September 17, 2025
Building the Beast: The potential diamonds in the rough are starting to emerge
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFLAbout this episode
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 Connect with The Athletic Football Show X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow Discord: https://discord.gg/emgJsXHJ Call us: 847-448-0701 Host: Dave Helman Co-Host: Dane Brugler Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Dave on X: @davehelman_ Follow Dane on X: @dpbrugler Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.