All Profiles (Google Document Link) Found Here: 2027 SUMMER SCOUTING PROFILES LINK

Hey all,

First, yes, I do create content that markets towards (non-IDP) Fantasy Football. That said, during the season, all that really means is that I cover only QBs, RBs, WRs, & TEs. Are there small changes? Sure. But broad strokes are pretty similar. As long as the word "Fantasy" occasionally in writing does not turn you off completely,

Maybe it's just a small CSB (though I won't "Matthew Berry" you), but my formerly small & independent podcast Fantasy for Real has now become a slightly less small & no longer independent show. Because of that, my Summer Scouting Series, which was previously locked to my Paid Substack Subscribers, is being released both as a thank you (more for r/DynastyFF & my Free Subs) & to further promote the show and my Substack https://cjfreel.substack.com/ (what I'm more doing here).

Check out my Summer Scouting Profiles, which are simply hosted on the Google Doc below. I have also included three Sample profiles here with 1 QB, 1 RB, & 1 WR (didn't want to include a TE as I only covered 2, so that would be 50% of the profiles).

And if you're interested in my work, the Fantasy for Real podcast dives deeper into these profiles & does a Tuesday Risers, Fallers, & (Fantasy) Mock Draft alongside a preview for the next week's games all season long.

Podcast links can be found throughout the Google Document for Parts 1-5 and wherever you get your Podcasts.

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2027 SUMMER SCOUTING PROFILES LINK

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Ages are Year.Month as of Sept. 1, 2027 ; Sizes are Listed, not Verified

Arch Manning, QB, Texas 

6’ 4” 226 lbs || (23.04) 

Eligibility Remaining (including 2026): 2 Years

Pros:

• Elite Physicality for Fantasy ; projects as medium-high-to-high volume rusher w/ excellent size
• Advanced Pocket Mobility w/ Elite upside showing awareness to understand the pocket, willingness to move up in the pocket, and strength + athleticism to challenge defenders 1-on-1
• Improvement throughout the Season with promise for 2026

Cons: 

• No Significant Stretch of high-level performance & execution in career
• Inaccurate throughout 2025 with only a 61.4% Comp%, far below expectations for a top-end Draft Pick. 

GRADE: QB Tier 1 (QB1-2 || QB1) 

Caught between two extremes. There are many who see Arch Manning as the obvious 1.01 and a clear & obvious 1st Round pick, but that position does come with significant assumptions: Progression isn’t always continuous, and regression back to early 2025 is certainly possible. Similarly, many see Manning as nothing more than a name on the back of a jersey – a legacy that Arch individually has played no part in. However, while it is true that Manning would never get the level of recognition & popularity (good & bad) he does without his last name, putting everything on just the name ignores a rare combination of traits that specifically will hold value in Fantasy Football if he becomes a starter at the NFL Level. Additionally, while improvements do need to be made, his ability to move in the pocket, step-up, and select when to run create foundational building blocks that set him apart from other mobile QBs like LaNorris Sellers.

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Justice Haynes, RB, Georgia Tech via Michigan 

5’ 11” 210 lbs || (22.10) 

Eligibility Remaining (including 2026): 2 Years*

Pros:

• Highly touted prospect from HS who broke out in Year 3 with Michigan
• Big play threat who is dangerous in space or with a clear running lane
• Haynes started & finished 6 Games for the Wolverines, and in each game, Haynes had at least 100 Rushing Yards and 1 Rushing TD. Considering his former prospect status and big play upside, a full season with that kind of performance may have made Haynes extremely interesting heading into the 2026 NFL Draft. 

