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Pre-Combine Value Board (Defense)

February 16, 2007 by Steel Haven

  Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
DT *Alan Branch - Michigan
Amobi Okoye - Louisville
Justin Harrell - Tennessee
DeMarcus Tyler - North Carolina St
Quinn Pitcock - Ohio St
Brandon Mebane - California
Ryan McBean - Oklahoma St (DE)
Marcus Thomas - Florida
Kareem Brown - Miami, Fla
Antonio Johnson - Mississippi St (NT)
Baraka Atkins - Miami, Fla (DE)
Turk McBride - Tennessee (DE)
DE *Jamaal Anderson - Arkansas
Gaines Adams - Clemson (OLB)
Adam Carriker - Nebraska
*Charles Johnson - Georgia (OLB)
*Jarvis Moss - Florida (OLB)
Anthony Spencer - Purdue (OLB)
Quentin Moses - Georgia (OLB)
Victor Abiamiri - Notre Dame (OLB)
Tim Crowder - Texas (OLB)
LaMarr Woodley - Michigan (OLB)
Ikaika Alama-Francis - Hawaii (OLB)
Jay Moore - Nebraska (OLB)
Ray McDonald - Florida (DT)
Dan Bazuin - Central Mich (OLB)
ILB Patrick Willis - Mississippi *Brandon Siler - Florida
David Harris - Michigan
HB Blades - Pittsburgh (OLB)
Buster Davis - Florida St (OLB)
*Jon Abbate - Wake Forest
Anthony Waters - Clemson
OLB *Lawrence Timmons - Florida St
Paul Posluszny - Penn St (ILB)
*Jon Beason - Miami, Fla (ILB)
Rufus Alexander - Oklahoma
Stewart Bradley - Nebraska
Earl Everett - Florida
*Rory Johnson - Mississippi (ILB)
Juwan Simpson - Alabama
Tony Taylor - Georgia (ILB)
Prescott Burgess - Michigan
CB *Darrelle Revis - Pittsburgh
Leon Hall - Michigan
Aaron Ross - Texas
Daymeion Hughes - California
*Chris Houston - Arkansas
Marcus McCauley - Fresno St
Tanard Jackson - Syracuse (S)
*Eric Wright - UNLV
Josh Wilson - Maryland
David Irons - Auburn (S)
Fred Bennett - South Carolina (S)
*CJ Gaddis - Clemson
S *Reggie Nelson - Florida
LaRon Landry - LSU
Brandon Meriweather - Miami, Fla
Michael Griffin - Texas
Eric Weddle - Utah (CB)
Aaron Rouse - Va Tech
John Wendling - Wyoming
Michael Johnson - Arizona
Josh Gattis - Wake Forest


