Gil Brandt's Top12 prospects

[kgun12]

As Pat has said there will be some surprizes on draft day. This is Gil Brandt's Top 12 as of Marck 5th. http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/9286579. There is also an offensive link on this page.

1. Reggie Bush, RB, Southern Cal
2. Jay Cutler, QB, Vanderbilt
Jay Cutler could beat out Vince Young and Matt Leinart as the first QB chosen. Neither worked out*.
3. Vernon Davis, TE, Maryland
4. D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia
5. A.J. Hawk, LB, Ohio State
6. Tye Hill, CB, Clemson
7. Michael Huff, CB/S, Texas
8. Matt Leinart, QB, Southern Cal
9. Laurence Maroney, RB, Minnesota
10. Haloti Ngata, DL, Oregon
11. Mario Williams, DE, NC State
12. Vince Young, QB, Texas

Other interesting comments: The strongest DL: Mike Kudla, 45 lifts; Broderick Bunkley, Florida State -- 44 lifts; Haloti Ngata, Oregon -- 37 lifts; Gabe Watson, Michigan -- 36 lifts; Chris Gocong, Cal-Poly -- 36 lifts; Mario Williams, North Carolina State -- 35 lifts; Barry Cofield, Northwestern -- 35 lifts

On offense;

OL:Eric Winston of Miami (Fla.), had a great workout and made lots of money. Only three of the 50 offensive linemen weighed less than 300 pounds; 10 of them were over 330. Twenty-one of them were at least 6 feet 5.

TE: This might be the best group in many years. They were big, fast and athletic.

[patmoran2006]

Tye Hill is going to be a shutdown corner. I see him going anywhere from the Rams at 11 through Miami at 16.. He won't make it past that.

[Saratoga Slim]

I definately see Hill going before Jimmy Williams. If we were looking for a CB I'd certainly pick him ahead of Williams. Everything I've read says Williams is an arrogant ass.

Gil Brandt is an interesting character. Maybe he's just a bad writer, but his stories kind of sound like they were written by Dick Vitale.