Top 300 Prospects for the 2008 NFL Draft

Joseph B. Coaty
February 5, 2008
The following list is whom I consider to be the top 300 prospects for the 2008 NFL Draft as of February 5, 2008. This list is in no way a prediction of where I think players will be drafted. The list is simply a ranking of players with regards as to how I think they will eventually perform in the NFL.

NOTE: For players with two positions listed, the first position listed is the position that player played at during the 2007 season, the second position listed is the position I currently project that player to play in the NFL.

(*) = denotes underclassman. List assembled by Joseph B. Coaty.

1. Darren McFadden/RB/Arkansas (*)
2. Glenn Dorsey/DT/Louisiana State
3. Chris Long/DE/Virginia
4. Sedrick Ellis/DT/Southern California
5. Vernon Gholston/DE-OLB/Ohio State (*)
6. Jonathan Stewart/RB/Oregon (*)
7. Jake Long/OT/Michigan
8. Kenny Phillips/S/Miami, Fl (*)
9. Rashard Mendenhall/RB/Illinois (*)
10. Ryan Clady/OT/Boise State (*)
11. Keith Rivers/OLB/Southern California
12. Brian Brohm/QB/Louisville
13. Mike Jenkins/CB/South Florida
14. DeSean Jackson/WR/California (*)
15. Mario Manningham/WR/Michigan (*)
16. Phillip Merling/DE/Clemson (*)
17. Matt Ryan/QB/Boston College
18. Dan Connor/ILB/Penn State
19. Limas Sweed/WR/Texas
20. Jeff Otah/OT/Pittsburgh
21. Leodis McKelvin/CB/Troy
22. Reggie Smith/CB/Oklahoma (*)
23. Branden Albert/OG/Virginia (*)
24. Aqib Talib/CB/Kansas (*)
25. Derrick Harvey/DE/Florida (*)
26. Felix Jones/RB/Arkansas (*)
27. Fred Davis/TE/Southern California
28. Andre Woodson/QB/Kentucky
29. Calais Campbell/DE/Miami, Fl (*)
30. Pat Sims/DT/Auburn (*)
31. John Carlson/TE/Notre Dame
32. Malcolm Kelly/WR/Oklahoma (*)
33. Quentin Groves/DE-OLB/Auburn
34. Gosder Cherilus/OT/Boston College
35. Tavares Gooden/ILB/Miami, Fl
36. Jerod Mayo/ILB/Tennessee (*)
37. Sam Baker/OT/Southern California
38. Devin Thomas/WR/Michigan State (*)
39. Tracy Porter/CB/Indiana
40. Lawrence Jackson/DE/Southern California
41. Patrick Lee/CB/Auburn
42. Martellus Bennett/TE/Texas A&M (*)
43. Jamaal Charles/RB/Texas (*)
44. Chris Williams/OT/Vanderbilt
45. Antoine Cason/CB/Arizona
46. Kentwan Balmer/DT/North Carolina
47. Ray Rice/RB/Rutgers (*)
48. Anthony Collins/OT/Kansas (*)
49. Roy Schuening/OG/Oregon State
50. Mike Hart/RB/Michigan
51. James Hardy/WR/Indiana (*)
52. Steve Justice/C/Wake Forest
53. Trae Williams/CB/South Florida
54. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie/CB/Tennessee State
55. Ali Highsmith/OLB/Louisiana State
56. Early Doucet/WR/Louisiana State
57. Curtis Lofton/ILB/Oklahoma (*)
58. Brandon Flowers/CB/Virginia Tech (*)
