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HBCU Football: Top 5 prospects for the 2022 NFL Draft

By Dante Pryor

MOBILE, ALABAMA - JANUARY 29: Jerry Garner of Mississippi Valley State runs a 40-yard dash during the 2022 NFL HBCU Combine at University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center on January 29, 2022 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
MOBILE, ALABAMA - JANUARY 29: Jerry Garner of Mississippi Valley State runs a 40-yard dash during the 2022 NFL HBCU Combine at University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center on January 29, 2022 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /
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September 1, 2019; Canton, OH, USA; Alabama A&M Bulldogs quarterback Aqeel Glass (4) drops back to pass against the Morehouse Maroon Tigers during the Black College Football Hall’s first-half Fame Classic at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
September 1, 2019; Canton, OH, USA; Alabama A&M Bulldogs quarterback Aqeel Glass (4) drops back to pass against the Morehouse Maroon Tigers during the Black College Football Hall’s first-half Fame Classic at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /

3. Aqeel Glass, QB, Alabama A&M

Aqeel Glass has been a hot name among HBCU players since he stole the show from Coach Prime and the Jackson State Tigers in the spring of 2021. Glass was SWAC spring player of the year in 2021, leading the Alabama A&M Bulldogs to the championship that spring.

Glass saved his best game for his last that spring against Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the championship.

This fall, it was more of the same for Glass, winning his second consecutive Deacon Jones Award, given to the top HBCU football player. Glass threw 36 touchdowns with just seven interceptions. The completion percentage was most impressive, improving to a career-best 63 percent.

During the postseason draft process, Glass continued to improve his touch and ball placement in both the NFLPA Bowl and HBCU Legacy Bowl. His measurables 6-foot-4 and 233 pounds, along with his arm talent, make Glass an interesting draft prospect.

Scouts like that he improved every season as a starter in Huntsville. That improvement has continued through the draft process. Glass might benefit from this process more than any HBCU player.

Glass is not an elite athlete and won’t be a plus in the run game like Josh Allen, but he is a good athlete for his size. However, Glass is more Warren Moon than Randal Cunningham. A team looking to develop a quarterback with tools might look at him.

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