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With my work away from this site, being a scouting intern at a agency run by a former NFL Scout, I have been scouring tons of tape, and with the NFL Scouting Combine finally here, I figured it’s about time to put out my initial Top-128 Big Board of players for this year’s 2018 NFL Draft.
Why 128?
Well the NFL Draft consists of seven “Titled Rounds,” but there are actually eight rounds each year with the inclusion of the total compensatory picks awarded. So, in total, each year there are 256 draft picks, and I figured I’d try something different and put out a big board with half of the total players to be selected.
No scouting reports for each player, just a standard big board.
Enjoy...
- Saquon Barkley-RB-Penn State
- Sam Darnold-QB-USC
- Bradley Chubb-DE-N.C. State
- Minkah Fitzpatrick-CB/S-Alabama
- Josh Rosen-QB-UCLA
- Vita Vea-DT-Washington
- Josh Allen-QB-Wyoming
- Da’Ron Payne-DT-Alabama
- Quenton Nelson-G-Notre Dame
- Marcus Davenport-DE-UTSA
- Derwin James-S-Florida State
- Isaiah Oliver-CB-Colorado
- Roquan Smith-LB-Georgia
- Mike McGlinchey-LT-Notre Dame
- Tim Settle-DT-Virginia Tech
- Marcell Ateman-WR-Oklahoma State
- Josh Jackson-CB-Iowa
- Tremaine Edmunds-LB-Virginia Tech
- Calvin Ridley-WR-Alabama
- Harold Landry-Rush-Boston College
- Sony Michel-RB-Georgia
- Denzel Ward-CB-Ohio State
- Lamar Jackson-QB-Louisville
- Leighton Vander Esch-LB-Boise State
- Will Hernandez-G-UTEP
- Ronald Jones II-RB-USC
- Baker Mayfield-QB-Oklahoma
- Arden Key-Rush-LSU
- James Washington-WR-Oklahoma State
- Harrison Phillips-DT-Stanford
- Uchenna Nwosu-Rush-USC
- James Daniels-C-Iowa
- Rasheem Green-DT-USC
- Hercules Mata’afa-Rush-Washington State
- Darius Leonard-LB-South Carolina State
- Carlton Davis-CB-Auburn
- Ronnie Harrison-S-Alabama
- Derrius Guice-RB-LSU
- Orlando Brown Jr.-RT-Oklahoma
- Billy Price-C-Ohio State
- Isaiah Wynn-G-Georgia
- Taven Bryan-DT-Florida
- Malik Jefferson-LB-Texas
- Dallas Goedert-TE-South Dakota State
- Mike Hughes-CB/KR-UCF
- Mason Rudolph-Oklahoma State
- Maurice Hurst-DT-Michigan
- Rashaan Evans-LB-Alabama
- Rashaad Penny-RB-San Diego State
- Jessie Bates III-S-Wake Forest
- Courtland Sutton-WR-SMU
- Jaire Alexander-CB-Louisville
- Mark Andrews-TE-Oklahoma
- Tyrell Crosby-LT-Oregon
- Deontay Burnett-WR-USC
- Auden Tate-WR-Florida State
- Donte Jackson-NCB-LSU
- Royce Freeman-RB-Oregon
- Deshon Elliot-S-Texas
- Kalen Ballage-RB-Arizona State
- Troy Fumagalli-TE-Wisconsin
- Cody O’Connell-G-Washington State
- Dante Pettis-WR/RS-Washington
- Holton Hill-CB-Texas
- Fred Warner-LB-BYU
- Riley Ferguson-QB-Memphis
- Jaylen Samuels-RB/FB/TE-N.C. State
- Deon Cain-WR-Clemson
- Justin Reid-S-Stanford
- John Kelly-RB-Tennessee
- Hayden Hurst-TE-South Carolina
- D.J. Chark-WR-LSU
- Shaquem Griffin-LB-UCF
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling-WR-USF
- Connor Williams-G/T-Texas
- Brandon Facyson-CB-Virginia Tech
- Luke Falk-QB-Washington State
- Chukwuma Okorafor-OT-Western Michigan
- Levi Wallace-CB-Alabama
- DaeSean Hamilton-WR-Penn State
- Richie James-SWR-Middle Tennessee State
- Kolton Miller-LT-UCLA
- Quin Blanding-S-Virginia
- Ogbonnia Okoronkwo-Rush-Oklahoma
- Michael Gallup-WR-Colorado State
- Heath Harding-S/CB-Miami(OH)
- Nick Chubb-RB-Georgia
- Sam Hubbard-Rush-Ohio State
- Tarvarus McFadden-CB-Florida State
- Mark Gesicki-TE-Penn State
- Parry Nickerson-CB-Tulane
- Kentavius Street-DE/DT-N.C. State
- Kemoko Turay-Rush-Rutgers
- Equanimeous St. Brown-WR-Notre Dame
- Kameron Kelly-CB/S-San Diego State
- Dalton Schultz-TE-Stanford
- Kerryon Johnson-RB-Auburn
- Alex Cappa-G-Humboldt State
- Anthony Miller-WR-Memphis
- Darius Phillips-CB/RS-Western Michigan
- Brett Toth-G/T-Army
- JoJo Wicker-DT-Arizona State
- Marcus Allen-S-Penn State
- Jeff Holland-Rush-Auburn
- Jordan Whitehead-NCB/S/RS
- Korey Robertson-WR-Southern Miss
- Brandon Parker-OT-North Carolina A&T
- Armani Watts-S-Texas A&M
- Darren Carrington-WR-Utah
- David Bright-G-Stanford
- Justin Jones-DT-N.C. State
- Oren Burks-LB-Vanderbilt
- Allen Lazard-WR/TE-Iowa State
- Frank Ragnow-C-Arkansas
- Brian O’Neill-LT-Pitt
- D.J. Moore-WR-Maryland
- Arrion Springs-CB-Oregon
- Duke Ejiofor-DE-Wake Forest
- Isaac Yiadom-CB-Boston College
- Quenton Meeks-CB-Stanford
- Quadree Henderson-WR/RS-Pitt
- M.J. Stewart-NCB/S-North Carolina
- Martinas Rankin-G/T-Mississippi State
- Keishawn Bierria-LB-Washington
- Nick Nelson-NCB-Wisconsin
- Jeremy Reaves-NCB/S-South Alabama
- Dorian O’Daniel-LB/ST-Clemson
- Avonte Maddox-NCB-Pitt
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Again this is my Big Board, not reflected by anyone else’s views. So, before you start to bash it please do some research of your own. Don’t just say, “Well Person A on ESPN, or Person B from NFL.com has that prospect graded way lower.”
I look forward to talking some draft prospects with everyone.