Yes, this is a freak draft for OL and you're right about Colledge. As much as I like Ferguson's potential, being able to get Colledge in the 2nd round is very enticing. However, I can see him moving up to the 1st round with some good workouts.
I'm drafting a comprehensive review of the top nine tackles. I'll post it here when it's done (even though my sig is getting a few dozen daily referrals from you guys). I scanned the most current rankings from 13 top draft sites including premium content from legit NFL scouts, and this is how the consensus looks. In parentheses is the sum total of their rankings; the other numbers represent how they're ranked from the various sources. I just started this and haven't checked the math, so there could be errors. D'Brickashaw Ferguson (13) 1 Xs 13
Winston Justice (39) 2 3 2 2 5 5 2 2 7 5 2 3 3
Eric Winston (43) 3 3 4 3 3 2 6 4 2 2 4 5 2
Marcus McNeill (52) 4 4 3 6 2 3 4 5 4 3 6 4 4
Jonathan Scott (53) 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 6 4
Andrew Whitworth (80) 7 6 7 5 7 6 7 7 5 8 8 7
Ryan O'Callaghan (97) 6 9 6 9 6 7 3 9 9 7 9 8 9
Daryn Colledge (101) 8 7 9 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 6 7 8
Jeremy Trueblood (104) 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 7 9 5
After Ferguson there's little agreement on these guys. They are very hard to rank.
Justice ranges from 2nd to 7th.
Winston McNiell and Scott range from 2nd to 6th.
Whitworth from 5th to 8th.
O'Callaghan from
3RD to 9th. 3rd is Kiper, btw.
Colledge from 5th to 9th.
Trueblood, who is very good, from 5th to 9th.
Like I said, Colledge measures almost identical to Ferguson and has been just as impressive on film. In fact, I think he'll run a faster 40, get more reps on the bench, and be right with him in the other tests. Yet he ranks 8th according to this consensus? Hmm.