This is my first installment of my projected draft board. It will increase to 256 by the end of this month when I drop a full draft. This board is NOT a mock draft since there will be a million trades that change teams draft positioning and player needs. It is a projection of where I think the player will be drafted, a ballpark estimate. Ex: I have Josh Allen going at #1 and Sam Darnold going at #4. I project a trade up by some team to pick Darnold. Of course, the closer to the number one pick, the more it looks like a mock draft. Will Roquan Smith go to the Niners at 9? I am not sure, but I think he is going somewhere in that area.
This is also NOT a best player board. I will post my best board in the next few weeks.
As always, I will do some magic tricks with my Excel spreadsheets numbers, players at the wrong school, positional errors, and spelling errors. If you see Jash Rosens, LB from Arkansas, I have had worse moments. Let me know where I goofed.
As always, I will provide a rationale of why I have some player projected way earlier than expected and why some seem way lower than expected. I am sure Kolton Miller and Shaq Griffin will raise eyebrows. Would love to hear your thoughts as well- MD
2018 NFL Draft Big Board
Player School Position
1 Josh Allen Wyoming QB
2 Saquon Barkley Penn St RB
3 Bradley Chubb NC State DE
4 Sam Darnold USC QB
5 Josh Rosen UCLA QB
6 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma QB
7 Minkah Fitzpatrick Alabama CB
8 Quenton Nelson Notre Dame G
9 Roquan Smith Georgia LB
10 Tremaine Edmunds Virginia Tech LB
11 Vita Vea Washington DT
12 Marcus Davenport Texas San Antonio DE
13 Da'Ron Payne Alabama DT
14 Denzel Ward Ohio St. CB
15 Derwin James Florida St S
16 Leighton Vander Esch Boise St LB
17 Courtland Sutton SMU WR
18 Josh Jackson Iowa CB
19 Harold Landry Boston College LB
20 Calvin Ridley Alabama WR
21 Isaiah Wynn Georgia G
22 Lamar Jackson Louisville QB
23 Jaire Alexander Louisville CB
24 DJ Moore Maryland WR
25 Mike Hughes Central Florida CB
26 Isaiah Oliver Colorado CB
27 Lorenzo Carter Georgia LB
28 Derrius Guice LSU RB
29 Maurice Hurst Michigan DT
30 Will Hernandez UTEP G
31 Connor Williams Texas G
32 Taven Bryan Florida DT
33 Mason Rudolph Oklahoma St QB
34 Mike McGlinchey Notre Dame OT
35 Braden Smith Auburn G
36 Rashaan Evans Alabama LB
37 James Daniels Iowa C
38 Ronald Jones II USC RB
39 Kolton Miller UCLA OT
40 Justin Reid Stanford S
41 Sam Hubbard Ohio St. DE
42 Christian Kirk Texas A&M WR
43 Orlando Brown Oklahoma OT
44 James Washington Oklahoma St WR
45 Josh Sweat Florida St DE
46 DJ Chark LSU WR
47 Sony Michel Georgia RB
48 Equanimeous St. Brown Notre Dame WR
49 Billy Price Ohio St. C
50 Nick Chubb Georgia RB
51 Martinas Rankin Mississippi St OT
52 Tyrell Crosby Oregon OT
53 Carlton Davis Auburn CB
54 Hayden Hurst South Carolina TE
55 Harrison Phillips Stanford DT
56 Frank Ragnow Arkansas C
57 Kerryon Johnson Auburn RB
58 Da'Shawn Hand Alabama DT
59 Uchenna Nwosu USC LB
60 Anthony Averett Alabama CB
61 Duke Ejiofor Wake Forest DE
