2014 NFL Draft: Top Prospects
NEPD Editor: James Christensen
Here are my Top 32 Prospects for the 2014 NFL Draft.
1. Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina*
2. Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville*
3. Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M
4. Marqise Lee, WR, USC*
5. Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan
6. Louis Nix III, DT, Notre Dame*
7. Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
8. CJ Mosley, LB, Alabama
9. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
10. Ra’Shede Hageman, DE, Minnesota
11. Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame*
12. Jason Verrett, CB, TCU
13. David Fales, QB, San Jose State
14. Anthony Barr, OLB, UCLA
15. Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson*
16. Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State
17. Will Sutton, DE, Arizona State
18. Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas
19. Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson*
20. Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama*
21. Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia
22. Dominique Easley, DL, Florida
23. Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State
24. Hasean Clinton-Dix, FS, Alabama*
25. Logan Thomas, QB, Virginia Tech
26. Adrian Hubbard, OLB, Alabama*
27. Andrew Jackson, LB, Western Kentucky
28. Christian Jones, LB, Florida State
29. Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers*
30. Daniel McCullers, DT, Tennessee
31. Aaron Colvin, CB, Oklahoma
32. Dri Archer, RB, Kent State
Narrow Misses:
Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M*
AJ McCarron, QB, Alabama
Bryn Renner, QB, North Carolina
Zach Mettenberger, QB, LSU
Kevin Hogan, QB, Stanford
Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
D’Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor
Colt Lyerla, TE, Oregon
David Yankey, OT, Stanford
Anthony Johnson, DL, LSU
James Gayle, DE, Virginia Tech
Morgan Breslin, DE, USC
Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State*
Jonathan Brown, LB, Illinois
Lamarcus Joyner, CB, Florida State
Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida
Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State
Vinnie Sunseri, SS, Alabama*
Ty Zimmerman, FS, Kansas State
If Tyler Russell of (Mississippi State) has break out year, does he make the list?
it would be awsome if rashede hageman was a top 10 pick, when was the last time minnesota produced a top ten pick? its a pretty lofty prediction, he was only honorable mention all big ten last year, not like he was 1st team big ten or all american, he had 35 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks last year as a DT, so if he has say 50 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 9 sacks as a DT next year would that be good enough for first round or top 10?
If we get Hopkins and Bailey this year, and than Coleman next year, we would have the best receiving core in the NFL. I think Coleman has size, speed, ability, and potential to be the next Calvin Johnson!!!
Sunseri, shouldn’t be anywhere near the list. He was a liability in coverage, and currently projects as a backup SS, and core special teamer IMO.
Kent State Dri Archer is Tavon Austin part 2 5’8″ freak athlete! only a JR.
Geez, how many great OL has Texas A&M had recently. Some awesome recruiting and, I assume, good developmental coaches
If you haven’t seen Bridgewater play yet, you need to. He’s a football savant.
How close was Michael Campanaro to making your list?
Campanaro will go in the first two rounds. He has the (safe) factor that GM’s look for. Slots value is rising every year
why isn’t manziel higher? and no way mettenburger is a narrow miss he was terrible last year
Manziel isn’t higher because these are pro prospects, not all American high school or college
Also, the SEC defensive coordinators will not overlook him this year. He slapped them in the mouth last year, and it left a mark.
Your list looks good other than Clinton Dix should be at least be no lower than # 4 Clinton Dix is much more than the Stat on tackles reveals. Dix plays his position. Like a pro and for a sophomore seldom makes mistakes. Just take a look at SEC Championship Game aganist the Bulldogs and most recently the game vs Notre Dame…….Notre Dames Tightened Iffert was a non factor due to Clinton Dix tackleing him whenever he touched the Ball …..Dix almost single handily nutralized Iffert resulting in him being a nonfactor in the game.
Ha, you said Dix!
What do the ‘*’ stand for?
Underclassman
Manziel is missing his.