The NFL Draft expert to end all experts Dane Brugler joined the GBag Nation to talk about this year’s version, one that sees the Cowboys picking 12th overall in Round 1. Does he think picking Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty that early is too rich? Hear what he has to say about that, finding “sure thing” prospects and this year’s wide receiver class in the video above.
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00:00And let's start with the player at the top of a lot of fans' minds there in Ashton Gente.
00:19Do you think that would be the right use of that pick at 12th?
00:25It's certainly debatable.
00:26I don't think that's the answer to that question is not a right or wrong answer.
00:32There's plenty of reasons why you can make the case that Ashton Gente should be the pick.
00:38And there's some ways that you can look at it from a different perspective and say, you
00:42know, we're better suited building up the roster at some of these other spots.
00:48And because this is a deep running back class, let's wait to the second round, third round,
00:52fourth round, and we still feel comfortable with the guy we're going to get at that point
00:57at the running back position.
00:59But you know, you're not going to feel regret drafting a talent like Ashton Gente at number
01:0412.
01:05You know, it's just he's so talented running the ball, catching the ball, blocking.
01:10He can do everything.
01:11It'll be interesting to see how he tests next week at the Combine.
01:15I don't think he's going to be some superstar Saquon Barkley necessarily, but he should
01:20test well.
01:21He should be, you know, what you would expect from a guy you're considering drafting in
01:25the first round.
01:26But, you know, above all, you know, the character is off the charts.
01:30This is a guy that you talk to the high school coaches, you talk to his college coaches.
01:35And I mean, he had all types of offers this past offseason to go play for a team in the
01:42SEC, a team in the Big Ten, you know, upwards of, we're talking hundreds of thousands of
01:47dollars that he turned down in order to go back to Boise State because that's the program
01:52that believed in him coming out of Lone Star High School.
01:55So there's a lot of reasons why you can look at Ashton Gente and say, man, this is a guy
02:00we want in our building, want on our roster, the way he can impact everybody around us.
02:05So I certainly think it's something that the Cowboys will be talking about extensively
02:10as they build that board.