Louisville 38, Miami 31
Miami safety Kamren Kinchens looks like a first-round pick next April and he gave further proof while taking on a top-10 team for the second straight week. In the first quarter Kinchens bit on a play action taking a couple of missteps towards the line and that let a tight end streak past him to make a leaping grab of about 20 yards. Kinchens came close to recovering and breaking up the pass, but the receiver had just enough separation to haul in the lofted pass. Midway through the first half Kinchens read the eyes of the quarterback trying to throw a sluggo route down the seam, but Kinchens used his tremendous closing speed to fly across the field and intercept the ball near midfield.
Later in the first half Kinchens made a huge tackle at the two-yard line. Louisville running back Jawhar Jordan exploded into the secondary and Kinchens flew over to make a clutch stop at the two-yard line with only 10 seconds remaining on the clock. Late in the fourth quarter Kinchens couldn’t get to the sideline in time to push a receiver out of bounds on a 58-yard touchdown.
Kinchens is a superb prospect as he is a dynamic ball hawking safety with excellent instincts, speed to cover downfield, and tremendous ball skills. Even though he is not especially big, Kinchens is a good tackler and will dish out some hard hits. While he is a superb free safety, Kinchens also is capable of playing strong safety. Defensive coordinators that want their safeties to be interchangeable to make life on quarterbacks for knowing what safeties will do post-snap are going to love Kinchens. On top of his great play on the field, sources say Kinchens is a great kid with excellent character. He is a leader, worker, and loves football. Kinchens is worthy of going top-20 next April.
Louisville running back Jawhar Jordan has been a dangerous playmaker for the Cardinals this season. He entered this game averaging almost seven yards per carry and had 12 touchdowns on the season. Miami did a nice job of limiting Jordan to 33 yards on nine carries with one catch for seven yards.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Jordan is a quick back that can explode to the second level and rip off yards in chunks. While he is small, Jordan is slippery back that has the speed to hurt defenses. At his size he probably can not hold up as a three down starter in the NFL, but Jordan could be a dangerous No. 2 back and change of pace to go with a bigger, physical starting back. In the 2024 NFL Draft, Jordan could be a sleeper and nice value as a mid-round pick.
Oklahoma 31, BYU 24
Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman has been one of the best linebackers in college football this season and has been all over the field for the Sooners. Versus a dangerous BYU offense, Stutsman was around the ball making tackles in the ground game and showing the ability to cover in the middle of the field. At the end of the first quarter Stutsman made a clutch tackle on a third-and-short to force a fourth down try for the Cougars offense. Just after the half, Stutsman had a lighting blitz that forced a throwaway for BYU and made a good tackle on first-and-goal at the five. Early in the fourth quarter Stutsman came around the corner on a blitz and had a strip-sack that Oklahoma recovered for great field position in a tied game.
For the NFL, Stutsman is a very athletic linebacker with good instincts. With a linebacker that is fast and instinctive like Stutsman, it is not surprise that he has big tackle totals and is always around the ball. Along with being fast and smart, Stutsman has good size and length which helps him in both phases. He lacks ideal power and physicality while playing like a small linebacker even though he is tall and long. Stutsman could stand to improve his play strength and not be as finesse. Still, Stutsman looks he good be a good starter the NFL. He is smooth in coverage and is well made for the passing driven pro game. In the 2024 NFL Draft, Stutsman could be a second-round pick.
This was a good game for future NFL offensive tackles led by BYU’s Kingsley Suamataia. The Cougars stand out left tackle dominated Oklahoma edge defenders. He glided with them in pass protection protecting his quarterback and overwhelmed them in the ground game. Suamataia used his length and big frame to tie them up with excellent sustaining of blocks. This tape is going to help Suamataia to be a first-round pick if he enters the 2024 NFL Draft.
The 6-foot-6, 325-pound Suamataia has shocking speed and athleticism for an edge blocker of his size. This season he has been superb in pass protection while also showing toughness as a run blocker. As the cousin of Lions stud tackle Penei Sewell, Suamataia has good pedigree for the NFL. Suamataia could stand to add some lower body strength, but he has a lot of upside and could be a very good starter at left or right tackle in the NFL.
Oklahoma right tackle Tyler Guyton is an early-round prospect for the 2024 NFL Draft but unfortunately Guyton was inactive. This season the 6-foot-7, 328-pound Guyton has shown he is an athletic freak with a special combination of size, speed, length, and athleticism. Guyton uses his big size and length to make it tough for defenders to run around him with his long arms tying up defenders with an ability to sustain his blocks. Guyton is a smooth mover in space showing quickness to fire out of his stance and engage defenders. Multiple team sources say that Guyton has a first-round skill set, but needs to be more consistent. They feel that he is more talented and a more gifted athlete than other highly touted tackles like Notre Dame’s Joe Alt and Penn State’s Olu Fashanu. However, Guyton has not always played up to his skill set and as a result Alt and Fashanu could get drafted ahead of him. Guyton could be a first-round pick next April, but he also could slide to the second round because of his inconsistency.