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TOP 100 Prospects
for the 2012 NFL Draft
by Doug Martz, the Draftboard Guru
Although somewhat an eye-sore with the colors, I've placed these players into groups such as "1A" (#1-#10)," 1B (#11-#22), etc.
This slotting tends to work well to identify the group of players that could/should be available for a particular team.
Last Update:  Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 - 8:00 p.m. Est.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

1 Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
3 Matt Kalil OL USC
4 Trent Richardson RB Alabama
5 Morris Claiborne DB LSU
6 Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State
7 Fletcher Cox DL Mississippi State
8 Melvin Ingram DL/LB South Carolina
9 David DeCastro OL Stanford
10 Luke Kuechly LB Boston College
11 Dontari Poe DL Memphis
12 Riley Reiff OL Iowa
13 Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
14 Mark Barron DB Alabama
15 Michael Brockers DL LSU
16 Quinton Coples DL North Carolina
17 Courtney Upshaw DL/LB Alabama
18 Stephon Gilmore DB South Carolina
19 Nick Perry DL/LB USC
20 Dre Kirkpatrick DB Alabama
21 Kendall Wright WR Baylor
22 Andre Branch DL/LB Clemson
23 Jonathan Martin OL Stanford
24 Cordy Glenn OL Georgia
25 Whitney Mercilus DL/LB Illinois
26 Doug Martin RB Boise State
27 Devon Still DL Penn State
28 Chandler Jones DL/LB Syracuse
29 Peter Konz OL Wisconsin
30 Shea McClellin DL/LB Boise State
31 Dont'a Hightower LB Alabama
32 Vinny Curry DL/LB Marshall
33 Kevin Zeitler OL Wisconsin
34 Jerel Worthy DL Michigan State
35 Brandon Thompson DL Clemson
36 Amini Silatolu OL Midwestern State
37 Josh Robinson DB Central Florida
38 Reuben Randle WR LSU
39 Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech
40 Coby Fleener TE Stanford
41 Kendall Reyes DL Connecticut
42 Bobby Massie OL Mississippi
43 Lavonte David LB Nebraska
44 Trumaine Johnson DB Montana
45 Alshon Jeffrey WR South Carolina
46 Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M
47 David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
48 Lamar Miller RB Miami
49 Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
50 Mike Adams OL Ohio State
51 Mychal Kendricks LB California
52 Kelechi Osemele OL Iowa State
53 Harrison Smith DB Notre Dame
54 Mohamed Sanu WR Rutgers
55 Bobby Wagner LB Utah State
56 Jeff Allen OL Illinois
57 Janoris Jenkins DB North Alabama
58 Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
59 Brandon Boykin DB Georgia
60 Brandon Brooks OL Miami (OH)
61 LaMichael James RB Oregon
62 Alameda Ta'amu DL Washington
63 Derek Wolfe DL Cincinnati
64 Kirk Cousins QB Michigan State
65 A.J. Jenkins WR Illinois
66 Brock Osweiler QB Arizona State
67 Jared Crick DL Nebraska
68 Zach Brown LB North Carolina
69 Isaiah Pead RB Cincinnati
70 Casey Hayward DB Vanderbilt
71 Orson Charles TE Georgia
72 Dwight Bentley DB Louisiana-Lafayette
73 Brian Quick WR Appalachian State
74 Mike Martin DL Michigan
75 Josh Chapman DL Alabama
76 Ronnell Lewis LB Oklahoma
77 Bruce Irvin LB West Virgina
78 Chris Polk RB Washington
79 Chris Givens WR Wake Forest
80 Marvin Jones WR California
81 Brandon Taylor DB LSU
82 Bernard Pierce RB Temple
83 Jamell Fleming DB Oklahoma
84 Mitchell Schwartz OL California
85 Billy Winn DL Boise State
86 Donald Stephenson OL Oklahoma
87 Robert Turbin RB Utah State
88 Ladarius Green TE Louisiana-Lafayette
89 Josh Norman DB Coastal Carolina
90 T.Y. Hilton WR Florida International
91 Olivier Vernon DL/LB Miami
92 Tyrone Crawford DL Boise State
93 Sean Spence LB Miami
94 Jonathan Massaquoi DL/LB Troy
95 Ben Jones OL Georgia
96 Trevin Wade DB Arizona
97 Rishard Matthews WR Nevada
98 Demario Davis LB Arkansas State
99 Alfonzo Dennard DB Nebraska
100 Ryan Broyles WR Oklahoma
 

 
                 Final Breakdown of this Top 100 report:
QB RB WR TE OL DL DL/LB LB DB
6 9 14 4 16 15 10 10 16
 
 

 

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Note about Top 100 List:
Although Top 100 sounds easy... sounds quick... sounds painless and like a 10-minute job...  nothing could be further from the truth.  Designing and narrowing this list down from a group of over 500 to a chunk of 100 guys that will go first is the hardest line of work in the draftnik business.  It's also my favorite here at DraftBoardGuru.com.  The process involves as much naked-eye assessment of how these players are slotted into a draft position as possible.  Along with keen research on official team visits, pro-day workouts, and combine workouts, special consideration is also given to the regular season collegiate games and how the players did against other good (draftable) athletes.  The part of the Top 100 that's easy is the first 50.  It's that next 50 that takes hours upon hours to narrow down.  Finally, it's the players from #80 to #100 that makes the difference to whether this list can be credible or not.  The difference between scoring in the high 80's on this task (a good score) and getting a 70 depends on what happens in the final half of round three of the NFL draft.  Although mock drafting and building draftboards are fun, they pail in comparison to the workload involved in the slotting of players into a successful Top 100 list.