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Let's first be clear on what this isn't, which is a mock draft. This is a big board, which is essentially an attempt to rank the players in the draft regardless of what position they play or what team may want or need them. The question we're asking here is simply how good is this guy at what he does.
With the Super Bowl now over and the draft process really starting to heat, I thought this would be a valuable thing to look at and have as a reference. If you're doing your own mocks or trying to decide which guy at which position is higher rated...
Also keep in mind that we've gone through Mel Kiper's top 5 players at each position as well.
This first big board comes from Todd McShay, if you have ESPN Insider you can check out his quick scouting report on each guy, but for our purposes I think a big list to get started works well. We'll start developing our own community big board after the combine.
| 1 | Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah |
| 2 | Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M |
| 3 | Chance Warmack, G, Alabama |
| 4 | Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia |
| 5 | Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan |
| 6 | Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M |
| 7 | Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas |
| 8 | Barkevious Mingo, OLB/DE, LSU |
| 9 | Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama |
| 10 | Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State |
| 11 | Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina |
| 12 | Dion Jordan, OLB/DE, Oregon |
| 13 | Shariff Floyd, DT, Florida |
| 14 | Alec Ogletree, LB, Georgia |
| 15 | Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina |
| 16 | Lane Johnson, LT, Oklahoma |
| 17 | Manti Te'o, MLB, Notre Dame |
| 18 | Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri |
| 19 | John Jenkins, DT, Georgia |
| 20 | Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut |
| 21 | Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia |
| 22 | Kawann Short, DT, Purdue |
| 23 | Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU |
| 24 | Johnathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State |
| 25 | Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee |
| 26 | Sam Montgomery, DE, LSU |
| 27 | Keenan Allen, WR, California |
| 28 | Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State |
| 29 | Kyle Long, OG, Oregon |
| 30 | Kevin Minter, LB, LSU |
| 31 | Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford |
| 32 | Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee |