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With the deadline for early entrants to declare for the draft passing on Tuesday, it is now the time to really start putting together an ordered list of the top prospects. This attempt at a list of the top 60 players is not the order I think they will be picked, but rather the order they would be picked if it was simply based on talent, and not on team needs and positional value. I have broken the players down into groups of players that I believe are worthy of being a: top five pick, top ten pick, first round pick, second round pick. You will notice that there are more than 32 players that I have being worthy of top ten picks and less than ten players that I have being worthy of top ten picks. That is because this year, I believe the draft is very good in the 10 to 50 range but outside of the top eight prospects, there are no elite guys.
Top Five Prospects
- Luke Joeckel, offensive tackle, Texas A&M
- Star Lotulelei, defensive tackle, Utah
- Bjoern Werner, defensive end, Florida State
- Jarvis Jones, 3-4 outside linebacker, Georgia
- Dee Milliner, cornerback, Alabama
- Chance Warmack, offensive guard, Alabama
- Damontre Moore, defensive end, Texas A&M
- Barkevious Mingo, 3-4 outside linebacker, LSU
- Geno Smith, quarterback, West Virginia
- Sheldon Richardson, defensive tackle, Missouri
- Johnathan Hankins, nose tackle, Ohio State
- Dion Jordan, 3-4 outside linebacker, Oregon
- Jesse Williams, nose tackle, Alabama
- Kenny Vaccaro, free safety, Texas
- Johnathan Banks, cornerback, Mississippi State
- Eric Fisher, offensive tackle, Central Michigan
- Barrett, center, guard, Alabama
- Keenan Allen, wide receiver, California
- Manti Te'o, inside linebacker, Notre Dame
- Ezekiel Ansah, defensive end, BYU
- Jonathan Cooper, offensive guard, North Carolina
- Terrence Williams, wide receiver, Baylor
- Lane Johnson, offensive tackle, Oklahoma
- John Jenkins, nose tackle, Georgia
- Alex Okafor, defensive end, Texas
- Kevin Minter, inside linebacker, LSU
- Alec Ogletree, inside linebacker, Georgia
- Matt Elam, strong safety, Florida
- Sam Montgomery, defensive end, LSU
- Tyler Eifert, tight end, Notre Dame
- Tyler Wilson, quarterback, Arkansas
- Eddie Lacy, running back, Alabama
- Giovani Bernard, running back, North Carolina
- DeAndre Hopkins, wide receiver, Clemson
- Khaseem Greene, 4-3 outside linebacker, Rutgers
- Xavier Rhodes, cornerback, Florida State
- Logan Ryan, cornerback, Rutgers
- Joseph Randle, running back, Oklahoma State
- Cordarelle Patterson, wide receiver, Tennessee
- Zach Ertz, tight end, Stanford
- Oday Aboushi, offensive tackle, Virginia
- Ryan Nassib, quarterback, Syracuse
- Tony Jefferson, free safety, Oklahoma
- Margus Hunt, 3-4 defensive end, SMU
- Kawaan Short, defensive tackle, North Carolina
- Justin Hunter, wide receiver, Tennessee
- Sylvester WIlliams, defensive tackle, North Carolina
- Tavon Austin, wide receiver, West Virginia
- Jawan Jamison, running back, Rutgers
- Shariff Floyd, defensive tackle, Florida
- Cobi Hamilton, wide receiver, Arkansas
- Dallas Thomas, offensive guard, offensive tackle, Tennessee
- D.J. Fluker, offensive tackle, Alabama
- Quanterus Smith, 3-4 outside linebacker, 4-3 defensive end, Western Kentucky
- Eric Reid, free safety, LSU
- Phillip Thomas, free safety, Fresno State
- Jordan Poyer, cornerback, Oregon State
- Gerald Hodges, 4-3 outside linebacker, Penn State
- Larry Warford, offensive guard, Kentucky
- Mike Glennon, quarterback, N.C. State
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