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FOOCH'S NOTE: Consider this our current Official thread for draft and offseason discussion

It seems that there hasn't been draft talks for a few weeks now so I wanted to open it back up for discussion. It's still absurdly premature to start naming teams in order of draft pick but it's still kind of fun even though it's been done a thousand times since the beginning of the season. I'll highlight the players that I think will be the most likely candidates to be able to make an immediate impact in the NFL. This is probably the most elaborate anyone has really gone in to it I think but I spent a bit of time putting it together so hopefully a few of you all will enjoy....

The main reason I am posting this now is because this week will officially mark the halfway point of the 2009 Season.

I will list the positions and then top prospects of my opinion. Please add players that you think should be on those lists should I forget to mention a few.

Feel free to post your your thoughts and or 2010 NFL mock drafts. I like seeing the possibilities and the convo it drives.

QUARTERBACKS

1. Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (Jr.)
2. Jevan Snead, Ole Miss (Jr.)
3. Tim Tebow, Florida
4. Colt McCoy, Texas
5. Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame (Jr.)
6. Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
7. Zac Robinson, Oklahoma State
8. Tim Hiller, Western Michigan
9. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada (Jr.)
10. Case Keenum, Houston (Jr.)
11. Jarrett Brown, West Virginia
12. Rusty Smith, Florida Atlantic
13. Juice Williams, Illinois
14. Max Hall, BYU
15. Tony Pike, Cincinnati
16. Taylor Potts, Texas Tech
17. Adam Weber, Minnesota (Jr.)
18. Todd Reesing, Kansas
19. Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green
20. Jake Locker, Washington (Jr.)
21. Daryll Clark, Penn State
22. Andy Schmitt, Eastern Michigan
23. Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
24. Ricky Stanzi, Iowa (Jr.)
25. Chris Turner, Maryland

RUNNING BACKS

1. Evan Royster, Penn State (Jr.)
2. Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech (Jr.)
3. C.J. Spiller, RB Clemson
4. Jahvid Best, RB California (Jr.)
5. DeMarco Murray, RB Oklahoma (Jr.)

6. Chris Brown, RB Oklahoma
7. LeGarrette (THUGLIFE) Blount, RB Oregon
8. Charles Scott, RB LSU
9. John Clay, RB Wisconsin (3rd year Soph.)
10. Noel Devine, RB West Virginia (Jr.)
11. Kendall Hunter, RB Oklahoma State (Jr.)
12. James Starks, RB Buffalo
13. Damion Fletcher, RB Southern Miss
14. Daniel Thomas, RB Kansas State
15. Mike Ford, RB South Florida (Jr.)
16. Da'Rel Scott, RB Maryland (Jr.)
17. Toby Gerhart, RB Stanford
18. Anthony Dixon, RB Mississippi State
19. Michael Smith, RB Arkansas
20. Mikell Simpson, RB Virginia
21. Ben Tate, RB Auburn
22. Andre Anderson, RB Tulane
23. Javarris James, RB Miami
24. MiQuale Lewis, RB Ball State
25. Ryan Matthews, RB Fresno State

WIDE RECEIVERS

1. Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State (Jr.)
2. Arrelious Benn, Illinois (Jr.)

3. Brandon LaFell, WR LSU
4. Marshawn Gilyard, Cincinnati
5. Damian Williams, USC (Jr.)
6. Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas (Jr.)
7. Demaryius Thomas, Georgia Tech (Jr.)
8. Bryan Anderson, Central Michigan
9. Malcolm Williams, Texas (3rd year Soph.)
10. Eric Decker, Minnesota
11. Naaman Roosevelt, Buffalo
12. Golden Tate, Notre Dame (Jr.)
13. Jordan Shipley, Texas

14. David Gettis, Baylor
15. Mike Williams, Syracuse
16. Chris McGaha, Arizona State
17. Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss
18. Mark Dell, Michigan State (Jr.)
19. Kerry Meier, WR/TE Kansas
20. Frantrell Forrest, UAB (Jr.)
21. Oderick Turner, Pitt
22. Emmanuel Sanders, SMU
23. Alric Arnett, West Virginia
24. Stephen Williams, Toledo
25. Ryan Wolfe, UNLV

