top 100 prospects

it's a college board, but close enough.




via NFL Draft Blitz


Top 100 Senior Prospects

August 31, 2006

By Jeff Cottrill

With the season kicking off in just a couple hours, the NFLDraftBlitz.com Scout Team presents our Week 1 Top 100 Senior Prospects. We plan on updating this list once per week all season long, so keep coming back to see if your favorite players move up or down our list.

1. Brady Quinn, Quarterback, Notre Dame, 6'4, 231
2. Gaines Adams, Defensive End, Clemson, 6'5, 265
3. Joe Thomas, Offensive Tackle, Wisconsin, 6'8, 302
4. Paul Posluszny, Outside Linebacker, Penn State, 6'2, 229
5. Jeff Samardzija, Wide Receiver, Notre Dame, 6'5, 216
6. Adam Carriker, Defensive End, Nebraska, 6'6, 295
7. Patrick Willis, Inside Linebacker, Ole Miss, 6'2, 230
8. LaRon Landry, Safety, Louisiana State, 6'2, 204
9. Quentin Moses, Defensive End, Georgia, 6'5, 250
10. Michael Bush, Running Back, Louisville, 6'3, 250

11. Justin Blalock, Offensive Guard, Texas, 6'4, 329
12. Kenny Irons, Running Back, Auburn, 5'11, 200
13. Jason Hill, Wide Receiver, Washington State, 6'2, 208
14. Tim Crowder, Defensive End, Texas, 6'4, 270
15. H.B. Blades, Inside Linebacker, Pittsburgh, 6'0, 240
16. Doug Free, Offensive Tackle, Northern Illinois, 6'7, 302
17. Levi Brown, Offensive Tackle, Penn State, 6'5, 324
18. Daymeion Hughes, Cornerback, California, 6'2, 188
19. Brandon Meriweather, Safety, Miami (FL), 6'0, 188

20. Drew Stanton, Quarterback, Michigan State, 6'3, 222
21. Michael Griffin, Safety, Texas, 6'0, 205
22. Rufas Alexander, Outside Linebacker, Oklahoma, 6'1, 231
23. Tarell Brown, Cornerback, Texas, 6'0, 200
24. Kyle Young, Center, Fresno State, 6'5, 330
25. Steve Smith, Wide Receiver, Southern California, 6'0, 200
26. Paul Williams, Wide Receiver, Fresno State, 6'2, 210
27. Marcus Thomas, Defensive Tackle, Florida, 6'3, 286
28. Leon Hall, Cornerback, Michigan, 5'11, 193
29. Quinn Pitcock, Defensive Tackle, Ohio State, 6'3, 295

30. Jarrett Hicks, Wide Receiver, Texas Tech, 6'3, 210
31. Alley Broussard, Running Back, Louisiana State, 6'0, 237
32. Arron Sears, Offensive Tackle, Tennessee, 6'4, 320
33. Brandon Mebane, Defensive Tackle, California, 6'3, 295
34. Troy Smith, Quarterback, Ohio State, 6'1, 215
35. DeAndre Jackson, Cornerback, Iowa State, 6'0, 192
36. Kareem Brown, Defensive Tackle, Miami (FL), 6'4, 307
37. Brian Leonard, Fullback, Rutgers, 6'2, 235
38. Ryan Kalil, Center, Southern California, 6'3, 285
39. Jay Alford, Defensive Tackle, Penn State, 6'3, 288

40. Marcus McCauley, Cornerback, Fresno State, 6'1, 205
41. Darius Sanders, Defensive End, Oregon, 6'5, 269
42. LaMarr Woodley, Defensive End, Michigan, 6'2, 268
43. Baraka Atkins, Defensive End, Miami (FL), 6'4, 264
44. Ken Darby, Running Back, Alabama, 5'11, 205
45. Ryan Harris, Offensive Tackle, Notre Dame, 6'5, 288
46. Justin Harrell, Defensive Tackle, Tennessee, 6'4, 300
47. Brian Daniels, Offensive Guard, Colorado, 6'4, 300
48. Dan Bazuin, Defensive End, Central Michigan, 6'3, 269
49. Clark Harris, Tight End, Rutgers, 6'6, 255

