“If you haven’t heard the name Daniel Kelly, you’re going to hear more and more, and more of it, because he’s turning into this generation’s Mel Kiper over social media. He’s called First Round Mock.” —Jason Whitlock

My scouting notes from evaluating Clemson Cornerback Ashton Hampton on game film. • every play • 13 games • 2025 season #NFLDraft

Clemson CB Ashton Hampton First Round Projection by NFL Mock Draft Database. nflmockdraftdatabase.com/pla…

Advance Scouting Report on Caleb Williams By: Former New York Jets Pro Scout Daniel Kelly @Patriots @Seahawks @Buccaneers @Saints @Lions @Jaguars @MiamiDolphins @BuffaloBills @packers @Vikings Caleb Williams is nothing but a moody glorified game manager at this point of his NFL career. He specializes in handing the ball off and throwing short passes. Chicago hides Williams behind behind their run game. Per Team Rankings (dot com)— The Bears have the most rushing attempts per game than any team in the NFL (36.0) and the No. 1 rushing attack in the NFL that’s averaging 160.7 yards per game. Per Pro Football Focus (PFF) last week against the Falcons— 25/30 of his completions were short passes (9 yards or less). 10 of them were thrown behind the line of scrimmage (LOS). The entire focal point of Chicago’s offense is in the behind the line of scrimmage to 9 yards from the line of scrimmage range. Chicago wants to run the ball and play dink-and-dunk football. On the season— Per PFF— 54/66 of Williams completions have been 9 yards or less. The key to defeating Chicago is to flood that area of the field with defenders. Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores did that two weeks ago and Williams had his lowest completion percentage of the season (57.7%) and his slowest time to throw of the season (PFF: 3.97 seconds). Watch the video clips below that illustrate exactly what Flores did. By putting 7 up at the line of scrimmage pre-snap, it forced Williams to try to figure out who was coming and who was dropping into coverage and it exposed the fact Williams can’t read defenses. This is exactly why Williams likes to hold the ball so long. His time to throw has gotten slower and slower and slower each and every season he’s been in the NFL (PFF: 2024 3.03 seconds, 2025 3.24 seconds and 2026 3.50 seconds). He likes to dictate to defenses by running around and waiting for his receivers to get open to compensate for his inability to read defenses (just like he did at USC when his time to throw was 2022 3.24 seconds and 2023 3.17 seconds per PFF). The key to defeating Williams is dictating the game to him—not letting him do the dictating. Flores completely exposed Williams and gave the league the blueprint on how to defeat him. Get people in his face pre and post snap. Williams completion percentages this season per PFF: Kept clean: 84.7% Under pressure: 50.0% Not blitzed: 87.5% When blitzed: 60.8% Dictate. To. Williams. Flood his comfort zone with defenders (0-9 yards). Stop the run. Blitz and pressure him. Force him to have to try to win passing the ball +9 yards downfield. Force him to make faster throwing decisions. Take him out of his comfort zone. Put the game on his shoulders. They try to hide him. Expose him like Flores did. 🎥 NFL.COM

There’s suddenly a collective effort out there to try to sell the public on Jayden Daniels. 1. He’s injury prone and signing an injury prone player to an extension is a bad idea. He’s already had two left elbow dislocations and he’s wearing a brace to try to prevent a third, which if that happens, would likely require surgery. He’s also had other injuries. He likes to run and he’s built like a piece of paper. The chances of him staying healthy based on his injury background and playing style is very low. Bad investment. 2. I don’t see how Washington can trust Jayden Daniels after the last two games of him showing zero situational awareness. Bad investment (see video evidence below). 3. He’s been inconsistent this season. First two games his completion percentage was 52.9% and 64.7%. Last two games he’s been at 68.0% and 72.5%. His time to throw ties into that. His time to throw the first two games was 3.48 seconds and 3.37 seconds and the last two games it’s been 2.71 seconds and 2.88 seconds (PFF). Which one is he? Inconsistency is a bad investment. 4. Washington is not winning with him when he has started games in 2025-2026. Washington is 2-8-1 in his past 11 starts. Bad investment. Somebody has to say this stuff. I’ll say it.

Pass Interference: Clemson Cornerback #23 Ashton Hampton. Vs. LSU (2025)

My best advice to the Longhorns coaching staff— Game plan first read throws for Arch Manning. I put a first-round grade on his 2023-2024 spot reps, and they were mostly first reads. Different guy back then: firstroundmock.com/2025/05/a… @TexasFootball

Nobody is trading for Shedeur Sanders. 1. He has not created any trade value in the NFL. 2. He pushed a referee in a college game. When he’s done in Cleveland—he’s done in the league.

In other words, Ben Johnson doesn’t think Caleb Williams is consistent.

Can you believe it’s been over a year since Ben Johnson asked Caleb Williams to clean up his body language and he still hasn’t done it? 🎥 NFL.COM

As a former NFL Scout— I don’t believe in “adjusted completion percentage.” It’s subjective.

This helps to put Caleb Williams into context.

As a former NFL Scout— I don’t know how any team can trust Jayden Daniels as a starting quarterback going forward. Best case scenario, he lacks situational awareness. Worst case scenario, it’s intentional. 🎥 NFL.COM