We're coming off a loaded weekend in the college football world, and the fallout from those games registered in NFL Draft circles. In the latest edition of Building the Beast, Dane Brugler and Dave Helman hand out some game balls, spotlight some big games from under-the-radar players, check in on the 2025 NFL rookie class, and look ahead to what's on the radar this weekend, highlighted by Illinois-Indiana and Auburn-Oklahoma.

Rundown (timestamps are approximate)

6:47 Game Ball: Texas Tech QB Behren Morton

15:25 Game Ball: LSU LB Harold Perkins

23:42 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Tennessee WR Chris Brazzell II

29:30 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Mississippi QB Trinidad Chambliss

37:52 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Texas A&M CB Will Lee

44:57 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Georgia Tech QB Haynes King

50:16 Top-50 Stock Watch

1:02:02 NFL Rookie Check-in: Tet McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten among Week 2 standouts

1:08:57 Week 4 Lookahead

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