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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Dariq Whitehead is having another surgery on his foot that will take him out of pre-draft workouts. He'll supposedly be ready by the start of the regular season. However, this is going to affect this draft stock. It's possible he's available at #28, or depending on how his foot is healing this could even push him to the early 2nd round.


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What a bummer for the kid. He never looked right this year athletically. With this news I think there is a very good chance he is sitting there at 28 and well worth the risk.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Honestly probably a perfect pick at #28. Let him take essentially a redshirt year to get all the way healthy. Sorta a draft and stash. It would also explain a bit of his "meh" year as well.
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Yep. Perfect prospect to take at 28. If for some reason though Sidy or Bilal are sitting there at 28 then I would probably go with one of them even though I like Whitehead more. I don't think either guy should be there though but every year we see really good prospects drop.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I'm not 100% the surgery will bump him to 28 given he will be ready for teh start of the season.
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It all depends on the seriousness of the surgery but I would think his injury may scare off a lot of gm's that are close to the hot seat.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I'm not 100% the surgery will bump him to 28 given he will be ready for teh start of the season.
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medical red flags and surgeries tend to hurt draft stock more than it should imo. I do agree that a team in the 20s should take a flier anyway though. Not like rookies play a lot for good teams anyway.

His stock was one of those all over the place though... I'd see him in the teens and mid 20s pre-surgery news... I'd guess he's early 20s to early 30s now. I'd say there is like a 25% chance he is there at 28.
 
I’ve only seen highlights of GG. He looks the part of a top five pick physically, then I look at his shooting stats, and they are horrendous. Is he just dumb?
 
I would draft GG with a mid to later pick. At that point he is worth the risk.

I guess there a few guys I like that have some equal risk. Brice, Bilal, GG and even Hendricks has some risk (high hips easy to push around). Oh well, I guess I put way too much trust in Hardy and the development team to work miracles.
 
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