Conference schedules are really going to heat up in Week 5. To me, this is easily the best slate of the college football season so far, even if Week 1 had a couple of big games.
Let’s take you through the
big matchups on Saturday and discuss the team’s draftable prospects, according to the consensus draft board.
#21 USC @ #23 Illinois
- USC
- #35 overall WR Makai Lemon
- #49 WR Ja’Kobi Lane
- #83 S Kamari Ramsey
- #98 ED Anthony Lucas
- Illinois
- #67 S Xavier Scott
- #70 ED Gabe Jacas
- #132 S Matthew Bailey
- #173 TE Tanner Arkin
The top early game of the week will star the wide receiver pairing for the Trojans, Makai Lemon and Ja’Kobi Lane. With that being said, pass-rusher Anthony Lucas, who originally started his college career at Texas A&M, is making himself big money this year. He hadn’t previously recorded a sack during his past two years at USC and wasn’t on NFL radars coming into the season. Illinois is hoping to rebound after a 63-10 loss against Indiana.
#4 LSU @ #13 Ole Miss
- LSU
- #1 QB Garrett Nussmeier
- #33 CB Mansoor Delane
- #61 LB Harold Perkins
- #71 LB Whit Weeks
- #91 WR Nic Anderson
- #164 WR Aaron Anderson
- #180 ED Patrick Payton
- #201 WR Barion Brown
- #248 CB Ashton Stamps
- Ole Miss
- #55 LB Suntarine Perkins
- #210 DL Zxavian Harris
Even though these teams are ranked pretty closely, this game is really one-sided when it comes to draftable prospects. Whit Weeks, LSU’s star linebacker, hard-launched a relationship with Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter this week. I’m sure you’ll hear the broadcast talk about that during college football’s middle slate on Saturday. The Packers have already sent their scouts to two LSU games this year, so they have to be interested in someone there. By the way, Ole Miss is out its starting quarterback, Austin Simmons, and will end up starting Trinidad Chambliss, a former Division II All-American, in this game.
#6 Oregon @ #3 Penn State
- Oregon
- #22 ED Matayo Uiagalelei
- #26 OL Isaiah World
- #27 TE Kenyon Sadiq
- #34 S Dillon Thieneman
- #57 QB Dante Moore
- #86 OL Emmanuel Pregnon
- #142 OL Iapani Laloulu
- #165 RB Makhi Hughes
- Penn State
- #15 QB Drew Allar
- #25 ED Dani Dennis-Sutton
- #36 CB A.J. Harris
- #45 RB Nicholas Singleton
- #52 OL Drew Shelton
- #76 OL Olaivavega Ioane
- #79 DL Zane Durant
- #101 RB Kayton Allen
- #126 WR Trebor Pena
- #154 S Zakee Wheatley
- #184 LB Kyle Louis
Obviously, this is a big one in Big Ten country. This game could decide who does or doesn’t get a chance to play in the Big Ten Championship Game later on this year. Both teams have quarterbacks, with Oregon’s Dante Moore rising quickly up the consensus board rankings. Coming into the year, he was not considered a draftable player. On Penn State’s end, their riser is receiver Trebor Pena, who already has 166 yards through three games and transferred in from Syracuse this offseason.
#17 Alabama @ #5 Georgia
- Alabama
- #17 OL Kadyn Proctor
- #28 DL L.T. Overton
- #54 CB Domani Jackson
- #69 OL Parker Brailsford
- #75 LB Deontae Lawson
- #85 S Keon Sabb
- #93 WR Germie Bernard
- #114 OL Jaeden Roberts
- #139 DL Tim Keenan III
- #147 RB Jamarion Miller
- #222 DL Kelby Collins
- #228 DL James Smith
- #231 CB Cameron Calhoun
- #244 S Bray Hubbard
- Georgia
- #29 LB C.J. Allen
- #40 WR Zachariah Branch
- #48 DL Christen Miller
- #66 CB Daylen Everette
- #111 TE Oscar Delp
- #118 P Brett Thorson
- #124 TE Lawson Luckie
- #136 WR Noah Thomas
- #179 LB Raylen Wilson
- #203 OL Earnest Greene
Few games will feature more NFL talent in college football this year than Alabama versus Georgia. If you are a Packers fan looking for a center, take a look at the Crimson Tide’s Parker Brailsford, who has started the last two years at Alabama and was also Kalen DeBoer’s center at Washington. Germie Bernard, a two-time transfer, has the frame of a Packers receiver at 6’1” and 2024. Green Bay won’t need him, but Brett Thorson of Georgia is expected to be the only punter drafted in the 2026 class.
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Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section throughout Saturday’s action.