TIGHT END

1. Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma
2. Rob Gronkowski, Arizona (Jr.)
3. Garrett Graham, Wisconsin
4. Dennis Pitta, BYU
5. Aaron Hernandez, Florida (Jr.)
6. Ed Dickson, Oregon
7. Anthony McCoy, USC
8. Richard Dickson, LSU
9. Charlie Gantt, Michigan State (Jr.)
10. Bruce Figgins, Georgia (Jr.)
11. Cody Slate, Marshall
12. Kerry Meier, WR/TE Kansas
13. Andrew Quarless, Penn State
14. Weslye Saunders, South Carolina (Jr.)
15. Michael Hoomanawanui, Illinois
16. Luke Stocker, Tennessee (Jr.)
17. Nate Byham, Pitt
18. Mickey Shuler, Penn State
19. Jeff Cottam, Tennessee
20. Riar Geer, Colorado
21. Blaine Irby, Texas (Jr.)
22. Jeron Mastrud, Kansas State
23. Ben Wooster, Wake Forest
24. Ryan Moya, UCLA
25. Jeff Cumberland, Illinois

OFFENSIVE TACKLES

1. Trent Williams, OT Oklahoma
2. Russell Okung, Oklahoma State
3. Bryan Bulaga, Iowa (Jr.)
4. Matt Reynolds, BYU (Jr.)
5. Anthony Davis, Rutgers (Jr.)
6. Ciron Black, LSU
7. Adam latoski, Texas
8. Charles Brown, USC
9. Sam Young, Notre Dame
10. Selvish Capers, West Virginia
11. Lee Ziemba, Auburn (Jr.)
12. Trinton Sturdivant, Georgia (3rd year Soph.)
13. Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin (Jr.)
14. Zane Beadles, Utah
15. Anthony Castonzo, Boston College (Jr.)
16. Ed Wang, Virginia Tech
17. Carl Johnson, Florida (Jr.)
18. Joe Thomas, Pitt
19. Chris Marinelli, Stanford
20. Ben Ossai, Washington
21. Alonzo Durham, Nevada
22. Steve Schilling, Michigan (Jr.)
23. Kyle Hix, Pitt (Jr.)
24. Drew Davis, Alabama
25. Jason Fox, Miami

OFFENSIVE GUARDS

1. Rodney Hudson, Florida State (Jr.)
2. Sergio Render, Virginia Tech
3. John Jerry, Ole Miss
4. Jon Asamoah, Illinois
5. Mike Johnson, Alabama
6. Mike Pouncey, Florida (Jr.)
7. Brandon Carter,Texas Tech
8. Dan Doering, Iowa
9. Colin Baxter, Arizona (Jr.)
10. John Bender, Nevada (Jr.
11. Doug Palmer, East Carolina
12. Eric Olsen, Notre Dame
13. Jeff Byers, USC
14. Jacques McClendon, Tennessee
15. Shelley Smith, OG/OT Colorado State
16. Orlando Franklin, Miami (Jr.)
17. Marshall Newhouse, OG/OT TCU
18. Heath Batchelor, South Carolina (Jr.)
19. Lyle Hitt, LSU
20. Shaun Lauvao, Arizona State
21. Anthony Morgan, Oklahoma State (Jr.)
22. Tim McAvoy, Michigan
23. Reggie Stephens, Iowa State
24. Kevin Haslam, Rutgers

