Author: DrafttekStaff_Patrick | Filed under: 2010 NFL Draft Topics

Just a quick list here of the best bowls to watch as a Steelers couch GM.

I focused on DLine,  Oline,  Safeties and Linebackers in the college bowls.  These are the positions most in Need on the Steeler roster at the moment.

Highlights:

• The Emerald features Prospects at OT and OC along with one of the top safeties.
• The Chik Fil-A bowl features top prospects at Safety and Nose Tackle along with several lesser rated prospects at multiple positions.
• The Liberty Bowl is worth a watch for mid rounders at Safety and DLine.
• The National Championship game has talent to watch at multiple positions

Saturday December 19

ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

Rutgers vs. UCF

Anthony Davis OT Rutgers – Early round RT prospect.

Kevin Haslam OT Rutgers – Late rounder, played some OG.

Ryan D’Imperio LB Rutgers – Good production, mid round prospect.

Wednesday, December 23

POINSETTIA BOWL

Utah vs. California

Tyson Alualu DT California – Plays 34DE already at Cal a bit short at 6’3

Mike Tepper OT Cal – late round OT

Zane Beadles OT Utah – mid to late round OT

Saturday, December 26

EMERALD BOWL

Boston College vs. USC

Taylor Mays FS USC – top 10 safety prospect

Charles Brown OT USC – 1st round LT

Kris O’Dowd C USC – Early rounder

Matt Tennant C Boston College – mid rounder — lanky

Anthony Costanzo OT, Boston College – Mid to late round OT

Saturday, December 26

MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL

North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh

Marvin Austin DT North Carolina  — NT sized athletic prospect without good game day stats

Kyle Jolly, OT, North Carolina – mid round left tackle.

Mick Williams DT Pittsburgh –  6’1, 280 size isn’t a good fit for the 3-4

Greg Romeus DE Pittsburgh – Projects as a potential OLB for the Steelers.

Sunday, December 27

MUSIC CITY BOWL

Kentucky vs. Clemson

Ricky Sapp OLB Clemson – Mid round 3-4 OLB with good skills and athleticism.  Perhaps a bit lanky.

Thomas Austin OG Clemson – mid to late rounder

Micah Johnson ILB Kentucky – mid rounder, good leader.

Corey Peters DT Kentucky – 6’3 295 Late round prospect

Monday, December 28

INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Texas A&M vs. Georgia

Reshad Jones FS Georgia – First round Safety prospect

Geno Atkins DT Georgia – Late round NT prospect

Jeff Owens DT Georgia – FA DL prospect

Kade Weston DT Georgia – Late round NT prospect, possibly too tall.

Von Miller OLB A&M – Short relentless OLB prospect, early rounder.

Tuesday, December 29

EAGLEBANK BOWL

UCLA vs. Temple

Brian Price DT UCLA – Price is an underclassman and might not declare, but he’d be a great NT.

Andre Neblett DT Temple – FA NT prospect

Dominique Harris S Temple – Late round safety prospect

Tuesday, December 29

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL

Miami vs. Wisconsin

Jason Fox OT Miami – mid round LT prospect.

Allen Bailey DT Miami – underclassman with 34DE size

Darryl Sharpton ILB Miami – Late round ILB

O’Brien Schofield OLB Wisconsin – Mid round 3-4 OLB talent.

Gabe Carimi OT Wisconsin – Mid round OT

Wednesday, December 30

HUMANITARIAN BOWL

Idaho vs. Bowling Green

Mike Iupati OG Idaho – Early round OG

Wednesday, December 30

HOLIDAY BOWL

Nebraska vs. Arizona

Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska – Most dominating combination of size and talent for all DLine prospects, top 10 pick

Larry Asante S, Nebraska – Late round /FA safety

Phillip Dillard, ILB, Nebraska – Late round prospect

Earl Mitchell – DT  Late round NT prospect.

Thursday, December 31

SUN BOWL

Stanford vs. Oklahoma

Trent Williams OT Oklahoma – mid round tackle

Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma  – 34DE size, 1st rounder

Travis Lewis OLB Oklahoma – probably ILB or even SS with the Steelers, 1st rounder.

DeMarcus Granger DT Oklahoma – Late/FA prospect w/injuries and character problems

Ekom Udofia DT Stanford – Late round NT prospect

Bo McNally SS Stanford – Late round SS prospect

Not that they’re on the needs list, but RB prospects Chris Brown, and Toby Gerhart should make this a good game to watch DL prospects.

Thursday, December 31

TEXAS BOWL

Missouri vs. Navy

Sean Weatherspoon OLB Missouri – projects to ILB early rounder.

Thursday, December 31

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL

Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee

Eric Berry S Tennessee – Lights out Safety, early 1st rounder

Dan Williams DT Tennessee – great NT prospect in the 1st or 2nd

Josh McNeil C Tennessee – late rounder OC

Chris Scott OT Tennessee – Mid round OT

Sergio Render OG Virginia Tech – mid rounder

Ed Wang OT Virginia Tech – Late round OT

Jason Worilds OLB Virginia Tech – Late round OLB

Kam Chancellor FS Virginia Tech – Late round safety prospect

Cody Grimm LB VT – Son of Russ gets an honorable mention here.  He may be a SS FA prospect.

