With the NFL Scouting Combine just over a week away, here’s my first Big Board, ranking the Top 50 prospects in the 2018 NFL Draft. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a professional scout, but these are my rankings of the Top 50 players in this year’s draft, based on what I’ve watched and read.
- Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State
- Minkah Fitzpatrick, FS, Alabama
- Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame
- Bradley Chubb, DE, NC State
- Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA
- Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
- Derwin James, SS, Florida State
- Sam Darnold, QB, USC
- Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia
- Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State
- Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama
- Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech
- Derrius Guice, RB, LSU
- Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa
- Vita Vea, DT, Washington
- Maurice Hurst, DT, Michigan
- Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama
- Connor Williams, OT, Texas
- Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming
- Harold Landry, DE, Boston College
- Courtland Sutton, WR, SMU
- Isaiah Oliver, CB, Colorado
- Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama
- Will Hernandez, OG, UTEP
- Billy Price, OG/C, Ohio State
- Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame
- Malik Jefferson, LB, Texas
- Orlando Brown, OT, Oklahoma
- Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville
- Harrison Phillips, DT, Stanford
- Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M
- Carlton Davis, CB, Auburn
- Taven Bryan, DT, Florida
- Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State
- Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA
- Ronald Jones II, RB, USC
- Chukwuma Okorafor, OT, Western Michigan
- Ronnie Harrison, SS, Alabama
- Sam Hubbard, DE, Ohio State
- Isaiah Wynn, OG, Georgia
- Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA
- Sony Michel, RB, Georgia
- Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State
- D.J. Moore, WR, Maryland
- James Washington, WR, Oklahoma State
- Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville
- Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma
- Deon Cain, WR, Clemson
- Rashad Penny, RB, San Diego State
- Tarvarus McFadden, CB, Florida State