CENTER

1. Josh McNeil Tennessee
2. John Estes, Hawaii

3. Thomas Austin, Clemson
4. Erik Cook, New Mexico
5. Chris Hall, Texas
6. Justin Walton, Baylor
7. Kenny Alfred, Washington State
8. Matt Tennant, Boston College
9. Rafael Eubanks, Iowa
10. Chris Fisher, UL Lafayette
11. Jim Cordle, Ohio State
12. Jacob Hickman, Nebraska
13. Jody Whaley, Tulsa
14. Joel Nitchman, Michigan State
15. David Moosman, Michigan
16. Garrett Anderson, South Carolina
17. Sean Allen, East Carolina
18. Dan Voss, Georgia Tech
19.Trey Bailey, Wake Forest
20. Thomas Altieri, Arizona State

DEFENSIVE ENDS

1. Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
2. Carlos Dunlap, Florida (Jr.)
3. Corey Wootton, Northwestern
4. Brandon Graham, Michigan
5. Jermaine Cunningham, Florida
6. Jerry Hughes, DE/OLB TCU
7. Brandon Lang, Troy
8. Everson Griffen, USC (Jr.)
9. Jammie Kirlew, Indiana
10. Willie Young, NC State
11. Greg Romeus, Pitt (Jr.)
12. Tyson Alualu, California
13. George Selvie, DE/OLB South Florida
14. Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech (Jr.)
16. Junior Gallette, Temple
17 Jan Jorgensen, BYU
18. C.J. Wilson, East Carolina
19. Daniel Te’o-Nesham, Washington
20. Auston English, Oklahoma
21. Greg Middleton, Indiana
22. Alex Carrington, Arkansas State
23. Kevin Basped, Nevada (Jr.)

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

1. Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2. Arthur Jones, Syracuse
3. Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma (Jr.)
4. Terrence Cody, Alabama
5. Marvin Austin, North Carolina (Jr.)
6. D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech
7. Geno Atkins, Georgia
8. Jared Odrick, Penn State
9. DeMarcus Granger, Oklahoma
10. Brian Price, UCLA (Jr.)
11. Lawrence Marsh, Florida (Jr.)
12. Vince Oghobaase, Duke
13. Dan Williams, Tennessee
14. Andre Neblett, Temple
15. Mick Williams, Pitt
16. Ekom Udofia, Stanford
17. Stephen Paea, Oregon State (Jr.)
18. Ian Williams, Notre Dame (Jr.)
19. Boo Robinson, Wake Forest
20. Colby Whitlock, Texas Tech (Jr.)

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER

1. Sean Weatherspoon, ILB/OLB Missouri
2. Sergio Kindle, OLB/DE Texas

3. Rennie Curran, Georgia (Jr.)
4. Navorro Bowman, Penn State (Jr.)
5. Justin Cole, San Jose State
6. Greg Jones, Michigan State (Jr.)
7. Travis Lewis, Oklahoma (3rd year Soph.)
8. Rico McCoy, Tennessee
9. Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina (Jr.)
10. Bruce Carter, North Carolina (Jr.)
11. Antonio Coleman, Auburn
12. Eric Norwood, South Carolina
13. Nate Irving, NC State (Jr.)
14. Dexter Davis, Arizona State
15. Perry Riley, LSU
16. Stevenson Sylvester, Utah
17. Martez Wilson, Illinois (Jr.)
18. Luthur Brown, USC
19. Akeem Dent, Georgia (Jr.)
20. Michael Morgan, USC (Jr.)
21. E.J. Savannah, Washington
22. James Mouton, Michigan (Jr.)
23. Albert McClellan, Marshall (DE)
24. Cam Martin, Virginia Tech
25. Keenan Clayton, Oklahoma

