Senior Bowl 2015: Underrated Prospects on North and South Rosters to Watch

Bryce Petty, Danny Shelton and more are locks to make shock waves at the 2015 Senior Bowl.

What about the lesser-known names, though?

Last year, Dee Ford did not enter the proceedings as the biggest name by any means, but he won the MVP award and went on to be selected No. 23 overall in the first round of the draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Not every underrated prospect goes on to such heights, but the first major stop on the path to the draft is an important one nonetheless.

Bleacher Report NFL analysts Matt Miller and Matt Bowen share their top performers from Day 2 in the video below:

Read on for some other sleeper names to keep an eye on as the week progresses are worth remembering.  

2015 Senior Bowl Rosters

North				South
Player	Position	School		Player	Position	School
Jeff Luc	ILB	Cincinnati		Josh Harper	WR	Fresno State
Steven Nelson	CB	Oregon State		Phillip Dorsett	WR	Miami
Jamison Crowder	WR	Duke		Shane Carden	QB	East Carolina
Adrian Amos	S	Penn State		Jaquiski Tartt	S	Samford
Sean Mannion	QB	Oregon State		Blake Sims	QB	Alabama
Antwan Goodley	WR	Baylor		David Johnson	RB	Northern Iowa
Tom Obarski	K	Concordia-St. Paul		Garrett Grayson	QB	Colorado State
Ty Montgomery	WR	Stanford		Hayes Pullard	ILB	USC
Devin Smith	WR	Ohio State		Nick Marshall	CB	Auburn
Marcus Hardison	DE	Arizona State		Dezmin Lewis	WR	Central Arkansas
Doran Grant	CB	Ohio State		Donatella Luckett	WR	Harding
Bryce Petty	QB	Baylor		Justin Manton	K	Louisiana-Monroe
Tyler Lockett	WR	Kansas State		Sammie Coates	WR	Auburn
Eric Rowe	CB	Utah		Senquez Golson	CB	Ole Miss
Quinten Rollins	CB	Miami (Ohio)		Anthony Jefferson	S	UCLA
Damarious Randall	S	Arizona State		JaCorey Shepherd	CB	Kansas
Kevin White	CB	TCU		Cody Prewitt	S	Ole Miss
Quandre Diggs	CB	Texas		Clayton Geathers	S	Central Florida
Kurtis Drummond	S	Michigan State		Ladarius Gunter	CB	Miami
Ameer Abdullah	RB	Nebraska		Imoan Claiborne	CB	Northwestern State
Kyle Loomis	P	Portland State		D'Joun Smith	CB	Florida Atlantic
Tyler Varga	FB	Yale		Markus Golden	DE	Missouri
Jeremy Langford	RB	Michigan State		Andrew East	LS	Vanderbilt
David Cobb	RB	Minnesota		Nick O'Leary	TE	Florida State
Mike Hull	OLB	Penn State		Stephone Anthony	ILB	Clemson
Ibraheim Campbell	S	Northwestern		Connor Neighbors	FB	LSU
Ali Marpet	OT	Hobart		Cameron Artis-Payne	RB	Auburn
Jordan Hicks	OLB	Texas		Jalston Fowler	FB	Alabama
Deion Barnes	DE	Penn State		Clive Walford	TE	Miami
Chris Jasperse	C	Marshall		Martrell Spaight	OLB	Arkansas
Michael Bennett	DT	Ohio State		Reese Dismukes	C	Auburn
Max Garcia	C	Florida		Ty Sambrailo	OT	Colorado State
T.J. Clemmings	OT	Pittsburgh		Denzel Perryman	ILB	Miami
Robert Myers	G	Tennessee State		Tre' Jackson	G	Florida State
Carl Davis	DT	Iowa		Owamagbe Odighizuwa	DE	UCLA
Jamil Douglas	OT	Arizona State		Tayo Fabuluje	OT	TCU
Donovan Smith	OT	Penn State		La'el Collins	OT	LSU
Laken Tomlinson	G	Duke		Dillon Day	C	Mississippi State
Rob Havenstein	OT	Wisconsin		Shaq Mason	G	Georgia Tech
Trenton Brown	OT	Florida		Arie Kouandjio	G	Alabama
Vince Mayle	WR	Washington State		Daryl Williams	OT	Oklahoma
Tony Lippett	WR	Michigan State		Austin Shepherd	OT	Alabama
Nick Boyle	TE	Delaware		Rashad Greene	WR	Florida State
Casey Pierce	TE	Kent State		Devante Davis	WR	UNLV
Ben Koyack	TE	Notre Dame		Justin Hardy	WR	East Carolina
Louis Trinca-Pasat	DT	Iowa		Geneo Grissom	OLB	Oklahoma
Henry Anderson	DE	Stanford		Trey Flowers	DE	Arkansas
Joe Cardona	LS	Navy		Gabe Wright	DT	Auburn
Za'Darius Smith	DE	Kentucky		Preston Smith	DE	Mississippi State
Danny Shelton	DT	Washington		Kaleb Eullis	DT	Mississippi State
Zack Hodges	OLB	Harvard		Lorenzo Mauldin	OLB	Louisville
Hau'oli Kikaha	DE	Washington		Grady Jarrett	DT	Clemson
Nate Orchard	DE	Utah		Joey Mbu	DT	Houston
				Lynden Trail	OLB	Norfolk State

