First, we must note who didn’t participate in the game. All week, we heard these names mentioned as players who dominated the practices. They must have determined they did enough in the practices before the scouts, and the risk of getting hurt in a game was not worth taking. The following players didn’t play:
Derrick Moore EDGE Michigan
Jacob Rodriguez LB Texas Tech
Lee Hunter DT Texas Tech
TJ Parker EDGE Clemson
Tanner Koziol TE Houston
Dan Villari, TE, Syracuse
JC Davis, OT, Illinois
Tyreak Sapp, EDGE, Florida
Gabe Jacas, EDGE, Illinois
Daylen Everette, CB, Georgia
Davison Igbinosun, CB, Ohio State
Malik Muhammed, CB, Texas
Jalen Stroman, S, Notre Dame
Kaytron Allen, RB, Penn State
Nick Singleton, RB, Penn State (broke foot in Thursday practice)
Romello Brinson, WR, SMU
Caleb Brunson, WR, Texas Tech
Reggie Virgil, WR, Texas Tech
Vinnie Anthony II, WR, Wisconsin
Nate Boerkircher, TE, Texas A&M
Kage Casey, OT, Boise State
Jalen Farmer, IOL, Kentucky
Dano Dennis-Sutton, EDGE, Penn State
Romello Height, EDGE, Texas Tech
Deven Eastern, DL, Minnesota
Zane Durant, DL, Penn State
Jeffrey M’Ba, DL, SMU
Darrell Jackson Jr.