2012 NFL Draft: Big Board

 

 This is a standard draft, maybe a little better than last year simply because it has two QB’s that would both be number one overall picks. It’s heavy at the QB, WR, CB, and DT/DE positions. This draft has in my mind about 5 can’t miss players which is rare. As far as how the draft will unfold, I would expect Tannehill to fall out of the top ten, and I would predict a run on cornerbacks in the early teens which will lead to one of the big DL prospects falling into the mid twenties (probably Brockers or Coples). Everything is going to hinge on what happens with Tampa at the 5th pick. If Richardson and Claiborne aren’t there expect a trade. If either of those guys is available for Tampa then the Jags in the 7 hole are gonna be the determining pick/trade.

I rated the prospects by where I think they deserve to get drafted based on talent and projection. There are of course other reasons teams pick players, the most notable reason is marketing. Like I think RG3 should be picked around 10 and thought Cam should’ve gone in the teens last year, but these guys are going to go real early cuz they make a shitload of money for their team.

Kiper’s an asshole.

Organization:  Each Position has a positional overview and each player is shown as:

Name—College—Height-Weight—Probable Draft Position—Rating—Description

The rating is out of 100.

A rating in the 90’s means 1st round grade, e.g. 95 is worth a mid first rounder

A rating in the 80’s means 2nd round grade, e.g. 82 is worth a late 2nd rounder

A rating in the 70’s means 3rd round grade, e.g. 78 is worth an early 3rd rounder

A rating in the 60’s or lower means a 3rd day prospect

 

Best overall:

1.      Andrew Luck              100      QB

2.      Trent Richardson        99        RB

3.      Matt Kalil                    99        T

4.      Justin Blackmon          98        WR

5.      Luke Kuechly             98        ILB

6.      Morris Claiborne         98        CB

7.      Robert Griffin III        97        QB

8.      Stephon Gilmore         96        CB

9.      Whitney Mercilus        95        OLB/DE

10.  Chandler Jones            95        DE/OLB

11.  Janoris Jenkins            95        CB

12.  David DeCastro          95        G

13.  Fletcher Cox               94        DT/DE

14.  Michael Brockers        94        DT/DE

15.  Dre Kirkpatrick           94        CB

16.  Courtney Upshaw       94        OLB/DE

17.  Riley Reiff                  94        T

18.  Quinton Coples           93        DE

19.  Melvin Ingram            93        OLB/DE

20.  Mark Barron               93        S

21.  Michael Floyd             93        WR

22.  Coby Fleener               92        TE

23.  Jerel Worthy               92        DT

24.  Vinny Curry                92        DE

25.  Devon Still                  92        DT/DE

26.  Cordy Glenn               92        T

27.  Dont’a Hightower       92        ILB

28.  Dontari Poe                 91        DT

29.  Jonathan Martin          90        T

30.  Andre Branch              89        OLB/DE

31.  David Wilson              88        RB

32.  Mike Adams               88        T

33.  Rueben Randle           88        WR

34.  Doug Martin               87        RB

35.  Juron Criner                87        WR

36.  Dwanye Allen             87        TE

37.  Kirk Cousins               87        QB

38.  Derek Wolfe               87        DT/DE

39.  Kendall Reyes             87        DT/DE

40.  Shea McClellin            87        OLB/DE

41.  Casey Hayward          87        CB

42.  Alameda Ta’amu         87        DT

43.  Jake Bequette              87        DE

44.  Trumaine Johnson       87        CB/S

45.  Kendall Wright           86        WR

46.  Harrison Smith            86        S

47.  Jared Crick                  86        DT/DE

48.  Kevin Zeitler               85        G

49.  Lavonte David            85        LB

50.  Bobby Massie             85        T

51.  Alshon Jeffery            85        WR

52.  Brandon Weeden        84        QB

53.  Peter Konz                  83        C

54.  Brandon Taylor           83        S

55.  Jayron Hosley             83        CB

56.  Nick Perry                   83        OLB/DE

57.  Marvin McNutt           83        WR

58.  Amini Silatolu             82        G

59.  Stephen Hill                82        WR

60.  Brandon Thompson     82        DT

61.  Lamar Miller               80        RB

62.  Sean Spence                80        OLB

63.  Chris Given                 80        WR

64.  Bruce Irvin                  80        OLB

65.  Josh Robinson             80        CB

66.  Nick Toon                   80        WR

67.  Tyrone Crawford        80        DE

68.  Jeff Allen                    79        T

69.  Rishard Matthews       78        WR

70.  Bobby Wagner            78        LB

71.  Nick Foles                   78        QB

72.  LaMichael James        78        RB

73.  Chase Minnifield        77        CB

74.  Brock Osweiler           77        QB

75.  Zebrie Sanders            77        T

76.  Nick Jean-Baptiste      77        DT

77.  Zach Brown                76        LB

78.  Ryan Broyles              75        WR

79.  Russell Wilson            75        QB

80.  Isaiah Pead                  75        RB

81.  Mohamed Sanu           75        WR

82.  Orson Charles             75        TE

83.  Brandon Washington75        G/T

84.  Billy Winn                  74        DE/OLB

85.  Cam Johnson               73        DE/OLB

86.  Chris Polk                   73        RB

87.  Kelechi Osemele         73        G

88.  Brian Quick                72        WR

89.  Brandon Boykin          72        CB

90.  Cyrus Gray                  72        RB

91.  Mike Martin                71        DT

92.  Joe Adams                  70        WR

93.  Bernard Pierce            70        RB