2016 NFL DRAFT TOP 100 PROSPECTS

Now that the practices are over the actual Senior bowl is upon us, and a lot of guys have already moved up & down draft boards . The practices are actually more important than the game in this situation, although a good/bad game can make a difference too. Still going through tape daily, and have some new additions to this expanded board. Not to mention that there are some small school guys that I have had very little exposure to so far, or guys I didn't expect to come out who did that I am just starting on. A record 107 underclassmen entered the 2016 draft, and I think it's likely that close to a third of them will go UN-drafted. However most of the top 10, probably more than 70% of the first round draftees , and at least 40 plus players out of the top 100 will also be players who could have stayed in school for at least one more year.So also keep that in mind along with the fact that some of these guys will get hurt, get in trouble off the field, impress & disappoint in the aforementioned Senior Bowl, on the chalkboard, or in interviews. There is still a lot to work to do on a lot these players, but here is how I see it so far. The prospects have former or current NFL player comparisons below their name , so you can get an idea of what kind of player they might become. The comp is for on the field play only, and the higher they are ranked the more likely it is that I think they will reach that comp.While I have designations for players with reported character(#) or injury(**) issues, every single year guys fall due to both that aren't reported in the general media until after draft,especially medical problems where a player who has great tape is thought to have a chronic long term medical issue according to the NFL teams medical professionals. With that being the case I am now just ranking them due to their play on the field, unless the injury issue is already something I think will hurt them long term, or they are already injury prone . So if you wonder why I have a guy a lot higher or lower in my mock drafts it could be because of already generally reported injury or character issues, but it could also be I just value them higher than I think some teams will. It could also be that some teams draft for need, scheme first, or position value like QB for instance. Right now I see a draft deep on the defensive side off the ball.  Interior D-line is the deepest overall position with 10-15 possible players that could go in the first 2 rounds. Edge rusher, corner back , safety, and off the ball linebackers all have at least one potential top 10 pick. All of those positions have at least 5 players with a chance to go in the first 2 rounds.  On offense the O-line is the strongest position group, especially at tackle in the top 2 rounds, but there is depth at center throughout the draft. There is no clear cut elite franchise QB at the top of of this draft right now, even though I think it likely that 3 QB's go in the first round, and it's possible that as many 8 could go in the top 100. Of the 2 QB's I currently have with a 1rst round grade neither of them are as highly graded as Winston & Mariota last year. Although the rest of this years draft is better in blue chip talents at the top compared to last season .Feel free to comment . Agree or disagree is fine with me, but please do it respectfully & intelligently. It's actually the top 103 because there is a extra one each for JESUS, Family, and Football.


# Is for a player with with reported character or maturity concerns.


** Is for a player with reported injury concerns.


THE ELITE-These are the kind of players that I see as possible rare and special talents that I would be willing to trade into the expensive top 10 to get. As always franchise quarterback trumps all, but I don't have one in this group.


1.JOEY BOSA - DE - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JUSTIN TUCK - RAIDERS
2.MILES JACK - ** - LB - UCLA 
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DERRICK BROOKS - retired 
3.LAREMY TUNSIL - # - OT - OLE MISS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JOE STALEY - 49ers
4.JAYLON SMITH - ** - ILB - N. DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DERRICK JHONSON - CHIEFS
5.EZEKIEL ELLIOT - RB - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - (a faster) - ARIAN FOSTER - TEXANS
6.DEFOREST BUCKNER - DE - OREGON 
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CALAIS CAMPBELL - CARDINALS 
7.JALEN RAMSEY - CB/S - FLORIDA ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CHARLES WOODSON - RAIDERS
8.SHELDON RANKINS - DT/DE - LOUISVILLE
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JURRELL CASEY - TITANS
9.RONNIE STANLEY -OT - N. DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DUANE BROWN - TEXANS
10.LAQUAN TREADWELL - WR - OLE MISS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - ALLEN ROBINSON - JAGUARS


