MadDog's Big 254 Board- April 12 Edition

Only two weeks and two days before Draft Thursday. Gentlemen, start your engines. This is my first edition of the full draft board. Although the first round picks in this board should be considered a "mock draft", with the enormous amount of trading that takes place over 7 rounds, this board should be thought of more as a general area where a player will be taken (I think that inside the first round, trades will be made that push players higher or lowers than expected). In other words, I am not projecting an exact player for an exact team at a specific spot for all 254 picks.

If there are players you believe are missed on this board, I would love to hear your opinion on which ones, and where you project them.

P.S. Even the best in the business miss on well more than 50 players being selected out of the 250+ plus. Two years ago, I missed on exactly 52 players, and felt it was a horrifically disappointing year. However, in reviewing the other 7 round mocks, from experts such as Mel, Todd, and company, I found that they averaged 60-75 players that they did not project to be drafted. So, while I beat all the experts in total number of players selected, it just goes to show the inact science of the draft, and the humiliating experience of projecting future draftees.

In this draft, I do see a series of QB's taken in the first round (five), as teams scramble to get QB's on their roster. I project Ryan Mallett to be the last of the top seven QB's, but still in the top 41 picks.

Cheers.

2011 NFL Draft 254 Big Board
Pick Player School Position
1 Cam Newton Auburn QB
2 Marcell Dareus Alabama DT
3 Von Miller Texas A&M OLB
4 Blaine Gabbert Missouri QB
5 Patrick Peterson LSU CB
6 AJ Green Georgia WR
7 Prince Amukamara Nebraska CB
8 Nick Fairley Auburn DT
9 Tyron Smith USC OT
10 Julio Jones Alabama WR
11 Corey Liuget Illinois DT
12 Robert Quinn North Carolina DE
13 JJ Watt Wisconsin DE/DT
14 Phil Taylor Baylor DT
15 Jake Locker Washington QB
16 Cameron Jordan Cal DE/DT
17 Aldon Smith Missouri DE
18 Anthony Castonzo Boston College OT
19 Mike Pouncey Florida C
20 Da'Quan Bowers Clemson DE
21 Nate Solder Colorado OT
22 Derek Sherrod Mississippi St OT
23 Gabe Carimi Wisconsin OT
24 Cameron Heyward Ohio State DE/DT
25 Christian Ponder Florida State QB
26 Ryan Kerrigan Purdue DE
27 Torrey Smith Maryland WR
28 Andy Dalton TCU QB
29 Danny Watkins Baylor G/C
30 Akeem Ayers UCLA OLB
31 Jimmy Smith Colorado CB
32 Brooks Reed Arizona DE
33 Ben Ijalana Villanova OT/OG
34 Stephen Paea Oregon St DT
35 Muhammad Wilkerson Temple DT
36 Jabaal Sheard Pittsburgh DE
37 Colin Kaepernick Nevada QB
38 Marvin Austin North Carolina DT
39 Mark Ingram Alabama RB
40 Adrian Clayborn Iowa DE/DT
41 Ryan Mallett Arkansas QB
42 Mikel LeShoure Illinois RB
43 Randall Cobb Kentucky WR
44 Aaron Williams Texas CB
45 Justin Houston Georgia OLB
46 Ryan Williams Virginia Tech RB
47 Brandon Harris Miami CB
48 Kyle Rudolph Notre Dame TE
49 Ras-I Dowling Virginia CB
50 Rahim Moore UCLA S
51 Jonathan Baldwin Pittsburgh WR
