For the below graph (after the jump), I aggregated a sampling of big boards from around the web, including CBS, SB Nation's Mocking the Draft, ESPN's Mel Kiper, CBS' Rob Rang, ESPN's Scouts Inc., the National Football Post, The Sporting News, and draftcountdown.com's Scott Wright, and charted where each of them had the following prospects listed on their respective "big boards."
I then assigned a value to each number, similarly to the way Major League Baseball determines their MVP's. I'll explain: For each "big board," I went down as far as the 64th player on each list (64 because that would cover the first 2 rounds of the NFL draft). If a player received a #1 ranking, he received 64 points, a #2 would give him 63 points, a #3 would be 62 points, and so on down the line until a 64th ranking would give that player 1 point.
Then, to even out some of the ridiculousness of some of those experts' big boards, I eliminated both the best and worst score for each player. For example, see the Sporting News' ranking of Patrick Peterson at freaking 21, and of course you always have to take into consideration where Kiper is going to rank Gary Wichard clients (just kidding, Mel). If a player wasn't ranked by one or more or the "panelists," I simply used one of the empty spaces as the low score. I then added up every score (minus the dropped scores) to give each prospect their final aggregated score. Got it? Good. For full disclosure, I stole this idea from a fan post written by "Pablo Escobar" at Mocking the Draft. Good idea, Pablo. Anyway, here are the results (after the jump):
Rank | Player | CBS | MTD | Kiper | Rang | Sc Inc | NFP | SN | Wright | Total points |
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1 | Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU |
2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 376 | ||
2 | Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson |
3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 374 | ||
3 | Nick Fairley, DT, Auburn |
2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 373 | ||
4 | A.J. Green, WR, Georgia |
3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 371 | ||
5 | Von Miller, OLB, Texas A&M |
5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 356 | ||
6 | Robert Quinn, DE, UNC |
4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 354 | ||
7 | Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama |
6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 352 | ||
8 | Julio Jones, WR, Alabama |
9 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 327 | ||
9 | Blaine Gabbert, QB, Missouri |
8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 327 | ||
10 | Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska |
10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 321 | ||
11 | Cameron Jordan, DE, Cal |
12 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 313 | ||
12 | Aldon Smith, DE, Missouri |
16 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 312 | ||
13 | Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama |
15 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 305 | ||
14 | Tyron Smith, OT, USC |
14 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 297 | ||
15 | Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa |
17 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 284 | ||
16 | Akeem Ayers, OLB, UCLA |
25 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 268 | ||
17 | Jimmy Smith, CB, Colorado |
23 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 267 | ||
18 | Anthony Castonzo, OT, BC |
13 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 261 | ||
19 | J.J. Watt, DE, Wisconsin |
18 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 261 | ||
20 | Nate Solder, OT, Colorado |
19 | 49 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 250 | ||
21 | Corey Liuget, DT, Illinois |
28 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 248 | ||
22 | Gabe Carimi, OT, Wisconsin |
20 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 31 | 242 | ||
23 | Cam Newton, QB, Auburn |
11 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 53 | 22 | 241 | ||
24 | Cameron Heyward, DE, Ohio State |
30 | 16 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 229 | ||
25 | Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue |
26 | 42 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 217 | ||
26 | Brandon Harris, CB, Miami |
31 | 24 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 193 | |||
27 | Derek Sherrod, OT, Miss St. |
27 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 25 | 188 | |||
28 | Muhammad Wilkerson, DT, Temple |
32 | 34 | 25 | 22 | 64 | 31 | 182 | ||
29 | Kyle Rudolph, TE, Notre Dame |
33 | 27 | 31 | 40 | 26 | 168 | |||
30 | Stephen Paea, DT, Oregon St. |
34 | 36 | 40 | 24 | 24 | 167 | |||
31 | Mike Pouncey, C/G, Florida |
21 | 26 | 21 | 37 | 60 | 160 | |||
32 | Mikel LeShoure, RB, Illinois |
24 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 143 | ||||
33 | Danny Watkins, OT, Baylor |
38 | 39 | 21 | 22 | 140 | ||||
34 | Jake Locker, QB, Washington |
22 | 50 | 37 | 26 | 53 | 62 | 140 | ||
35 | Justin Houston, OLB, Georgia |
29 | 13 | 27 | 126 | |||||
36 | Rahim Moore, S, UCLA |
45 | 30 | 42 | 31 | 112 | ||||
37 | Ryan Williams, RB, Virginia Tech |
40 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 111 | ||||
38 | Jon Baldwin, WR, Pitt |
39 | 20 | 32 | 104 | |||||
39 | Torrey Smith, WR, Maryland |
37 | 37 | 33 | 50 | 103 | ||||
40 | Aaron Williams, CB/S, Texas |
35 | 39 | 54 | 30 | 102 | ||||
41 | Phil Taylor, DT, Baylor |
43 | 46 | 32 | 58 | 61 | 85 | |||
42 | Randall Cobb, WR, Kentucky |
57 | 34 | 50 | 36 | 83 | ||||
43 | Rodney Hudson, C/G, FSU |
46 | 48 | 38 | 61 | 67 | ||||
44 | Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas |
36 | 40 | 56 | 63 | |||||
45 | Jerrel Jernigan, WR, Troy |
48 | 64 | 41 | 51 | 56 | ||||
46 | Jabaal Sheard, DT, Pitt |
44 | 31 | 55 | ||||||
47 | Stefan Wisniewski, G, PSU |
54 | 44 | 42 | 55 | |||||
48 | Titus Young, WR, Boise St |
47 | 34 | 49 | ||||||
49 | Leonard Hankerson, WR, Miami |
55 | 45 | 48 | 47 | |||||
50 | Christian Ponder, QB, FSU |
42 | 58 | 54 | 41 | |||||
51 | Martez Wilson, ILB, Illinois |
41 | 52 | 37 | ||||||
52 | Drake Nevis, DT, LSU |
60 | 38 | 34 | ||||||
53 | Mason Foster, OLB, Washington |
53 | 44 | 33 | ||||||
54 | Christian Ballard, DT, Iowa |
47 | 18 | |||||||
55 | Ben Ijalana, G, Villanova |
51 | 62 | 17 | ||||||
56 | Greg Jones, ILB, Michigan St |
59 | 55 | 16 | ||||||
57 | Allen Bailey, DE, Miami |
64 | 51 | 15 | ||||||
58 | Bruce Carter, OLB, UNC |
57 | 60 | 13 | ||||||
59 | Marvin Austin, DT, UNC |
56 | 9 | |||||||
60 | Jurell Casey, DT, USC |
57 | 8 | |||||||
61 | D.J. Williams, TE, Arkansas |
57 | 8 | |||||||
62 | Curtis Brown, CB, Texas |
58 | 7 | |||||||
63 | Jason Pinkston, OT, Pitt |
59 | 6 | |||||||
64 | Luke Stocker, TE, Tennessee |
59 | 6 |
Also receiving points: Brandon Burton 2, Marcus Cannon 2.