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Xavier Cooper

School: Washington State

Position: Defensive tackle

Height, weight: 6-4, 299

Draft projection: Second to third round.

Draft analyst Rob Rang’s comment: “He’s the potential top-100 pick that nobody is talking about. He’s an athletic defensive tackle, one of the true penetrating defensive tackles in this draft class. There were some questions about whether he was a product of Washington State’s scheme. When you’re (trailing) as often as Washington State does, you’ve got to go after the quarterback.