Cons: 

• Struggled to find footing in first two years with Alabama
• While the consistency of Haynes’ performance this year for Michigan is impressive, not only is it ultimately a 6 or 6.5 Game sample, but back-up RB Jordan Marshall also stepped in and had 133/1, 185/3, & 142/2 in the first 3 Games Haynes missed due to injury, failing to reach 100/1 only against Ohio State – a game where he struggled to play through injury and was actually very efficient with 61 Yards on only 7 Carries. Haynes’ film and prospect status dating back to HS can certainly define who he will be at the NFL level, but when it comes to proof, Haynes proof is not only limited in the size of the sample, but it is difficult to really know how much the production at Michigan last year says about Haynes. 
• Haynes caught only 13 Passes for 50 Yards in 2025. While he does project to be a RB who catches the ball out of the backfield more, this is yet another area where Haynes lacks significant proof
• Some advanced metrics like Missed Tackles Forced fairly mediocre

GRADE: RB Tier 2 (RB4-10 || RB4) 

After a breakout half-season, Haynes is poised to be one of the top Fantasy players in the ACC. It wouldn’t not have been surprising if Justice Haynes stayed in College OR left Michigan, but doing both was a bit of a surprise. While that is a risk, it gives us a huge opportunity to see Haynes in a second environment where he should be the focal point of the Offense, hopefully getting work as a Receiver as well. 

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Omarion Miller, WR, Arizona State via Colorado  

6’ 2” 210 lbs || (23.08)*

Eligibility Remaining (including 2026): 2 Years*

Pros:

• Size and explosive ability to play outside and threaten a defense at all three levels
• Efficient in rare opportunities while battling injury in 2023-2024
• Excellent proportional production & efficiency in 2025; 45 Receptions, 808 Yards, & 8 TDs doesn’t stick out too much on paper, but Colorado had only 2,166 Passing Yards & 15 Passing TDs in those 11 Games, giving Miller a robust 37.3% Receiving Yard% & 53.3% Receiving TD%, which would make for an excellent Dominator in theory + 2.57 Y/RR on the Season with a 2.49 Career Y/RR
• Miller will have an opportunity to step into a massive vacuum left behind by #8 Overall pick Jordyn Tyson

Cons: 

• Older WR Prospect at a position where being an older prospect is probably the biggest direct issue (though the sourcing is still a bit questionable – based on social media posts surrounding Colorado, I’m very confident Miller’s birthday is late December, and I’m fairly confident he turned 21 in late 2024. If that last part is incorrect and he turned 21 this most recent December – while it sounds silly – that is a fairly significant year analytically); Miller does have significant excuses due to his early career injuries, and his production in those flashes while healthy (including a short sample 4+ Y/RR in 2024), but the Older Prospect variable may exist regardless
• Used primarily as a big play threat with a 17.9 Yards/Reception in 2025 & a Career 19.0 Yards/Reception. While in general better efficiency = better player, archetypes that lend themselves to Yards/Receptions this high often lead to disappointing Fantasy results. 

GRADE: WR Tier 3 (WR3-10 || WR10)

The “wide-awake” sleeper of the 2027 NFL Draft. Miller’s overall production has been hampered by injuries (2023-2024) & an awful Offense (2025), but any deep evaluation of the numbers (Career Y/RR, Colorado Passing/Team Stats 2025)  shows a player who by all accounts has performed well enough to be a highly-productive CFB player. Age is an objective factor and one that Miller clearly scores negatively in (presuming my listed age is correct), so he does have a bit of an uphill battle analytically at least in some ways, but there is a huge target vacancy at ASU with Jordyn Tyson graduating to the NFL. If he can make the most of that opportunity, Miller has strong enough height/weight/speed potential to get in the 1st Round conversation.

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All Profiles (Google Document Link) Found Here: 2027 SUMMER SCOUTING PROFILES LINK

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My first Tuesday Risers/Fallers & Weekly (Fantasy) Mock Draft post is also now live on my Substack. The Risers & Fallers is a good way to follow prospects all year at these four positions (including future prospects as well): https://cjfreel.substack.com/p/risersfallers-2027-mock-draft-1-week

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I'll be off-and-on throughout the day to answer any Questions or respond to Comments.

Give it a chance and check out the Fantasy for Real podcast every Tuesday when I dive into these four positions every week.

Thanks,

C.J.

Updated Tuesday thread focused notes and opinions about individual prospects. Scout someone new and want to get opinions from others? Ask about it here!

