PIGSKIN PAUL’S TOP 100 PROSPECTS 1.0

February 9, 2016

Top 100 as of 2/8/2016

1) JOEY BOSA/DE/OHIO STATE
2) LAREMY TUNSIL/OT/OLE MISS
3) JALEN RAMSEY/DB/FLORIDA ST
4) EZEKIEL ELLIOTT/RB/OHIO STATE
5) MYLES JACK/LB/UCLA
6) ROBERT NKEMDICHE/DT/OLE MISS
7) JARED GOFF/QB/CAL
8) LAQUON TREADWELL/WR/OLE MISS
9) DeFOREST BUCKNER/DE/OREGON
10) CARSON WENTZ/QB/N DAKOTA ST

11) A’SHAWN ROBINSON/DT/ALABAMA
12) RONNIE STANLEY/OT/NOTRE DAME
13) PAXTON LYNCH/QB/MEMPHIS
14) VERNON HARGREAVES/CB/FLORIDA
15) JAYLON SMITH/LB/NOTRE DAME
16) JARRAN REED/DT/ALABAMA
17) MACKENSIE ALEXANDER/CB/CLEMSON
18) JOSH DOCTSON/WR/TCU
19) REGGIE RAGLAND/LB/ALABAMA
20) SHELDON RANKINS/DL/LOUISVILLE

21) DERRON LEE/LB/OHIO STATE
22) TAYLOR DECKER/OT/OHIO STATE
23) COREY COLEMAN/WR/BAYLOR
24) NOAH SPENCE/ER/DE/E. KENTUCKY
25) TYLER BOYD/WR/PITT
26) DERRICK HENRY/RB/ALABAMA
27) ELI APPLE/CB/OHIO STATE
28) HUNTER HENRY/TE/ARKANSAS
29) VERNON BUTLER/DT/LA TECH
30) JACK CONKLIN/OT/MICHIGAN ST

31) KEVIN DODD/DE/CLEMSON
32) JASON SPRIGGS/OT/INDIANA
33) EMMANUEL OGBAH/DE/OKLAHOMA STATE
34) KENDALL FULLER/CB/VA TECH
35) SHAQ LAWSON/DE/CLEMSON
36) WILL FULLER/WR/NOTRE DAME
37) ANDREW BILLINGS/DT/BAYLOR
38) DEVONTAE BOOKER/RB/UTAH
39) BRAXTON MILLER/WR/OHIO STATE
40) SU’A CRAVENS/LB/SS/USC

41) AUSTIN JOHNSON/DT/PENN STATE
42) LEONARD FLOYD/OLB/GEORGIA
43) DARIAN THOMPSON/S/BOISE STATE
44) KENNY CLARK/DT/UCLA
45) MICHAEL THOMAS/WR/OHIO STATE
46) SHON COLEMAN/OT/AUBURN
47) ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON/DT/OHIO STATE
48) JALEN MILLS/CB/LSU
49) CODY WHITEHAIR/OG/KANSAS STATE
50) PHAROH COOPER/WR/SOUTH CAROLINA

51) VADAL ALEXANDER/OL/LSU
52) KYLER FACKRELL/OLB/UTAH STATE
53) CONNOR COOK/QB/MICHIGAN STATE
54) NICK VANNETT/TE/OHIO STATE
55) CHRIS JONES/DT/MISS STATE
56) GERMAIN IFEDI/OT/TEXAS A&M
57) JOSH GARNETT/OG/STANFORD
58) ALEX COLLINS/RB/ARKANSAS
59) ROGER LEWIS/WR/BOWLING GREEN
60) VONN BELL/S/OHIO STATE

61) JAHID WARD/DE/ILLINOIS
62) JONATHAN BULLARD/DL/FLORIDA
63) JORDAN JENKINS/OLB/GEORGIA
64) JERALD HAWKINS/OT/LSU
65) CHRIS HACKENBERG/QB/PENN STATE
66) JOSHUA PERRY/LB/OHIO STATE
67) DEION JONES/LB/LSU
68) KERRY JOSEPH/S/WEST VIRGINIA
69) SHAWN OAKMAN/DE/BAYLOR
70) KENNY DIXON/RB/LA TECH

71) WILLIAM JACKSON/CB/HOUSTON
72) JEREMY CASH/SS/DUKE
73) SHILIQUE CALHOUN/DE/MICHIGAN ST
74) GRHAM GLASGOW/OC/MICHIGAN
75) SHELDON DAY/DL/NOTRE DAME
76) RASHARD HIGGINS/WR/COLORADO STATE
77) KAMALEI CORREA/OLB/BOISE STATE
78) CARL NASSIB/DE/PENN STATE
79) KENNY LAWLER/WR/CAL
80) CARDALE JONES/QB/OHIO STATE

81) AUSTN HOOPER/TE/STANFORD
82) NICK MARTIN/OC/NOTRE DAME
83) LANDON TURNER/OG/UNC
84) JOSEPH HAEG/G/T/NORTH DAKOTA STATE
85) MILES KILLEBREW/SS/SOUTHERN UTAH
86) HARLAN MILLER/CB/SW LOUISIANA
87) STERLING SHEPARD/WR/OKLAHOMA
88) JOSH FERGUSON/RB/ILLINOIS
89) LEONTE’ CAROO/WR/RUTGERS
90) RYAN KELLY/OC/ALABAMA

91) LeRAVEN CLARK/OT/TEXAS TECH
92) PAUL PERKINS/RB/UCLA
93) ERIC MURRAY/CB/MINNESOTA
94) BRONSON KAUFUSI/DE/BYU
95) XAVIEN HOWARD/CB/BAYLOR
96) GERONIMO ALLISON/WR/ILLINOIS
97) KENTRELL BROTHERS/LB/MISSOURI
98) WILL REDMOND/CB/MISS STATE
99) ALEX LEWIS/OT/G/NEBRASKA
100) C.J. PROSISE/RB/NOTRE DAME

A couple of notes to explain a bit about my ranking choices right now.
I am assuming that things go well for athletes rehabbing serious injuries (ala JAYLON SMITH) or facing character issues (ala NKEMDICHE). Clearly that will not be the case for all players, therefore some guys may drop a long way down my list after the Combine.
I will be watching Combine numbers more closely than ever this year. In many cases very little separates the potential of player No. 36 from player No. 50. So little things mean a lot.
The 2016 Draft Class has good depth in my opinion, but the number of elite prospects is highly questionable. This group of players should be better than 2013, but not as good, or deep, as the 2 most recent Draft Classes.
Please, also remember that my list differs from that of Editor Colin Lindsay, in that he incorporates what he is hearing from teams and sources around the League, whereas I am basing my rankings almost exclusively on what I have seen of these players in action with my own eyes only.

PIGSKIN PAUL