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[QUOTE="Lax Mouse, post: 5071233, member: 8158"]
I think there's a couple of factors at play, the first being, from what I've heard, that teams may be a little skeptical of his defensive ability at the next level. In my opinion, his explosiveness and ability to be a threat in transition, however, would make him a great fit with a team that already has a proven cover defender at LSM or who could just use depth there. I'm thinking the Outlaws, Whipsnakes, Waterdogs, or Archers could all consider him in the later rounds or as a camp signing. Even with Owen Grant moved to the PUP, I think the Redwoods have shored up the position with the trade for Jared Connors and the Atlas have Koby Smith (if they actually play him, unlike a year ago). Cannons seem set with Rall and Chick and the Chaos will have depth for now, but may be thinking about the future. I somewhat expect them to grab a pole earlier in the draft, though.

Another factor is how sneaky deep this draft may be with versatile poles looking at Lamberti's Big Board (Piseno, Woodward, Meyer, Carpenter, Mercurio, Zupicich, Olexo, Wright). Not to mention actual defenders (Zappitello, Brower, Smith, maybe Lavelle, Hudgins, Conlin, Bonitz, Szuluk). That's enough LSMs for each team to take one and the same goes for defenders. In a draft with an even more loaded offensive class, we could see a whole group of AA type players not get picked.

For what it's worth, I'd probably have Olexo as the 3rd or 4th LSM picked.

There's bound to be a handful of undrafted players that win roster spots.
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