52 Christian Ballard Iowa DE
53 James Carpenter Alabama OT
54 Leonard Hankerson Miami WR
55 Martez Wilson Illinois LB
56 Rodney Hudson Florida State G/C
57 Titus Young Boise St WR
58 Daniel Thomas Kansas St RB
59 Jerrel Jernigan Troy WR
60 Davon House New Mexico CB
61 Marcus Cannon TCU OT/OG
62 Drake Nevis LSU DT
63 Taiwan Jones Eastern Washington RB
64 Curtis Brown Texas CB
65 Kendall Hunter Oklahoma St RB
66 Jordan Todman Connecticut RB
67 Mason Foster Washington OLB
68 Will Rackley Lehigh G
69 Marcus Gilbert Florida OT
70 Jarvis Jenkins Clemson DT
71 Kenrick Ellis Hampton DT
72 Chris Culliver South Carolina S
73 Bruce Carter North Carolina LB
74 Lance Kendricks Wisconsin TE
75 Quinton Carter Oklahoma S
76 Sam Acho Texas DE
77 Allen Bailey Miami DE
78 Terrell McClain South Florida DT
79 Dontay Moch Nevada OLB
80 Ricky Stanzi Iowa QB
81 Curtis Marsh Utah St CB
82 Stefen Wisniewski Penn State C
83 Greg Little North Carolina WR
84 DeMarco Murray Oklahoma RB
85 Marcus Gilchrist Clemson CB
86 Lawrence Guy Arizona St DT
87 Orlando Franklin Miami G/OT
88 Quan Sturdivant North Carolina LB
89 Edmond Gates Abilene Christian WR
90 Clint Boling Georgia G
91 Tandon Doss Indiana WR
92 James Brewer Indiana G
93 Brandon Burton Utah CB
94 DJ Williams Arkansas TE
95 Jordan Cameron USC TE
96 Tyler Sash Iowa S
97 Da'Rel Scott Maryland RB
98 Rashad Carmichael Virginia Tech CB
99 Chris Carter Fresno St OLB
100 Johnny Patrick Louisville CB
101 Shareece Wright USC CB
102 Jason Pinkston Pittsburgh G/OT
103 Julius Thomas Portland St TE
104 Dion Lewis Pittsburgh RB
105 John Moffitt Wisconsin G/C
106 Derrick Locke Kentucky RB
107 Jerrell Powe Mississippi DT
108 Alex Green Hawaii RB
109 Buster Skrine Chattanooga CB
110 Colin McCarthy Miami ILB
111 Virgil Green Nevada TE
112 Shane Vereen Cal RB
113 Luke Stocker Tennessee TE
114 DeAndre McDaniel Clemson S
115 Nate Irving NC State LB
116 Deleone Carter Syracuse RB
117 DeMarcus Van Dyke Miami CB
118 Roy Helu Nebraska RB
119 Sione Fua Stanford DT
120 Jalil Brown Colorado CB
121 Jeron Johnson Boise St S
122 KJ Wright Mississippi St OLB
123 Jaiquawn Jarrett Temple S
124 Jacquizz Rodgers Oregon St RB
125 Byron Stingily Lousville OT
126 Chris Conte Cal S
127 Chimdi Chekwa Ohio State CB
128 Greg Salas Hawaii WR
129 Josh Thomas Buffalo CB
130 Owen Marecic Stanford FB
131 Aldrick Robinson SMU WR
132 Nate Irving NC St ILB
133 Jurrell Casey USC DT
134 Kelvin Sheppard LSU ILB
135 Stephen Burton West Texas A&M WR
136 Greg Jones Michigan St LB
137 Lawrence Wilson Connecticut OLB
138 Jamie Harper Clemson RB
139 Austin Pettis Boise St WR
140 Justin Rogers Richmond CB
141 Joe Lefeged Rutgers S
142 Cecil Shorts III Mount Union WR
143 Ian Williams Notre Dame DT
144 Korey Lindsey-Woods Southern Illinois CB
145 Robert Sands West Virginia S
146 Alex Henery Nebraska K
147 David Carter UCLA DE/DT
148 Ronald Johnson USC WR
149 Mario Fannin Auburn RB
150 Rob Housler Florida Atlantic TE
151 Deunta Williams North Carolina S
152 Terrance Tolliver LSU WR
153 Tim Barnes Missouri C
154 Stephen Schilling Michigan G
