We're coming off a loaded weekend in the college football world, and the fallout from those games registered in NFL Draft circles. In the latest edition of Building the Beast, Dane Brugler and Dave Helman hand out some game balls, spotlight some big games from under-the-radar players, check in on the 2025 NFL rookie class, and look ahead to what's on the radar this weekend, highlighted by Illinois-Indiana and Auburn-Oklahoma.
Rundown (timestamps are approximate)
6:47 Game Ball: Texas Tech QB Behren Morton
15:25 Game Ball: LSU LB Harold Perkins
23:42 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Tennessee WR Chris Brazzell II
29:30 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Mississippi QB Trinidad Chambliss
37:52 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Texas A&M CB Will Lee
44:57 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Georgia Tech QB Haynes King
50:16 Top-50 Stock Watch
1:02:02 NFL Rookie Check-in: Tet McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten among Week 2 standouts
1:08:57 Week 4 Lookahead
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