Josh Allen – Noteworthy
Previewing the 2019 NFL Combine: A First Round Prototype: Josh Allen, Kentucky: Perhaps no player better exemplified the value in returning for one’s senior season than Allen, who helped guide his beloved Wildcats to a 27-24 Citrus Bowl victory over Penn State – Kentucky’s first New Year’s Day Bowl game in two decades – by emerging as arguably the most dominant defender in the country, at least in the minds of Nagurski, Bednarik and Lott IMPACT award voters. Clean on and off the field, Allen might now be the first senior off the board in the 2019 NFL draft. Given his ideal blend of size, athleticism and production against elite competition, Allen ranks as one of the “safer” prospects of the 2019 draft class, perhaps even contending for No. 1 overall honors. Skeptics will point out that he was surrounded by a great deal of talent at Kentucky (especially in their secondary), aiding his cause as a pass rusher. – Rob Rang, NFLDraftScout.com
