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DT Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina -- I have liked Quarles all season because of the stats I've casually seen him accumulate and because of how much time he spends in opponents backfields when you watch the Gamecocks play. But after watching Quarles on tape closely, I am of the belief that Quarles is going to bust hard in the NFL. Quarles is a one-dimensional player that probably won't even be able to succeed in that one dimension at the next level: Quarles' claim to fame is his ability to rack up tons of TFLs and sacks. The problem with that is that this is all he's done at an NFL rate at his position. He definitely doesn't play the run well, and even with his long arms he gets blown off the ball a lot against higher-caliber opponents. Like, a lot a lot. His bread and butter, then, will have to be shooting gaps as a good-sized three-tech (6'4", 297), but his get-off at the Combine was measured in the 1.8s, which is just atrocious. I think Quarles is not a starter caliber DL like most people do, and I think he's going to drop farther in the draft than most people anticipate.
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