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It would be hard to argue with any of these decisions if Love, Phillips, Holder, Meeks and Reid all declare for the draft with eligibility remaining.  That would be a blow to next year's team, but those guys are all playing at a pretty high level and would likely be draftable.  Have we ever had 5 guys declare early before?

If I had to guess I'd say Phillips and Holder go pro, and of the juniors Meeks is most likely. My guess is Meeks would go in the top 2 or 3 rounds if he stays healthy and comes out this year. Love, even with the amazing year he is having, needs to add more recieving skills to be a top 2-3 round player. Most teams will look at him right now and see him as a "change of pace" back, meaning he can't be your every down guy because he's too small, he can't be the hybrid RB/slot or 3rd down back because he hasn't shown the pass catching ability. Note that those aren't my opinions, but my guess as to how he would be viewed. If he came back from the offseason with a great recieving game to go with his running skills my guess is that he would go in the first two rounds. Reid looks like he has very good instincts but still makes a lot of mistakes to project too highly in the draft and would likely benefit from another year of playing.

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It would be hard to argue with any of these decisions if Love, Phillips, Holder, Meeks and Reid all declare for the draft with eligibility remaining.  That would be a blow to next year's team, but those guys are all playing at a pretty high level and would likely be draftable.  Have we ever had 5 guys declare early before?

If I had to guess I'd say Phillips and Holder go pro, and of the juniors Meeks is most likely. My guess is Meeks would go in the top 2 or 3 rounds if he stays healthy and comes out this year. Love, even with the amazing year he is having, needs to add more recieving skills to be a top 2-3 round player. Most teams will look at him right now and see him as a "change of pace" back, meaning he can't be your every down guy because he's too small, he can't be the hybrid RB/slot or 3rd down back because he hasn't shown the pass catching ability. Note that those aren't my opinions, but my guess as to how he would be viewed. If he came back from the offseason with a great recieving game to go with his running skills my guess is that he would go in the first two rounds. Reid looks like he has very good instincts but still makes a lot of mistakes to project too highly in the draft and would likely benefit from another year of playing.