There are several college football games scheduled during Week Zero. Draft Countdown has you covered on six of them.
Let’s get primed on the players we are watching in those games.
ALL TIMES CST
| 8/27/22 | Nebraska vs. Northwestern (Dublin, Ireland) | 11:30 AM | FOX | SPH |
| 90 | DL | Stephon Wynn Jr. | Nebraska | 5 | 6-4 | 307 |
| 54 | OT | Bryce Benhart | Nebraska | 4 | 6-9 | 330 |
| 2 | EDGE | Caleb Tannor | Nebraska | 5 | 6-3 | 225 |
| 11 | QB | Casey Thompson | Nebraska | 5 | 6-1 | 200 |
| 6 | QB | Chubba Purdy | Nebraska | 3 | 6-2 | 210 |
| 91 | DL | Devin Drew | Nebraska | 5 | 6-2 | 280 |
| 28 | LB | Luke Reimer | Nebraska | 4 | 6-1 | 225 |
| 42 | LB | Nick Henrich | Nebraska | 4 | 6-3 | 225 |
| 32 | EDGE | Ochaun Mathis | Nebraska | 4 | 6-5 | 260 |
| 5 | WR | Omar Manning | Nebraska | 6 | 6-4 | 225 |
| 83 | TE | Travis Vokolek | Nebraska | 6 | 6-6 | 260 |
| 3 | WR | Trey Palmer | Nebraska | 4 | 6-1 | 190 |
| 69 | OT | Turner Corcoran | Nebraska | 3 | 6-6 | 300 |
| 99 | DL | Ty Robinson | Nebraska | 4 | 6-6 | 305 |
| 99 | EDGE | Adetomiwa Adebawore | Northwestern | 4 | 6-2 | 265 |
| 11 | CB | AJ Hampton | Northwestern | 5 | 5-11 | 180 |
| 32 | LB | Bryce Gallagher | Northwestern | 4 | 6-2 | 223 |
| 4 | RB | Cam Porter | Northwestern | 3 | 5-10 | 220 |
| 26 | RB | Evan Hull | Northwestern | 4 | 5-11 | 210 |
| 92 | K | Jack Olsen | Northwestern | 3 | 5-9 | 180 |
| 68 | G | Josh Priebe | Northwestern | 3 | 6-5 | 295 |
| 77 | OT | Peter Skoronski | Northwestern | 3 | 6-4 | 294 |
| 3 | QB | Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | 4 | 6-3 | 225 |
| Jacksonville State vs. Stephen F. Austin | 2:30 PM | ESPN | BB |
| 3 | EDGE | BJ Thompson | Stephen F. Austin | 6 | 6-5 | 230 |
| 2 | WR | Xavier Gipson | Stephen F. Austin | 4 | 5-9 | 170 |
| 1 | QB | Trae Self | Stephen F. Austin | 4 | 6-2 | 175 |
| UConn at Utah State | 3:00 PM | FS1 | BB |
| 43 | LB | Jackson Mitchell | UConn | 4 | 6-2 | 211 |
| 10 | LB | AJ Vongphachanh | Utah State | 4 | 6-2 | 230 |
| 72 | OT | Alfred Edwards | Utah State | 6 | 6-7 | 325 |
| 11 | LB | Byron Vaughns | Utah State | 5 | 6-4 | 225 |
| 6 | CB | Gurvan Hall Jr. | Utah State | 5 | 6-0 | 190 |
| 1 | QB | Logan Bonner | Utah State | 7 | 6-1 | 215 |
| 3 | WR | Xavier Williams | Utah State | 5 | 6-0 | 195 |
| Wyoming at Illinois | 3:00 PM | BTN | SPH |
| 90 | EDGE | Alec Bryant | Illinois | 3 | 6-3 | 240 |
| 63 | OT | Alex Palczewski | Illinois | 6 | 6-6 | 315 |
| 5 | EDGE | Calvin Hart Jr. | Illinois | 5 | 6-1 | 230 |
| 2 | RB | Chase Brown | Illinois | 5 | 5-11 | 205 |
| 31 | CB | Devon Witherspoon | Illinois | 4 | 6-0 | 180 |
| 91 | DL | Jamal Woods | Illinois | 6 | 6-2 | 290 |
| 4 | DL | Jer’Zhan Newton | Illinois | 3 | 6-2 | 290 |
