After last year’s draft crop, the 2015 class looks like a relative bystander. While no class can be judged on paper and before stepping foot on an NFL field, I see this class as a relatively strong group. The headliner, for me, is USC DL Leonard Williams. He’s as impressive a player that I’ve evaluated since 2009.
As we know every class will be judged by the QB’s. Hence why many are speculating a down class for 2015. Let me get this out of the way before FSU fans begin the attacks. Jameis Winston didn’t fall to No. 84 just because of his off the field escapades. When I evaluated his work from this and last season, I saw too much erratic play to warrant a grade any better than a 3rd. I know many will disagree and I’ll face the vitriol of Noles Nation but it’s where the chips fell when I graded him.
Ok, now that we have QB’s out of the way this class will have it’s share of pass rushers. This could be the year of the pass rusher with as many as eight pass rushers carrying first round grades. The WR class won’t top the 2014 class but it’s a pretty good one. The surprise may be Kevin White, who I slotted as my tenth best prospect. White has everything I would want in a WR at the next level, including being a lunch pale guy which I love from a wide receiver.
It’s important to keep in mind, this is a first run through of the top 100 knowing that it will change as players declare or opt to stay in school and as I continue to grind on some tape of these prospects and more.
RANK | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
1 | Leonard Williams | DT/DE | USC |
2 | Randy Gregory | DE/OLB | Nebraska |
3 | Ronnie Stanley | OT | Notre Dame |
4 | Amari Cooper | WR | Alabama |
5 | Dante Fowler Jr. | OLB | Florida |
6 | Shaq Thompson | OLB | Washington |
7 | Shane Ray | DE/OLB | Missouri |
8 | Todd Gurley | RB | Georgia |
9 | Marcus Mariota | QB | Oregon |
10 | Kevin White | WR | West Virginia |
11 | Denzel Perryman | LB | Miami |
12 | Eddie Goldman | DT | Florida St. |
13 | Eli Harold | DE/OLB | Virginia |
14 | DeVante Parker | WR | Louisville |
15 | Alvin Dupree | DE/OLB | Kentucky |
16 | Jordan Phillips | DT | Oklahoma |
17 | DeForest Buckner | DE | Oregon |
18 | Danny Shelton | DT | Washington |
19 | Maxx Williams III | TE | Minnesota |
20 | Marcus Peters | CB | Washington |
21 | Andrus Peat | OT | Stanford |
22 | Landon Collins | S | Alabama |
23 | T.J. Clemmings | OT | Pitt |
24 | Paul Dawson | OLB | TCU |
25 | La’el Collins | OT | LSU |
26 | Brandon Scherff | OT | Iowa |
27 | Malcom Brown | DT | Texas |
28 | Mario Edwards | DE | Florida St. |
29 | Duke Johnson | RB | Miami |
30 | Vic Beasley | OLB | Clemson |
31 | Cedric Ogbuehi | OT | Texas A&M |
32 | Melvin Gordon | RB | Wisconsin |
33 | Arik Armstead | DT/DE | Oregon |
34 | Ereck Flowers | OT | Miami |
35 | Devin Funchess | WR/TE | Michigan |
36 | Kevin Johnson | CB | Wake Forest |
37 | Jake Fisher | OT | Oregon |
38 | Trae Waynes | CB | Michigan St. |
39 | Jaelen Strong | WR | Arizona St. |
40 | Nate Orchard | DE/OLB | Utah |
41 | Michael Bennett | DT | Ohio St. |
42 | Cameron Erving | C | Florida St. |
43 | P.J. Williams | CB | Florida St. |
44 | Lorenzo Mauldin | OLB | Louisville |
45 | Danielle Hunter | DE/OLB | LSU |
46 | Tevin Coleman | RB | Indiana |
47 | Dres Anderson | WR | Utah |
48 | Ty Sambrailo | OT | Colorado St. |
49 | Benardrick McKinney | LB | Mississippi St. |
50 | Cody Prewitt | S | Ole Miss |
51 | Jay Ajayi | RB | Boise St. |
52 | Justin Hardy | WR | East Carolina |
53 | Owamagbe Odighizuwa | DE | UCLA |
54 | Grady Jarrett | DT | Clemson |
55 | Eric Kendricks | LB | UCLA |
56 | Ameer Abdullah | RB | Nebraska |
57 | AJ Cann | OG | South Carolina |
58 | Bryce Petty | QB | Baylor |
59 | Dorial Green-Beckham | WR | Oklahoma |
60 | Shilique Calhoun | DE | Michigan St. |
61 | Zach Hodges | DE/OLB | Harvard |
62 | Ifo Ekpre-Olomu | CB | Oregon |
63 | Nelson Agholor | WR | USC |
64 | Alex Carter | CB | Stanford |
65 | Rashad Greene | WR | Florida St. |
66 | Quentin Rollins | CB | Miami (OH) |
67 | Ronald Darby | CB | Florida St. |
68 | Lorenzo Doss | CB | Tulane |
69 | Clive Walford | TE | Miami |
70 | Hauoli Kikaha | DE/OLB | Washington |
71 | Brett Hundley | QB | UCLA |
72 | David Johnson | RB | Northern Iowa |
73 | Josh Harper | WR | Fresno St. |
74 | Henry Anderson | DE | Stanford |
75 | D’John Smith | CB | Florida Atlantic |
76 | Dezmin Lewis | WR | Central Arkansas |
77 | Jeremiah Poutasi | OT | Utah |
78 | Jesse James | TE | Penn St. |
79 | Max Valles | OLB | Virginia |
80 | Derron Smith | S | Fresno St. |
81 | Ryan Delaire | DE/OLB | Towson |
82 | Jalen Collins | CB | LSU |
83 | T.J. Yeldon | RB | Alabama |
84 | Jameis Winston | QB | Florida St. |
85 | Ty Montgomery | WR/KR | Stanford |
86 | Matt Jones | RB | Florida |
87 | Hroniss Grasu | C | Oregon |
88 | Jaquiski Tartt | S | Samford |
89 | Sammie Coates | WR | Auburn |
90 | Mike Davis | RB | South Carolina |
91 | Christian Covington | DT | Rice |
92 | Sean Mannion | QB | Oregon St. |
93 | Markus Golden | DE | Missouri |
94 | Senquez Golson | CB | Ole Miss |
95 | Jeremy Langford | RB | Michigan St. |
96 | DeAndre Smelter | WR | Georgia Tech |
97 | Tyler Lockett | WR | Kansas St. |
98 | Trey Flowers | DE | Arkansas |
99 | Doran Grant | CB | Ohio St. |
100 | Laken Tomlinson | OG | Duke |