Big NFL draft questions for Thursday’s bowl games: Which Florida State defenders could improve their stock?

We’re hitting the final stretch of 2022 college football bowl games, but the next few days offers the best opportunity to see top 2023 NFL draft talent in play. That includes numerous future pros in the College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Eve. Yes, we’ve see plenty of players projected to be high picks opt out of their teams’ final games and start preparing for pre-draft events, including Tyree Wilson, Bijan Robinson, Will Levis and Myles Murphy. But there will still be no shortage of NFL talent on the field over these remaining 16 bowl games (along with the national title game on Jan. 9).

To get you ready for each day of bowls, we asked NFL draft analysts Jordan Reid and Matt Miller a series of questions about top draft prospects in play. These bowls offer many players one last opportunity to put up good tape for scouts and evaluators before all-star events and the combine, and some will face their toughest tests of the season. Who will stand out, and who can improve their draft stock with a huge day? We also asked draft analyst Steve Muench to pick out an under-the-radar prospect to watch for each day of games, and then closed with early national title predictions from all three of our experts.

Let’s start with Thursday’s three-game slate.

THURSDAY, DEC. 29

  • Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Syracuse vs. Minnesota

  • Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Florida State

  • Valero Alamo Bowl: Texas vs. Washington

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