For NFL prospects, the Senior Bowl is a business trip — an opportunity to impress NFL talent evaluators, boost their draft grade and make money.



Would Chris Lindstrom have been drafted No. 14 overall (Atlanta Falcons) in the 2019 NFL Draft without the Senior Bowl? What about Darnell Savage No. 21 (Green Bay Packers)? Or Dalton Risner No. 41 (Denver Broncos)? Or Andy Isabella No. 62 (Arizona Cardinals)? Obviously, we will never know where these players would have ended up without their Senior Bowl performances, but the buzz they created in Mobile, Ala., certainly didn’t hurt.



Before I boarded my flight out of Mobile Regional Airport, I loaded three days of Senior Bowl practice tape onto my laptop for the three-hour flight north. That tape study, along with my notes from watching live practices and feedback from NFL scouts, is what compiled this list.



There were dozens of players who performed well this week and cemented their draft status, but I...