PIGSKIN PAUL’S Final TOP 100

It’s now time to fish or cut bait with Prospect Rankings. So here I go with my FINAL 2016 TOP 100 list for the 2016 NFL Draft. I am leaving up my post-Combine effort so you can see how much things have changed in the past 7 weeks.

1) LAREMY TUNSIL/OT OLE MISS
2) MYLES JACK/LB UCLA
3) JALEN RAMSEY/DB FLORIDA STATE
4) EZEKIEL ELLIOTT/RB OHIO STATE
5) JOEY BOSA/DE OHIO STATE
6) CARSON WENTZ/QB NORTH DAKOTA STATE
7) JARED GOFF/QB CAL
8) DeFOREST BUCKNER/DE OREGON
9) VERNON HARGREAVES/CB FLORIDA
10) A’SHAWN ROBINSON/DT ALABAMA
11) DARRON LEE/LB OHIO STATE
12) RONNIE STANLEY/OT NOTRE DAME
13) LAQUON TREADWELL/WR OLE MISS
14) JACK CONKLIN/OT MICHIGAN STATE
15) PAXTON LYNCH/QB MEMPHIS
16) ROBERT NKEMDICHE/DT OLE MISS
17) JARRAN REED/DT ALABAMA
18) SHAQ LAWSON/DE CLEMSON
19) JOSH DOCTSON/WR TCU
20) REGGIE RAGLAND/ILB ALABAMA
21) EMMANUEL OGBAH/DE OKLAHOMA STATE
22) NOAH SPENCE/ER E. KENTUCKY
23) WILLIAM JACKSON/CB HOUSTON
24) LEONARD FLOYD/OLB GEORGIA
25) SHELDON RANKINS/DT LOUISVILLE

26) ELI APLE/CB OHIO STATE
27) DERRICK HENRY/RB ALABAMA
28) COREY COLEMAN/WR BAYLOR
29) TAYLOR DECKER/OT OHIO STATE
30) VERNON BUTLER/DT LOUISIANA TECH
31) KEVIN DODD/DE CLEMSON
32) MACKENSIE ALEXANDER/CB CLEMSON
33) KENNY CLARK/DT UCLA
34) WILL FULLER/WR NOTRE DAME
35) ANDREW BILLINGS/NT BAYLOR
36) HUNTER HENRY/TE ARKANSAS
37) TYLER BOYD/WR PITT
38) JONATHAN BULLARD/DL FLORIDA
39) ARTIE BURNS/CB MIAMI
40) JASON SPRIGGS/OT INDIANA
41) KEANU NEAL/S FLORIDA
42) CODY WHITEHAIR/OG KANSAS STATE
43) CONNOR COOK/QB MICHIGAN STATE
44) GERMAIN IFEDI/OT TEXAS A&M
45) KARL JOSEPH/S WEST VIRGINIA
46) AUSTIN JOHNSON/DT PENN STATE
47) BRAXTON MILER/WR OHIO STATE
48) LeRAVEN CLARK/OT TEXAS TECH
49) SU’A CRAVENS/LB SOUTHERN CAL
50) XAVIEN HOWARD/CB BAYLOR

51) VONN BELL/S OHIO STATE
52) JOSHUA PERRY/ILB OHIO STATE
53) CHRIS JONES/DT MISS STATE
54) MICHAEL THOMAS/WR OHIO STATE
55) MALIEK COLLINS/DT NEBRASKA
56) JOSHUA GARNETT/OG STANFORD
57) STERLING SHEPARD/WR OKLAHOMA
58) KENDALL FULLER/CB VA TECH
59) RYAN KELLY/OC ALABAMA
60) ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON/DT OHIO STATE
61) ALEX COLLINS/RB ARKANSAS
62) PHAROH COOPER/WR SOUTH CAROLINA
63) KAMALEI CORREA/OLB BOISE STATE
64) KYLER FACKRELL/OLB UTAH STATE
65) CHRIS HACKENBERG/QB PENN STATE
66) BRONSON KAUFUSI/DE BYU
67) MILES KILLEBREW/S SOUTHERN UTAH
68) AUSTIN HOOPER/TE STANFORD
69) CARL NASSIB/DE PENN STATE
70) KENNETH DIXON/RB LOUISIANA TECH
71) SHON COLEMAN/OT AUBURN
72) SHELDON DAY/DT NOTRE DAME
73) DEION JONES/LB LSU
74) JAVON HARGRAVE/DT SC STATE
75) NICK MARTIN/OC NOTRE DAME

