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Pre-Combine 2013 NFL Draft Top 200 Prospects

Posted by Brad On February - 15 - 2013
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I’m about 90% complete with my scouting reports and all video review of the 2013 draft class. All this time off a full-time job has really helped out in a dire situation. In December I was worried I wouldn’t be completed with this class by the time the draft rolled around. I’m back and probably ahead of schedule. Throughout this process a couple things stood out to me.

First, this is a strong and deep draft class despite what you may be hearing elsewhere. I think you can find starters through the third round. Secondly, a couple position groups are really strong at the top. The tight end class could be historically good as it provides top end talent with starters deep into the draft. The defensive tackle class is very strong (3 in the top 10) at the top and fairly deep. And lastly, your guess is as good as mine on this quarterback class. I found it a near impossibility to rank them among the other positions.

I opted to release the rankings before the players worked out in Indianapolis as part of an experiment for myself as I’m attempting to see how much the Combine affects my rankings. Last year, I found I weighted it too strongly and it affected my rankings in a negative way. This season, I identified seventeen players in my top 100 that I had questions about certain evaluations that could be answered at the Combine. In my post-Combine rankings those seventeen will be the only ones to move up or down the board as it should remain pretty stagnant.

After the break check out our pre-Combine top 200 2013 NFL Draft prospects.

