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The 2020 NFL Draft is coming closer every day. And with it comes a lot of speculation.
Who will be the biggest reaches? Who will stumble down the draft board? Will anyone be a major bust? And who will be the surprise stars of the draft?
There is always much to wonder about. And it definitely makes it even more intriguing that every year seems to see a few names that fall into all of those categories.
What about this year though? Who will be the biggest steals of the 2020 NFL Draft? Right now, we're going to look into that question for Round 6.
Every draft has players that fall or that a team reaches for. Therefore, many players might end up going in a much different spot than people expected.
Due to that, trying to guess exactly where prospects will land in the draft is tough. There's an easy solution, though. Instead of trying to guess ourselves, we're going off the actual projections. We're leaving the guessing to other people.
At the same time this adds some leeway. For example, few players are expected to go in the “sixth round” specifically. Usually, they will have a projection of something like “sixth-or-seventh round” or “fifth through seventh.” That significantly increases the pool of players we can talk about.
And who deserves that recognition? Aloha Gilman.
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Gilman is a safety out of Notre Dame, and he tends to project in the fifth or sixth rounds.
In the later rounds, teams tend not to find players who will start immediately. So someone like Gilman is special, because he has that upside. Gilman will give whichever team that drafts him production right away as he can be an excellent addition to the special teams units. And he would also have a legitimate chance to start in the secondary for quite a few teams as well.
His last two seasons were impressive. In 2018, Gilman racked up 94 tackles, including three for a loss. He also had two forced fumbles and two interceptions, as well as five pass deflections. And in 2019, Gilman recorded 74 tackles (again, three for a loss) and one sack. He also had three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and two pass deflections.
Gilman is everywhere on the football field. He's a great tackler who can help in the running game, as it's one of the biggest strengths of his game.
Yes, his coverage skills need work and he isn't the biggest on the field at 5-foot-10 and 201 pounds, two reasons why he's dropping to the sixth round. There's potential in Gilman, though, as he's athletic and has shown he can make plays.
In the right situation, Gilman can be a serious contributor to an NFL team. If he gets drafted into the right situation he could be an immediate help and serious contender for steal of the draft, let alone the sixth-round.