  Rounds 4-5 Rounds 6-7 Others
DT Jay Alford - Penn St
Paul Soliai - Utah (NT)
Derek Landri - Notre Dame
David Patterson - Ohio St (DE)
*Stanley Doughty - South Carolina (NT)
Keith Jackson - Arkansas
Jeremy Clark - Alabama
Matt Toeaina - Oregon
Quinton Echols - Kansas St
Clifton Ryan - Michgan St (DE)
Ed Johnson - Penn St
Ola Dagunduro - Nebraska
Mike DeVito - Maine
Joe Anoai - Ga Tech
Louis Leonard - Fresno St
Conrad Bolston - Maryland
Deljuan Robinson - Mississippi St (DE)
Larry Brown - Oklahoma St
Rodney Allen - Kansas
Jonathan Bailes - San Diego St
Ray Blagman - UConn
Andrew Browning - Boise St (DE)
Shelton Bynum - North Carolina
*Keenan Carter - Virginia
Barry Cryer - Nebraska
Tory Collins - Northwestern St
Brent Curvey - Iowa St
Damion DeRosia - Saginaw Valley St
Rhema Fuller - UConn
Howie Fuimaono - UNLV
Ray Gant - Georgia
Keith Grennan - Eastern Washington
Kiki Gonzales - Akron
Adrian Haywood - SMU
Jordan Hill - Arizona St
Xavier Lawson-Kennedy - Oklahoma St
Trey Lewis - Washburn
Marquay Love - Houston
Marco Martin � Texas
Rameel Meekins - Rutgers
Ken Scott - Texas Tech
Kelly Talavou - Utah
Chris Thorner - Syracuse
Zach West - UTEP
DE Mkristo Bruce - Washington St
Brian Robison - Texas
Chase Pittman - LSU (OLB)
*Antwan Applewhite - SD St (OLB)
Noland Burchette - Va Tech (OLB)
Jacob Ford - Central Arkansas (OLB)
Jay Richardson - Ohio St
Xzavie Jackson - Missouri
Justin Hickman - UCLA (OLB)
Joe Cohen - Florida (DT)
Larry Birdine - Oklahoma
CJ Ah You - Oklahoma
Abraham Wright - Colorado (OLB)
Victor DeGrate - Oklahoma St
Nu'u Tafisi - California (OLB)
Melila Purcell - Hawaii
Marquies Gunn - Auburn
Lorenzo Wims - Southern Ill
Zach Anderson - Louisville
Rondell Biggs - Michigan
Kyle Caldwell - Arizona St
Keyunta Dawson - Texas Tech (OLB)
Chris Frome - Notre Dame
Tony Hills - La, Lafayette (OLB)
Steven Harris - Florida (DT)
Loren Howard - Arizona St
*Jason Jack - Texas A&M
Martin Jackson - Alcorn St
Matt King - Maine (OLB)
Jermaine McElveen - Ala, Birmingham
Mike McFadden - Grand Valley St (OLB)
Larry McSwain - Ala, Birmingham (OLB)
JJ Milan - Nevada (OLB)
Joe Monty - Wisconsin
Shawn Moorehead - Iowa St
Devon Parks - Bowling Green
Jermaine Reid - Akron
Calvin Thibodeux - Oklahoma
ILB Michael Okwo - Stanford (OLB)
Nate Harris - Louisville (OLB)
Zak DeOssie - Brown
Justin Warren - Texas A & M
Desmond Bishop - California
Kelvin Smith - Syracuse
Zach Latimer - Oklahoma
Blair Phillips - Oregon
Marvin Mitchell - Tennessee
Jarvis Jackson - Georgia (OLB)
Thad Washington - Colorado
Dedrick Harrington - Missouri (OLB)
*Brock Stratton - Texas Tech
Dwayne Andrews - Freso St
Keyonvis Bouie - Fla International
Troy Collavo - UTEP
Quinton Culberson - Mississippi St
Zach Diles - Kansas St
George Hall - Purdue
Korey Hall - Boise St
Cameron Jenson - BYU
Pat Lowery - North Carolina St
Oscar Lua - USC
Jerry Mackey - Syracuse
Matt Muncy - Ohio
Kyle Shotwell - Cal Poly
Cameron Siskowic - Illinois St
Mark Zalewski - Wisconsin
OLB Stephen Nicholas - South Fla
Justin Durant - Hampton (ILB)
Tim Shaw - Penn St
KaMichael Hall - Ga Tech
Quincy Black - New Mexico
Dallas Sartz - USC
Kevin McLee - West Va (ILB)
Sam Olajubutu - Arkansas
Antwan Barnes - Fla International
Brian Smith - Missouri
Nick Roach - Northwestern
David Holloway - Maryland
Ameer Ismail - Western Michigan
Chad Nkang - Elon (ILB/S)
Jeremy Jones - UTEP
Brandon Archer - Kansas St
Marcus Bacon - Missouri
Colt Brooks - Boise St
Abe Brown - Louisville
Nick Bunting - Tulsa
Matt Couch - Marshall
Scott Davis - Washington St
Steve Dildine - Washington St
Larry Edwards - North Carolina
Ramon Guzman - Buffalo
David Herron - Michigan St
Terrance Jones - Alabama
Edmond Miles - Iowa
John Mohring - Ga Southern
Marques Murrell - Appalachian St
Alex Obemese - UTEP
Mario Reese - Minnesota
Clint Session - Pittsburgh
Desmond Sims - Arkansas
Devraun Thompson - Rutgers
Danny Wheeler - Georgia
Terrel White - Bowling Green
CB Jonathan Wade - Tennessee (S)
Tarell Brown Texas
DeAndre Jackson - Iowa St (S)
AJ Davis - North Carolina St
*Ryan Smith - Florida
Kenny Scott - Ga Tech
Michael Coe - Alabama St
Travarous Bain - Hampton (S)
CJ Wilson - Baylor
Chaz Williams - La, Monroe
Reggie Lewis - Florida
Brandon McDonald - Memphis
Tyron Breckenridge - Washington St
Bo Smith - Weber St (S)
Anthony Arline - Baylor
John Talley - Duke
Ramzee Robinson - Alabama
Marquice Cole - Northwestern
Alan Ball - Illinois
Calvin Bannister - Hampton
Josh Bowie - Cincinnati
Duane Coleman - Clemson
Daniel Francis - LSU
Joe Garcia - Nevada
Willie Gaston - Houston
William Gay - Louisville
Sergio Gilliam - Clemson
Nick Graham - Tulsa
John Guice - UNLV
Marcus Hamilton - Virginia
Caleb Hendrix - Southern Miss
Quinton Jones - Boise St
Greg Lovely - Missouri St
Trumaine McBride - Mississippi
Tim Mixon - California
Montavious Pitts - Jacksonville St
Mike Richardson - Notre Dame
TJ Wright - Ohio
S Sabby Piscitelli - Oregon St
JD Nelson - Oregon
Marvin White - TCU
Jessie Daniels - LSU
Zach Catanese - Arizona St
Leonard Peters - Hawaii
Marcus Paschal - Iowa
Gerald Alexander - Boise St
Eric Frampton - Washington St
Brandon Harrison - Standford
Dashon Goldson - Washington (CB)
Corey Graham - New Hampshire (CB)
Chinedum Ndukwe - Notre Dame
Tony Franklin - Virginia (CB)
Brandon Sharp - Louisville
Daren Stone - Maine
Craig Dahl - North Dakota
Rod Rogers - Wisconsin
Wes Smith - Memphis
Kevin Payne - La, Monroe
Willis Barringer - Michigan
Kedrick Alexander - Tulsa
Larry Anam - Boston College
Tra Battle - Georgia
JJ Billingsley - Colorado
Bobby Blackshire - Tulsa
Melvin Bullitt - Texas A&M
Joey Card - Miami, Fla
Brannen Condren - Troy
Patrick Ghee - Wake Forest
Ryan Glasper - Boston College
Will Gulley - Houston
Robert Herbert - Colorado St (CB)
Will Herring - Auburn
Curtis Keyes - Marshall
Marcus Klund - Lindenwood
Miguel Merrick - Iowa
Will Meyers - Indiana
Brandon Mitchell - Ohio St
David Overstreet- Missouri
Dominic Ross - Cincinnati
Joel Stellmacher - Wisconsin
Antwan Stewart - Tennessee
Ben Stratton - Colorado St
Joe Sturdivant - SMU
CJ Wallace - Washington
K Mason Crosby - Colorado Justin Medlock - UCLA
Nick Folk - Arizona
Brandon Pace - Va Tech
Jesse Ainsworth - Arizona St
Kenny Byrd - New Mexico
Matt Clark - Auburn (KO)
Jed Dean - Clemson
John Deraney - North Carolina St
Brandon Pace - Va Tech
Garrett Rivas - Michigan
John Vaughn - Auburn
Andrew Wellock - Eastern Mich
P Daniel Sepulveda - Baylor
Adam Podlesh - Maryland
Brandon Fields - Michigan St
Adam Graessle - Pittsburgh
Kody Bliss - Auburn
Brendan Carney - Syracuse
Sean Douglas - Washington
Greg Johnson - Texas
Jeremy Kapinos - Penn St
Christian Koegel - UMass
Tony Mikulec - Central Mich
Brian Monroe - Miami, Fla
Alex Reyes - Texas Tech
Nic Schmitt - Va Tech
Eric Wilbur - Florida