RANK PROSPECT POSITION SCHOOL
1 LUKE JOECKEL OT TEXAS A&M
2 SHELDON RICHARDSON DT MISSOURI
3 ERIC FISHER OT CENTRAL MICHIGAN
4 CHANCE WARMACK OG ALABAMA
5 STAR LOTULELEI DT UTAH
6 DION JORDAN DE/OLB OREGON
7 SHARRIF FLOYD DT/5T FLORIDA
8 JARVIS JONES OLB GEORGIA
9 BJOERN WERNER DE FLORIDA ST
10 DEE MILLINER CB ALABAMA
11 JONATHAN COOPER OG NORTH CAROLINA
12 ARTHUR BROWN ILB/OLB KANSAS
13 DAMONTRE MOORE DE/OLB TEXAS A&M
14 EZEKIEL ANSAH DE BYU
15 CORDARRELLE PATTERSON WR TENNESSEE
16 BARKEVIOUS MINGO DE/OLB LSU
17 GENO SMITH QB WEST VIRGINIA
18 KEVIN MINTER ILB LSU
19 KENNY VACCARO SS TEXAS
20 MARKUS WHEATON WR OREGON ST
21 CORNELLIUS CARRADINE DE FLORIDA ST
22 STEDMAN BAILEY WR WEST VIRGINIA
23 LANE JOHNSON OT OKLAHOMA
24 ZACH ERTZ TE STANFORD
25 KEENAN ALLEN WR CAL
26 DATONE JONES DE UCLA
27 DEANDRE HOPKINS WR CLEMSON
28 JORDAN POYER CB OREGON ST
29 JOHNATHAN HANKINS DT OHIO STATE
30 XAVIER RHODES CB FLORIDA ST
31 LARRY WARFORD OG KENTUCKY
32 D.J. SWEARINGER FS SOUTH CAROLINA
33 MANTI TE’O ILB NOTRE DAME
34 LOGAN RYAN CB RUTGERS
35 DESMOND TRUFANT CB WASHINGTON
36 EDDIE LACY RB ALABAMA
37 MATT BARKLEY QB USC
38 BRANDON WILLIAMS DT MISSOURI SOUTHERN
39 ALEC OGLETREE ILB GEORGIA
40 TYLER EIFERT TE NOTRE DAME
41 JOHNTHAN BANKS CB MISSISSIPPI ST
42 DALLAS THOMAS OT/OG TENNESSEE
43 ALEX OKAFOR DE/OLB TEXAS
44 JONATHAN CYPRIEN SS FIU
45 D.J. FLUKER OT ALABAMA
46 TYLER WILSON QB ARKANSAS
47 ROBERT ALFORD CB SE LOUISIANA ST
48 TERRANCE WILLIAMS WR BAYLOR
49 GAVIN ESCOBAR TE SAN DIEGO ST
50 JAMAR TAYLOR CB BOISE STATE
51 ROBERT WOODS WR USC
52 GIOVANI BERNARD RB NORTH CAROLINA
53 TAVON AUSTIN WR WEST VIRGINIA
54 TRAVIS KELCE TE CINCINNATI
55 TRAVIS FREDERICK OG/OC WISCONSIN
56 MIKE GLENNON QB N.C. STATE
57 JESSE WILLIAMS DT ALABAMA
58 ERIC REID FS LSU
59 MENELIK WATSON OT FLORIDA STATE
60 MATT ELAM SS FLORIDA
61 QUINTON PATTON WR LOUISIANA TECH
62 JOSEPH RANDLE RB OKLAHOMA ST
63 KAWANN SHORT DT PURDUE
64 JOHNATHAN FRANKLIN RB UCLA
65 JOHNATHAN JENKINS DT GEORGIA
66 VANCE MCDONALD TE RICE
67 ZAC DYSERT QB MIAMI (OH)
68 LEON MCFADDEN CB SAN DIEGO ST
69 SYLVESTER WILLIAMS DT NORTH CAROLINA
70 BLIDI WREH-WILSON CB CONNECTICUT
71 JUSTIN PUGH OT/OG SYRACUSE
72 PHILLIP THOMAS FS FRESNO STATE
73 KYLE LONG OT/OG OREGON
74 SAM MONTGOMERY DE LSU
75 RYAN NASSIB QB SYRACUSE
76 STEPFAN TAYLOR RB STANFORD
77 DARIUS SLAY CB MISSISSIPPI ST
78 BARRETT JONES OG/OC ALABAMA
79 MONTORI HUGHES DT TENN-MARTIN
80 MARGUS HUNT DE SMU
81 KHASEEM GREENE OLB RUTGERS
82 JORDAN REED TE FLORIDA
83 EJ MANUEL QB FLORIDA ST
84 JAMIE COLLINS OLB SOUTHERN MISS
85 B.W. WEBB CB WILLIAM & MARY
86 TONY JEFFERSON FS OKLAHOMA
87 BENNIE LOGAN DT LSU
88 JUSTIN HUNTER WR TENNESSEE
89 MARCUS LATTIMORE RB SOUTH CAROLINA
90 JAWAN JAMISON RB RUTGERS
91 DA’RICK ROGERS WR TENN TECH
92 ODAY ABOUSHI OT/OG VIRGINIA
93 RYAN SWOPE WR TEXAS A&M
94 LERENTEE MCCRAY OLB FLORIDA
95 DAVID BAKHTIARI OT/OG COLORADO
96 DAVID BASS DE/OLB MISSOURI WESTERN
97 JOHN SIMON DE/LB OHIO STATE
98 WILLIAM GHOLSTON DE MICHIGAN STATE
99 AKEEM SPENCE DT/5T ILLINOIS
100 MIKE GILLISLEE RB FLORIDA
101 WILL DAVIS CB UTAH STATE
102 KENNY STILLS WR OKLAHOMA
