(58) OL Kaleb McGary

In a conference call Monday morning, NFL Network Draft Analyst Daniel Jeremiah was asked a question by Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News about Pac-12 Draft Hopefuls that could shine at the NFL Scouting Combine, which starts at the end of the week in Indianapolis.

Jeremiah could have spoken about players like Arizona State's N'Keal Harry or the rise of Washington State tackle Andre Dillard up the various mock draft boards, but he started and ended his comments with the Washington Huskies.

"I continue to be impressed with Chris Petersen and the Washington program," Jeremiah told Wilner. "When you look at the job that he's done of identifying players and developing players and pushing them out - it seems like every year they continue to do it.

"In terms of the conference as a whole, been really, really impressed with that group and what they've done up there at that school."

Jeremiah then turned to three examples in particular of Huskies he will be watching with interest in Indianapolis.

"You look at the secondary and all the guys that they've had picked over the last several years, and they've got another one coming up in Byron Murphy, who's got a chance to be a first-round pick," he said of the redshirt sophomore who decided to forego the rest of his eligibility to turn pro. Jeremiah has Murphy as the No. 30 player in his top-50 2019 NFL Draft prospects. If his rankings held true to draft picks, that would put Murphy to Green Bay in the first round.

"Very, very instinctive, great ball skills, tough. I don't think he's going to run as fast as some of the other corners that they've had in recent years. That might be what drops him into the second round, but that's somebody I'm a big fan of."

Jeremiah also talked about junior safety Taylor Rapp, who also decided to skip using the rest of his eligibility to go pro now instead of after his senior season.

"Taylor Rapp, the safety from Washington, again I keep using the same words, but instinctive," Jeremiah said. "They do a great job there of identifying really natural, instinctive football players. Taylor Rapp is someone who doesn't miss tackles, he can play a variety of positions, you can play him as a nickel back or he could play a little bit over the slot if you wanted him to. He can be the high safety, he can be a force player. He's just a really, really good player."

The last player Jeremiah singled out from Washington was senior right tackle Kaleb McGary.

"Kaleb McGary is another one, the tackle there at Washington," said Jeremiah. "He's played on the right side...you have to sort through the medical stuff there, he's had the heart issue. But he's 6-foot-7, 320 pounds, he's quick, he's strong, he's tough. There's a lot to work with him. To me when I watch him he reminds me a little bit of (Andrew) Whitworth, watching him at LSU. You can envision and kind of see where that was going with him. To me, McGary is somebody that has that type of upside and ability."