MadDog Pre-Combine 2017 NFL Draft Projection First 100 Picks

Greetings to all! Very excited to see the combine starting next week. Many of the mysteries of the draft will be revealed in this short window of time. This is my projection coming into the combine for where I believe the top 100 picks will fall. This is not a mock draft, although there will surely be some hits. Trades impact draft positioning. This is more of a ballpark projection board. This is also not a grading or ranking of players. I will post that later in the game. This is simply a draft projection. As always in a first swing, I will make silly mistakes (I just checked and saw Pat Elflein of OSU playing CB on my Excel spreadsheet...now that would be fun to watch). See some needed corrections (I think I have D'Onta spelled correctly), let me know.

2017 NFL Draft 253 Big Board
Pick Player School Position
1 Mitch Trubisky North Carolina QB
2 Myles Garrett Texas A&M DE/OLB
3 Deshaun Watson Clemson QB
4 Solomon Thomas Stanford DE
5 Jonathan Allen Alabama DT
6 Jamal Adams LSU S
7 Reuben Foster Alabama LB
8 Mike Williams Clemson WR
9 Leonard Fournette LSU RB
10 Malik Hooker Ohio State S
11 Marshawn Lattimore Ohio State CB
12 DeShon Kizer Notre Dame QB
13 Corey Davis Central Michigan WR
14 Ryan Ramczyk Wisconsin OT
15 Marlon Humphrey Alabama CB
16 Sidney Jones Washington CB
17 Teez Tabor Florida CB
18 OJ Howard Alabama TE
19 David Njoku Miami TE
20 Derek Barnett Tennessee DE/OLB
21 Cam Robinson Alabama OT
22 Patrick Mahomes Texas Tech QB
23 Caleb Brantley Florida DT
24 Charles Harris Missouri DE/OLB
25 Gareon Conley Ohio State CB
26 Taco Charlton Michigan DE/OLB
27 Dalvin Cook Florida St RB
28 Forrest Lamp Western Kentucky G
29 Christian McCaffrey Stanford RB
30 Jabrill Peppers Michigan OLB/S
31 Zach Cunningham Vanderbilt LB
32 Haason Reddick Temple LB
33 Takkarist McKinley UCLA LB
34 Malik McDowell Michigan St DE
35 Jarrad Davis Florida LB
36 Tim Williams Alabama OLB
37 TreDavious White LSU CB
38 John Ross Washington WR
39 Cooper Kupp Eastern Washington WR
40 Carl Lawson Auburn OLB
41 Roderick Johnson Florida St OT
42 Cordrea Tankersley Clemson CB
43 Garrett Bolles Utah OT
44 Jourdan Lewis Michigan CB
45 Dan Feeney Indiana G/C
46 Curtis Samuel Ohio State RB/WR
47 Budda Baker Washington S
48 Evan Engram Mississippi TE
49 Dorian Johnson Pittsburgh G
50 TJ Watt Wisconsin DE/LB
51 Nathan Peterman Pittsburgh QB
52 Alvin Kamara Tennessee RB
53 Antonio Garcia Troy OT
54 Zay Jones East Carolina WR
55 DeMarcus Walker Florida St DE
56 Anthony Walker Northwestern LB
57 Dalvin Tomlinson Alabama DT
58 Pat Elflein Ohio State C
59 Malachi Dupre LSU WR
60 Chad Hansen Cal WR
61 Fabian Moreau UCLA CB
62 Marcus Williams Utah S
63 Adoree' Jackson USC CB
64 Rasul Douglas West Virginia CB
65 Obi Melifonwu Connecticut S
66 Taylor Moton Western Michigan OT
67 Raekwon McMillan Ohio State LB
68 Ryan Anderson Alabama LB
69 Quincy Wilson Florida CB
70 Gerald Everett South Alabama TE
71 Davis Webb Cal QB
72 Isaac Asiata Utah G
73 Dion Dawkins Temple G
74 D'Onta Foreman Texas RB
75 Montravius Adams Auburn DT
76 Brad Kaaya Miami QB
77 Joe Mixon Oklahoma RB
78 Justin Evans Texas A&M S
79 Tarell Basham Ohio DE
80 Bucky Hodges Virginia Tech TE
81 Josh Jones NC State S
82 JuJu Smith-Schuster USC WR
83 Dede Westbrook Oklahoma WR
84 Carlos Watkins Clemson DT
85 Larry Ogunjobi Charlotte DT
86 Carlos Henderson Louisiana Tech WR
87 Elijah Qualls Washington DT
88 Cam Sutton Tennessee CB
89 Taywan Taylor Western Kentucky WR
90 Chris Wormley Michigan DT
91 Desmond King Iowa S
92 Chidobe Awuzie Colorado CB
93 Derek Rivers Youngstown St LB
94 Elijah Lee Kansas St LB
95 Tanoh Kpassagnon Villanova DE
96 Isaiah Ford Virginia Tech WR
97 Tyus Bowser Houston DE/OLB
98 Ethan Pocic LSU C
99 Duke Riley LSU LB
100 Damontae Kazee San Diego St CB

