Senior Bowl’s top performers of the week a focus for game and upcoming craft

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The folks at the Reese’s Senior Bowl put on a great event every year and that’s obviously the reason coaches, general managers and personnel people representing all 32 NFL teams annually gather in Mobile to scout some of the best players about to enter the draft in a couple of months.

And while the game, which will be played Saturday, is a good part of the week, it’s typically the week of practices that are most beneficial to teams as they watch how players interact and learn and work.

It’s also a time for teams to have almost unlimited access to speak with the players.

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Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy on Friday announced the Practice Week Award winners, which he explained on Twitter:

And why does this matter, you may ask, when teams don’t need the opinions of players to decide which players they think are special or performed well during the week?

Because game recognizes game — often better than scouts do.

So it would behoove the teams to consider these players, especially if they play positions of need.

What follows are the best practice players of the week and what teams need to notice them because they have significant needs at the position:

Quarterback

Liberty Flames quarterback Malik Willis (7) reacts after defeating the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers during the Cure Bowl at Camping World Stadium. (Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports)

Liberty’s Malik Willis was named top QB on the American team in a vote from defensive teammates at practice. Pitt’s Kenny Pickett was named top QB on the National team in a vote from defensive teammates.

Who should care? The rumor circulating the