103 DAVID AMERSON CB/FS N.C. STATE
104 COREY LEMONIER DE/OLB AUBURN
105 MARQUISE GOODWIN WR TEXAS
106 BRANDON JENKINS OLB FLORIDA STATE
107 DAXSTON SWANSON CB SAM HOUSTON ST
108 LAVAR EDWARDS DE LSU
109 JOSH BOYCE WR TCU
110 DAVID QUESSENBERRY OG/OT SAN JOSE ST
111 JOE KRUGER DE UTAH
112 DEVONTE HOLLOMAN OLB SOUTH CAROLINA
113 CORNELIUS WASHINGTON DE/OLB GEORGIA
114 CHRIS FAULK OT LSU
115 CONNOR VERNON WR DUKE
116 CIERRE WOOD RB NOTRE DAME
117 TAVARRES KING WR GEORGIA
118 SHAWN WILLIAMS SS GEORGIA
119 COBI HAMILTON WR ARKANSAS
120 SANDERS COMMINGS CB GEORGIA
121 MALLICIAH GOODMAN DE CLEMSON
122 ACE SANDERS WR/KR SOUTH CAROLINA
123 XAVIAR GOODEN OLB MISSOURI
124 BACARRI RAMBO FS GEORGIA
125 D.J. HAYDEN CB HOUSTON
126 CHRIS HARPER WR KANSAS ST
127 MONTEE BALL RB WISCONSIN
128 CHASE THOMAS OLB STANFORD
129 ADRIAN BUSHELL CB LOUISVILLE
130 CHRISTINE MICHAEL RB TEXAS A&M
131 JON BOSTIC ILB FLORIDA
132 GERALD HODGES OLB PENN ST
133 ROBBIE ROUSE RB FRESNO STATE
134 MICHAEL BUCHANAN DE ILLINOIS
135 BRIAN WINTERS OT/OG KENT STATE
136 JORDAN MILLS OT LOUISIANA TECH
137 BRENNAN WILLIAMS OT NORTH CAROLINA
138 THAROLD SIMON CB LSU
139 REID FRAGEL OT OHIO STATE
140 KEITH POUGH OLB HOWARD
141 SHAMARKO THOMAS SS SYRACUSE
142 KWAME GEATHERS DT GEORGIA
143 MARC ANTHONY CB CAL
144 TERRON ARMSTEAD OT ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF
145 JELANI JENKINS OLB FLORIDA
146 RAY GRAHAM RB PITTSBURGH
147 AARON DOBSON WR MARSHALL
148 JAKE KNOTT OLB IOWA STATE
149 MICHAEL WILLIAMS TE ALABAMA
150 LE’VEON BELL RB MICHIGAN STATE
151 J.J. WILCOX SS GEORGIA SOUTHERN
152 TYRANN MATHIEU CB LSU
153 NICK KASA TE COLORADO
154 SIO MOORE LB CONNECTICUT
155 STANLSY MAPONGA DE/OLB TCU
156 DION SIMS TE MICHIGAN STATE
157 DENARD ROBINSON WR MICHIGAN
158 RYAN OTTEN TE SAN JOSE ST
159 MARQUEIS GRAY TE MINNESOTA
160 SEAN PORTER OLB TEXAS A&M
161 BRIAN SCHWENKE OC CAL
162 LEVINE TOILOLO TE STANFORD
163 RASHARD HALL FS CLEMSON
164 MATT SCOTT QB ARIZONA
165 MIKE DAVIS CB/KR HAWAII
166 DWAYNE GRATZ CB CONNECTICUT
167 MYCHAL RIVERA TE TENNESSEE
168 LANDRY JONES QB OKLAHOMA
169 JORDAN HILL DT PENN ST
170 KEVIN REDDICK ILB NORTH CAROLINA
171 DUKE WILLIAMS SS NEVADA
172 DARIUS JOHNSON WR SMU
173 CORY GRISSOM DT USF
174 ALVIN BAILEY OG ARKANSAS
175 T.J. MCDONALD FS USC
176 ANDRE ELLINGTON RB CLEMSON
177 MICHAEL MAUTI ILB PENN ST
178 RICKY WAGNER OT WISCONSIN
179 ARMONTY BRYANT DE EAST OKLAHOMA CENTRAL
180 NIGEL MALONE CB KANSAS ST
181 NICKELL ROBEY CB USC
182 TRAVIS LONG OLB WASHINGTON STATE
183 TYLER BRAY QB TENNESSEE
184 LARRY BLACK JR. DT INDIANA
185 TERRY HAWTHORNE CB ILLINOIS
186 EVERETT DAWKINS DT FLORIDA ST
187 KIKO ALONSO ILB OREGON
188 KENJON BARNER RB OREGON
189 QUANTERUS SMITH DE/OLB WESTERN KENTUCKY
190 EARL WOLFF SS NORTH CAROLINA ST
191 J.C. TRETTER OG/OC CORNELL
192 VINCE WILLIAMS ILB FLORIDA ST
193 BRANDON MCGEE CB MIAMI
194 TRAVIS JOHNSON OLB SAN JOSE ST
195 TY POWELL OLB HARDING
196 LONNIE PRYOR FB FLORIDA ST
197 BRAD WING P LSU
198 MESHAK WILLIAMS OLB KANSAS ST
199 CHRIS GRAGG TE ARKANSAS
200 TOUREK WILLIAMS DE FIU
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  • Braeden