Every 2027 big board disagrees with every other one, and comparing them by hand is miserable. So I averaged five public boards into a single consensus top 50 and re-sorted it. Avg is the mean rank across the boards carrying that player - it's not any one site's order. Movement is since August 18.

|#|Player|Pos|School|Avg|Move|

|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|

|1|Jeremiah Smith|WR|Ohio State|1.2|–|

|2|Arch Manning|QB|Texas|3.0|–|

|3|Colin Simmons|EDGE|Texas|3.8|–|

|4|Leonard Moore|CB|Notre Dame|4.0|–|

|5|Dylan Stewart|EDGE|South Carolina|5.2|–|

|6|Dante Moore|QB|Oregon|5.8|–|

|7|Cam Coleman|WR|Texas|9.2|–|

|8|Jordan Seaton|OT|LSU|11.2|–|

|9|Julian Sayin|QB|Ohio State|12.8|–|

|10|KJ Bolden|S|Georgia|13.0|–|

|11|Ellis Robinson IV|CB|Georgia|14.0|–|

|12|Trevor Goosby|OT|Texas|15.4|–|

|13|David Stone|DT|Oklahoma|17.6|–|

|14|Ahmad Moten|DL|Miami (FL)|17.8|–|

|15|A'Mauri Washington|DT|Oregon|18.2|–|

|16|Carter Smith|OT|Indiana|19.0|–|

|17|Zabien Brown|CB|Alabama|22.0|▲2|

|18|Tae Johnson|S|Notre Dame|22.2|▲2|

|19|Jamari Johnson|TE|Oregon|22.6|▲2|

|20|Jadan Baugh|RB|Florida|26.8|▲2|

|21|Kewan Lacy|RB|Ole Miss|27.5|▲2|

|22|CJ Carr|QB|Notre Dame|27.8|▲2|

|23|Kelley Jones|CB|Mississippi State|28.0|▲3|

|24|Omarion Miller|WR|Arizona State|28.3|▲4|

|25|Justin Scott|DL|Miami (FL)|29.0|▼8|

|26|Darian Mensah|QB|Miami|29.2|▲3|

|27|Charlie Becker|WR|Indiana|29.2|▲3|

|28|Will Echoles|DT|Ole Miss|29.4|▲8|

|29|Drew Mestemaker|QB|Oklahoma State|29.7|▲2|

|30|Matayo Uiagalelei|EDGE|Oregon|30.0|▲2|

|31|Austin Siereveld|OT|Ohio State|34.2|▲6|

|32|Trevor Lauck|OT|Iowa|35.8|▲3|

|33|A.J. Holmes|DT|Texas Tech|36.0|–|

|34|Quincy Rhodes Jr.|EDGE|Arkansas|37.3|**new**|

|35|Mario Craver|WR|Texas A&M|37.7|▲3|

|36|Ryan Coleman-Williams|WR|Alabama|38.5|**new**|

|37|Terrance Carter|TE|Texas Tech|38.7|**new**|

|38|Ahmad Hardy|RB|Missouri|39.8|▼20|

|39|Chris Peal|CB|Syracuse|40.7|**new**|

|40|Nick Marsh|WR|Indiana|40.7|**new**|

|41|Clev Lubin|EDGE|Louisville|41.0|**new**|

|42|Koi Perich|S|Oregon|41.2|▼3|

|43|Trinidad Chambliss|QB|Ole Miss|41.6|▼18|

|44|Trey'Dez Green|TE|LSU|42.0|▼10|

|45|Ryan Wingo|WR|Texas|44.7|**new**|

|46|Cayden Green|OT|Missouri|45.0|**new**|

|47|Kenyatta Jackson Jr.|EDGE|Ohio State|46.7|**new**|

|48|Rasheem Biles|LB|Texas|47.0|▼21|

|49|Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa|LB|Notre Dame|47.0|▼8|

|50|O.J. Frederique Jr.|CB|Miami|47.3|**new**|

The split between the top and the back half is the interesting part. Nothing in the top 16 has moved a single spot. From 17 down it's chaos - ten players are new to the 50, and every one landed at 34 or lower.

Sources: DraftTek, PFSN, Scouting Grade, Sporting News, and Bucs Wire - all credited and linked at https://getmockpro.com/big-board, along with the methodology. Fair warning on the inputs: only 3 of the 5 were captured in the last week. Sporting News and Bucs Wire are fixed articles that haven't been updated, so they drag on the averages.

