With all the time off from real football and growing increasingly tired of paying attention to courtroom football, I grew an extreme fondness for spending hours upon hours watching bad game tape (thanks CW). That is good news and bad news for my readers. Here’s the good; I broke down over 45 players in roughly three months and came to a solid preseason rankings which I have been unveiling periodically for about three weeks. Here’s the bad; I overanalyzed each prospect to the point that readers were emailing asking me what the hell I was thinking ranking Janoris Jenkins, Janzen Jackson, Sean Spence, or whoever else that high.
Well, I am please to announced that my new top 100 2012 NFL Draft prospects list is ready to be unveiled. As always you can refer to it here anytime but please be gentle because you know I’m sensitive. Enjoy.
2012 Top 100 NFL Prospects | ||||||||
RANK | NAME | POSITION | SCHOOL | YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY | ||||
1 | Andrew Luck | QB | Stanford | Junior | ||||
2 | Quinton Coples | DE | North Carolina | Senior | ||||
3 | Landry Jones | QB | Oklahoma | Junior | ||||
4 | Matt Kalil | OT | USC | Junior | ||||
5 | Matt Barkley | QB | USC | Junior | ||||
6 | Dre Kirkpatrick | CB | Alabama | Junior | ||||
7 | Alshon Jeffrey | WR | South Carolina | Junior | ||||
8 | Donte Paige-Moss | DE/OLB | North Carolina | Junior | ||||
9 | Vontaze Burfict | LB | Arizona St. | Junior | ||||
10 | Trent Richardson | RB | Alabama | Junior | ||||
11 | Jonathan Martin | OT | Stanford | Junior | ||||
12 | Brandon Jenkins | DE/OLB | FSU | Junior | ||||
13 | Stephon Gilmore | CB | South Carolina | Junior | ||||
14 | Justin Blackmon | WR | Oklahoma St. | Junior | ||||
15 | Jayron Hosley | CB | Virginia Tech | Junior | ||||
16 | Luke Kuechly | ILB | Boston College | Junior | ||||
17 | Marcus Forston | DT | Miami | Junior | ||||
18 | Manti Te’o | LB | Notre Dame | Junior | ||||
19 | Jeff Fuller | WR | Texas A&M | Senior | ||||
20 | Robert Lester | S | Alabama | Junior | ||||
21 | Devin Taylor | DE | South Carolina | Junior | ||||
22 | Alfonzo Dennard | CB | Nebraska | Senior | ||||
23 | Jerel Worthy | DT | Michigan St. | Junior | ||||
24 | Michael Brewster | C | Ohio St. | Senior | ||||
25 | Kheeston Randall | DT | Texas | Senior | ||||
26 | Cliff Harris | CB | Oregon | Junior | ||||
27 | Travis Lewis | LB | Oklahoma | Senior | ||||
28 | David DeCastro | OG | Stanford | Junior | ||||
29 | T.J. McDonald | FS | USC | Junior | ||||
30 | Ryan Lindley | QB | San Diego St. | Senior | ||||
31 | Janoris Jenkins | CB | North Alabama | Senior | ||||
32 | Riley Reiff | OT | Iowa | Junior | ||||
33 | Ray Ray Armstrong | SS | Miami | Junior | ||||
34 | Chase Minnifield | CB | Virginia | Senior | ||||
35 | Janzen Jackson | S | Tennessee | Junior | ||||
36 | Keenan Robinson | LB | Texas | Junior | ||||
37 | Alameda Ta’amu | DT | Washington | Senior | ||||
38 | Morris Claiborne | CB | LSU | Junior | ||||
39 | Knile Davis | RB | Arkansas | Senior | ||||
40 | Zach Brown | LB | North Carolina | Senior | ||||
