2017 NFL Mock Draft: Reese’s Senior Bowl Week Impact

TE. Alabama. O.J. Howard. 10. player. 16. O.J. Howard is one of the prospects that really upped his draft stock at Senior Bowl Week. He was high on a lot of draft boards but didn’t put up any kind of numbers this past season. But he proved that he can run block as he was the best run blocking TE in college football in 2016. <p>That was one of the things that concerned many of the NFL scouts about Howard last year. During Senior Bowl Week, he showed that along with the phenomenal ability he still has in the passing game. He’s still 6’6″, with great speed, hops and hands to be a great vertical TE.</p> <p>So while he was projected into the mid-to-late first round before, he’s a Top-10 prospect now. Given good health and a long career, he could end up right there with the best TEs to ever play the game. The Buffalo Bills can use such a tight and to move the chains for QB Tyrod Taylor.</p> <p>They already have speed on the outside with guys like Sammy Watkins to open it up for him. And he would not be a detriment to the running game that features RB LeSean McCoy. The Bills could then do to the New England Patriots what the Patriots do to them with the TE. </p>