The regular season has ended for college football and I thought it would be fun to put together a ranking for every position. Obviously only players eligible will be included. Also, if I have forgotten someone or mistakenly placed someone in my rankings who has said he will be returning for school, by all means let me know. Finally, these are my rankings and not necessarily the order each player will get drafted. Hope you all enjoy! QB: 1. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville 2. Derek Carr, Fresno State 3. Blake Bortles, Central Florida 4. Aaron Murray, Georgia 5. Zach Mettenberger, LSU 6. Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Illinois 7. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M 8. AJ McCarron, Alabama 9. Connor Shaw, South Carolina 10. Jeff Matthews, Cornell 11. Keith Wenning, Ball State 12. David Fales, San Jose State 13. Tom Savage, Pittsburgh 14. Tajh Boyd, Clemson 15. Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech 16. Brett Smith, Wyoming 17. Casey Pachall, TCU 18. Keith Price, Washingon 19. Stephen Morris, Miami(Fla.) 20. Bryn Renner, North Carolina RB: 1. Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona 2. Carlos Hyde, Ohio State 3. Tre Mason, Auburn 4. Bishop Sankey, Washington 5. Jeremy Hill, LSU 6. Andre Williams, Boston College 7. Lache Seastrunk, Baylor 8. Rajion Neal, Tennessee 9. Isaiah Crowell, Alabama State 10. James Wilder Jr., Florida State 11. Charles Simms, West Virginia 12. Marion Grice, Arizona State 13. Tyler Gaffney, Stanford 14. Devonta Freeman, Florida State 15. James White, Wisconsin 16. Terrance West, Towson 17. Roderick McDowell, Clemson 18. Storm Johnson, Central Florida 19. Silas Redd, USC 20. Antonio Andrews, Western Kentucky 21. LaDarius Perkins, Mississippi State 22. Trey Watts, Tulsa 23. Kapri Bibbs, Colorado State 24. George Atkinson III, Notre Dame 25. Brennan Clay, Oklahoma WR: 1. Sammy Watkins, Clemson 2. Marqise Lee, USC 3. Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt 4. Kelvin Benjamin, Florida State 5. Mike Evans, Texas A&M 6. Davante Adams, Fresno State 7. Brandin Cooks, Oregon State 8. Jarvis Landry, LSU 9. Odell Beckham Jr, LSU 10. Allen Robinson, Penn State 11. Paul Richardson, Colorado 12. Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss 13. Devin Street, Pittsburgh 14. Martavis Bryant, Clemson 15. Kevin Norwood, Alabama 16. Mike Davis, Texas 17. Robert Herron, Wyoming 18. Ryan Grant, Tulane 19. Brandon Coleman, Rutgers 20. Cody Latimer, Indiana 21. Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin 22. L'Damian Washington, Missouri 23. Cody Hoffman, BYU 24. Bruce Ellington, South Carolina 25. Shaq Evans, UCLA TE: 1. Eric Ebron, North Carolina 2. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington 3. Jace Amaro, Texas Tech 4. C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa 5. Troy Niklas, Notre Dame 6. Arthur Lynch, Georgia 7. Marcel Jensen, Fresno State 8. Richard Rodgers, California 9. Crockett Gilmore, Colorado State 10. Xavier Grimble, USC 11. Jake Murphy, Utah 12. Colt Lyerla, Oregon 13. Joe Don Duncan, Dixie State 14. Rob Blanchflower, Massachusetts 15. Jacob Pederson, Wisconsin 16. A.C. Leonard, Tennessee State 17. Ted Bolser, Indiana 18. Jordan Najvar, Baylor 19. Trey Burton, Florida 20. Anthony Denham, Utah Offensive Tackles 1. Jake Matthews, Texas A&M 2. Greg Robinson, Auburn 3. Taylor Lewan, Michigan 4. Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama 5. Zack Martin, Notre Dame 6. Morgan Moses, Virginia 7. Billy Turner, North Dakota State 8. Antonio Richardson, Tennessee 9. JaWuan James, Tennessee 10. Joel Bitonio, Nevada 11. James Hurst, North Carolina 12. Jack Mewhort, Ohio State 13. Cornelius Lucas, Kansas State 14. Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt 15. Seantrel Henderson, Miami(Fla) 16. Justin Britt, Missouri 17. Charles Leno, Boise State 18. Cameron Fleming, Stanford 19. Austin Wentworth, Fresno State 20. Michael Schofield, Michigan OG: 1. Cyril Richardson, Baylor 2. David Yankey, Stanford 3. Zack Martin, Notre Dame 4. Xavier Su'a-Filo, LSU 5. Anthony Steen, Alabama 6. Gabe Jackson, Mississippi 7. Chris Watt, Notre Dame 8. Kadeem Edwards, Tennessee State 9. Jon Halapio, Florida 10. Dakota Dozier, Furman C: 1. Travis Swanson, Arkansas 2. Bryan Stork, Florida State 3. Weston Richburg, Colorado State 4. Marcus Martin, USC 5. Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma DT: 1. Louis Nix III, Notre Dame 2. Ra'Shede Hageman, Minnesota 3. Will Sutton, Arizona State 4. Timmy Jernigan, Florida State 5. Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh 6. DaQuan Jones, Penn State 7. Ego Ferguson, LSU 8. Anthony Johnson, LSU 9. Kelcy Quarles, South Carolina 10. Daniel McCullers, Tennessee Sleeper: Shamar Stephen, Conneticut/Caraun Reid, Princeton DE: 1. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina 2. Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame 3. Kony Ealy, Missouri 4. Trent Murphy. Stanford 5. Dominique Easley, Florida 6. Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State 7. Dee Ford, Auburn 8. Scott Crichton, Oregon State 9. Michael Sam, Missouri 10. Jeremiah Attaochu, Georgia Tech Sleepers: Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas/Aaron Lynch, South Florida ILB: 1. C.J. Mosley, Alabama 2. Shayne Skov, Stanford 3. Christian Jones, Florida State 4. Chris Borland, Wisconsin 5. Lamin Barrow, LSU 6. Yawin Smallwood, Connecticut 7. DeDe Lattimore, South Florida 8. Preston Brown, Louisville 9. Max Bullough, Michigan State 10. Jeremiah George, Iowa State Sleepers: Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky/Greg Blair, Cincinnati 3-4 OLB: 1. Anthony Barr, UCLA 2. Khalil Mack, Buffalo 3. Trent Murphy, Stanford 4. Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State 5. Michael Sam, Missouri 6. Carl Bradford, Arizona State 7. Jeremiah Attaochu, Georgia Tech 8. Trevor Reilly, Utah 9. Dee Ford, Auburn 10. Jordan Zumwalt, UCLA Sleepers: Morgan Breslin, USC 4-3 OLB: 1. Anthony Barr, UCLA 2. Khalil Mack, Buffalo 3. Ryan Shazier, Ohio State 4. Kyle Van Noy, BYU 5. Dee Ford, Auburn 6. Telvin Smith, Florida State 7. Carl Bradford, Arizona State 8. Jordan Zumwalt, UCLA 9. Christian Kirksey, Iowa 10. Addrian Hubbard, Alabama Sleeper: Boseko Lokombo, Oregon/ Denicos Allen, Michigan State CB: 1. Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State 2. Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State 3. Jason Verrett, TCU 4. Bradley Roby, Ohio State 5. Marcus Roberson, Florida 6. Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State 7. Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech 8. Loucheiz Purifoy, Florida 9. Vic Hampton, South Carolina 10. EJ Gaines, Missouri Sleeper: Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Nebraska/Antone Exum, Virginia Tech FS: 1. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama 2. Calvin Pryor, Louisville 3. Ed Reynolds, Stanford 4. Terrence Brooks, Florida State 5. Dion Bailey, USC 6. Kenny Ladler, Vanderbilt 7. Marqueston Huff, Wyoming 8. Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State 9. Dontae Johnson, NC State 10. Tre Boston, North Carolina Sleeper: Jonathan Dowling, Western Kentucky/Nickoe Whitley, Mississippi State SS: 1. Deone Bucannon, Washington State 2. Ahmad Dixon, Baylor 3. Craig Loston, LSU 4. Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois 5. Vinnie Sunseri, Alabama 6. Isaiah Lewis, Michigan State 7. Alden Darby, Arizona State 8. Hakeem Smith, Louisville 9. Sean Parker, Washington 10. Dezmen Southward, Wisconsin Sleeper: Daniel Sorensen, BYU
I like that you have Jon Halapio on there,guy finished blocks big time in run game,but needs to work on pass blocking. Christian Kirksey is under rated,could be a good mid/late round pickup. You don't have Devin Street in the WR category,is that an over sight? I think he's a good 5th/6th rounder.
As of now, I just dont have Street in the top 10 among WRs. I love this class of WRs so its not knock on him. I have been rewatching a ton of games and plan to update my rankings in the next few weeks prior to the combine
Um I havent looked too much into honestly. I know a guy like DeAnthony Thomas from Oregon who will be coveted mainly for that.
Personally I like Garapollo over Mettenberger. Mettenberger has the arm and big program experience, but I belive Garapollos release, intelligence and ability to respond to coaching will make him a better pro. IMO after those two and Murray there is a STEEP drop off. I really feel Boyd and Thomas will be the next QBs off the board just due to physical ability.
Agreed. Add the knee injury to Mettenberger and Garapollo jumps ahead. Screw that small school knock as a negative. That kid can get rid of the ball at the last second, take a hit and be accurate. I'd compare him more to Kurt Warner than all the comparisons to Romo he's been getting lately. I'd love him in AZ after Palmer's done in one or two years but confident he'll be gone by the time AZ picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Maybe Jerry will shelve the Romo Project and take him.
Maybe. I think they would have to do it in the first. I don't think hell make it out of the top 10 picks in the 2nd
I really want to see Sutton at the Combine. I want to see if he made his 305 and how well he moves at that weight. If he shows explosiveness at the combine, Im gonna have him as my #1 DT. A guy you ask to play a power 1 Tech position and get a good burst off the line as well as someone who could easily slim down to 295 and play a 3 Tech spot
Ya too much was made of his weight in my opinion. The guy got a lot of attention this season but even after all that, he is still the first ever back to back Pac 12 defensive player of the year. In a conference that housed Anthony Barr and Trent Murphy. I think he could end up being a monster at the next level
Not sure of the exact weight they asked him to be at but they definitely wanted him to gain weight. And by they it was people saying he needed to be that big to play in the NFL
Because ive heard he played his JR year at 275 ( not sure how accurate that is) and I do know he slimmed down to 315 for the Senior Bowl