Quote:10) Who else should we be watching?

Two buzzy names are Toledo’s Logan Woodside and Memphis’ Riley Ferguson. Both seniors should get drafted, and it will take a strong closing kick to the season and good showings at the NFL scouting combine and pro days to determine how high. Can either get up to, say, the third round?

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Ferguson is a former Tennessee recruit who left Knoxville and detailed cars and power washed fences for eight months before re-starting his career in junior college. He transferred to Memphis and shined ever since. He has thrown 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season, leading Memphis to an 8-1 record and likely bid in the AAC title game. (Most notably, Ferguson threw six touchdowns in an upset of UCLA – and Rosen – in September). There will be questions of Ferguson’s exit from Tennessee and hiatus from the sport, but he’s likely earned himself a draft spot with his play the past two years. “He’s a mid-to-late round pick,” said an executive. “He’s a gamer, he’s a competitor.”