Leading up to the 2021 NFL draft, which starts April 29, Yahoo Sports will count down our top 100 overall prospects. We’ll count them down in groups of five for Nos. 100-51, followed by more in-depth reports on our top 50 players, with help from our scouting assistant, Liam Blutman. We reserve the right to make changes to players’ grades and evaluations based on injury updates, pro-day workouts or late-arriving information from NFL teams.
t-100. Oregon State RB Jermar Jefferson
5-foot-10, 217 pounds
Yahoo Sports draft grade: 5.71 — starter potential
TL;DR scouting report: Nicely built back who lacks extra gear but consistently churned out long runs in impressive three-year career
Games watched: Hawaii (2019), Cal (2019), Cal (2020), Oregon (2020), Stanford (2020)
The skinny: A 3-star Rivals recruit, Jefferson started nine of 12 games as a true freshman in 2018 and was named Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year after setting the school mark for rushing yards by a true freshman (1,380).