MY other  first rounders



11.JARED GOFF - QB - CALIFORNIA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TRENT GREEN - retired
12.VERNON HARGREAVES the 3rd- CB - FLORIDA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JASON VERRETT - CHARGERS
13.ANDREW BILLINGS - NT - BAYLOR
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON- BRYANT YOUNG - retired
14.**COREY COLEMAN - WR - BAYLOR
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - STEVE SMITH - BALTIMORE
15.NOAH SPENCE - OLB/DE - #  -  E. KENTUCKY
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JUSTIN HOUSTON - KC
16.JACK CONKLIN - OT - MICHIGAN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON- JAKE LONG - FA
17.CARSON WENTZ - N. DAKOTA ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CARSON PALMER - CARDINALS
18.DARRON LEE - OLB - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - THOMAS DAVIS - PANTHERS
19.REGGIE RAGLAND - ILB - ALABAMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DONT'A HIGHTOWER - PATRIOTS
20.ROBERT NKEMDICHE - # - DT/DE - OLE MISS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - NICK FAIRLEY - RAMS
21.MACKENSIE ALEXANDER - CB - CLEMSON
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CHRIS HARRIS JR - BRONCOS
22.TAYLOR DECKER - OT - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON -JARED VELDHEER - CARDINALS
23.SHAQ LAWSON - DE - ** - CLEMSON
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - WILL SMITH - retired
24.CODY WHITEHAIR - G/T - KANSAS ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JOSH SITTON - PACKERS
25.ELI APPLE - CB - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - AQIB TALIB - BRONCOS
26.A'SHAWN ROBINSON - DT/DE - ALABAMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MARCELL DAREUS - BILLS
27.ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON - # - DT - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GERALD McCOY - BUCCANEERS
28.VONN BELL - S - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DEVIN McCOURTY - PATRIOTS
29.JARRAN REED - # - DT/DE - ALABAMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON- TY WARREN - retired
30.SHON COLEMAN - OT - ** - AUBURN 
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - KYLE TURLEY - retired


Possible 1rst ROUNDERS that will rise and fall in the pre-draft process

31.KENNY CLARK - DT - UCLA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - STAR LOTULELEI - PANTHERS
32.ALEX COLLINS - RB - ARKANSAS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - EDGERRIN JAMES - retired
33.EMMANUEL OGBAH - DE - OKLAHOMA ST. 

NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DeMARCUS LAWRENCE - COWBOYS
34.SCOOBY WRIGHT - **  - LB - ARIZONA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON-a less disciplined -SEAN LEE - COWBOYS
35.AUSTIN JOHNSON - DT - PENN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - LINVAL JOSEPH - VIKINGS
36.JASON SPRIGGS - OT - INDIANA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON - JETS

37.JOSH DOCTSON - ** - WR - TCU
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - AJ GREEN - BENGALS
38.DERRICK HENRY - RB - ALABAMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - BRANDON JACOBS - retired
39.TYLER BOYD - WR - # - PITTSBURGH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JULIAN EDELMAN - PATRIOTS
40.BRAXTON MILLER  - ** - WR - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - a bigger PERCY HARVIN - BILLS
41.GERMAIN IFEDI - OT - TEXAS A&M
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - ANTHONY COSTANZO - COLTS
42.HUNTER HENRY - TE - ARKANSAS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - ZACH ERTZ - EAGLES
43.VERNON BUTLER - DT - LOUISIANA TECH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CAMERON HEYWARD - STEELERS
44.KARL JOSEPH - ** - SS - W. VIRGINIA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TJ WARD - BRONCOS
45.PAXTON LYNCH - QB - MEMPHIS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - COLIN KAEPERNECK - 49ers
46.MICHAEL THOMAS - WR - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - KEENAN ALLEN - CHARGERS
47.JEREMY CASH - ** - SS/LB - DUKE
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - PATRICK CHUNG - PATRIOTS
48.KEVIN DODD - DE - CLEMSON
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DERRICK SHELBY - DOLPHINS
49.JIHAD WARD - DE/DT - ILLINOIS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MALIK JACKSON - BRONCOS
50.DARION THOMPSON - D - BOISE ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - RESHAD JONES - DOLPHINS

51.DEION JONES - OLB - LSU

NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MICHAEL BOLEY - retired
52.LEONARD FLOYD - LB - GEORGIA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CONNOR BARWIN - EAGLES
53.KAMALEI CORREA - OLB/DE - BOSE ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MELVIN INGRAM - CHARGERS
54.STERLING SHEPPARD - WR - OKLAHOMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DOUG BALDWIN - SEAHAWKS
55.SUA CRAVENS - LB/SS - USC
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DANNY TREVATHAN - BRONCOS
56.JALEN MILLS - CB/S - LSU
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - BRADLEY ROBY - BRONCOS


