Mizzou's Armand Membou's Draft Stock is Quickly Rising

Flick projected Membou to be selected with the No. 25 overall pick by the Houston Texans in the mock draft, published on Jan. 22. Just over a month before, Flick rated Membou as the No. 91 overall prospect in the draft.

Flick is not the only one to be moving Membou higher up on the draft board in the past month. Since he's declared for the draft, the consensus on the offensive lineman has gone from a likely day-two selection to one of the top-rated players at his position.

According to NFL Mock Draft Database, which stores projections from mock drafts and prospect rankings from major publications, Membou was on average being rated as the No. 74 overall prospect on Dec. 1, less than a week after the close of Missouri's regular season.

Now, in the week before the Senior Bowl, he's rated at No. 34.

Membou will look to continue his rise up drafts this week in Mobile, Ala. at the Senior Bowl. The practices leading up to the All-Star contest provide NFL scouts and general managers the chance to sit down with prospects and see them in three days of practices.

The opportunity is especially valuable for lineman, getting to show off their physicality and technical skills in one-on-one reps against some of the best defensive lineman prospects in the draft.

The months before the NFL draft are spent, on the outside at least, constantly debating how much or how little specific measurements really mean. The actual film becomes a Rorschach test. Even the ones making the decisions for the 32 teams are guessing. Momentum seemingly building on the outside doesn't always equate to the consensus from the league.

But Membou has the tape to back it up. His resume is impressive, especially for someone of his age. Now, he'll have to back it up with his performances in the next three months at the Senior Bowl, the Combine and Missouri's Pro Day.