Montana Pass-Rusher Tyrone Holmes Is 1 of NFL Draft’s Best-Kept Secrets

April 8, 2016   ·   Justis Mosqueda   ·   Jump to comments

An athletic pass-rusher from the FCS level might wind up as a massive draft steal when we look back at this draft class five years from now. He led the division in sacks with 18 and was named the division's defensive player of the year by STATS FCS. It's not Noah Spence from Eastern Kentucky; it's Tyrone Holmes from Montana.
Unlike Spence, Holmes never played FBS football. Spence, who is considered to be a first- or second-round pick in the NFL draft, started his career at Ohio State, where he was eventually banned from Big Ten play due to two failed drug tests. 
In 2012, Spence was the fifth overall recruit in the country, per 247Sports' composite rankings. That same year, Holmes was the 1,464th overall recruit, only earning one FBS scholarship, an offer from the University of Idaho.
When evaluating small-school prospects, you need to first figure out why they ended up at the universities that they did. Production for FCS players alone doesn't translate to NFL succ...

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