76) LEONTE’ CAROO/WR RUTGERS
77) SEAN DAVIS/S MARYLAND
78) SHILIQUE CALHOUN/ER MICHIGAN STATE
79) JORDAN JENKINS/OLB GEORGIA
80) DEVONTAE BOOKER/RB UTAH
81) DARIAN THOMPSON/S BOISE STATE
82) JEREMY CASH/S DUKE
83) NICK VANNETT/TE OHIO STATE
84) JERALD HAWKINS/OT LSU
85) JALEN MILLS/DB LSU
86) DAK PRESCOTT/QB MISS STATE
87) DEANDRE HOUSTON-CARSON/DB WM & MARY
88) CJ PROSISE/RB NOTRE DAME
89) ERIC MURRAY/CB MINNESOTA
90) SHAWN OAKMAN/DE BAYLOR
91) JIHAD WARD/DL ILLINOIS
92) TYVIS POWELL/S OHIO STATE
93) CHARONE PEAKE/WR CLEMSON
94) KENYAN DRAKE/RB ALABAMA
95) JASON SIMMONS/S BOSTON COLLEGE
96) TJ GREEN/S CLEMSON
97) JERELL ADAMS/TE SOUTH CAROLINA
98) ROBERTO AGUAYO/K FLORIDA STATE
99) ALEX LEWIS/OT NEBRASKA
100) JAYLON SMITH/LB NOTRE DAME*

*SMITH concludes ny Top 100 because of nerve issues in his injured knee, but his talent is too impressive to remove him from the Big Board.

Feb 2016
A little more information added to the profiles after the Combine and a new revised rankings list.

1) LAREMY TUNSIL/OT OLE MISS
2) JOEY BOSA/DE/OHIO STATE
3) JALEN RAMSEY/DB/FLORIDA STATE
4) MILES JACK/LB/UCLA
5) EZEKIEL ELLIOTT/RB/OHIO STATE
6) DEFOREST BUCKNER/DE/OREGON
7) ROBERT NKEMDICHE/DT/OLE MISS
8) CARSON WENTZ/QB/N DAKOTA STATE
9) JARED GOFF/QB/CAL
10) LAQUON TREADWELL/WR/OLE MISS
11) RONNIE STANLEY/OT NOTRE DAME
12) VERNON HARGREAVES/CB/FLORIDA
13) A’SHAWN ROBINSON/DT/ALABAMA
14) DARRON LEE/LB OHIO STATE
15) JACK CONKLIN/OT MICHIGAN STATE
16) JARRAN REED/DT ALABAMA
17) PAXTON LYNCH/QB/MEMPHIS
18) NOAH SPENCE/ER/E KENTUCKY
19) REGGIE RAGLAND/ILB/ALABAMA
20) KEVIN DODD/DE CLEMSON
21) COREY COLEMAN/WR/BAYLOR
22) SHELDON RANKINS/DT/LOUISVILLE
23) ANDREW BILLINGS/DT BAYLOR
24) ELI APPLE/CB OHIO STATE
25) JOSH DOCTSON/WR TCU

