Mason Cobb is the college football equivalent of a perfect draft pick
When an NFL team selects players in the draft, it often weighs two competing tensions: best player available versus team-specific needs. Some teams feel the need to simply take the best player on the board, knowing how much value that player can provide in the course of time. Other teams think they have to fill a glaring need at a specific position and choose accordingly.
USC linebacker Mason Cobb is, in a real sense, the college football equivalent of the perfect NFL draft pick. He is a really good player for any team and an obvious value add, but he also meets a very specific team need for this 2023 USC roster.
(h/t Don Smalley of Ducks Wire)
Mason Cobb:
“Lincoln Riley vowed to make the defense better in 2023, and he definitely did so by adding Oklahoma State’s Mason Cobb to the mix. Cobb was one of the best players for the Cowboys last year, and now he will be in the heart of the Trojans’ defense. That could be a game-changer.”