50. Fred Bennett, Cornerback, South Carolina, 6'1, 194
51. Oscar Lua, Inside Linebacker, Southern California, 6'1, 245
52. Kasey Studdard, Offensive Guard, Texas, 6'3, 305
53. Anthony Waters, Outside Linebacker, Clemson, 6'3, 240
54. Lorenzo Booker, Running Back, Florida State, 5'11, 193
55. Marquice Cole, Cornerback, Northwestern, 5'10, 185
56. Chansi Stuckey, Wide Receiver, Clemson, 6'0, 185
57. Mike Otto, Offensive Tackle, Purdue, 6'5, 304
58. Wesley Smith, Safety, Memphis, 6'3, 210
59. Courtney Taylor, Wide Receiver, Auburn, 6'2, 202

60. Matt Spaeth, Tight End, Minnesota, 6'6, 270
61. Andrew Carnahan, Offensive Tackle, Arizona State, 6'8, 300
62. Buster Davis, Outside Linebacker, Florida State, 5'10, 240
63. Victor Abiamiri, Defensive End, Notre Dame, 6'4, 260
64. Joe Newton, Tight End, Oregon State, 6'7, 256
65. Mike Jones, Offensive Guard, Iowa, 6'5, 302
66. Steve Breaston, Wide Receiver, Michigan, 6'1, 182
67. Tyler Palko, Quarterback, Pittsburgh, 6'2, 220
68. Tyrone Moss, Running Back, Miami(FL), 5'9, 220
69. Juwan Simpson, Outside Linebacker, Alabama, 6'3, 222

70. Tim Shaw, Outside Linebacker, Penn State, 6'1, 233
71. Chris Leak, Quarterback, Florida, 6'0, 207
72. Josh Beekman, Offensive Guard, Boston College, 6'2, 325
73. Mkristo Bruce, Defensive End, Washington State, 6'6, 250
74. DeShawn Wynn, Running Back, Florida, 5'11, 230
75. Jordan Palmer, Quarterback, Texas-El Paso, 6'5, 235
76. Joel Filani, Wide Receiver, Texas Tech, 6'3, 222
77. Marcus Hamilton, Cornerback Virginia, 5'11, 187
78. Aaron Rouse, Safety, Virginia Tech, 6'4, 225
79. Justin Warren, Outside Linebacker, Texas A&M, 6'3, 245

80. Matt Herian, Tight End, Nebraska, 6'5, 245
81. Trent Edwards, Quarterback, Stanford, 6'4, 220
82. Dan Mozes, Center, West Virginia, 6'4, 290
83. Eric Weddle, Safety, Utah, 6'0, 200
84. Stephen Nicholas, Outside Linebacker, South Florida, 6'3, 225
85. Josh Gattis, Safety, Wake Forest, 6'1, 212
86. David Irons, Cornerback, Auburn, 5'11, 188
87. Earl Everett, Outside Linebacker, Florida, 6'2, 231
88. Johnnie Lee Higgins, Wide Receiver, Texas-El Paso, 6'0, 180
89. Amobi Okoye, Defensive Tackle, Louisville, 6'1, 317

90. Jonny Harline, Tight End, Brigham Young, 6'4, 240
91. John Talley, Cornerback, Duke, 5'11, 180
92. Garrett Wolfe, Running Back, Northern Illinois, 5'7, 173
93. Tony Hunt, Running Back, Penn State, 6'2, 219
94. Prescott Burgess, Outside Linebacker, Michigan, 6'3, 246
95. Courtney Lewis, Running Back, Texas A&M, 6'0, 204
96. Will Herring, Safety, Auburn, 6'3, 220
97. Mark Zalewski, Inside Linebacker, Wisconsin, 6'2, 236
98. Dedrick Harrington, Inside Linebacker, Missouri, 6'4, 240
99. A.J. Davis, Cornerback, North Carolina State, 5'10, 191
100. Drew Tate, Quarterback, Iowa, 6'0, 192

 

Watch for Marshall Yanda OT Iowa to be on that list by seasons end, honestly, he should be on there before Mike Jones who has been an under achiever by many counts.
Drew Tate? Excellent COLLEGE QB with little to no pro potential.

