College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Riley Nowakowski. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Andre Rogers | TCU | 2026 | 0.991 | unknown | D'Andre Rogers | — | — | — |
| Cooper Mathers | Washington State | 2024 | 0.906 | unknown | Cooper Mathers | — | — | — |
| Thomaz Whitford | New Mexico State | 2022 | 0.882 | unknown | Thomaz Whitford | — | — | — |
| Micky Crum | Louisville | 2019 | 0.871 | unknown | Micky Crum | — | — | — |
| Moroni Laulu-Pututau | BYU | 2017 | 0.840 | unknown | Moroni Laulu-Pututau | — | — | — |
| Andrew Beck | Maryland | 2019 | 0.838 | bust | Andrew Beck | 98 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Gino Campiotti | Massachusetts | 2024 | 0.828 | unknown | Gino Campiotti | — | — | — |
| Drew Sample | Washington | 2019 | 0.752 | bust | Drew Sample | 244 | 4.3 | 8 |
| Jerome Washington | Rutgers | 2018 | 0.750 | unknown | Jerome Washington | — | — | — |
| Justin Johnson | Mississippi State | 2019 | 0.715 | unknown | Justin Johnson | — | — | — |
| Donta Thompson | Texas Tech | 2020 | 0.703 | unknown | Donta Thompson | — | — | — |
| Nick Gallo | Virginia Tech | 2023 | 0.680 | unknown | Nick Gallo | — | — | — |
| Thomas Gordon | Northwestern | 2025 | 0.679 | unknown | Thomas Gordon | — | — | — |
| Milan Richard | Clemson | 2018 | 0.676 | unknown | Milan Richard | — | — | — |
| Blake Kern | Arkansas | 2021 | 0.672 | unknown | Blake Kern | — | — | — |
| Carl Tucker | North Carolina | 2019 | 0.650 | unknown | Carl Tucker | — | — | — |
| Sage Ennis | Virginia | 2026 | 0.641 | unknown | Sage Ennis | — | — | — |
| Marshall Lang | Northwestern | 2023 | 0.635 | unknown | Marshall Lang | — | — | — |
| Lucas Krull | Pittsburgh | 2022 | 0.617 | bust | Lucas Krull | 61 | 2.8 | 3 |
| K.C. Crosby | South Carolina | 2017 | 0.604 | unknown | K.C. Crosby | — | — | — |
| Nick Eubanks | Michigan | 2020 | 0.586 | unknown | Nick Eubanks | — | — | — |
| Marlin Klein | Michigan | 2026 | 0.555 | unknown | Marlin Klein | 3 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Trevon Wesco | West Virginia | 2019 | 0.550 | bust | Trevon Wesco | 25 | 1.0 | 5 |
| Bryce Caufield | Oregon State | 2026 | 0.545 | unknown | Bryce Caufield | — | — | — |
| Malcolm Epps | Texas | 2020 | 0.543 | unknown | Malcolm Epps | — | — | — |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.