Kevin King fans...don't freak out! I have him at 101 overall.

Enjoy, and let me know your thoughts on who you think I have possibly omitted and should be in that 1-3 round range, as well as ones you believe will drafted lower than I project.

if it's not a mock then why is Mitch and Watson 1 and 3? They're not even top 10 talents.

Originally posted by SoCold:
if it's not a mock then why is Mitch and Watson 1 and 3? They're not even top 10 talents.

It's a draft projection

I'm surprised you got Trubisky ahead of Garrett.

Originally posted by mayo49:
I'm surprised you got Trubisky ahead of Garrett.

I think he believes a QB will go one end of the day...wouldn't be shocked but Myles might be to good to pass up if your the Browns

Originally posted by mayo49:
I'm surprised you got Trubisky ahead of Garrett.

I'm obviously not inside MD's head, but I think this Brown's regime would jump at the chance to trade the #1 pick for a draft haul (statistically it's the right play, and they seem pretty intent on following the algorithm in the their draft strategy).

So basically the question is if someone would trade up to #1 to take a QB (or if the Browns would take one). QBs always get overvalued, so that really wouldn't be surprising.

People say this is a weak QB class at the top, but is it any weaker than last year when Goff and Wentz went #1 and #2?

Welcome back, Mad Dog!

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:

Originally posted by mayo49:
I'm surprised you got Trubisky ahead of Garrett.

I'm obviously not inside MD's head, but I think this Brown's regime would jump at the chance to trade the #1 pick for a draft haul (statistically it's the right play, and they seem pretty intent on following the algorithm in the their draft strategy).

So basically the question is if someone would trade up to #1 to take a QB (or if the Browns would take one). QBs always get overvalued, so that really wouldn't be surprising.

People say this is a weak QB class at the top, but is it any weaker than last year when Goff and Wentz went #1 and #2?

Yeah the QB's start to get the hype once the combine starts and Gruden has his camp, it's like marketing and PR pushing them up in prominence.

Are you yourself high on Mike Williams or just see him going around there? It worries me that he struggles to get route separation on a collegiate level. He's also not very creative with his routes like Davis or Ross.

Some interesting slottings, MD. Don't want to nitpick too much (yet ), but small note: Isaiah Ford should be Virginia Tech instead of Clemson.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by SoCold:
if it's not a mock then why is Mitch and Watson 1 and 3? They're not even top 10 talents.

It's a draft projection

what's the difference?

The GREAT news is all 5 qb's are going to throw at the combine. I believe this to be unprecedented in recent history. If ONE or TWO QB's can stand out the value of the second pick will sky rocket. If NO qb stands out all trade down scenarios are irrelevant

Originally posted by SoCold:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by SoCold:

if it's not a mock then why is Mitch and Watson 1 and 3? They're not even top 10 talents.

It's a draft projection

what's the difference?

Absolutely none

Originally posted by 9erred:

The GREAT news is all 5 qb's are going to throw at the combine. I believe this to be unprecedented in recent history. If ONE or TWO QB's can stand out the value of the second pick will sky rocket. If NO qb stands out all trade down scenarios are irrelevant

Yeah I'm hoping they light up the combine enough where teams get intrigued but not so much that Kyle wants one of them lol.

Originally posted by krizay:

Originally posted by SoCold:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by SoCold:
if it's not a mock then why is Mitch and Watson 1 and 3? They're not even top 10 talents.

It's a draft projection

what's the difference?

Absolutely none

lol just trying to understand why someone would take the time to put this list together that makes no sense. If it's not a mock and it's not a talent ranking then wtf is it?

Mitch isn't the best talent so it's a guess based on Cleveland needing a QB why he's at #1?
Watson isn't the 3rd best talent so it's a guess based on Chicago needing a QB?
Cleveland also has the #12 pick and there's another QB in that spot?