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I completed scouting assessments of 20 wide receivers in the 2024 NFL Draft class. Florida State’s Johnny Wilson, Arizona’s Jacob Cowing, Louisville’s Jamari Thrash, Texas A&M’s Ainias Smith and Oregon State’s Anthony Gould are a few wideouts I didn’t have time to complete full evaluations on, but could be worth inclusion in these rankings. Here are my rankings and grades for the players I did full scouts on. Round 1 - Elite Starters

NASHVILLE (The Draft Analyst) — Below is my first mock draft for the 2024 NHL draft. This is not a final Top-32 ranking, which will be released next week and again in my 2024 NHL Draft Report. San Jose owns Pittsburgh’s 2024 1st Round Pick (top-10 protected) as part of the trade that sent Erik Karlsson, Dillon Hamaliuk and 2026 3rd Round Pick from the Sharks to the Penguins for Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman, Jan Rutta and this pick.

In addition to the deep dive on the O-line class that Duke and I put together for you here, my first batch of scouting reports from this class were released today over at Bleacher Report as part of our updated top 100 big board. There were 19 total OL in the top 100 with nine blockers inside the top 30. Reports published so far: Penn State’s Olu Fashanu Notre Dame’s Joe Alt

Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. Be sure to check out Megan Gauer’s latest update to the Bracketology section of the Her Hoop Stats website! Haven’t subscribed to the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter yet? Was it meant to end in such an ironic way? The school that initiated the departures that destroyed the Pac-12 won the final Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament title. Tournament champion USC also showed that despite the fact that JuJu Watkins has been the story this year, it has other players and focusing too much on Watkins has its own risks.

I hope your year is off to a great start! While much of the US is freezing, it’s a sunny 61ºF here in Rome! I have lots of pilgrimages planned for 2024, and wanted to be sure you knew what was coming up. This trip sold out in nine minutes, but I just had three people switch to another trip. This will be my last Rome, Just Rome trip for a while.

Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. Be sure to check out Megan Gauer’s latest update to the Bracketology section of the Her Hoop Stats website! Haven’t subscribed to the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter yet? Talented players from all across the world have been part of the WNBA since its inception. However, these players often seem undervalued on draft night for a variety of reasons, from legitimate concerns about unavailability, to the difficulties in projecting players drafted two or more years younger than their NCAA peers, to lack of familiarity with overseas leagues.

Thanks for reading the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter. Be sure to check out Megan Gauer’s latest update to the Bracketology section of the Her Hoop Stats website! Haven’t subscribed to the Her Hoop Stats Newsletter yet? Talented players from all across the world have been part of the WNBA since its inception. However, these players often seem undervalued on draft night for a variety of reasons, from legitimate concerns about unavailability, to the difficulties in projecting players drafted two or more years younger than their NCAA peers, to lack of familiarity with overseas leagues.

Ole Miss right tackle Micah Pettus has a long way to go, but his physical profile and flashes could drive interest in him as a top 100 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Pettus needs to be more consistent with his technique and do a better job of playing to his size. Visit my Twitter account @Sam_Teets33 for more opinions on prospects, clips, and the latest football content. Classification: Redshirt junior right tackle from Madison, Ala.

Did any of your favorite names leap up the charts this year? The release of the new baby name stats can be a double-edged sword for name lovers. More name data to pore over? Yay! Your carefully chosen, coolly underused favorites climbing rapidly up the rankings? Not so much 😢 This post, from longtime Berry and Atlas-lover @SparkleNinja18, sums up the dilemma perfectly. As recently as just a couple years ago, I’ve had people tell me that Atlas was just too uncommon to use, too weighed down (pun intended) by the titan for a real boy, despite the fun, adventurous second meaning.