Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Top 50 Draft Prospects

The removal of the Minnesota Vikings from the postseason fun has forced me to turn to the 2018 NFL Draft a little sooner than I had dreamed. The draft is fun. The Super Bowl would be more fun.
Anyway, NFL.com/NFL Network/Move the Sticks draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah released his Top 50 Draft Prospects in advance of the Senior Bowl practices and game.

1. Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
2. Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame
3. Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech
4. Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State
5. Minkah Fitzpatrick, CB, Alabama
6. Sam Darnold, QB, USC
7. Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA
8. Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
9. Vita Vea, DT, Washington
10. Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio
11. Derwin James, S, Florida State
12. Ronald Jones II, RB, USC
13. Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
14. Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
15. Derrius Guice, RB, Auburn
16. Mike Hughes, CB, Central Florida
17. Connor Williams, T, Texas
18. Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa
19. Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
20. Donte Jackson, CB, LSU
21. Maurice Hurst, DT, Michigan
22. Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
23. Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville
24. Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama
25. James Daniels, C, Iowa
26. Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
27. Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama
28. Sony Michel, RB, Georgia
29. Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M
30. Billy Price, C, Ohio State
31. Orlando Brown, T, Oklahoma
32. Harrison Phillips, DT, Stanford
33. Arden Key, DE, LSU
34. Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina
35. Mike McGlinchey, T, Notre Dame
36. Isaiah Oliver, CB, Iowa
37. Isaiah Wynn, G, Georgia
38. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama
39. Harold Landry, Edge, Boston College
40. Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State
41. Sam Hubbard, DE, Ohio State
42. Tyrell Crosby, T, Oregon
43. Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
44. Brian O'Neill, T, Pittsburgh
45. Courtland Sutton, WR, SMU
46. Dante Pettis, WR, Washington
47. Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State
48. Martinas Rankin, T, Mississippi State
49. Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia
50. Kerryon Johnson, RB, Auburn

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A knee-jerk Minnesota Vikings wish-list would start with the unrealistic.

Vita Vea, DT, Washington
Derwin James, S, Florida State

Seeing as the Vikings have the 30th pick of the first round it would take a serious trade to get either player.

A more realistic Vikings wish-list looks like this.

Maurice Hurst, DT, Michigan
Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama
Arden Key, DE, LSU
Connor Williams, T, Texas
James Daniels, C, Iowa
Billy Price, C, Ohio State
Isaiah Wynn, G, Georgia
Mike McGlinchey, T, Notre Dame
Brian O'Neill, T, Pittsburgh
Isaiah Oliver, CB, Iowa

A couple players not among Jeremiah's Top-50 now but probably will be on the next one:

Alex Cappa, T, Humboldt State
Will Hernandez, G, UTEP

Cappa might be the player that intrigues me most right now. His domination of Humboldt State-level opponents is fun offensive line tape-viewing. If he handles the players at the Senior Bowl, and he had a fine start, he could bull his way into the early rounds of the draft. Hernandez is already there.






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