155 Niles Paul Nebraska WR
156 Ricardo Lockette Fort Valley St WR
157 Ugo Chinasa Oklahoma St DE
158 Shiloh Keo Idaho S
159 Anthony Allen Georgia Tech RB
160 Stanley Havili USC FB
161 Jah Reid Central Florida OT
162 Charles Clay Tulsa FB
163 Greg McElroy Alabama QB
164 Joseph Barksdale LSU OT
165 Bilal Powell Louisville RB
166 Brandon Fusco Slippery Rock C
167 Martin Parker Richmond DT
168 Denarius Moore Tennessee WR
169 Derek Newton Arkansas St OT
170 Cortez Allen Citadel CB
171 Pierre Allen Nebraska DE
172 Graig Cooper Miami RB
173 Jerrard Tarrant Georgia Tech S
174 Mike Mohamed Cal LB
175 Chykie Brown Texas CB
176 Stevan Ridley LSU RB
177 Anthony Sherman Connecticut FB
178 Adrian Moten Maryland LB
179 Nic Grigsby Arizona RB
180 Jason Kelce Cincinnati C
181 Brandon Bair Oregon DE
182 Cedric Thorton Central Arkansas DT
183 Zane Taylor Utah C
184 Dwayne Harris East Carolina WR
185 Mark Legree Appalachian St S
186 Jeremy Kerley TCU WR
187 Chris Hairston Clemson OT
188 Lee Ziemba Auburn OT
189 Greg Romeus Pittsburgh DE
190 Ahmad Black Florida S
191 Brandon Saine Ohio St RB
192 Justin Boren Ohio St G
193 Casey Matthews Oregon LB
194 Kris O'Dowd USC C
195 Kendric Burney North Carolina CB
196 Doug Hogue Syracuse LB
197 Ross Homan Ohio St LB
198 Pat Devlin Delaware QB
199 Jake Kirkpatrick TCU C
200 Tyrod Taylor Virginia Tech QB
201 Zach Clayton Auburn DT
202 Davonte Shannon Buffalo S
203 Colin Jones TCU S
204 Zach Hurd Connecticut G
205 Vic So'oto BYU DE
206 Jarred Fayson Illinois WR
207 David Arkin Missouri St G
208 Brett Brackett Penn St TE
209 Byron Maxwell Clemson CB
210 Kai Forbath UCLA K
211 Armon Binns Cincinnati WR
212 Cheta Ozougwu Rice DE/OLB
213 Richard Sherman Stanford CB
214 Kevin Rutland Missouri CB
215 Mario Harvey Marshall ILB
216 Nathan Enderle Idaho QB
217 Willie Smith East Carolina OT
218 TJ Yates North Carolina QB
219 Chas Henry Florida P
220 Josh Gatlin North Dakota St CB
221 Matt Murphy UNLV OT/G
222 Henry Hynoski Pittsburgh FB
223 Johnny White North Carolina RB
224 Dexter Larimore Ohio St DT
225 Chris Prosinski Wyoming S
226 Andre Holmes Hillsdale WR
227 JaMorris Warren Central Missouri St WR
228 Ryan Taylor North Carolina FB
229 Jeff Tarpinian Iowa LB
230 Malcolm Smith USC LB
231 David Mims Virginia Union OT
232 Tommy Irvin Wofford S
233 Donald Buckram Texas El-Paso RB
234 Antareis Bryan Baylor CB
235 Kris Durham Georgia WR
236 Eric Hagg Nebraska S
237 Blaine Sumner Colorado School of Mines DT
238 Andrew Jackson Fresno St G
239 Anthony Gray Southern Mississippi DT
240 Ryan Jones Northwest Missouri St CB
241 Alex Wujciak Maryland LB
242 Ray Dominguez Arkansas G
243 Collin Franklin Iowa St TE
244 Kealoha Pilares Hawaii WR
245 Eric Gordon Michigan St LB
246 Frank Kearse Alabama A&M DT
247 Akeem Dent Georgia LB
248 Johnny Culbreath South Carolina St OT
249 Jabara Williams Stephen F Austin LB
250 Marc Schiecl Colorado School of Mines DE/OLB
251 Schuylar Oordt Northern Iowa TE
252 Dontavia Bogan South Florida WR
253 Jarriel King South Carolina OT
254 Adam Froman Louisville QB

