The Fan's NFL Draft Scouting Combine Positional Rankings
By Kevin 'KT' Turner & Jeff Cavanaugh for 105.3 The Fan
The NFL Draft Scouting Combine can help and hurt NFL prospects. The tape is certainly the most important thing, but teams do use their measurements/medicals/interviews/agility tests to make sure the prospects meet certain thresholds and make sure their measurements match what was seen on tape.
The Fan's Kevin Turner and Jeff Cavanaugh are each raking their 'Top 5' for each position in the draft before they start getting on the field and turning in times. This is based on the tape.
Two disclaimers:
1. OG, C, TE are not listed. I'm not far enough along with these three groups to confidently put a top 5 in order, and I refuse to fake it. Ryan Kelly is the best center, Cody Whitehair is the best guard, Hunter Henry is the best TE, but a top 5 I'm just not comfortable doing yet.
2. EDGE players who may be a DE in a 4-3 or an OLB in a 3-4 will just be listed as either DE or OLB instead of in their own separate category.
| KT's Picks QB Jared Goff - California Paxton Lynch - Memphis Carson Wentz - North Dakota State Christian Hackenberg- Penn State Dak Prescott- Mississippi StateRBRB Ezekiel Elliott- Ohio State WR OT DE DT LB CB S |
Cavanaugh's Picks QB Jared Goff - Cal Carson Wentz - NDSU Paxton Lynch - Memphis Christian Hackenberg - Penn State Dak Prescott - Mississippi StateRB Ezekiel Elliott - Ohio State Kenneth Dixon - La Tech Devontae Booker - Utah Alex Collins - Arkansas Derrick Henry - AlabamaWR Laquon Treadwell - Ole Miss Michael Thomas - Ohio State Tyler Boyd - Pitt Josh Doctson - TCU Corey Coleman - Baylor 6-10 and right there with this group: Sterling Shepard (OU), Rashard Higgins (CSU), Will Fuller (ND), Braxton Miller (OSU), Kenny Lawler (Cal), Leonte Carroo (Rutgers), Pharoh Cooper (SC)OT Laremy Tunsil - Ole Miss Taylor Decker - Ohio State Jack Conklin - Michigan State Ronnie Stanley - Notre Dame Jason Spriggs - Indiana DE DT LB CB S |
