Adam Trautman, Kyle Dugger, Jeremy Chinn, Ben Bartch. Each play below the FBS level, but are set to potentially land in the top-100 of the 2020 NFL Draft.
What if you were told that there could be four potential top-100 prospects in the 2020 NFL Draft, two from Division I-AA, one from Division II, and one Division III respectively? This happens to be the case as safeties Jeremy Chinn and Kyle Dugger, tight end Adam Trautman, and offensive tackle Ben Bartch have taken over draft waves since the Senior Bowl.
While small school prospects have succeeded in the NFL in the past, as the likes of Carson Wentz, Ali Marpet, Terron Armstead, and Jimmy Garropolo are among some of the most popular names. This year, however, it seems that a plethora of small school prospects are set to burst onto the scene when the draft rolls around in April.
This leaves out FBS small school studs such as Appalachian State’s Akeem Davis-Gaither, Louisiana Tech’s Amik Robertson, and Louisiana-Lafayette’s Robert Hunt (among others). Dugger, Chinn, Bartch, and Trautman had four of the best weeks in Mobile, Alabama last month, and are set to hear their names called earlier than small school prospects in the past have.
Here we will identify traits for each of the prospects and attempt to give an accurate projection in the 2020 NFL Draft.