Mayock's Top 100

[Mike]

• Mayock's position-by-position rankings
With the 2012 NFL Draft nearly here, Mike Mayock has unveiled his top 100 prospect rankings.


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1. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
2. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
3. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
4. Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
5. Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California
6. Luke Kuechly, ILB, Boston College
7. Mark Barron, SS, Alabama
8. Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
9. Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
10. Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State

11. Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State
12. Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
13. Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis
14. Shea McClellin, OLB, Boise State
15. Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama
16. Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
17. Doug Martin, RB, Boise State
18. Melvin Ingram, OLB, South Carolina
19. Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
20. Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa

21. Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina
22. Whitney Mercilus, OLB, Illinois
23. Courtney Upshaw, DE, Alabama
24. David DeCastro, G, Stanford
25. Cordy Glenn, OT, Georgia
26. Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State
27. Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
28. Harrison Smith, SS, Notre Dame
29. Michael Brockers, DT, LSU
30. Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall

31. Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin
32. Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
33. David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
34. Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
35. Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State
36. Jeff Allen, OT, Illinois
37. Amini Silatolu, G, Midwestern State
38. Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
39. Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt
40. Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin

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41. Bruce Irvin, DE, West Virginia
42. Devon Still, DT, Penn State
43. Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson
44. Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi
45. Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana
46. Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
47. Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson
48. Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida
49. Nick Perry, DE, Southern California
50. Cam Johnson, DE, Virginia

51. Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
52. Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State
53. Andre Branch, OLB, Clemson
54. Brian Quick, WR, Appalachian State
55. Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
56. Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut
57. A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois
58. Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
59. Derek Wolfe, DT, Cincinnati
60. T.Y. Hilton, WR, Florida International

61. Brandon Boykin, CB, Georgia
62. Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California
63. Rueben Randle, WR, LSU
64. Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington
65. Brandon Taylor, SS, LSU
66. Kelechi Osemele, G, Iowa State
67. Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State
68. Olivier Vernon, DE, Miami
69. Mychal Kendricks, ILB, California
70. Mike Martin, DT, Michigan

71. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
72. Brock Osweiler, QB, Arizona State
73. Tyrone Crawford, DE, Boise State
74. Ronnell Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma
75. Dwight Bentley, CB, Louisiana-Lafayette
76. Brandon Brooks, G, Miami (Ohio)
77. Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati
78. Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
79. Philip Blake, C, Baylor
80. DeQuan Menzie, FS, Alabama

81. Sean Spence, OLB, Miami
82. Lamar Miller, RB, Miami
83. Billy Winn, DE, Boise State
84. Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Troy
85. Ben Jones, C, Georgia
86. Demario Davis, OLB, Arkansas State
87. Leonard Johnson, CB, Iowa State
88. Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple
89. Marvin Jones, WR, California
90. Jamell Fleming, CB, Oklahoma

91. Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
92. Orson Charles, TE, Georgia
93. Chris Polk, RB, Washington
94. Frank Alexander, DE, Oklahoma
95. Trevor Guyton, DE, California
96. Donald Stephenson, OT, Oklahoma
97. Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma
98. Bobby Wagner, OLB, Utah State
99. Robert Turbin, RB, Utah State
100. Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina

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[Mike]

I agree with top 20 for the most part. I think Barron, Gilmore, Jones are that good. I'm very high on Hightower, I like Ingram, & Wright.

Some of these guys have really shot up! Reminds me of Von Millers rise last year.

[Cali512]

Question, if Barron is that good, why is it when the season ended there were no safteys supposed to be takin in the 1st? I remember when the mocks first came out, no safetys. It was a horrible year for them initially.

[Mike]

Question, if Barron is that good, why is it when the season ended there were no safteys supposed to be takin in the 1st? I remember when the mocks first came out, no safetys. It was a horrible year for them initially.

Every year there are risers & fallers. There are a few reasons for this:
1) combine & workouts: great/poor measurables will influence your draft position
2) further study:
3) interviews:
4) background

Just because some one is rising late doesn't mean that they are not worth it. As scouts get more info they fine tune their boards which at the end of this process should be more accurate than at beginning. Von Miller was a late riser last year.

[Ed]

Question, if Barron is that good, why is it when the season ended there were no safteys supposed to be takin in the 1st? I remember when the mocks first came out, no safetys. It was a horrible year for them initially.
It's simple. People in the media and all these mock draft fan sites really don't know anything. As the draft gets closer the media and everyone else starts to get a better idea of what the actual pro scouts are thinking and as a result adjust their own rankings accordingly. I think the phrase "Player X is shooting up teams draft boards" is a bunch of baloney. Teams don't change their grades that significantly based on workouts and what not.

[Don't Panic]

I love a ton of his rankings. He has Wright at #16... I was hoping to get him in the 2nd. Jeff Allen is a name I hadn't heard much of. Could that be a 2nd round LT target for us? There are a ton of CBs from #39 to #87... I really hope we wait til the 3rd on that one.

[DraftBoy]

Somebody needs to edit and clip this.

Some quick thoughts;
Chandler Jones, Shea McClellin, AJ Jenkins, Derek Wolfe, and Harrison Smith are imo too high.

David DeCastro, and Reuben Randle are too low.

[stuckincincy]

Somebody needs to edit and clip this.

Some quick thoughts;
Chandler Jones, Shea McClellin, AJ Jenkins, Derek Wolfe, and Harrison Smith are imo too high.

David DeCastro, and Reuben Randle are too low.

Kinda funny list by Mayock, IMO.

Agreed on Wolfe. I've seen him play a lot. Decent player, probably in the mid 4th.

I like Sanu a lot, for CIN.