NFL.com breaks down Zona draft prospects

[the real dill]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/drafttracker/school/AZ

Grades

Mike Bell: 5th round 5.8
Darrell Brooks: 7th or Priority FA 5.5
Copeland: FA 5.4
Gilbert Harris: FA 5.1

Note:

Same guy has Leinart graded as a late first early second round talent, and Vince Young as as a fourth round talent. Remember these are grades, not projections.

[bcrisp]

Whoever gets Copeland (hopefully team that runs a 3-4) is getting a steal. Despite being injured that guy was causing havoc in the backfield.

[arizonajsb]

What is interesting to me is that Winston Justice is going to be a Top 10 pick and Copeland Bryan totally ate him up when we played SC. Copeland will be a good NFL linebacker in a 3-4 scheme for years to come.

[wassupcats]

ESPN Insider only has one Cat getting drafted in its mock draft, and it's Gil at 227 overall to San Diego. Just thought I'd throw that info out there..

[kylecollins]

What is interesting to me is that Winston Justice is going to be a Top 10 pick and Copeland Bryan totally ate him up when we played SC. Copeland will be a good NFL linebacker in a 3-4 scheme for years to come.

Whats funny is that every time ESPN talks about Justice, while showing his highlights, they show him pushing Bryan to the ground (The one play Justice was able to contain him). WHy don't they show the 3 sacks he gave or how on every play Bryan was already past him before he got out of his stance.

[NyCat23]

I agree Copeland Bryan is a great rusher, but did he only do 15 reps of 225 on the bench press. That's not good for a lineman.

[Footballjunkie]

I agree Copeland Bryan is a great rusher, but did he only do 15 reps of 225 on the bench press. That's not good for a lineman.But how does that compare to other linebackers? I want my linebackers to be able to get to the guy with the ball. I see Copeland going to the Patriots as a LB that can also play DE in case of injuries. The Patriots like flexibility and intelligence. Bryans Wonderlic was very high. His flexibility is his asset to teams.

There probably isn't much talk about him because several teams want to be able to pick him up in the later rounds. I see little talk about him at this point as a good sign. I think that Copeland Bryan might be the first Wildcat taken. Scouts that cover USC probably dissected his play against Justice also, they're not blind.

[illinifan]

Copeland Bryan made Justice look silly last year. I think he will be the best pro of this year's Cats. Look at the nice career Antonio Pierce has had and I think Copeland has the same promise to surprise a lot of people.