Underrated North Players to Watch

Eric Rowe, CB, Utah

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Big-bodied corners who can press at the line or drop into zone are all the rage at the NFL level these days.

With that in mind, Utah's Eric Rowe should be on the receiving end of more hype than ever after his arrival at the Senior Bowl. 

As Bleacher Report's Dan Hope points out, Rowe measures quite well for his position: 

Rowe is especially interesting because of his versatility.

This past season was his first at corner after spending three years manning the safety position. He shows well on film at both areas, meaning teams that use defensive backs at both spots depending on the situation, such as the Cincinnati Bengals, will be hot for Rowe on draft day.

Of course, Rowe needs to perform well against the best of the best. Based on his lengthy veteran collegiate career to date, that should not be a problem.

Ty Montgomery, WR, Stanford

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Bad news is all that has surrounded Stanford wideout Ty Montgomery as of late.

He missed his team's bowl game with an injury and must now fight a very deep class of wideouts at the Senior Bowl. To make matters even worse, he measured much smaller than the team listed him, per Brandon George of The Dallas Morning News:

Still, Montgomery is a proven producer who contributes on special teams in a major way, as noted by his 1,091 kick return yards and two scores in 2013.

Montgomery's touchdown production dipped this year, but the offense was more to blame than anything:

YEAR	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
2014	61	604	9.9	44	3
2013	61	958	15.7	72	10

Now faced with a chance to turn things around and get back into the conversation as a top wideout, Montgomery certainly has the all-around skill set to do so. 

Production speaks louder than measurements, after all.

Underrated South Players to Watch

Denzel Perryman, LB, Miami

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When one thinks of inside linebackers in the 2015 class, the top name that seems to come to mind is Mississippi State's Benardrick McKinney.

Denzel Perryman has something to say about that.

Now that the season is over and everyone has a chance to go back and review film, Perryman is a name that continues to pop up with violent, run-stuffing "wow" plays time and again.

Upon arrival in Mobile, Alabama, Perryman caught the attention of the Miami Herald's Armando Salguero:

As Bleacher Report's Matt Miller points out, Perryman has a chance to do what others, such as Chris Borland, did before him at the event:

There is space at the top for Perryman given his position.

All he needs to do is take the ball and run with it now that he continues to capture the eyes of the globe as an every-down run enforcer.

Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn

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Hear that? It's the Sammie Coates hype train rolling down the tracks.

Coates, the owner of just 34 catches for 741 yards and four touchdowns in 2014, is the perfect example of what a measurement at the Senior Bowl can do for a prospect.

CBS Sports' Dane Brugler has the scoop:

Let the Julio Jones comparisons commence.

That said, Coates has a problem:

"

Sammie Coates asked by reporter if it'd be weird catching passes from Blake Sims. Coates: "uh, yeah." #SeniorBowl

— Patrick Woo (@P_Woo) January 19, 2015"

As strange as catching passes from an SEC rival out of Alabama might be, Coates is in a position to catch up with top names such as Amari Cooper, DeVante Parker and Kevin White.

For a guy whose per-catch average has never dipped below 19 yards, Coates remains a bit of a secret.

That ends if he plays anything like Jones.

Statistics courtesy of ESPN.com unless otherwise specified. Rosters and info courtesy of SeniorBowl.com unless otherwise specified.