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Lenoir-Rhyne University has not had a player drafted since 2000, but NFL teams have been visiting the campus with interest due to Dugger's talents. The former All-County pick from Fayetteville, Georgia (in football and basketball) garnered second-team All-American and first-team All-South Atlantic honors as a defensive back (31 tackles, one for loss, two interceptions, four pass breakups) and punt return specialist (12 returns, 175 yards, 14.6 average, two touchdowns) despite starting only seven games due to a hand injury as a senior. He was a first-team All-South Atlantic Conference selection as a defensive back in 2018, recording 76 tackles, three interceptions, 10 pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles. Dugger was also a first-team pick as a return specialist, averaging 17.2 yards per punt return (31 returns, 534 yards) and scoring twice (also nine returns, 180 yards, 20.0 average on kick returns). SAC coaches voted him second-team all-conference in 2017 after he made 87 tackles, 4.5 for loss, an interception, and six pass breakups in 10 starts. He had to redshirt the fall of 2016 after suffering a season-ending injury in the opener. Dugger impressed Bears coaches during his redshirt season and they started him 10 times the following year (43 tackles, four interceptions, two pass breakups).

Uche (pronounced OOH-chay) did not start any games for the Wolverines in his first three years with the team -- not even when he earned honorable mention All-Big Ten notice as a junior after racking up seven sacks (among 15 total tackles). He finally started nine of 13 games played as a senior, garnering a second-team all-conference nod with a team-leading 8.5 sacks among his 35 tackles, 11.5 for loss (also posted two pass breakups and two forced fumbles). He played in four games as a reserve his true freshman year (four tackles) and in 10 contests the following season (three tackles, one sack).

Jennings was one of Alabama's top in-state recruits in 2015, as he ranked in the top 150 prospects nationally and was one of the finalists for the state's Class 4A Lineman of the Year award as a senior (14 sacks). As a redshirt freshman, Jennings played in 15 games as a reserve (19 tackles, two for loss). He then moved into the starting lineup in 2017 (41 tackles, six for loss, one sack, two forced fumbles in 11 starts), though he missed two early-season contests due to a lower-leg injury and his year ended in the national semifinal against Clemson due to a serious knee injury. Jennings worked hard to be ready for the 2018 season, when he started 14 of 15 games played and recorded 51 tackles, 14 for loss, 6.5 sacks, and a team-high 11 pass breakups. He completed his career in Tuscaloosa as a first-team All-SEC selection, pacing the Tide with 12 tackles for loss and eight sacks. He also posted 83 total stops, intercepted a pass, and broke up five others in 13 starts.

Asiasi (pronounced AH-see AH-see, who has said he's the first person in his family to go to college, decided to leave California after starring at De La Salle High School to go to Ann Arbor. The top 50 recruit nationally played in all 13 games for Michigan in 2016 (2-18-9.0, one TD receiving), starting once in a two tight-end set. Asiasi decided to move back to Cali to be closer to home (with the public blessing of Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh), sitting out the 2017 season after transferring to UCLA. He played in nine games with one start in his first year with the Bruins (6-130-21.7, one TD) before becoming a larger part of Chip Kelly's offense as a junior. Asiasi was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 in 2019 after catching 44 passes for 641 yards (14.6 per) and scoring four touchdowns.

Dalton's father, Wes, played football at Murray State when recently retired Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster coached the Racers. The families became close, even vacationing together. So even though Keene was a star player in Colorado, Blacksburg was a natural fit. It was such a nice fit, in fact, that he started 12 of 13 games played as a true freshman (10 catches, 167 yards, 16.7 average). Keene was voted honorable mention All-ACC by league coaches in 2018, starting 12 of 13 games played and grabbing 28 passes for 341 yards (12.2 per) and three scores. His production through the air was down as a junior (21 catches, 240 yards, 11.4 average) though he scored five times in 13 starts and was used in the running game (11 carries, 33 yards, 3.0 ypc).

The Wolverines nabbed Onwenu (pronounced on-WHEN-you) from Detroit's Cass Tech High School as a top-10 offensive line prospect nationally. He played on the offensive and defensive lines in nine games as a freshman before settling in with nine starts on the offensive line in 2017 (eight at right guard, one at left guard). Big Ten coaches thought enough of the road grader's work in 13 starts at right guard to name him third-team all-conference in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Herron was a stalwart on the Demon Deacons' offensive line for three seasons, but a torn left ACL suffered in the 2018 opener ended his campaign. He returned as a starter and team captain in 2019, earning a Senior Bowl invite. He started all 12 games at right tackle as a redshirt freshman and then lined up as the team's left tackle in 12 of 13 games during the 2016 season. The former Bullis High School three-sport star (and trumpet player in the jazz band) became an All-ACC player as a junior, earning third-team honors.

Cassh Maluia (pronounced CASH mall-uh-WEE-uh) was voted honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference in 2019. The Compton native (who played at Paramount High School) played in 13 games as a true freshman, starting twice, playing primarily as a reserve and on special teams (16 tackles). Malia posted 74 tackles, 3.5 for loss, one sack, an interception and three fumble recoveries in 13 starts as a sophomore. He started 10 of 11 games played games in 2018 (47 tackles, six for loss, one interception, three pass breakups) and served a one-game suspension after being arrested on charges of driving under the influence, underage alcohol consumption and driving without a driver's license in June of that year. He started all 13 contests as a senior (61 tackles, seven for loss, two interceptions).