2011 NFL Draft - Prospect Rankings

Just wanted to throw out my current draft prospect rankings by position. Each of these players is draft eligible, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be declaring for the draft. As in the past, these are my rankings of the available talent, not a reflection of the order I believe they will be selected.

This class will surely come across as disappointing to many fans, especially compared to last year’s. The receiver position figures to be the most talented of the class, while conversely, the offensive line pickings will be much slimmer than other years. Onto the talent.

QB
1 – Andrew Luck (R-So., Stanford)
2 – Ryan Mallett (Jr., Arkansas)
3 – Christian Ponder (Sr., FSU)
4 – Cameron Newton (Jr., Auburn)
5 – Jake Locker (Sr., Washington)
*6 - Blaine Gabbert (Jr., Missouri)
7 - Ricky Stanzi (Sr., Iowa)
8 - Pat Devlin (Sr., Delaware)
9 - Colin Kaepernick (Sr., Nevada)
10 - Andy Dalton (Sr., TCU)
(Edited, appears there's a pretty good chance Gabbert goes pro)

RB
1 – Ryan Williams (R-So., Virginia Tech)
2 – Mark Ingram (Jr., Alabama)
3 – Mikel Leshoure (Jr., Illinois)
4 – Shane Vereen (Jr., California)
5 – DeMarco Murray (Sr., Oklahoma)
6 – Kendall Hunter (Sr., Oklahoma State)
7 – Jordan Todman (Jr., Connecticut)
8 – Daniel Thomas (Sr., Kansas State)
9 – Derrick Locke (Sr., Kentucky)
10 – Noel Devine (Sr., West Virginia)

WR
1 – AJ Green (Jr., Georgia)
2 – Justin Blackmon (R-So., Oklahoma State)
3 – Michael Floyd (Jr., Notre Dame)
4 – Julio Jones (Jr., Alabama)
5 – Ryan Broyles (Jr., Oklahoma)
6 – Torrey Smith, (Jr., Maryland)
7 – Titus Young (Sr., Boise State)
8 – Dwayne Harris (Sr., ECU)
9 – Jon Baldwin (Jr., Pittsburgh)
10 – Jerrel Jernigan (Sr., Troy)
11 – Austin Pettis (Sr., Boise State)

(Alshon Jeffery would rank 3rd on my list if he was draft eligible, and had Greg Childs not sustained a serious patella tendon injury over a month ago, I'd have him just a tad behind Julio Jones. I think Childs has the potential to be 4th best of this group (behind Green, Blackmon, and Jeffery.))

TE
1 – DJ Williams (Sr., Arkansas)
2 – Kyle Rudolph (Jr., Notre Dame)
3 – Lance Kendricks (Sr., Wisconsin)
4 – Virgil Green (Sr., Nevada)
5 – Anthony Miller (Jr., California)
6 – Weslye Saunders (Sr., x-South Carolina)
7 – Rob Housler (Sr., FAU)
8 – Luke Stocker (Sr., Tennessee)
9 – Mike McNeill (Sr., Nebraska)
10 – David Paulson (Jr., Oregon)

OT
1 – Derek Sherrod (Sr., Mississippi State)
2 – Tyron Smith (Jr., USC)
3 – Gabe Carimi (Sr., Wisconsin)
4 – DeMarcus Love (Sr., Arkansas)
5 – Anthony Castonzo (Sr., Boston College)
6 – Joseph Barksdale (Sr., LSU)
7 – Matt Reynolds (Jr., BYU)
8 – Jason Pinkston (Sr., Pittsburgh)
9 – Nate Solder (Sr., Colorado)
10 – Danny Watkins (Sr., Baylor)

G/C
1 – Rodney Hudson (Sr., FSU)
2 – Stefen Wisniewski (Sr., Penn State)
3 – Mike Pouncey (Sr., Florida)
4 – Marcus Cannon (Sr., TCU)
5 – Ben Ijalana (Sr., Villanova)
6 – Orlando Franklin (Sr., Miami)
7 – Stephen Schilling (Sr., Michigan)
8 – Kris O’Dowd (Sr., USC)
9 – Clint Boling (Sr., Georgia)
10 – Tim Barnes (Sr., Missouri)

DT
1 – Marcell Dareus (Jr., Alabama)
2 – Nick Fairley (Jr., Auburn)
3 – Stephen Paea (Sr., Oregon State)
4 – Drake Nevis (Sr., LSU)
5 – Jurrell Casey (Jr., USC)
6 – Jared Crick (Jr., Nebraska)
7 – Phil Taylor (Sr., Baylor)
8 – Jerrell Powe (Sr., Mississippi)
9 – Marvin Austin (Sr., UNC)

10 – Jarvis Jenkins (Sr., Clemson)

DE

1 – Da’Quan Bowers (Jr., Clemson)
2 – Robert Quinn (Jr., UNC)
3 – Adrian Clayborn (Sr., Iowa)
4 – Cameron Jordan (Sr., California)
5 – Ryan Kerrigan (Sr., Purdue)
6 – JJ Watt (Jr., Wisconsin)
7 – Allen Bailey (Sr., Miami)
8 – Cameron Heyward (Sr., Ohio State)
9 – Pernell McPhee (Sr., Mississippi State)
10 – Greg Romeus (Sr., Pittsburgh)

OLB
1 – Travis Lewis (Jr., Oklahoma)
2 – Jeremy Beal (Sr., Oklahoma)
3 – Akeem Ayers (Jr., UCLA)
4 – Von Miller (Sr., Texas A&M)

5 - Justin Houston (Jr., Georgia)
6 – Bruce Carter (Sr., UNC)
7 – Mark Herzlich (Sr., Boston College)
8 – Mason Foster (Sr., Washington)
9 – Dontay Moch (Sr., Nevada)
10 – Chris Carter (Sr., Fresno State)

ILB
1 – Greg Jones (Sr., Michigan State)
2 – Quan Sturdivant (Sr., UNC)
3 – Kelvin Sheppard (Sr., LSU)
4 – Nate Irving (Sr., NC State)
5 – Martez Wilson (Jr., Illinois)
6 – Casey Matthews (Sr., Oregon)
7 – Colin McCarthy (Sr., Miami)

CB
1 – Patrick Peterson (Jr., LSU)
2 – Prince Amukamara (Sr., Nebraska)
3 – Janoris Jenkins (Jr., Florida)
4 – Ras-I Dowling (Sr., Virginia)
5 – Brandon Burton (Jr., Utah)
6 – Brandon Harris (Jr., Miami)
7 – Jimmy Smith (Sr., Colorado)
8 – Rashad Carmichael (Sr., Virginia Tech)
9 – Davon House (Sr., New Mexico State)
10 – Aaron Williams (Jr., Texas)

S
1 – Rahim Moore (Jr., UCLA)
2 – Deunta Williams (Sr., UNC)
3 – Mark Barron (Jr., Alabama)
4 – Kenny Tate (Jr., Maryland)
5 – Quinton Carter (Sr., Oklahoma)
6 – DeAndre McDaniel (Sr., Clemson)
7 – Jeron Johnson (Sr., Boise State)
8 – Will Hill (Jr., Florida)
9 – Jaiqwan Jarrett (Sr., Temple)
10 – Ahmad Black (Sr., Florida)