    You had been really high on werner and Moore all year saying they were both to 10 players and and even top 5 at one point. what changed? How is carradine so high with the ACL injury? and lastly, Why so low on Kawaan Short, he is a borderline 2 on your list when many others see him as a potential late first round prospect?

    • Brad

      It’s not that I’ve soured on Werner and Moore it’s just that I like others more. In Werner’s case I was really high on him…had him 2nd or 3rd on my overall rankings. As I finish film on all these guys and let it sink in, I didn’t see him as being better than some of these other guys. The last part of my evaluation is to compare and contrast these guys versus each other to come up with the rankings. I think this is a strong draft while others see it as weak. The top of this draft is loaded. Yeah, there’s lock for the first pick but I think there’s impact players through the first 10-12 players and starters into the late third round.

      I’m a huge fan of Carradine’s. Without the injury I would have slotted him in the 10-15 range as I believe he’s an impact rusher at the next level. There’s were times on film that I thought he was the better pure pass rusher of the two FSU DE’s…and I like Werner.

      Short doesn’t do a whole lot for me. Flashes big at times (sometimes at the biggest times, thought he was great in 2011 against OSU) but I worry about that in the NFL. I have mocked him to Seattle in the first and I think he winds up in that range but for me and my rankings he’s a late 2.

  • Bex_R1986

    Highest guys on my board that don’t appear on yours are Blaize Foltz (96), Micah Hyde (117), Aaron Mellette (144) and Garrett Gilkey (145).

    I think your plans for the combine are very sensible, too easy to let it affect rankings. Not going to ask you list all 17, but who are some of the key guys who have the potential to improve and decrease their position on your rankings on the basis of combine results?

    I’ve ended up with the following at the top of my board, if it’s of any interrest!

    1 Luke Joeckel Texas A&M
    2 Chance Warmack Alabama
    3 Eric Fisher Central Michigan
    4 Star Lotulelei Utah
    5 Sheldon Richardson Missouri
    6 Bjoern Werner Florida State
    7 Jarvis Jones Georgia
    8 Dee Milliner Alabama
    9 Sharrif Floyd Florida
    10 Damontre Moore Texas A&M
    11 Ezekiel Ansah Brigham Young
    12 Dion Jordan Oregon
    13 Lane Johnson Oklahoma
    14 Geno Smith West Virginia
    15 Johnathon Hankins Ohio State
    16 Barkevious Mingo LSU
    17 Kevin Minter LSU
    18 Alec Ogletree Georgia
    19 Jonathan Cooper North Carolina
    20 DeAndre Hopkins Clemson
    21 Cordarrelle Patterson Tennessee
    22 Manti Te’o Notre Dame
    23 Kenny Vaccaro Texas
    24 Zach Ertz Stanford
    25 Markus Wheaton Oregon State
    26 Xavier Rhodes Florida State
    27 Johnthan Banks Mississippi State
    28 Keenan Allen California
    29 Alex Okafor Texas
    30 Larry Warford Kentucky
    31 Datone Jones UCLA
    32 Eddie Lacy Alabama
    33 Logan Ryan Rutgers
    34 Tyler Eifert Notre Dame
    35 Kawann Short Purdue
    36 Matt Elam Florida
    37 Barrett Jones Alabama
    38 Terrance Williams Baylor
    39 Jesse Williams Alabama
    40 D.J. Fluker Alabama

    • Brad

      Blaize Foltz is a guy that I like but haven’t seen enough of him yet to really put him in my rankings. Hyde’s a guy that I’ve seen a ton on but not sure where he fits in the NFL. He can play (watched since he was playing HS football at Fostoria) but not sure that he’s a corner and I hate projecting corners transitioning to safety. I was underwhelmed with Mellette on tape and during the Senior Bowl. He was a guy Cody flagged for me in his coverage of the event as someone that looked out of place. On tape, he was good but didn’t dominate competition at the level that I expect. Gilkey, I haven’t seen any tape on him but he looks like a guard…probably won’t rank him only because I don’t think I will get my hands on any tape.

      Like the rankings, they look solid to me.

    • Bex_R1986

      Just to follow up on my first paragraph above, I can’t understand why more people aren’t higher on TCU OG Blaize Foltz. The guy is a wall in pass protect and created huge holes in the running game. He has the size to replicate his excellent performances at the pro level.

      I heard the Saints are very keen on him in the middle rounds and I can’t believe they are the only ones. He dominated every interior lineman I saw him play against and I think he’s a worthy top 100 player in this draft.

      • bradc11

        I won’t name all 17 but I will be paying attention to Keenan Allen’s 40 time. Really don’t have a feel for his game speed. If he runs poorly I could lower him a bit. Jordan Poyer is another guy I want to see run well at the Combine. The major question mark for me on his game was ability to run with speed. Teams stopped throwing his way because of his ball skills so I don’t have a great feel for his long speed. In addition to the 17 guys I’ll be watching at the Combine, I still have tape to review. For instance I’m working on Jordan Mills and Quinton Patton as we speak.

  • Bex_R1986

    P.S. I was looking for Sanders Commings and couldn’t find him. I realise it’s because you’ve listed him as a South Carolina player. Just to advise, as you may want to change to Georgia!

    • bradc11

      Good catch…thanks

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