The fourth stop on the road to the 2025 NFL Draft brings us to Fort Worth, Texas, where the College Gridiron Showcase entered its 11th year in existence. Normally, all-star games all follow the same format: week of practice and then a game at the end. But not the College Gridiron Showcase. What makes this event unique is that it maximizes efficiency for the scouts by focusing the first two days of work on position-specific drills and competitive periods before culminating with a controlled scrimmage. There is no game at the end of the week; just two full days of meetings, player access and physical practices.
What also makes this event unique — and why its leaders Jose Jefferson, Craig Redd, Mike Rittlemann, and their wonderful staff do such a great job — is because of the sheer amount of prospects they bring to the event. This year, 217 prospects participated in front of all 32 NFL teams, nine CFL teams and eight UFL teams, as well as teams from both the European League of Football and Arena/Indoor football leagues.
It is a great opportunity for players who hail from smaller schools and who were some hidden gems from FBS programs to “showcase” their pro potential in front of a bevy of scouts from across the football landscape.
One of the top, if not the top CFL QB prospect in the 2025 class, Elgersma without question had the best performance this week at the position. The level of velocity in which he threw the ball was next level. Scouts consistently commented on his arm strength and ability to drive the football. I got the chance to see him compete back in May at the USports East-West Bowl in Waterloo, Ontario, and he stood out there as well, so it was great to see how he would measure up against NCAA competition. He’s going to have a lot of interest come draft time, both here and north of the border.
Other standouts
Full disclosure, this was such an impressive group of running backs that each one had fantastic moments during the two days. I’ve never seen anything like that before at an all-star game/event. So, while we’ll spotlight a couple, in the “other standouts” portion are the rest of the backs who participated at CGS.
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