2022 NFL Draft: Day 2 Names to Watch

The Bengals land my guy Daxton Hill in round 1 to add some spice and versatility to the secondary.  There's a lot to talk about, but first let's  highlight the names in play for day 2.  

Players in the mix at positions the Bengals likely won't take in day 2:  

Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati
Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M
Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State
Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State

Jaquan Brisker, S, Penn State
Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor

Options at 63 By Position:

(In no particular order)

CB

Andrew Booth Jr., CB, Clemson

    -Graded out a day 1 guy. Maybe sports hernia injury     preventing athletic testing drops him down.

Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn

    -Solid, reliable
Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington

    -Another fringe first rounder.  Questionable long speed, but locks down on short range routs. 
Tariq Woolen, CB, UTSA

    -Tall converted WR that hits hard.
Alontae Taylor, CB, Tennessee

    -Another solid guy with great instincts.

DE

David Ojabo, DE, Michigan

    -Achilles injury drops him into day 2.  

Boye Mafe, DE, Minnesota

    -Wins with brute force and power. Stout lower body.

Cameron Thomas, DE, San Diego State

    -Got reps inside and outside, but needs to bulk up. Good at penetrating gaps and making plays.

Arnold Ebiketie, DE, Penn State

    -Lean but effective

Logan Hall, DE/DT, Houston
    -Big physical DE that can kick inside

IDL

DeMarvin Leal, DE/DT, Texas A&M

    -One of my favorites.  Why take Travon Walker #1 overall when you can take Leal on day 2.                    Another bigger end with inside/outside versatility.

Perrion Winfrey, DE/DT, Oklahoma
    -Good penetrator.  As long as he's paired with a good DT he's got potential.

Travis Jones, NT/DT, UConn
    -NT that imitates a 3 tech sometimes.

G

Sean Rhyan, G/OT, UCLA

    -LT in college with tree trunk legs.  Not my favorite, but could be solid switching to IOL. I'd hold off      on him until end of RD 3 at the earliest.  

Dylan Parham, G, Memphis

Jamaree Salyer, G/OT, Georgia

    -Another college LT with a G body.  Held up pretty well against SEC competition.  I'm more on               board with him as a prospect than Rhyan.

LB

Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
    -Best player on Georgia's D is the one that drops.  

OT

Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota

    -Mountain.  Can buy QB time just by standing in the way and making rushers go around him.

Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan

    -I came around on Raimann.  Just an all around solid blocker.

Abraham Lucas, OT, Washington State

    -Another giant RT candidate to upgrade the Prince roster spot.  

Zach Tom, OT, Wake Forest

    -Might be my favorite prospect in the draft. I can't figure out why no one talks about him. He was a standout C and moved to LT.  He looked great against ACC competition as one of the better pass protectors I watched.  He got push run blocking despite being undersized.  He needs to bulk up and add strength or else I'd really be pounding the table for him. He probably ends up going on day 3, but I'm convinced he's worth the 63rd pick.  I kept thinking of Rashawn Slater while watching him.. Then i looked up their dimensions and their heights, weights, and arm lengths were almost identical.  He  sometimes gave up ground to the bull rush but he was usually able to hold off  the pressure well enough.   

TE

Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State

Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA
Jeremy Ruckert, TE, Ohio State

WR

David Bell, WR, Purdue
Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan
John Metchie III, WR, Alabama
Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State
George Pickens, WR, Georgia

By my count that's 36 prospects on my watch list.  Another few dozen not on my list will get taken sprinkled in amongst all of these guys meaning rounds 2 and 3 should be pretty fruitful for the Bengals as they continue to try to sure up the back half of their roster.