59. Charles Godfrey/CB/Iowa
60. Dustin Keller/TE/Purdue
61. Chris Johnson/RB/East Carolina
62. Justin King/CB/Penn State (*)
63. Lavelle Hawkins/WR/California
64. Adrian Arrington/WR/Michigan (*)
65. Xavier Adibi/OLB/Virginia Tech
66. Geno Hayes/OLB/Florida State (*)
67. Johnny Dingle/DE/West Virginia (*)
68. Kevin Smith/RB/Central Florida (*)
69. Martin Rucker/TE/Missouri
70. Allen Patrick/RB/Oklahoma
71. Frank Okam/DT/Texas
72. Chad Henne/QB/Michigan
73. Adarius Bowman/WR/Oklahoma State
74. Cody Wallace/C/Texas A&M
75. Steve Slaton/RB/West Virginia (*)
76. Joe Flacco/QB/Delaware
77. Keenan Burton/WR/Kentucky
78. Beau Bell/OLB/Nevada-Las Vegas
79. DeJuan Tribble/CB/Boston College
80. Marcus Smith/WR/New Mexico
81. Owen Schmitt/FB/West Virginia
82. Trevor Laws/DE-DT/Notre Dame
83. DaJuan Morgan/S/North Carolina State (*)
84. John David Booty/QB/Southern California
85. Carl Nicks/OT/Nebraska
86. Eric Young/OT-OG/Tennessee
87. Steve Johnson/WR/Kentucky
88. Philip Wheeler/ILB/Georgia Tech
89. Erin Henderson/ILB/Maryland (*)
90. Shawn Crable/OLB/Michigan
91. Ben Moffitt/ILB/South Florida
92. Jonathan Hefney/S/Tennessee
93. Marcus Griffin/S/Texas
94. Terrell Thomas/CB/Southern California
95. Dre Moore/DT/Maryland
96. Davone Bess/WR/Hawaii (*)
97. Jamie Silva/S/Boston College
98. Harry Douglas/WR/Louisville
99. Kellen Davis/TE/Michigan State
100. Jeremy Thompson/DE/Wake Forest
101. Chris Ellis/DE/Virginia Tech
102. Peyton Hillis/FB/Arkansas
103. Jermichael Finley/TE/Texas (*)
104. Earl Bennett/WR/Vanderbilt (*)
105. Tyvon Branch/CB/Connecticut
106. Tyrell Johnson/S/Arkansas State
107. Matt Forte/RB/Tulane
108. Thomas DeCoud/S/California
109. Tashard Choice/RB/Georgia Tech
110. Jerome Simpson/WR/Coastal Carolina
111. Donnie Avery/WR/Houston
112. Ezra Butler/OLB/Nevada
113. Oniel Cousins/OT/Texas-El Paso
114. Chevis Jackson/CB/Louisiana State
115. Erik Ainge/QB/Tennessee
116. Andre Caldwell/WR/Florida
117. Craig Steltz/S/Louisiana State
118. Larry Grant/OLB/Ohio State
119. Chilo Rachal/OG/Southern California (*)
120. Dantrell Savage/RB/Oklahoma State
121. D.J. Hall/WR/Alabama
122. Tommy Blake/DE/Texas Christian
123. Marcus Harrison/DT/Arkansas
124. Jason Jones/DT-DE/Eastern Michigan
125. Dorien Bryant/WR/Purdue
126. Jacob Tamme/TE/Kentucky
127. Wallace Gilberry/DE/Alabama
128. Tom Zbikowski/S/Notre Dame
129. Geoff Schwartz/OT/Oregon
130. Mike Gibson/OT/California
131. Heath Benedict/OT/Newberry
132. Robert Felton/OG/Arkansas
133. Bryan Kehl/OLB/Brigham Young
134. DeMario Pressley/DT/North Carolina State
135. Kerry Brown/OG/Appalachian State
136. Kendall Langford/DE/Hampton
137. Marcus Dixon/DE/Hampton
138. Keilen Dykes/DT/West Virginia