62 Mike Gesicki Penn St TE
63 Anthony Miller Memphis WR
64 Tony Brown Alabama CB
65 Brian O'Neill Pittsburgh OT
66 Mark Andrews Oklahoma TE
67 Malik Jefferson Texas LB
68 Austin Corbett Nevada OG
69 Nathan Shepherd Fort Hays St DT
70 Tim Settle Virginia Tech DT
71 Ronnie Harrison Alabama S
72 Donte Jackson LSU CB
73 Raashan Gaulden Tennessee CB
74 Rasheem Green USC DE
75 Chukwuma Okorafor Western Michigan OT
76 Kevin Tolliver LSU CB
77 Dallas Goedert South Dakota St TE
78 Marcus Allen Penn St S
79 Rashaad Penny San Diego St RB
80 Dante Pettis Washington WR
81 BJ Hill NC State DT
82 Josey Jewell Iowa LB
83 DaeSean Hamilton Penn St WR
84 Royce Freeman Oregon RB
85 Justin Jones NC State DT
86 Michael Gallup Colorado St WR
87 Arden Key LSU LB
88 Darius Leonard South Carolina St LB
89 Brandon Parker North Carolina A&T OT
90 Wyatt Teller Virginia Tech G
91 RJ McIntosh Miami DT
92 Duke Dawson Florida CB
93 Kyzir White West Virginia S
94 Terrell Edmunds Virginia Tech S
95 Micah Kiser Virginia LB
96 Kyle Lauletta Richmond QB
97 Nyheim Hines NC State RB
98 Jerome Baker Ohio St. LB
99 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo Oklahoma LB
100 John Kelly Tennessee RB
101 Shaquem Griffin Central Florida LB
102 Godwin Igwebuike Northwestern S
103 Ian Thomas Indiana TE
104 Jamarco Jones Ohio St. OT
105 Trenton Thompson Georgia DT
106 Jessie Bates Wake Forest S
107 DeShon Elliott Texas S
108 Geron Christian Louisville OT
109 Avonte Maddox Pittsburgh CB
110 Fred Warner BYU LB
111 Kentavius Street NC State DE
112 Greg Senat Wagner OT
113 Bilal Nichols Delaware DT
114 Alex Cappa Humboldt St OT
115 Jaylen Samuels NC State RB
116 Dane Cruikshank Arizona CB
117 Breeland Speaks Mississippi DE/DT
118 Derrick Nnadi Florida St DT
119 TreQuan Smith Central Florida WR
120 Quenton Meeks Stanford CB
121 Chad Thomas Miami DE
122 Mark Walton Miami RB
123 Dylan Cantrell Texas Tech WR
124 Dorian O'Daniel Clemson LB
125 Kendrick Norton Miami DT
126 Deadrin Senat South Florida DT
127 Quin Blanding Virginia S
128 Folorunso Fatukasi Connecticut DT
129 Kemoko Turay Rutgers DE/OLB
130 Will Clapp LSU C
131 Kalen Ballage Arizona St RB
132 Marcell Ateman Oklahoma St WR
133 Mason Cole Michigan C/G
134 Josh Adams Notre Dame RB
135 Jeff Holland Auburn LB
136 Tyquan Lewis Ohio St. DE/DT
137 Will Richardson NC State OT
138 Tavarus McFadden Florida St CB
139 Andrew Brown Virginia DT
140 MJ Stewart North Carolina CB
141 Isaac Yiadom Boston College CB
142 Marquis Haynes Mississippi LB
143 Jordan Whitehead Pittsburgh S
144 Dorance Armstrong, Jr. Kansas LB
145 Mike White Western Kentucky QB
146 Simmie Cobbs, Jr. Indiana WR
147 Danny Johnson Southern CB
148 Deon Cain Clemson WR
149 Genard Avery Memphis LB
150 Azeem Victor Washington LB
[ Edited by MadDog49er on Mar 9, 2018 at 8:30 AM ]
Good Job MadDog! This is my feeling as well with the 4 Qb's. I don't know what order they will go in but there will be trades all over before we pick at 9. If the 4 QB's get picked before 9 that automatically drops a top 5 talent to us at 9.