26) SHAQ LAWSON/ER/CLEMSON
27) DERRICK HENRY/RB/ALABAMA
28) LEONARD FLOYD/ER/GEORGIA
29) WILLIAM JACKSON/CB HOUSTON
30) TAYLOR DECKER/OT/OHIO STATE
31) VERNON BUTLER/DT/LA TECH
32) MACKENZIE ALEXANDER/CB CLEMSON
33) EMMANUEL OGBAH/DE/OKLAHOMA STATE
34) KENNY CLARK/DT UCLAXXX
35) JASON SPRIGGS/OT/INDIANA
36) HUNTER HENRY/TE/ARKANSAS
37) TYLER BOYD/WR/PITT
38) AUSTIN JOHNSON/DT/PENN STATE
39) CONNOR COOK/QB MICHIGAN STATE
40) WILL FULLER/WR/NOTRE DAME
41) CODY WHITEHAIR/OG/KANSAS STATE
42) SU’A CRAVENS/OLB/USC
43) JOSHUA GARNETT/OG/STANFORD
44) MICHAEL THOMAS/WR/OHIO STATE
45) ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON/DT OHIO STATE
46) KENDALL FULLER/CB VA TECH
47) PAROH COOPER/WR/SOUTH CAROLINA
48) KAMALEI CORREA/OLB/BOISE STATE
49) ALEX COLLINS/RB ARKANSAS
50) JAYLON SMITH/LB* NOTRE DAME

51) KARL JOSEPH/S/WEST VIRGINIA
52) BRAXTON MILLER/WR/OHIO STATE
53) JONATHAN BULLARD/DL/FLORIDA
54) STERLING SHEPARD/WR/RS OKLAHOMA
55) VONN BELL/S/OHIO STATE
56) CHRIS JONES/DT MISS STATE
57) RYAN KELLY/OC ALABAMA
58) SHON COLEMAN/OT/AUBURN
59) GERMAIN IFEDI/OT TEXAS A&M
60) DEION JONES/LB LSU
61) KENNETH DIXON/RB LA TECH
62) AUSTIN HOOPER/TE STANFORD
63) KYLER FACKRELL/OLB/UTAH STATE
64) DARIAN THOMPSON/S BOISE STATE
65) JOSHUA PERRY/LB OHIO STATE
66) CHRISTIAN HACKENBERG/QB/PENN STATE
67) BRONSON KAUFUSI/DE BYU
68) JONATHAN JONES/CB AUBURN
69) MILES KILLEBREW/S SOUTHERN UTAH
70) ARTIE BURNS/CB/MIAMI
71) DEVONTAE BOOKER/RB/UTAH
72) JORDAN JENKINS/ER/LB GEORGIA
73) MALIEK COLLINS/DT/NEBRASKA
74) CARL NASSIB/DE PENN STATE
75) JALEN MILLS/DB/LSU

76) SHAWN OAKMAN/DE BAYLOR
77) JEREMY CASH/S/DUKE
78) VADAL ALEXANDER/OL/LSU
79) JAVON HARGRAVE/DT S C STATE
80) LEONTE’ CAROO/WR RUTGERS
81) DAK PRESCOTT/QB MISS STATE
82) C.J. PROSISE/RB/NOTRE DAME
83) NICK MARTIN/OC NOTRE DAME
84) RASHARD HIGGINS/WR/COLORADO STATE
85) SHELDON DAY/DT/NOTRE DAME
86) KEYARRIS GARRETT/WR/TULSA
87) NICK VANNETT/TE/OHIO STATE
88) SHILIQUE CALHOUN/ER/MICHIGAN STATE
89) KENYON DRAKE/RB/ALABAMA
90) TYVIS POWELL/SS/OHIO STATE
91) CYRUS JONES/CB/RS ALABAMA
92) CHRIS WESTERMAN/OG ARIZONA STATE
93) DEANDRE HOUSTON-CARSON/S/WILLIAM & MARY
94) JIHAD WARD/DE/ILLINOIS
95) NICK VIGIL/LB UTAH STATE
96) K.J. DILLON/SS/WEST VIRGINIA
97) CARDALE JONES/QB/OHIO STATE
98) ERIC MURRAY/CB/MINNESOTA
99) JERELL ADAMS/TE SOUTH CAROLINA
100) KEITH MARSHALL/RB/GEORGIA

* SMITH was a Top 10 prospect before blowing out his knee in a bowl game. Now there are long term concerns about his football career. Therefore, I have dropped him to the 50 spot…for now.