BTB draft radar: Week 5 college football preview

Every week here at Blogging the Boys, we’ll spotlight the biggest college matchups and the players who could soon wear the Star. If you want to get a jump on who might help America’s Team in the years to come, this is your weekly college football guide GAME OF THE WEEK It’s over to Beaver Stadium […]

Every week here at Blogging the Boys, we’ll spotlight the biggest college matchups and the players who could soon wear the Star. If you want to get a jump on who might help America’s Team in the years to come, this is your weekly college football guide

GAME OF THE WEEK

It’s over to Beaver Stadium for the BTB Game of The Week. Get ready for the sea of white in Penn States “White Out” game where they take on No. 6 Oregon for a prime-time spectacular. Oregon will try to turn the corners into a racetrack, chasing explosives with tempo and perimeter speed. Penn State will look to answer with downhill bruising on the ground, play-action body blows, and a red-zone defense built to tighten the screws when pulses spike. It’s got all the vibes of a playoff game, but somebody has to blink. Let’s go with a score line of Penn State 30, Oregon 27, sealed by a late stand as the White Out rattles the rafters.

Game Overview

Matchup: Oregon (6) vs. Penn State (3)
September 27, at Beaver Stadium
Kickoff time: 7:30 p.m (EST)
Penn State favored by 3.5 points
The matchup will be a primetime White Out game, the first against a Top 20 opponent in six years.

Player Watch

Oregon:

Dante Moore, QB

Dante Moore is proving he’s more than hype this season. Moore has been impressive so far in 2025, completing 74.7% of his passes with 11 touchdowns and just one interception. He can throw with zip and drop back-shoulder or vertical strikes into tight windows. He has the tools to stretch defenses and test vulnerabilities deep, but his resilience under pressure and his ability to expand his game beyond the pocket will determine if he’s a long-term answer at quarterback. If the Penn State pass rush can flush him and get pressure to him with regularity, then Moore may struggle with accuracy or forced throws.

Kenyon Sadiq, TE

Sadiq isn’t your standard tight end, he’s a matchup headache with receiver feet and a monster frame. This season has been the breakout trailer with nine catches, 155 yards and three touchdowns, punctuated by timely chunk plays in tight moments. He’s still sanding down the true inline stuff with his pad level, drive, and consistency, but line him up in the slot or as a move piece and you get burst, body control, and soft hands that turn seams into sirens. That’s why early whispers already have him circled as a 2026 top-tier tight end in the draft.

Penn State:

A.J. Harris, CB

Harris doesn’t just look the part of a boundary bully he plays it with swagger. He marries length with easy hips and a turbo button that shows up when a receiver thinks he’s got a step. Press-man is his stage where you see him stab at the release, ride the red line, and still have the recovery juice to erase a misstep. Toss in a willingness to set the edge against the run and you’ve got a corner who can live on the outside without help.

Harris can get a little too amped by jumping routes early, tilting off-balance at the break, or turning would-be interceptions into mere pass breakups. Clean up the discipline, convert a few more of those pass breakups into picks, and his size–speed combo reads like a first-round scouting card.

Drew Allar, QB

Drew Allar looks like he was built in a quarterback factory at 6’5”, 235 pounds with a hose for a right arm and the temperament of a chess player. He pairs prototypical size with a methodical, rhythm-based passing style that all look like Joe Flacco. The résumé isn’t just volume either, this season he’s up to a 65% completion rate, with four passing touchdowns and one interception, showing he has the profile of a passer who values the ball and wins with placement over chaos. When his base is clean, he layers throws at every level and looks surgical.

The knocks with Allar are more about stress tests than talent. Heat can rattle his lower half, nudging balls off target, and he’ll play conservative, hesitating on deep shots even when the window is wide open. Give him protection and a coordinator who leans into play-action and Allar projects as a steady chain-mover. A quarterback that’s less about the fireworks and more about controlled detonation.

Alabama (17) vs. Georgia (5)

It’s a revenge game over at Sanford Stadium as No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 17 Alabama in Week 5’s SEC headliner. Gunner Stockton steers a balanced Bulldogs attack, while Ty Simpson leads an Alabama offense boosted by the anticipated return of running back Jam Miller. The margin will hinge on classic pressure points, keeping third-down communication clean, controlling the interior line of scrimmage, and denying the kind of explosives that flip field position. Don’t ignore the hidden math with punt coverage, return lanes, and starting field position which could steal a possession. Predictions for the scoreline on this one is Georgia 27, Alabama 23, clinched by a late red-zone stand, and the Bulldogs get their revenge after the close and late touchdown win by Alabama in last year’s thriller.

Game Overview

Matchup: Alabama (17) vs. Georgia (5))
September 27, at Sanford Stadium
Kickoff time: 7:30 p.m (EST)
Georgia favored by 3 points
Last season, Alabama got the late touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter followed by an interception to seal the game. Georgia is out for retribution this year.

