The No. 5 Oregon Ducks (13-1) and No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers (14-0) are set to face off in Friday\u2019s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at six potential NFL prospects to watch. This list presumes no players opt out of the game before kickoff:<\/p>\n
Dante Moore, QB, Oregon, So.<\/p>\n
This matchup will make it easy on NFL personnel looking to scout the draft\u2019s top two quarterbacks, assuming both declare once the CFP concludes.\u00a0Moore\u2019s ceiling is the highest in a QB group that won\u2019t include LaNorris Sellers, Brendan Sorsby or Arch Manning. He\u2019s poised, accurate, throws a catchable deep ball, and has shown the ability to make plays outside of the pocket. His 19 career starts are a smaller sample size than most quarterbacks who usually end up in the discussion for the No. 1 overall pick.<\/p>\n
A\u2019Mauri Washington, DL, Oregon, Jr.<\/p>\n
Washington was listed as the fourth-best athlete on Bruce Feldman\u2019s list last summer. He\u2019s big (6-3, 330), powerful and quick. Last year, Washington was stuck behind Derrick Harmon, Jordan Burch and Jamaree Caldwell on the depth chart before becoming a full-time starter this season. All three were selected in the first three rounds last April. The former four-star recruit\u2019s natural ability flashes every time you watch him. He\u2019s a work-in-progress as a pass-rusher, but he has shown the ability to collapse the pocket with his bull rush. Washington recently said he received a second round projection from the NFL\u2019s College Advisory Committee, which grades players as either potential first or second round picks or neither.<\/p>\n
Isaiah World, T, Oregon, Sr.<\/p>\n
The Lincoln High School grad spent four years at Nevada before joining the Ducks this season. His technique remains raw for someone who\u2019s been in school for five years and will need polish in the pros, but he features all the stuff you can\u2019t teach: prototypical size (6-8, 312), length, athleticism and heavy hands. World accepted an invite in December to play in the Senior Bowl. A good performance in Mobile, Ala. will inflate his draft stock.\u00a0A team confident in their ability to develop linemen could get themselves a steal, late on Day 2 of the draft or early on Day 3.<\/p>\n
Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana, Jr.<\/p>\n
Mendoza has the prototypical size (6-5, 225) scouts favor, good arm talent and functional athleticism. He\u2019s not a finished product by any means \u2014 pressure can affect his footwork and his deep ball accuracy needs refinement \u2014 but the Heisman Trophy-winner has showcased the ability to step up in big moments for the undefeated Hoosiers throughout this season. Moore was also in the Heisman conversation back in October when these two teams faced off in Eugene, Ore., but it was Mendoza\u2019s heroics in Indiana\u2019s 30-20 win that solidified his early frontrunner status for the award.\u00a0He\u2019ll be the most pro-ready QB prospect available in April.<\/p>\n
Elijah Sarratt, WR, Indiana, Sr.<\/p>\n
Sarratt isn\u2019t a burner, but he has size (6-2, 209), plays with physicality, has strong hands, and has developed a reputation for clutch playmaking (similar to his Heisman-winning QB). He had eight receptions for 121 yards and caught an eight-yard TD with 6:23 left in the fourth quarter to break a 20-20 tie against the Ducks in October.<\/p>\n
D\u2019Angelo Ponds, CB, Indiana, Jr.<\/p>\n
Ponds is undersized (5-9, 170), but he plays bigger. He was a legitimate track star as a prep in Hollywood, Fla., capturing state titles in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes as a senior. Ponds spent one year at James Madison before joining the Hoosiers in 2024. He\u2019s a two-time first-team All-Big Ten honoree and earned second-team AP All-American honors this season. He was also the defensive MVP in Indiana\u2019s 38-3 rout of Alabama in the Rose Bowl. Ponds is a physical, instinctual playmaker who plays downhill like a safety in run support, and excels in man or zone coverage. Despite size concerns, he\u2019s considered a potential Day 2 or even Day 1 pick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 5 Oregon Ducks (13-1) and No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers (14-0) are set to face off in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[17641,65264,48031,38231,65263,65266,37228,65265,37226,13639,42242,752,17640,17642,13625,65262,17643,17644,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-125621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-amauri-washington","tag-big-ten","tag-cfp","tag-college-football-playoff-semifinal","tag-dangelo-ponds","tag-dante-moore","tag-elijah-sarratt","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-indiana-hoosiers","tag-isaiah-world","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-prospect","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-peach-bowl","tag-pff","tag-pro-football-focus","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}