139. Jonathan Goff/ILB/Vanderbilt
140. Kory Lichtensteiger/C/Bowling Green
141. Justin Forsett/RB/California
142. Jacob Hester/RB-FB/Louisiana State
143. Matt Flynn/QB/Louisiana State
144. Dwight Lowery/CB/San Jose State
145. Dexter Jackson/WR/Appalachian State
146. Jack Williams/CB/Kent State
147. Jordon Dizon/OLB/Colorado
148. Robert James/OLB/Arizona State
149. Barry Richardson/OT/Clemson
150. Tony Hills/OT/Texas
151. Kirk Barton/OT/Ohio State
152. Andrew Crummey/OG/Maryland
153. Colt Brennan/QB/Hawaii
154. Jason Rivers/WR/Hawaii
155. Eddie Royal/WR/Virginia Tech
156. Josh Johnson/QB/San Diego
157. Drew Radovich/OT/Southern California
158. Pedro Sosa/OT-OG/Rutgers
159. Jeremy Zuttah/OT-OG/Rutgers
160. Mike McGlynn/OT-OG/Pittsburgh
161. Terrence Wheatley/CB/Colorado
162. Cory Boyd/RB/South Carolina
163. Martin OÕDonnell/OG/Illinois
164. Durant Brooks/P/Georgia Tech
165. William Franklin/WR/Missouri
166. Marcus Henry/WR/Kansas
167. Ryan Grice-Mullen/WR/Hawaii (*)
168. Brad Cottam/TE/Tennessee
169. Fernando Velasco/C/Georgia
170. Quintin Demps/S/Texas-El Paso
171. Brian Johnston/DE/Gardner-Webb
172. Hilee Taylor/DE/North Carolina
173. Simeon Castille/CB/Alabama
174. Michael Grant/CB/Arkansas
175. Gary Barnidge/TE/Louisville
176. Jordy Nelson/WR/Kansas State
177. Marcus Monk/WR/Arkansas
178. Red Bryant/DT/Texas A&M
179. Barry Booker/DT/Virginia Tech
180. Justin Tyron/CB/Arizona State
181. Lamar Myles/ILB-OLB/Louisville (*)
182. Nick Hayden/DT/Wisconsin
183. Andre Fluellen/DT/Florida State
184. Jerome Felton/FB/Furman
185. John Sullivan/C/Notre Dame
186. Darnell Terrell/CB/Missouri
187. Alvin Bowen/OLB/Iowa State
188. Spencer Larsen/OLB/Arizona
189. Marcus Buggs/OLB/Vanderbilt
190. Darrell Robertson/DE-OLB/Georgia Tech
191. Titus Brown/DE/Mississippi State
192. Bruce Davis/DE-OLB/UCLA
193. Cliff Avril/DE/Purdue
194. John Greco/OT/Toledo
195. Duane Brown/OT/Virginia Tech
196. Chris Horton/S/UCLA
197. Jack Ikegwuonu/CB/Wisconsin (*)
198. Zackary Bowman/CB/Nebraska
199. Dennis Dixon/QB/Oregon
200. Rafael Little/RB/Kentucky
201. Jonal Saint-Dic/DE/Michigan State
202. Josh Thompson/DT/Auburn
203. Chris McDuffie/OG/Clemson
204. Mike Pollak/C/Arizona State
205. Josh Barrett/S/Arizona State
206. Craig Stevens/TE/California
207. Darrell Strong/TE/Pittsburgh
208. Mike Peterson/TE/Northwest Missouri State
209. Mark Bradford/WR/Stanford
210. Vince Hall/ILB/Virginia Tech
211. Wesley Woodyard/OLB/Kentucky
212. Malik Jackson/OLB/Louisville
213. Kalvin McRae/RB/Ohio
214. Tim Hightower/RB/Richmond
215. Xavier Omon/RB/Northwest Missouri State
216. Jabari Arthur/WR/Akron
217. Darius Reynaud/WR/West Virginia (*)
218. Darnell Jenkins/WR/Miami, Fl