Others are listed in alphabetical order
*Underclassmen

Numeric Breakdown of 2006 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 3 0 2 4 3 7 4 23
DE 3 1 3 3 5 2 3 20
LB 6 4 7 3 5 1 6 32
DB 7 8 4 5 6 8 9 47
K 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
P 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2005 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 3 2 2 0 1 6 4 18
DE 4 2 2 2 2 6 3 21
LB 2 5 6 1 10 3 4 31
DB 6 10 8 9 7 4 7 51
K 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
P 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2004 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 21
DE 3 3 3 5 5 1 4 24
LB 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 31
DB 5 6 8 9 6 8 6 48
K 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
P 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3


Numeric Breakdown of 2003 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 5 1 0 5 4 4 3 22
DE 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 28
LB 1 8 6 3 3 3 3 27
DB 6 8 4 8 7 10 8 51
K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
P 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2002 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 18
DE 4 4 2 2 3 1 8 24
LB 2 2 6 6 5 2 3 26
DB 6 6 10 8 8 8 6 52
K 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
P 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2001 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 5 3 4 2 1 2 7 24
DE 4 3 3 3 0 7 5 25
LB 1 4 5 6 3 3 4 26
DB 6 7 9 4 5 7 7 45
K 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
P 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2

#These tables are intended to give an estimate of how many players are usually drafted at each position in each round. Draft classes are different so the numbers should not be taken literally. This is really being included because more players than can actually be drafted are listed in the draft value boards. This is especially true in later rounds where the difference in value between prospects is much less pronounced and more players than can actually be drafted in a specific round based on raw numbers carry a grade for that round. Because there are only so many draft slots players with a low 3rd round grade will be available on the second day and players with a 5th or 6th round grade could well come off the board in the 7th round or go undrafted.
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