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The first overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft is probably tooling around Laramie, Wyoming, right now Andrew Benintendi Jersey in his beat-up pickup truck, enjoying what are sure to be his last, dwindling days of relative obscurity. He's still not that far removed from being the unrecruited kid out of high school that no one really wanted (zero scholarship offers), and rapidly approaching the bold existence of the profe sional football superstar that he seems destined to become.University of Wyoming quarterback , with the 2017 draft just completed and Mock Draft Nation and the NFL's scouting community in perpetual pursuit of the next big thing, is already drawing significant buzz from scouts and personnel men as the potential jewel of the 2018 draft. Their lonely eyes are turning out West, to the high plains of Wyoming, where a rising redshirt junior who had just solidified himself atop the Cowboys' QB depth chart at this time a year ago, and who was relegated to Reedley Community College just a few years before that with no Division I teams interested, is poised to be the of 2018.Luckily for Allen, he is coached by Craig Bohl, the same steady hand that brought Wentz to North Dakota State and molded that program into a small-school powerhouse. And, lucky for Allen, he is playing in a pro-style offense that forces him to make downfield reads, scan the field and make throws from the pocket, showcasing the very attributes that make those scouts and GMs drool. And, luckily for Bohl, Allen has a similar mentality and attitude as Wentz -- far beyond driven and motivated, eager to learn, a natural born leader without cockine s or entitlement -- which will make handling his impending fame, fortune and national attention much easier.Because come August, NFL bra s will be making a steady proce sion to Wyoming. The pre s boxes will be flooded with scouts every Saturday, and the internal discu sions will have already begun amid the many teams invariably in the hunt for a quarterback of the present, the future, or both. And at a touch over 6-feet-5, bulking up now to nearly 235 pounds, with tremendous speed at that size (he most recently ran a 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds), with a huge arm and a great head, and with some intriguing out-of-conference games on the schedule (Iowa and Oregon in September), Allen is primed to become perhaps the face -- and story -- of the 2018 draft. "I told our SID sports information director to get ready, because things are changing," Bohl told me after watching a draft Carlton Fisk Jersey in which three teams traded up in the first round to select debatable quarterback talent. "It's not quite just going to be the that's talking about us now."Josh is really a good young man, with a great values system, and he's confident. But you're talking about a 20-year-old farm kid from Firebaugh, California. It's not like this is L.A. It's out there in the middle of "At that point Bohl's voice trailed off a bit Rick Porcello Jersey , and I wasn't sure if he was going to finish that sentence with "California" or "nowhere," because either would apply. Firebaugh, all 3.5 square miles of it, is in Fresno County, with a population of about 8,000. State Road 33 runs through what's considered "downtown," and, according to Firebaugh's Wikipedia page: "Outside of the city, the area is almost entirely agricultural land in all directions. Most fields of irrigated row crops along SR33 are feed crops such as alfalfa." So, yes, this tale weaves from Firebaugh to Laramie before it reaches New Jersey ( ?), Los Angeles ( ?), San Francisco, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Arizona or any of the NFL hubs that will be clamoring for Allen le s than a year from now. And, barring injury, they will be jockeying and jostling and, quite po sibly, trading up to land him atop the board depending on draft order.As it stands now, Allen could be far more coveted next April than 's (second overall pick, 13 career starts) was this April. This is not hyperbole. This is gleaned from conversations with top NFL evaluators, some of whom very likely will need a pa ser a year a from now, and some that will not."I watched the draft, and I know that Josh did, too, because he was looking at the guys coming out," Bohl said. "And Josh is an intense competitor and he's got a great deal of confidence and his perspective is that he's going to be better than all of them drafted in 2017 , and there is a case in point to be made in his argument, and with his physical skill set, I would say that. "But his production, he does have to improve on a few of those things, and he loves the University of Wyoming and his parents love the University of Wyoming, and that's why he came back. And it'll be a fun, fun ride this next year with him."I started calling around to guys I trust a day after this year's draft was complete, and before I Craig Kimbrel Jersey could even get the question out, as soon as I mentioned the name Josh Allen, they began gushing. Usually, I could get to "University of Wyoming qua--" and the voice on the other end of the phone would perk up:"Totally legit. Absolutely could be the first pick," an AFC decision-maker not in need of a quarterback said. "Now that's a purrty prospect right there. We love him," said another evaluator with an aging starting quarterback, mimicking how a cowboy might have said "pretty" while drinking a sarsaparilla back at the OK Saloon."He's got pretty much everything you could look for in a quarterback," said a personnel director I could very much see needing a new pa ser in 2018. "We need to see him in more games, but he's the real deal. That's what a first overall pick looks like. He's got the size and the arm. He probably has a quicker release than Wentz. He's every bit the prospect Wentz was, and probably better."And, yeah, Wentz went No. 2 in 2016 -- with the executing multiple trades to move up to land him -- despite being injured several times at North Dakota State. Bohl, of course, understands the comparisons better than anyone, with he and his staff identifying Allen as a candidate to implement a pro-style offense with at Wyoming, taking the Cowboys from a spread, shotgun, quick-huddle, limited protection scheme upon his arrival after the 2013 season. Some of Bohl's staff had ties to Allen and knew the outposts outside of Fresno well from time spent at Fresno State. Allen had attended some of the Fresno State camps as a youngster, and, while quite raw, they loved his natural strong arm -- born Steven Wright Jersey of not concentrating solely on football at camp after camp, but from developing as a baseball pitcher as well.He was a "tall, angular, skinny kid who didn't have great mobility," on Bohl's radar because of the natural connections to his staff. "We set out to canva s basically everything from the Mi si sippi and Chicago out west," Bohl said, and they liked what they saw of Allen from the junior college ranks (285 yards per game with 26 touchdowns for Reedley Community College in 2014)."We went all around the country, and there was some real promise with