219. Tom Santi/TE/Virginia
220. Adam Kraus/OG/Michigan
221. Brian Witherspoon/CB/Stillman
222. Jalen Parmele/RB/Toledo
223. Martail Burnett/DE/Utah
224. Stanford Keglar/OLB/Purdue
225. Jamey Richard/C/Buffalo
226. Jo-Lonn Dunbar/ILB/Boston College
227. Carlton Powell/DT/Virginia Tech
228. Thomas Brown/RB/Georgia
229. Tony Temple/RB/Missouri
230. Justin Harper/WR/Virginia Tech
231. Mario Urrutia/WR/Louisville (*)
232. Kenneth Moore/WR/Wake Forest
233. Jamar Adams/S/Michigan
234. Bryan Mattison/DE/Iowa
235. Tony Joiner/S/Florida
236. Chris Harrington/DE/Texas A&M
237. Curtis Gatewood/DE-OLB/Vanderbilt
238. J Leman/ILB/Illinois
239. Dennis Keyes/S/UCLA
240. Eric Wicks/S/West Virginia
241. Marcus Howard/DE/Georgia
242. Kenny Iwebema/DE/Iowa
243. Chad Rinehart/OT-OG/Northern Iowa
244. Keon Lattimore/RB/Maryland
245. Lorenzo Williams/DT/Missouri
246. Darren Mustin/OLB/Alabama
247. Michael Eubanks/OLB/Delta State
248. Mike Humpal/OLB/Iowa
249. Andre Callender/RB/Boston College
250. Cole Bennett/TE/Auburn
251. Joe Jon Finley/TE/Oklahoma
252. Anthony Alridge/RB-WR/Houston
253. Taylor Mehlhaff/K/Wisconsin
254. Derek Lokey/DT/Texas
255. Letroy Guion/DT/Florida State (*)
256. Carl Stewart/FB/Auburn
257. Mike Cox/FB/Georgia Tech
258. Travis Brown/WR/New Mexico
259. Josh Morgan/WR/Virginia Tech
260. Hercules Satele/OG/Hawaii
261. Paul Hubbard/WR/Wisconsin
262. Chase Ortiz/DE/Texas Christian
263. Nick Watkins/OLB/Clemson
264. Derrick Doggett/OLB/Oregon State
265. Wilrey Fontenot/CB/Arizona
266. Matterral Richardson/CB/Arkansas
267. Ryan Torain/RB/Arizona State
268. Yvenson Bernard/RB/Oregon State
269. Chauncey Washington/RB/Southern California
270. Bo Ruud/OLB/Nebraska
271. Jasper Brinkley/ILB/South Carolina
272. Greyson Gunheim/DE/Washington
273. Colin Ferrell/DT/Kent State
274. Trey Brown/CB/UCLA
275. Joe Fields/S/Syracuse
276. D.J. Wolfe/S/Oklahoma
277. Garrett Hartley/K/Oklahoma
278. Mike Dragosavich/P/North Dakota State
279. Bernard Morris/QB/Marshall
280. Kyle Wright/QB/Miami, Fl
281. Calvin Dawson/RB/Louisiana-Monroe
282. BenJarvus Green-Ellis/RB/Mississippi
283. Jonathan Zenon/CB/Louisiana State
284. Kevin Mitchell/S/Illinois
285. Steve Octavien/OLB/Nebraska
286. Gary Guyton/OLB/Georgia Tech
287. Teraz McCray/DT/Miami, Fl
288. Tyler Polumbus/OT/Colorado
289. Lance Leggett/WR/Miami, Fl
290. DeÕCody Fagg/WR/Florida State
291. Brandon McAnderson/RB/Kansas
292. Maurice Purify/WR/Nebraska
293. Lorne Sam/WR/Texas-El Paso
294. Shannon Tevaga/OG/UCLA
295. Dorian Smith/DE/Oregon State
296. Trevor Scott/DE/Buffalo
297. Joe Clermond/DE/Pittsburgh
298. Gary Cismesia/K/Florida State
299. Jehuu Caulcrick/RB/Michigan State
300. Marcus Coleman/C/Wisconsin