 Posted: Tuesday April 7, 2009 1:34PM; Updated: Tuesday April 7,
2009 2:17PM Don Banks Don Banks >  2009 Wes Welker Watch List
Story Highlights  Ten unheralded prospects who could become
difference-makers  Chargers GM A.J. Smith found Antonio Gates
and Wes Welker  UCLA's Brigham Harwell and Pat Cowan have both
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Enlarge font Despite being undersized, UCLA defensive tackle
Brigham Harwell held his own against other pro prospects in the
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question to Don Banks.  Every NFL draft season, we fixate on the
top 15 percent of the incoming talent pool, breaking down every
possible angle that affects the potential order of how the top
names will come off the board (see drafts, mock).  And every
year, almost unbeknownst to most of us, there's a new wave of
Wes Welkers, James Harrisons, and Willie Parkers entering the
league so below the radar screen they're virtually undetectable.
We know them now, of cours