OTHER possible 2nd ROUNDERS 


57.JOSHUA GARNETT - G - STANFORD
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DAVID DECASTRO - STEELERS
58.KYLER FACKRELL - OLB - UTAH ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - AARON LYNCH - 49ers
59.WILL FULLER - WR - N. DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JOEY GALLOWAY - retired
60.HARLAN MILLER - CB - SE LOUISIANA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - KEVIN JOHNSON - TEXANS
61.JERALD HAWKINS - OT - LSU
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - WILLIAM BEATTY - GIANTS
62.KENDALL FULLER - ** - CB - VIRGINIA TECH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CEDRICK GRIFFIN - FA
63.ARTIE BURNS - CB - MIAMI
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DARIUS SLAY - LIONS
64.JAVON HARGRAVE - DT - S. CAROLINA ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - SHARRIF FLOYD - VIKINGS
65.CJ PROCISE - RB - N . DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MATT FORTE - BEARS
66.RYAN KELLY - C - ALABAMA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JOHN SULLIVAN - VIKINGS
67.JONATHAN BULLARD - DE/DT - FLORIDA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TYRONE CRAWFORD - COWBOYS
68.DEVONTAE BOOKER - RB - UTAH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - FRANK GORE - COLTS 
69.SHILIQUE CALHOUN - DE - MICHIGAN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CLIFF AVRIL - SEAHAWKS
70.KENTRELL BROTHERS - ILB - MISSOURI
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DENZEL PERRYMAN - CHARGERS
71.AUSTIN HOOPER - TE - STANFORD
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MAXX WILLIAMS - RAVENS
72.WILLIAM JACKSON THE 3rd - CB - HOUSTON
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DELVIN BREAUX - SAINTS
73.JORDAN HOWARD - ** - RB - INDIANA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - WILLIS McGAHEE - retired
74.PHAROH COOPER - WR - S. CAROLINA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GOLDEN TATE - LIONS
75.NICK MARTIN - C/G - N. DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - WESTON RICHBURG - GIANTS
76.KENNETH DIXON - RB - LOUISIANA TECH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - RASHARD MENDENHALL - retired
77.VICTOR OCHI - DE/OLB - STONY BROOK
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - ELVIS DUMERVIL - BRONCOS
78.JORDAN JENKINS - OLB/DE - GEORGIA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - AHMAD BROOKS - 49ers
79.JOE DAHL - G/T  - WASHINGTON ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TJ LANG - PACKERS
80.SHELDON DAY - DT - N. DAME
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TOM JOHNSON - VIKINGS
81.REES ODHIAMBO - ** - T/G - BOISE ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JUSTIN PUGH - GIANTS
82.CARL NASSIB - DE - PENN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DEVIN TAYLOR - LIONS
83.BRONSON KAUFUSI - ** - DE - BYU
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JASON HATCHER - REDSKINS
83.DEANDRE HOUSTON CARSON - CB/S - WILLIAM & MARY
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - AARON COLVIN - JAGUARS
84.MILES KILLEBREW - S/LB - S. UTAH
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - ADRIAN WILSON - retired
85.JERELL ADAMS - TE - S. CAROLINA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GREG OLSEN - PANTHERS
86.CARDALE JONES - QB - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CAM NEWTON - PANTHERS
87.CHRISTIAN WESTERMAN - G - ARIZONA ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - BEN GRUBBS - CHIEFS

88.DEIONDRE HALL - CB/S - N. IOWA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MALCOLM JENKINS - EAGLES

89.NICK VANNETT - TE - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - KYLE RUDOLPH - VIKINGS
90.JOSH PERRY - ILB - OHIO ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - KARLOS DANSBY - BROWNS
91.JACOBY BRISSETT - QB - N. CAROLINA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - DONOVAN McNABB - retired
92.MATT IOANIDDIS - DT - TEMPLE
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TYSON JACKSON - FALCONS
93.AUSTIN BLYTHE - C - IOWA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CASEY WEIGMANN - retired
94.JACK ALLEN - C - MICHIGAN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - TODD McCLURE - retired
95.CHRISTIAN HACKENBURG - QB - PENN ST
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - BEN ROETHLISBERGER - STEELERS
96.JAYRON KEARSE - S - CLEMSON
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GEORGE ILOKA - BENGALS
97.DAK PRESCOTT - QB - MISSISSIPPI ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - STEVE McNAIR - retired
98.PAUL PERKINS - RB - UCLA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GIOVANI BERNARD - BENGALS
99.VADAL ALEXANDER - G/T - LSU
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JAMES CARPENTER - GIANTS
100.GRAHAM GLASGOW  - # - C/G - MICHIGAN
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - GEOFF HANGARTNER - retired
101.CONNOR COOK - QB - MICHIGAN ST.
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - MATT RYAN - FALCONS
102.LANDON TURNER - G - N. CAROLINA
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - CHANCE WARMACK - TITANS
103.LEONTE CARROO - # - WR - RUTGERS
NFL PLAYER COMPARISON - JASON AVANT - CHIEFS