This edition of the Premium Prospect Board takes a look at committed prospects who fit their future college system. These players selected schools that should maximize their skill sets and college production.
Here are the 2017 prospects who will be perfect fits:
QB Kellen Mond
ESPN 300 rank: 57
Committed: Texas A&M
Scheme and skill are an ideal marriage. Mond is an athletic quarterback who is a thrower first, runner second. He can also be used as a designated runner when needed, like current Aggies QB Trevor Knight and in the past with Johnny Manziel. This version of the spread asks the quarterback to freelance and extend plays when things break down, and Mond is a pure pocket passer who's capable of providing the same production in this scheme.
DT Tyler Shelvin
ESPN 300 rank: 18
Committed: LSU
LSU has regularly had elite edge-rushers but hasn't had good interior rushers since the early 2000s. Shelvin's commitment couldn't come at a better time. With the dismissal of Les Miles, regardless of who takes over, this is a terrific addition as a two-gap, one-technique DT who can collapse the pocket and occupy blockers.
WR Trevon Grimes ESPN 300 rank: 27
Committed: Ohio State
The Buckeyes love big, imposing targets on the outside, like they had with Michael Thomas. At 6-foot-4, 202 pounds, Grimes brings the measurables plus even more speed, which not only makes him a jump-ball weapon, but also a player who can use his speed. Ohio State is currently playing up to 10 pass-catchers who are all young, but they do not have that tall, long and physical guy on the outside. Noah Brown is close but nowhere near as tall.
CB Jamyest Williams
ESPN 300 rank: 37
Committed: South Carolina
The only thing missing here is height, but what Williams lacks in height he makes up for in many other areas, much like former Florida CB Janoris Jenkins. Will Muschamp knows the value of his defense is dramatically upgraded with premier players on the perimeter. Williams fills a need, and he also has the potential to be a lockdown corner.
DT Akial Byers
ESPN 300 rank: 67
Committed: Alabama
Alabama always has big-bodied guys on the interior for Alabama, but Byers fits the scheme in two different fronts. In the four-man front, he can be a disruptive three-technique, and when in an odd front, he can play where Marcell Dareus played as a five-technique over the tackle. Byers also provides pass rush from his tackle position.
WR Jalen Reagor
ESPN 300 rank: 74
Committed: Oklahoma
Oklahoma loves slot players who can manipulate coverage, stress the seam and be moved around the offensive set to create one-on-one mismatches on the outside as a change-up. Reagor fits the bill. Plus, he can develop in the return game just like Sterling Shepard did.
QB Ryan Kelley
ESPN 300 rank: 97
Committed: Arizona State
Much like Mond, Kelley brings passing prowess and running ability to an offense that likes to feature the QB's legs. Offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey chose to go with Manny Wilkins over Brady White for this very reason. Kelley is an in-state player who can be monitored by Arizona State's coaches, which gives them confidence in this choice.
WR Amari Rodgers
ESPN 300 rank: 103
Committed: Clemson
Ray Ray McCloud meet Rodgers, your doppelganger. Part back, part slot, part return man. For this offense, in that position, you have to be able to move around and have running back ability with wide receiver ball skills, and Rodgers fits the bill perfectly.
DE Robert Beal
ESPN 300 rank: 4
Committed: Georgia
The Bulldogs need pass-rushers badly, but they also need players who can fit the scheme as run-stoppers and edge-players whether they are in a stand-up position or have their hand on the ground. Beal has the look of a Dont'a Hightower but the feel of Marlon Davidson at Auburn, and we could see Beal fitting in immediately like Davidson has at Auburn.
WR Tee Higgins
ESPN 300 rank: 17
Committed: Clemson
Whether it was Martavis Bryant or Mike Williams or Charone Peake, Clemson loves to have that one big, tall player on the outside who is its run-and-catch guy -- get deep and catch the ball in difficult, contested situations. This is what Higgins does best. He's not the fastest, but he's so long and acrobatic that he's a vertical threat as a result.