a damn thing negative about this post. Just some realities that normal people should be able to discuss without having meltdowns. Yikes.

I didn't take it as a negative post at all man. I didn't realize that the year of prep school counted towards the 3 years out of HS, and it appears you are right. Larry Fitzgerald is an example. One year of prep, 2 years at Pitt, then the NFL draft.

So you are correct he is eligible for the draft this year.

Now do I think he'll actually declare? I think that might depend. If Dino is gonna be here, and Johnson could get a 5th year, he would be foolish to declare, IMO. Right now he has no momentum. I have yet to find a draft publication that even mentions him as a possible underclassmen entrant. He'll get drafted, IMO, but I don't think he'd get taken real high this year. Despite his size and numbers nobody knows who he is yet.

If he comes back and puts up another year like this one next year he could get picked in the first half of the draft. That said, if Johnson and Babers are both gone I can definitely see the case for him to bolt and not risk seeing his stats deflate in a new system/new QB.

I hope he sticks. He's still got 2 years of eligibility left to build a resume that could get him into the top 50 picks. If he times as fast as he plays the 1st round isn't entirely out of the question, although it's a stretch since he isn't huge and is playing at BG in an air raid offense.

[Globetrotter]

FWIW this team is awesome and ridiculously fun to watch. I don't like talking about uniforms because color swatches and which color matches which one are not my thing. There isn't a damn thing negative about this post. Just some realities that normal people should be able to discuss without having meltdowns. Yikes.

I didn't take it as a negative post at all man. I didn't realize that the year of prep school counted towards the 3 years out of HS, and it appears you are right. Larry Fitzgerald is an example. One year of prep, 2 years at Pitt, then the NFL draft.

So you are correct he is eligible for the draft this year.

Now do I think he'll actually declare? I think that might depend. If Dino is gonna be here, and Johnson could get a 5th year, he would be foolish to declare, IMO. Right now he has no momentum. I have yet to find a draft publication that even mentions him as a possible underclassmen entrant. He'll get drafted, IMO, but I don't think he'd get taken real high this year. Despite his size and numbers nobody knows who he is yet.

If he comes back and puts up another year like this one next year he could get picked in the first half of the draft. That said, if Johnson and Babers are both gone I can definitely see the case for him to bolt and not risk seeing his stats deflate in a new system/new QB.

I hope he sticks. He's still got 2 years of eligibility left to build a resume that could get him into the top 50 picks. If he times as fast as he plays the 1st round isn't entirely out of the question, although it's a stretch since he isn't huge and is playing at BG in an air raid offense.

That is an interesting scenario for sure. I don't see how Babers doesn't get scooped up somewhere. Frankly this offense is just too good. How can a team who is trying to compete not see that. Maybe I am overstating how good it is because BG is basically all the football I watch any more but to me it's nearly unstoppable.

As far as his draft status goes, He has good but not great size (as in not like the 6-5 225 guys) so that will hurt him but he certainly isn't undersized. We see unknown guys like this rocket up boards all the time. If you told me he was projected as a late first by the time they got through the post scouting process and the draft came along I wouldn't be overwhelming surprised. He is that good and there are teams out there who desperately need WR help.

Best case scenario Babers-Johnson-Lewis all back. We beat OSU in the shoe.

[Falcon137]

He reminds me a little of Marvin Jones. He's a little smaller (6' vs 6'2) but he has an uncanny ability to judge and go get the deep ball. He's also very good in a confined area.

I think he needs another year or two to become a better route runner, but he will definitely play in the league one day.

[Schadenfreude]

Roger Lewis has real NFL potential. But he can improve his draft position (or ensure a draft position in the first place) by staying at least one more season.

In completely unrelated news: According to Wikipedia, Omar Jacobs last played ball for the Rio Grande Valley Sol of Hidalgo, Texas.

[kdog27]

Anyone know which Tennessee corner covered him? Curious how highly rated he is because that has been the only game he has been pretty much shut down.

[hammb]

I agree 100% that Lewis can improve his stock tremendously with another season. But if they were to go to a less pass happy offense, or Knapke/etc struggles and Lewis sees his numbers drop next year that could actually hurt his stock.

Regardless like Globe mentioned, he has good size, but not great. I see him as having the baseline body type/size to be a draftable prospect. The guys like Ronnie Moore that play here will never get drafted because they're small and playing in the MAC. Not saying he couldn't play on the NFL level, but they don't get drafted. Still for Lewis to be a big time prospect he needs to time well. That's what I'm unsure of.

I probably overspoke to even mention him in the 1st round unless he can run in the 4.3 range (and I'm not sure he's that fast). I didn't realize he was only 6'0 (listed) until I looked it up. For some reason I was thinking he was more 6'2-3ish. ANd yeah those 2-3 inches can mean 150 pick difference in the draft, regardless of skillset. He looks like he has NFL size and NFL skills, so I think he plays on Sundays but I really think he'd be making a mistake to leave early this year unless he knows he can go to Indy and run a 4.3.

[Globetrotter]

I think it's pretty obvious that Lewis end up in the league. I expect Ronnie Moore too. It will be very interesting to see what happens to Matt Johnson once he gets scrutinized. Kellen Moore found a place in the league and I think he is a similar player.

[Warthog]

Can anybody think if any examples of somebody going to prep school then leaving after 2?

Larry Fitzgerald, if I am not mistaken.

[Siborg]

Anyone know which Tennessee corner covered him? Curious how highly rated he is because that has been the only game he has been pretty much shut down.

I want to say it was Cam Sutton, the same guy that torched us on ST. I think the main reason Lewis did not have big numbers was that Dieter's match-up was better for us. We could have forced more Lewis's way but why do that when you have a better match-up elsewhere.

[kdog27]

He still did a pretty good job. He wasn't running around wide open like he usually is. I remember him being glued to him for the most part but you're right dieter had a mismatch most of the game. They eventually switched another guy on Dieter after he burnt him over the the top about 4 times.

[zete]

I doubt he leaves this year. He's got more he can do, more he can improve upon with this coaching staff. He'll be a Falcon next year.

Think the coaching staff will still be here? Id say 50/50 chance.

[BGSU33]

Looks like there's a real chance Roger Lewis won't be back with BG next year, which would suck. He's been tweeting about "decisions to be made" and I'm assuming he's not talking about what's he's having for dinner. I would love, no, make that - LOVE - to see him back at BG for at least one more year. IMO he is a tremendous collegiate WR but is not an NFL WR...yet. I think at least one more year in college would be huge for him. This season he's put himself on the map and one more season in college and everyone is gonna know this kid. There's still a shot Matt Johnson could be back and if Johnson and Lewis are back - holy $hit. But even if Johnson isn't, Knapke will be, Morgan could play and BG's still gonna throw the ball around the yard next season. I hope you give us one more year Roger. We'd love to have you!

[factman]

We may throw the ball MORE next year than we did this year!

[Schadenfreude]

That would be a big loss. I'm no expert, but it seems to me that Lewis could improve his draft position after another year in the program.