| 54 | OT | Julian Pearl | Illinois | 5 | 6-6 | 310 |
| 0 | DL | Keith Randolph | Illinois | 4 | 6-5 | 300 |
| 7 | S | Kendall Smith | Illinois | 6 | 6-1 | 201 |
| 82 | TE | Luke Ford | Illinois | 5 | 6-6 | 260 |
| 30 | S | Sydney Brown | Illinois | 5 | 6-0 | 205 |
| 8 | LB | Tarique Barnes | Illinois | 4 | 6-1 | 230 |
| 3 | QB | Tommy DeVito | Illinois | 6 | 6-2 | 215 |
| 94 | DL | Cole Godbout | Wyoming | 5 | 6-4 | 285 |
| 75 | OT | Frank Crum | Wyoming | 5 | 6-7 | 315 |
| 46 | K | John Hoyland | Wyoming | 3 | 5-10 | 180 |
| 2 | RB | Titus Swen | Wyoming | 4 | 5-11 | 206 |
| Florida A&M at North Carolina | 7:15 PM | ACCN | SPH |
| 1 | RB | Destin Coates | Florida A&M | 5 | 5-11 | 200 |
| 31 | LB | Isaiah Land | Florida A&M | 5 | 6-4 | 215 |
| 10 | WR | Jah’Marae Sheread | Florida A&M | 5 | 5-7 | 175 |
| 19 | WR | Xavier Smith | Florida A&M | 5 | 5-10 | 170 |
| 11 | S | BJ Bohler | Florida A&M | 5 | 5-9 | 180 |
| 3 | WR | Antoine Green | North Carolina | 5 | 6-2 | 207 |
| 72 | G | Asim Richards | North Carolina | 4 | 6-4 | 320 |
| 68 | C | Brian Anderson | North Carolina | 5 | 6-2 | 294 |
| 24 | RB | British Brooks | North Carolina | 5 | 5-10 | 226 |
| 9 | S | Cam’Ron Kelly | North Carolina | 4 | 6-1 | 215 |
| 33 | LB | Cedric Gray | North Carolina | 3 | 6-2 | 220 |
| 65 | C | Corey Gaynor | North Carolina | 6 | 6-3 | 309 |
| 10 | EDGE | Desmond Evans | North Carolina | 3 | 6-5 | 271 |
| 27 | S | Giovanni Biggers | North Carolina | 4 | 6-1 | 193 |
| 0 | S | Ja’Qurious Conley | North Carolina | 3 | 6-0 | 205 |
| 11 | WR | Josh Downs | North Carolina | 3 | 5-10 | 171 |
| 88 | TE | Kamari Morales | North Carolina | 4 | 6-1 | 242 |
| 41 | DL | Kedrick Bingley-Jones | North Carolina | 3 | 6-4 | 313 |
| 8 | DL | Myles Murphy | North Carolina | 3 | 6-3 | 300 |
| 7 | LB | Noah Taylor | North Carolina | 5 | 6-5 | 235 |
| 51 | DL | Raymond Vohasek | North Carolina | 6 | 6-2 | 300 |
| 75 | OT | Spencer Roliand | North Carolina | 5 | 6-6 | 310 |
| 29 | CB | Storm Duck | North Carolina | 4 | 6-0 | 194 |
| 1 | CB | Tony Grimes | North Carolina | 3 | 6-0 | 197 |
| 76 | G | William Barnes | North Carolina | 5 | 6-4 | 320 |
| Vanderbilt at Hawaii | 9:30 PM | CBSSN | BB |
| 75 | G | Ilm Manning | Hawaii | 5 | 6-3 | 280 |
| WR | Jordan Murray | Hawaii | 5 | 6-4 | 233 | |
| CB | Wylan Free | Hawaii | 6 | 6-2 | 176 | |
| 0 | LB | Anfernee Orji | Vanderbilt | 4 | 6-2 | 230 |
| 86 | TE | Ben Bresnahan | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6-4 | 243 |
| 10 | TE | Gavin Schoenwald | Vanderbilt | 5 | 6-4 | 243 |
| 23 | CB | Jaylen Mahoney | Vanderbilt | 4 | 5-11 | 191 |
| 8 | QB | Ken Seals | Vanderbilt | 3 | 6-3 | 220 |
| 88 | LB | Michael Owusu | Vanderbilt | 6 | 6-5 | 231 |
| 2 | RB | Re’Mahn Davis | Vanderbilt | 4 | 5-9 | 205 |