One of the exercises I’ve learned over the years is to strip away the team aspect of the draft and focus strictly on the players and the slot. Because trades are so unpredictable and also so impactful for the draft order, I like to try and just do a straight projection of what slot the players will go in.
When you’re reading this, try and strip away the team component from the slot; especially after about the 12th pick I hardly considered what team would be picking. This is more of a projection of how I think the NFL views and values these players. Note this is not indicative of my personal rankings.
The goal here is to get at least 80 of the top 100 players correctly identified. I’d like to be within 3 spots of the actual slot the players come off the board too.
1. Jared Goff, QB, California
2. Carson Wentz, QB North Dakota State
3. Jalen Ramsey, DB, Florida State
4. Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
5. Laremy Tunsil, OT, Ole Miss
6. Ronnie Stanley, OT, Notre Dame
7. Myles Jack, OLB, UCLA
8. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Ohio State
9. Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida
10. DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon
11. Leonard Floyd, OLB, Georgia
12. Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville
13. Paxton Lynch, QB, Memphis
14. William Jackson, CB, Houston
15. Jack Conklin, OT, Michigan State
16. Shaq Lawson, DE, Clemson
17. Will Fuller, WR, Notre Dame
18. A’Shawn Robinson, DT, Alabama
19. Connor Cook, QB, Michigan State
20. Reggie Ragland, ILB, Alabama
21. Ryan Kelly, C, Alabama
22. Corey Coleman, WR, Baylor
23. Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss
24. Darron Lee, LB, Ohio State
25. Taylor Decker, OT, Ohio State
26. Chris Jones, DT, Mississippi State
27. Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor
28. Robert Nkemdiche, DT, Ole Miss
29. Jarran Reed, DT, Alabama
30. Eli Apple, CB, Ohio State
31. Vernon Butler, DT, Louisiana Tech
32. Kevin Hogan, QB, Stanford
33. Josh Doctson, WR, TCU
34. Kevin Dodd, DE, Clemson
35. Xavien Howard, CB, Baylor
36. Artie Burns, CB, Miami FL
37. Jonathan Bullard, DE, Florida
38. T.J. Green, S, Clemson
39. Hunter Henry, TE, Arkansas
40. Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama
41. Germain Ifedi, OT, Texas A&M
42. Michael Thomas, WR, Ohio State
43. Keanu Neal, S, Florida
44. Cody Whitehair, OL, Kansas State
45. Kamalei Correa, OLB, Boise State
46. Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana
47. Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State
48. Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson
49. Christian Hackenberg, QB, Penn State
50. Noah Spence, DE, Eastern Kentucky
51. Vonn Bell, S, Ohio State
52. Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA
53. LeRaven Clark, OT, Texas Tech
54. Braxton Miller, WR, Ohio State
55. Jeremy Cash, S, Duke
56. Bronson Kaufusi, DE, BYU
57. Austin Hooper, TE, Stanford
58. Karl Joseph, S, West Virginia
59. Austin Johnson, DT, Penn State
60. Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State
61. Tyler Boyd, WR, Pittsburgh
62. Sean Davis, DB, Maryland
63. Evan Boehm, C, Missouri
64. Devontae Booker, RB, Utah
65. Sterling Shepard, WR, Oklahoma
66. Kyler Fackrell, OLB, Utah State
67. Miles Killebrew, S, Southern Utah
68. C.J. Prosise, RB, Notre Dame
69. Hassan Ridgeway, DT, Texas
70. KeiVarae Russell, CB, Notre Dame
71. Javon Hargrave, DT, South Carolina State
72. Will Redmond, CB, Mississippi State
73. Nick Martin, C, Notre Dame
74. Joshua Perry, LB, Ohio State
75. Joe Dahl, OL, Washington State
76. Darian Thompson, S, Boise State
77. Su’a Cravens, LB, USC
78. Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State
79. Graham Glasgow, C, Michigan
80. Kentrell Brothers, LB, Missouri
81. Kendall Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech
82. Jihad Ward, DE, Illinois
83. DeAndre Houston-Carson, S, William & Mary
84. Kenneth Dixon, RB, Louisiana Tech
85. Jordan Howard, RB, Indiana
86. Roberto Aguayo, K, Florida State
87. Sheldon Day, DT, Notre Dame
88. Cody Kessler, QB, USC
89. Devon Cajuste, WR, Stanford
90. Avery Young, OL, Auburn
91. Charone Peake, WR, Clemson
92. Yannick Ngakoue, DE, Maryland
93. Joshua Garnett, G, Stanford
94. Jordan Jenkins, OLB, Georgia
95. Blake Martinez, ILB, Stanford
96. Malcolm Mitchell, WR, Georgia
97. Jaylon Smith, OLB, Notre Dame
98. Keyarris Garrett, WR, Tulsa
99. Connor McGovern, OG, Missouri
100. Pharoh Cooper, WR, South Carolina