Great job as usual. Bowers' knee has really hurt us. He was supposed to be a top 10 pick but doesn't look like that anymore. He may have been the one to push Peterson down to us. Let's hope some team looks past that and still takes him top 6. Wishful thinking, but crazier things have happened.

I love it!!!

Dalton at #28!

What you trying to say, MD?

Thanks for all your hard work!

Good to see Kealoha Pilares and my favorite NT/Tree Stump Anthony Gray made the cut!

Excellent work as always MD! Who do you project he 49ers targeting at QB (I know this is not a direct mock, but if it fell like this, who do you think we'd go for)?

I am removing all Ohio State players from my board.

I am curious. Is this your board of best talent or best player available? Or is this a list of how you feel GM's are rating players as a whole?

Originally posted by Baugh_Area:
Excellent work as always MD! Who do you project he 49ers targeting at QB (I know this is not a direct mock, but if it fell like this, who do you think we'd go for)?

If it really does play out this way, I think it's going to be tough for the Niners to find a trading partner near the end of the first/beginning of the second round, unless they're willing to give up high picks in next year's draft. There are just too many good players left between 18-44. The successful teams will be able to snag a good player at the bottom of the round, and the lousy teams at the top of the second likewise. The plethora of picks the Niners have in rds. 5, 6 and 7 will be worthless as trade bait to either good or bad teams this year.

They may not be in a position to pick any QB that's worth more than a nose full of snot.

45 Justin Houston Georgia OLB

Originally posted by Amir_Mamu:
Great job as usual. Bowers' knee has really hurt us. He was supposed to be a top 10 pick but doesn't look like that anymore. He may have been the one to push Peterson down to us. Let's hope some team looks past that and still takes him top 6. Wishful thinking, but crazier things have happened.

Why does everyone keep saying this? How greedy can fans be? The guy is loosing millions of dollars and has health issues, but all everyone here cares about is PP falling to #7.

Originally posted by LottOfDefense:

Originally posted by Amir_Mamu:
Great job as usual. Bowers' knee has really hurt us. He was supposed to be a top 10 pick but doesn't look like that anymore. He may have been the one to push Peterson down to us. Let's hope some team looks past that and still takes him top 6. Wishful thinking, but crazier things have happened.

Why does everyone keep saying this? How greedy can fans be? The guy is loosing millions of dollars and has health issues, but all everyone here cares about is PP falling to #7.

This is about making the team better and the chess battle that is the draft. He isn't dieing of cancer and will still me a millionaire, yes I'm more concerned about PP.

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by LottOfDefense:

Originally posted by Amir_Mamu:
Great job as usual. Bowers' knee has really hurt us. He was supposed to be a top 10 pick but doesn't look like that anymore. He may have been the one to push Peterson down to us. Let's hope some team looks past that and still takes him top 6. Wishful thinking, but crazier things have happened.

Why does everyone keep saying this? How greedy can fans be? The guy is loosing millions of dollars and has health issues, but all everyone here cares about is PP falling to #7.

This is about making the team better and the chess battle that is the draft. He isn't dieing of cancer and will still me a millionaire, yes I'm more concerned about PP.

Eh even if we dont get Peterson, Prince is definitely not a bad consolation prize. Prince or Quinn. It'd be kinda cool if Bowers fell all the way to pick 45. He doesn't really fit our system too well but he's too talented to pass up anyway.

Originally posted by WillistheWall:

Originally posted by jreff22:

Originally posted by LottOfDefense:

Originally posted by Amir_Mamu:
Great job as usual. Bowers' knee has really hurt us. He was supposed to be a top 10 pick but doesn't look like that anymore. He may have been the one to push Peterson down to us. Let's hope some team looks past that and still takes him top 6. Wishful thinking, but crazier things have happened.

Why does everyone keep saying this? How greedy can fans be? The guy is loosing millions of dollars and has health issues, but all everyone here cares about is PP falling to #7.

This is about making the team better and the chess battle that is the draft. He isn't dieing of cancer and will still me a millionaire, yes I'm more concerned about PP.

Eh even if we dont get Peterson, Prince is definitely not a bad consolation prize. Prince or Quinn. It'd be kinda cool if Bowers fell all the way to pick 45. He doesn't really fit our system too well but he's too talented to pass up anyway.

PP will make a massive improvement, I live Prince but PP is DA MAN

i'd be ecstatic coming out of the first round with either peterson or green

So you think that if the Niners wanted to draft Dalton they would have to draft up ahead of the Seahawks?