This is a blue chip game for Steelers fans.  Good prospects to watch on both lines and two safeties worth a peek as well.  If that’s not enough you can work up some drinking game for those commercials with the cows trying to get you to eat more chikin.

Friday, January 1

OUTBACK BOWL

Northwestern vs. Auburn

Corey Wootton DE Northwestern –Mid round 3-4 DE prospect, inconsistent

Antonio Coleman DE Auburn – Mid to late rounder with good production.

Josh Bynes ILB Auburn – Early to mid round ILB

Lee Ziemba OT Auburn – mid round underclassman

Friday, January 1

CAPITAL ONE BOWL

Penn State vs. LSU

Ciron Black OT LSU – early round OT

Danny McCray S LSU – Late round Safety Prospect

Jared Odrick DT Penn State – 34DE size, early round prospect

Sean Lee ILB Penn State – Early to mid round guy with good leadership and character.

Josh Hull OLB PSU – Projects as a FA ILB prospect.

Dennis Landholt OT Penn State – late round OT prospect

Stefen Wisniewski OC Penn State – Early to mid rounder

Friday, January 1

GATOR BOWL

West Virginia vs. Florida State

Ryan McMahon OC FL State—mid rounder underclassment

Rodney Hudson OG FL State – mid rounder, undersized.

Myron Rolle SS Fl State– mid to late round SS prospect

Selvish Capers OT West Virginia – early to mid round OT, undersized.

Quinton Andrews SS West Virginia – mid to late round SS prospect

Friday, January 1

ROSE BOWL

Oregon vs. Ohio State

Anderson Russell FS Ohio State – mid round prospect at FS.

Cameron Hayward DE Ohio State – Early round 3-4 DE prospect

Robert Rose DE Ohio State – Free agent DE prospect

Doug Worthington DE Ohio State – Free agent DE prospect

Friday, January 1

SUGAR BOWL

Florida vs. Cincinnati

Carlos Dunlap DE Florida – Early rounder with 3-4DE size

Brandon Spikes ILB Florida –lights out playmaker with character issues.

Jermaine Cunningham DE Florida – Projects as 3-4 OLB mid-late rounder

Major Wright FS Florida – underclassmen would be an early rounder if he declares

Ricardo Mathews DT Cincinnati – 6’3 295 DL late rounder

Saturday, January 2

INTERNATIONAL BOWL

South Florida vs. Northern Illinois

George Selvie DE South Florida – Mid round OLB prospect, poor production for the level of competition

Nate Allen FS South Florida – mid round prospect

Saturday, January 2

COTTON BOWL

Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi

Russell Okung OT Oklahoma State –one of the best tackles in the draft.

John Jerry OG Mississippi – mid round man blocking type

Saturday, January 2

PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL

Connecticut vs. South Carolina

Eric Norwood OLB South Carolina – A short 3-4OLB.  Norwood had great production this season.  Mid to Early round pick.

Robert Vaughn FS Conn. – Late round FS prospect

Saturday, January 2

LIBERTY BOWL

East Carolina vs. Arkansas

Mitch Petrus OG Arkansas – Mid round prospect – missed a year for academics

Malcolm Sheppard DT Arkansas – Late round shorter DE prospect.

C.J Wilson DE East Carolina – Mid rounder, shorter DE prospect

Van Eskridge, S, East Carolina – mid round prospect

Jay Ross DT East Carolina  – NT size, mid round smaller school prospect.  Will he show up against a good Razorback OL?

A couple of shorter DE/OLB prospects here, probably too heavy to play OLB but might be a DE in the Von Oelhoffen mode.

Saturday, January 2

ALAMO BOWL

Texas Tech vs. Michigan State

Brandon Sharpe OLB Texas Tech – late round OLB prospect.

Monday, January 4

FIESTA BOWL

TCU vs. Boise State

Jerry Hughes OLB TCU – Early round prospect, a little short at 6’2

Daryl Washington ILB TCU  – Undersized mid rounder.

Tuesday, January 5

ORANGE BOWL

Georgia Tech vs. Iowa

Bryan Bulaga OT Iowa –1st round LT prospect

Kyle Calloway OT Iowa – mid round OT

Pat Angerer ILB Iowa – great college player rated as a late rounder.

Derrick Morgan DE Georgia Tech – Highly rated underclassman has good size.

Morgan Burnett SS / FS Georgia Tech – Another highly rated underclassman

Thursday, January 7

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Texas vs. Alabama

Earl Thomas SS Texas – redshirt freshman would project as a late 1st rounder if he declares.

Sergio Kindle OLB Texas – Not as productive in his senior year, still an early round pick.

Adam Ulatoski OT Texas – mid-Late round OT prospect

Jared Norton ILB Texas – Late round prospect.

Lamarr Houston DT Texas – NT size and good college production, mid rounder.

Terrence Cody DT Alabama – 6’5 365 monster could play NT.

Brandon Deaderick DE Alabama – Late round DL prospect

Lorenzo Washington DE Alabama – Late round DE prospect

Rolando McClain ILB Alabama  – Early round ILB prospect

Mike Johnson OG Alabama – Mid to early round OG

Drew Davis OT Alabama – Late round OT

Justin Woodall S, Alabama – Mid round Safety prospect.