NFL Draft: Top 50 offensive prospects
I will be hammering away on the NFL Draft on this blog and on my football site, TheSidelineView.com from now until April. From a Texans standpoint, the only glaring need that I can see is at the wide receiver position but my ratings aren’t created from a Texans-centric grading scale. My ratings reflect a general rating scale that doesn’t take into account any particular scheme fits for players. Next to the player is the current grade I have on them.
Grades do not always reflect where I think the player will be drafted. These grades are simply an assignment of what round I believe their talent warrants in any given year of the draft.
Top 50 offensive prospects
Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford – 1st
Matt Kalil, LT, USC – 1st
Robert Griffin, III, QB, Baylor – 1st
Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama – 1st
Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma St. – 1st
Riley Reiff, LT, Iowa – 1st
Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor – 1st
David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech – 1st
Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame – 1st
David DeCastro, G, Stanford – 1st
Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford – 1st
Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford – 1st/2nd
Kelechi Osemele, OT/OG, Iowa State – 1st/2nd
Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin – 1st/2nd
Lamar Miller, RB, Miami – 2nd
Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma St. – 2nd
Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M – 2nd
Orson Charles, TE, Georgia – 2nd
Rueben Randle, WR, LSU – 2nd
Cordy Glenn, OG, Georgia – 2nd
Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina – 2nd
Kevin Zeitler, OG, Wisconsin – 2nd
Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers – 2nd
Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State – 2nd
Zebrie Sanders, OT, Florida State – 2nd
Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson – 2nd
Ben Jones, C, Georgia – 2nd/3rd
Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati – 2nd/3rd
Nick Toon, WR, Wisconsin – 2nd/3rd
Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State – 2nd/3rd
Doug Martin, RB, Boise State – 2nd/3rd
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon – 2nd/3rd
Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa – 2nd/3rd
Brian Quick, WR, Appalachian St. – 3rd
LaDarius Green, TE, ULL – 3rd
Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami – 3rd
Brandon Mosely, OT, Auburn – 3rd
Joe Adams, WR, Arkansas – 3rd
Juron Criner, WR, Arizona – 3rd
Dwight Jones, WR, North Carolina – 3rd
Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami, OH – 3rd
Brock Osweiller, QB, Arizona St. – 3rd
Amini Silatolu, OG, Midwestern St. – 3rd
Brandon Washington, OG, Miami – 3rd
Chris Polk, RB, Washington – 3rd/4th
Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M – 3rd/4th
Chris Givens, WR, Wake Forest – 3rd/4th
Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi St. – 3rd/4th
Deangelo Peterson, TE, LSU – 3rd/4th
Michael Brewster, C, Ohio State – 3rd/4th
true.I will say this about Greg Little, he at least uses the right technique to catch the ball; he extends his arms and catches the ball before it reaches his body. Jones on the other hand waits for the ball to come to him, which gives DBs more time to make a play on the ball to break up the pass and it also provides QBs with a smaller window to throw to.