41 | Andre Branch | DE | Clemson | Junior | ||||
42 | Mohamed Sanu | WR | Rutgers | Junior | ||||
43 | Mike Adams | OT | Ohio St. | Senior | ||||
44 | Sean Spence | LB | Miami | Junior | ||||
45 | Courtney Upshaw | ILB | Alabama | Senior | ||||
46 | Jared Crick | DT | Nebraska | Senior | ||||
47 | Casey Hayward | CB | Vanderbilt | Senior | ||||
48 | Chris Polk | RB | Washington | Junior | ||||
49 | Kelechi Osemele | OG | Iowa St. | Senior | ||||
50 | Michael Egnew | TE | Missouri | Senior | ||||
51 | Dwight Jones | WR | North Carolina | Senior | ||||
52 | Mark Barron | SS | Alabama | Senior | ||||
53 | Baker Steinkuhler | DE/DT | Nebraska | Junior | ||||
54 | Michael Floyd | WR | Notre Dame | Senior | ||||
55 | Desmond Trufant | CB | Washington | Junior | ||||
56 | LaMichael James | RB | Oregon | Junior | ||||
57 | Kenny Tate | S | Maryland | Senior | ||||
58 | Alex Okafor | DE/OLB | Texas | Junior | ||||
59 | Tanner Hawkinson | OT | Kansas | Junior | ||||
60 | Bruce Irvin | OLB | West Virginia | Senior | ||||
61 | Barrett Jones | T | Alabama | Junior | ||||
62 | Ryan Tannehill | QB | Texas A&M | Senior | ||||
63 | Don’ta Hightower | LB | Alabama | Senior | ||||
64 | Cyrus Gray | RB | Texas A&M | Senior | ||||
65 | Shayne Skov | DE/OLB | Stanford | Junior | ||||
66 | Ryan Broyles | WR | Oklahoma | Senior | ||||
67 | Vinny Curry | DE/OLB | Marshall | Senior | ||||
68 | Juron Criner | WR | Arizona | Senior | ||||
69 | Greg Childs | WR | Arkansas | Senior | ||||
70 | Cordy Glenn | G | Georgia | Senior | ||||
71 | Ricky Wagner | OT | Wisconsin | Junior | ||||
72 | Brandon Thompson | DT | Clemson | Senior | ||||
73 | Tydreke Powell | DT | North Carolina | Senior | ||||
74 | Kirk Cousins | QB | Michigan St. | Senior | ||||
75 | Matt Reynolds | OT | BYU | Senior | ||||
76 | Brandon Lindsey | OLB | Pittsburgh | Senior | ||||
77 | Devier Posey | WR | OSU | Senior | ||||
78 | Dwayne Allen | TE | Clemson | Junior | ||||
79 | Robert Griffin | QB | Baylor | Senior | ||||
80 | Donnie Fletcher | CB | Boston College | Senior | ||||
81 | Tank Carder | LB | TCU | Senior | ||||
82 | Kevin Zeitler | G | Wisconsin | Senior | ||||
83 | Andrew Datko | OT | FSU | Senior | ||||
84 | Greg Reid | CB | FSU | Junior | ||||
85 | Vince Brown | DE | Northwestern | Senior | ||||
86 | Doug Martin | RB | Boise St | Junior | ||||
87 | Nate Potter | OT/OG | Boise St | Senior | ||||
88 | Kawann Short | DE/DT | Purdue | Junior | ||||
89 | Billy Winn | DT/DE | Boise St | Senior | ||||
90 | Nigel Bradham | LB | FSU | Senior | ||||
91 | David Wilson | RB/KR | Virginia Tech | Junior | ||||
92 | Ben Jones | C | Georgia | Senior | ||||
93 | Coryell Judie | CB | Texas A&M | Senior | ||||
94 | Chris Owusu | WR | Stanford | Senior | ||||
95 | Marquis Maze | WR | Alabama | Senior | ||||
96 | Emmanuel Acho | OLB | Texas | Senior | ||||
97 | Nick Foles | QB | Arizona | Senior | ||||
98 | Eddie Whitley | S | Virginia Tech | Senior | ||||
99 | Jerry Franklin | ILB | Arkansas | Senior | ||||
100 | Dan Herron | RB | Ohio St. | Senior |
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