Look at all them Penn Staters...Paul Palzlozhouza is a BEAST!

 

Brady Quinn's meteoric rise puzzles me. I'll have to watch him more closely this season to make a complete judgment, but I'm always skeptical when a guy goes from underachiever to future NFL star all thanks to a coaching change.

 

not the best RB on the team and not the best LB on the team, but both good leaders.

booker needs to show he can hit a hole and buster needs to show he plays bigger than his size.

watch out for lawrence timmons -- he's a LB beast at fsu, but an underclassman.

 

pro football weekly

.

 

'course, the list is just seniors.

 

Assuming Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson enter the draft next year, that's going to be really interesting. I can't remember a better WR prospect than Johnson, and I'm already on record as saying that Peterson is the best RB prospect I've ever seen in college.

 

johnson isn't the best WR prospect i've ever seen. i can't recall any memorable catches by him. randy moss may have been the greatest college receiver i've ever seen. i watched him while he was with florida state during summer drills -- he was like a graceful gazelle with his long stride and wingspan. just amazing. then, of course, was the smoking pot thing and he went off to marshall where the whole nation got to see him. i mean, how many players do you ever see people checking in on when you walk past a game on TV? randy moss would just do unreal things on the field. i remember him hurdling a defender. other receivers that were pretty awesome that i saw play in college: tim brown, rocket ismail, desmond howard, peter warrick, michael irvin, andre rison.

as far as running backs go, i don't think adrian peterson is yet in the class of some great college backs that i saw play: marshall faulk, bo jackson, barry sanders, warrick dunnn and emmitt smith. maybe peterson's last season is tainting it, but maybe it's just balancing out his freshman campaign -- which was incredible. he needs to catch some balls, too.

just my two cents.

 

I never saw Bo Jackson or Herschel Walker in college, but as well as those other Hall of Famers did (Smith, Sanders, soon Faulk), none of them had the size/speed combo of Peterson. Catch a highlight of his receiving touchdown today. He took a little dumpoff from Thompson and just exploded around the corner. And while I like Warrick Dunn a lot, I think you're being a pretty big homer by lumping him in with those other backs.

As for Johnson, I'm puzzled by you saying you've never seen him make memorable catches. He's had a number of signature games, with the most outstanding perhaps being the game he had against Clemson as a freshman when he just abused their DBs even though everyone knew he was getting the ball. That one stood out because he made the game winning catch on a double covered fade with 11 seconds left. Moss was certainly dominant in college as well, but Johnson is much more physical and doesn't seem to have the same character issues.

 

i JUST saw peterson's td catch, so i came back to post. i couldn't believe that i no sooner wrote what i did then i see the highlight. hah. looked good.

size/speed combo doesn't really matter, i don't think. at least, i'm not enamored by it. what do you want in an NFL back? durability, longevity and production. i'll take curtis martin, emmitt smith and -- yes -- warrick dunn any day over guys who are big and fast.

i knew you'd say somethign about dunn, but he *is* one of the best college backs *i've* ever seen -- just so happens i saw him a lot. he was a playmaker from his freshman season when he scored the winning TD at florida. though no hall of famer, i think it bears it out that he's been a more-than productive NFL back for 10 years and will finish his career with 60+ touchdowns and a combined 15,000 yards of offense.

calvin johnson is good -- don't get me wrong -- i just haven't seen a lot of him. georgia tech hasn't played fsu the past two seasons (which is when i'd get to see him play), so after hearing all the hype, i geared up to watching him in the bowl game last year. he got shut down, so i came away with no real impression. i'll try to catch him more this year, though.

no, i *have* seen fsu wr greg carr play. he was a freshman last year and, i guess, plays a game similar to johnson's. both big and fast. i'm interested to see how carr builds on last year's numbers. he was pretty raw, but still turned in a great year by college standards.