(So it's not a surprise if you click: the site is mine and there's an app on it. Not pitching it here, the board is a plain web page and that's the whole post.)

Where do you think the consensus is most wrong?

Edit: refreshed the movement column - the board picked up a newer comparison baseline (Aug 18 instead of Aug 11) shortly after I posted, so the arrows here now match the page. Ranks are unchanged. Also added the Avg column.

With the season finally here , here is my top 75 Big board. That said I do my preseason big board different then my final, and different then most. I evaluate more of where people are now, rather then factoring in potential, ceilings, or projections. However I am human and do catch myself giving “my guys” an extra bump without thinking. Guys I’m lower on right now include , CJ Carr, Cam Coleman, and Will Echoles (however I’m not satisfied where I landed with him so I am going back and doing a re-evaluation). Guys I’m higher on Charlie Becker, KVA, Ben Roberts and Mateer.

2027 prospect rankings
1. Jeremiah Smith
2. Dylan Stewart
3. Leonard Moore
4. Colin Simmons
5. Nico Iamavela
6. Dante Moore
7. Jaden Baugh
8. Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
9. David Stone
10. Charlie Becker
11. Jordan Seaton
12. Julian Sayin
13. Arch Manning
14. Trevor Goosby
15. Trey’Dez Green
16. Ben Roberts
17. Jamari Sharpe
18. Carter Smith
19. Arion Carter
20. John Mateer
21. Matayo Uiagaleleii
22. Cayden Green
23. Jermaine Matthews
24. DJ McKinney
25. Cade Pieper
26. Lanorris Sellers
27. Drew Mestamaker
28. Ryan Coleman-Williams
29. Princewill Umanmielen
30. Jelani McDonald
31. Clev Lubin
32. Ahmad Moten
33. Jayden Maiava
34. Brice Pollock
35. Darian Mensah
36. Earl Little Jr
37. TJ Moore
38. Quincy Rhodes
39. A’Mauri Washington
40. Kewan Lacy
41. Austin Siereveld
42. KJ Bolden
43. Xavier Chaplin
44. Zabien Brown
45. AJ Harris
46. Damon Wilson
47. Will Heldt
48. Nate Frazier
49. Ashton Hampton
50. Iapani Laloulu
51. Ellis Robinson
52. Kelly Jones
53. Ryan Wingo
54. Bryant Wesco
55. Cam Coleman
56. Tae Johnson
57. J’Koby Williams
58. Jordan Castell
59. LJ Martin
60. Mario Craver
61. Mark Fletcher
62. Cooper Barkate
63. Wyatt Young
64. Benjamin Brahmer
65. Jamari Johnson
66. Issac Brown
67. Omarion Miller
68. Duce Robinson
69. Ahmad Hardy
70. Amare Campbell
71. Nicholas Rodriguez
72. AJ Holmes
73. Will Echoles
74. Braelin Moore
75. Justin Evans

My top 10 Teams

Oregon
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Texas
Miami
Indiana
LSU
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas Tech

Every draft class has its strengths and weaknesses at different positions. I wanted to ask y'all which position group, aside from QB, you believe is the best in this class. This class looks pretty deep at running back and defensive tackle, and has good depth and an elite top end at wide receiver.

Felt like getting my predictions out of the way before the season started, and thought it'd be fun to do the draft with the draft order from my predictions.

You'll have to ignore the grades, I don't know wtf this site is doing. They had several players on there twice, and some guys are graded way too low (like why is Echoles an F??), but it's one of the only ones I could find where I could do a custom draft order.

Because I just know it's going to be one of the first comments I see, if you're wondering where Manning is, I genuinely don't think he's going to be in this draft. The Manning family has all played their entire eligibility.
Archie couldn't play his freshman year due to rules back then, and entered the NFL draft as a senior.
Peyton played all four years at Tennessee, and entered the NFL draft as a senior.
Eli redshirted his freshman year, and entered the NFL draft as a senior.
Cooper would've played all 4 years if he didn't get sick.
Arch is only a junior this season, we'll likely see him return to the Longhorns for his senior year.