Draft Lab: Brandon Lang's stock

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One trap scouts easily fall into is "the cousin effect." The cousin effect happens when a college program has a string of successful players hit the NFL from a certain position and that success affects the way other prospects from that position and school are seen.

This may be happening with Troy defensive end Brandon Lang. The Trojans have placed DeMarcus Ware and Osi Umenyiora into the NFL over the past few years -- so Lang is often looked at as being the next in line in that string.

Some of that reputation has been earned: Lang did post 10.5 sacks in 2008.

However, a game tape analysis of his season-opening game against Florida shows where he's off target.

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KC Joyner

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• NFL and CFB analyst for ESPN Insider
• Known as "The Football Scientist"
• Uses proprietary metrics from game tape study