INSIDE LINEBACKER

1. Brandon Spikes, Florida
2. Rolondo McClain, Alabama (Jr.)

3. Obi Ezeh, Michigan (Jr.)
4. Sean Lee, Penn State
5. Micah Johnson, Kentucky
6. Joshua Bynes, Auburn (Jr.)
7. Reggie Carter, UCLA
8. Joe Pawelek, Baylor
9. Scott Lutrus, Connecticut (Jr.)
10. Alex Wujciak, Maryland (Jr.)
11. Darryl Sharpton, Miami
12. Darryl Gamble, Georgia (Jr.)
13. Ben Jacobs, Fresno State (Jr.)
14. Jamar Chaney, Mississippi State
15. Boris Lee, Troy
16. Patrick Benoist, Vanderbilt
17. Daryl Washington, TCU
18. Mike Nixon, Arizona State
19. Brian Smith, Notre Dame (Jr.)
20. Pat Angerer, Iowa
21. Elijah Hodge, Wisconsin
22. Cardia Jackson, UL Monroe
23. Reed Williams, West Virginia
24. Ryan D’Imperio, Rutgers
25. Chris Colisanti, Penn State (Jr.)

SAFETIES

1. Eric Berry, SS Tennessee (Jr.)
2. Taylor Mays, FS USC

3. Morgan Burnett, SS Georgia Tech (Jr.)
4. Reshad Jones, FS Georgia (Jr.)
5. Darrell Stuckey, SS Kansas
6. Deunta Williams, FS North Carolina (Jr.)
7. Kam Chancellor, SS Virginia Tech
8. Deunta Williams, FS North Carolina (Jr.)
9. Justin Woodall, SS Alabama
10. Barry Church, SS Toledo
11. Davonte Shannon, SS Buffalo (Jr.)
12. Major Wright, FS Florida (Jr.)
13. Chad Jones, SS LSU (Jr.)

14. Ahmad Black, SS Florida (Jr.)
15. Nate Allen, FS Florida State
16. Quinton Andrews, SS North Alabama (formerly of West Virginia)
17. Kurt Coleman, SS Ohio State
18. Jordan Lake, FS Baylor
19. Antonio Baker, FS Louisiana Tech
20. Nate Allen, FS South Florida
21. Myron Rolle, FS Florida State
22. Demetrice Morley, FS Tennessee
23. Bo McNally, SS Stanford
24. Larry Asante, SS Nebraska

CORNERBACK

1. Patrick Robinson, Florida State
2. Kyle Wilson, Boise State
3. Joe Haden, Florida (Jr.)
4. Javier Arenas, Alabama
5. Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt

6. Stephan Virgil, Virginia Tech
7. Trevard Lindley, Kentucky
8. Ras-I Dowling, Virginia (Jr.)
9. Alterraun Verner, UCLA
10. Walter Thurmond, Oregon
11. Syd’Quan Thompson, California
12. Donovan Warren, Michigan (Jr.)
13. Crezdon Butler, Clemson
14. Shareece Wright, USC
15. Brandon Ghee, Wake Forest
16. Jerome Murphy, South Florida
17. Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State
18. Omar Bolden, Arizona State (Jr.)
19. Jamal Wall, Texas Tech
20. Brian Jackson, Oklahoma
21. Chris Chancellor, Clemson
22. Kareem Jackson, Alabama (Jr.)
23. Patrick Stoudamire, Western Illinois
24. Vic Hall, Virginia
25. Anthony Gaitor, Florida International

MY PREDICTIONS ON DRAFT SLOT ORDER

1. TAMPA BAY BUCS

2. ST. LOUIS RAMS

3. DETROIT LIONS

4. KANSAS CITY CHEIFS

5. OAKLAND RAIDERS

6. CLEVELAND BROWNS

7. WASHINGTON REDSKINS

8. TENNESSEE TITANS

9. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (FROM CAROLINA)

10. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

11. BUFFALO BILLS

12. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

13. CHICAGO BEARS

14. ARIZONA CARDINALS

15. MIAMI DOLPHINS

16. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

17. GREEN BAY PACKERS

18. NEW YORK JETS

19. DALLAS COWBOYS

20. HOUSTON TEXANS

21. CINCINNATI BENGALS

22. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

23. PITTSBURGH STEELERS

24. ATLANTA FALCONS

25. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

26. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

27. NEW YORK GIANTS

28. BALTIMORE RAVENS

29. MINNESOTA VIKINGS

30. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (FROM DENVER)

31. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

32. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

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