Three-Point Stance: Two-stars that crushed the Combine, QB rankings

Rivals.com National Recruiting Director Mike Farrell’s Three-Point Stance is here with an extensive look at the biggest takeaways from the NFL Combine.

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Everyone loves an underdog story. In my business, that means everyone loves the former two-star (or unranked) prospects that make it big in the NFL. This year’s NFL Combine showcased a few impressive former two-star/unranked prospects that could join guys like J.J. Watt and Antonio Brown as the next round of under-ranked NFL stars.

Here are five to keep an eye on:

Haason Reddick, Temple – Reddick didn’t even have a Rivals profile as a walk-on at Temple and now he’s considered the top linebacker prospect in the NFL Draft. He was a safety and running back out of high school in New Jersey with zero offers and, as far as I can remember, never hit my radar. Now look at him.

Forrest Lamp, Western Kentucky – Lamp was a skinny tackle out of high school who was very lightly recruited and looked more like a tight end. Now that athleticism he showed as a lighter prospect paid off as a 6-foot-4, 309-pounder. He will likely be an inside guy in the NFL with his short arms, but he tested very well and was excellent in drills.

Charles Harris, Missouri – Harris impressed in drills, showing both his ability to explode forward but also move laterally and backwards. This makes him scheme versatile and someone especially coveted by teams that run 3-4 defenses. There are so many good defensive ends in this draft that Harris needed to separate himself in some area to stay as a first-round projection and he did that in Indianapolis.

Zay Jones, East Carolina – Following his performance in Indianapolis, Jones should land in the top or middle of the second round. He measured well, ran very well and his explosion and change of direction were on display. East Carolina and Arkansas State were his only offers because he was overshadowed a bit by his brother, one-time five-star wide receiver Cayleb Jones, and split some time between receiver and quarterback. He wasn’t considered a burner in high school, but he is now.

Jalen Myrick, Minnesota – The state of Georgia can produce some sleepers at defensive back and Myrick could be the next one. As a cornerback out of high school, he was offered by Minnesota, Colorado State, Louisiana-Lafayette and Middle Tennessee State. He committed to the Gophers site unseen and was more of a track star than a football star back in the day. Now, after running a 4.28, he’s going to shoot up some draft boards.

What a shock, Deshaun Watson was the best quarterback at the combine. I’m being sarcastic, of course, and still don’t understand how scouts and NFL Draft experts didn’t see this long ago. Yes, Watson turned the ball over too much in college, but he has that “it” factor that is so important at the quarterback position. This weekend's performance in Indianapolis shouldn't have taken anyone by surprise.

Yet there is still talk of the San Francisco 49ers drafting Mitchell Trubisky second overall despite just 13 career starts. Somehow some people are giving DeShone Kizer a pass for what I considered an awful combine performance.

I said going into the combine that Watson is clearly the top quarterback in the 2017 NFL Draft class and that Kizer is the most overrated by far. Here we are. How in the world could some draft experts have had Watson falling to the second round less than a month ago? How can the Cleveland Browns, desperate for a winner at quarterback as always, pass up on the only franchise quarterback in the draft?

In my opinion, and I’ve scouted these guys longer than most, the NFL Combine showed me that this should be the pecking order at quarterback: Watson (Round 1), Trubisky (Round 2), Davis Webb (Round 2), Brad Kaaya (Round 3), Patrick Mahomes (Round 3) and the rest of them. This is a bad, bad quarterback group when it comes to depth, so you will likely see teams reach in the first round on Trubisky, possibly Mahomes and inexplicably perhaps Kizer. Watson is clearly the best and he proved it once again.

More notes from the NFL Combine...

... Montravius Adams proved he should be the top pure defensive tackle taken in the draft. A 304-pounder who can run like that and has that explosion and agility in drills is rare even in a good year for defensive linemen.

... John Ross is ridiculously fast, that much is obvious. But he’s also sneaky strong and makes people miss. I would still take Mike Williams and Corey Davis ahead of him because of their size and catch radius, but Ross might have pushed himself ahead of both and into the top 10.

... A 4.51 from Leonard Fournette at 240 pounds makes him the clear No. 1 running back and a top 10 pick to me. I love how people are picking him apart because he didn’t run a 4.45 and his vertical wasn’t great. The only question mark is regarding durability. Everything else has been checked off.

... There are certain places you have to wait, sometimes for a long time, but it’s not smart to make a fuss. The airport, the DMV and Los Angeles traffic are some good examples. The hospital is another. It’s also not smart to make a fuss when millions of dollars are on the line. With those two facts in mind, Reuben Foster is the bonehead of the draft so far for losing his temper and getting sent home from the combine. I don’t care who started it or who is in the wrong, one of those in the argument has millions of dollars at stake and the other has little to lose. Foster lost big-time even if he still lands in the first round.

... If Chris Godwin doesn’t look like a first-round wide receiver, then I’m not sure what one looks like.

... O.J. Howard proved he’s the top tight end in the draft. That came as no surprise to me, despite Miami fans being all over me about David Njoku, who didn’t destroy the combine as many expected. Evan Engram won me over the most. I’d take Howard first because he’s a much bigger and more physical inline blocker, but Engram would be my No. 2 and a first-rounder after his performance. He was simply awesome.

... Jabrill Peppers is physical freak and proved that at the combine, but will his ‘tweener status leave him outside the top 15 or 20 in the draft? I wonder. He's small for a linebacker at 5-foot-11 and 213 pounds, and there are some questions about his instincts in coverage as a safety.