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The_Philster
07-05-2003, 05:23 AM
It is rare indeed when the two major combine services that provide scouting reports to subscriber franchises, National Football Scouting and Blesto, agree in their spring grades on which player is the highest rated senior for the following year's draft.


Roy Williams could be the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NFL draft.
But this is one of those rare years and, apparently, University of Texas wide receiver Roy Williams is a pretty rare player as well.

A few weeks ago, ESPN.com reported in a feature story that Williams was the top-rated senior prospect in the National report, with a lofty 7.9 grade on that combine's nine-point system. It turns out that Williams also merited the top grade in Blesto's springtime report. On the Blesto five-point system, in which lower grades are superior, Williams was given a grade of 1.11. In a big year for players with the Williams surname, the second-highest rated player was Miami linebacker D.J. Williams, with a 1.14 grade....more (http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1576171.html)