Player Watch

Alabama:

Kadyn Proctor, OT

Proctor is more than likely the first tackle off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft. He plays with a monster frame at 6’7” and 369 pounds, playing like an immovable wall with a shockwave in his hands. His punch jars rush plans, bull-rushers stall out instantly on contact, and the big man can still climb to the second level when the playbook asks. The raw materials scream first-round frame and traits, with year-over-year gains in set angles and footwork hinting at a ceiling that’s still rising. Trim the penalties, tighten the leverage, and keep the gas tank full, and you’re looking at a franchise bookend.

LT Overton, DE

The former five-star jumped from Texas A&M to Alabama in 2024 and carved out steady production in a deep rotation. His calling cards are power and shock with a bull rush that uproots guards, sturdy edges in the run game, and enough hand craft to win ugly when the pocket crowds. You don’t so much block him as brace for him.

The long speed won’t scare tackles, which is why the NFL may see him as a 4i/3-tech defender, where his mass and torque translate snap after snap. Clean up the finishing moves, stack a few more sacks on top of the steady disruption, and Overton projects as a top-60 disrupter who turns protection calls into headaches.

Georgia:

Christen Miller, DT

Miller is Georgia’s steady thunder thud in the trenches. He plays with more than enough twitch to slip into a gap before a guard even blinks, which scary given his size. The tape shows a sturdy anchor who soaks up doubles, locks out with heavy hands, and still has the lateral juice to chase stretch plays back inside.

He’s more of a persistent pressure player than a sack artist right now, and the recent shoulder surgery is a footnote scouts won’t ignore. But when he strings together leverage, hand violence, and that short-area burst, you can see the blueprint for a long-term interior pillar.

CJ Allen, LB

Allen plays like linebacker like he was naturally wired for the position with a see ball trigger. He brings plus burst and old-school pop, but he isn’t just a heat-seeking missile, he processes fast and sorts traffic with good instincts,that’s a huge plus for today’s linebackers in the NFL.

The polish is still baking when it comes to coverage duty. Man coverage and deeper zone landmarks can loosen on him, and he doesn’t have vine-length arms to bail out late reads on the perimeter. Clean up the coverage angles, keep the throttle under control, and Allen has early draft pick written all over him.

LSU (4) vs. Ole Miss (13)

Game Overview

Matchup: LSU (4) vs. Ole Miss (13)
September 27th, at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
Kickoff Time: 3:30 p.m. (EST)
Ole Miss favored by 1.5 points

Player Watch

LSU:

Aaron Anderson, WR

We’ve covered LSU in previous weeks, so in tradition to the series we move down the depth chart. Anderson is LSU’s joystick on offense and forever seems to be a half-step ahead of a defensive backs. Slot routes, bubbles, and whip motions are his playground and has double moves and sudden stops that make defenders guess wrong with regularity.

He’s limited in terms of being more than a gadget spark than an every go to reviver. His contact balance lets him finish through arm tackles, and his return threat forces special-teams coordinators to lose sleep.

Patrick Payton, DE

Payton pairs his long frame with a bag of change-ups, hesitations, and hand counters that set up swims and spins. The production hints at a disruptor who affects more than just the box score with some exciting pass breakups telling you he’s just as willing to win by clogging lanes as by turning the corner.

He’s not the finished article just yet. The get-off can flicker, his pads creep high when the fight gets nasty, and he still needs more pop to hold his ground snap after snap. Sharpen that first step, add a little more anchor, and Payton projects as a starting-caliber edge who can tilt protections and close drives.

Ole Miss:

Suntarine Perkins, LB

Perkins plays linebacker like a safety who wandered into the backfield and decided to stay. He’s a blur off the edge with the flexibility to dip, flatten, and close in for the tackle. Turn on the tape and you see his twitchy first step straight off the bat on every play, a motor that hunts from sideline to sideline, and enough coverage savvy to survive in space when offenses try to play keep-away.

For the negative side, it’s is all about mass and mileage. Perkins is light for trench warfare, so setting a firm edge against powerful linemen looks can be an absolute chore, and when his first rush move gets stoned, finishing through contact isn’t guaranteed. Add in the recent shoulder note and you’ve got a prospect who needs strength, counters, and more playtime to round off those rough edges.

Luke Hasz, TE

Hasz has wasted no time turning heads for the Rebels.Hasz plays like a jumbo slot with soft hands, clean stems, and enough glide to punish linebackers, meanwhile doing all that with a tight end’s frame. He lfinds the soft spots smartly and snaps into vertical seams before safeties can rotate.

He’s not a trench mauler and plays more the move-tight end position, so anchoring against top defensive ends can fray at the edges, and the suddenness in tight quarters not exactly elite. But line him up off the ball, let him stalk seams and red-zone windows, and you’ve got a matchup headache.