2018 NFL Draft Positional Prospect Rankings 1.0

Photo courtesy: Chris Sponagle

 

These are my 2018 draft prospect rankings listed by position. We will have plenty of content—including overall prospect rankings—over the next few months leading up to the draft.

 

QUARTERBACK

1. Josh Allen, Wyoming

2. Lamar Jackson, Louisville

3. Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma

4. Sam Darnold, USC

5. Josh Rosen, UCLA

6. Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State

7. Luke Falk, Washington State

8. J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

9. Tanner Lee, Nebraska

10. Riley Ferguson, Memphis

 

RUNNING BACK

1. Saquon Barkley, Penn State

2. Kerryon Johnson, Auburn

3. Sony Michel, Georgia

4. Ronald Jones II, USC

5. Nick Chubb, Georgia

6. Derrius Guice, LSU

7. Nyheim Hines, NC State

8. Mark Walton, Miami (FL)

9. Kyle Hicks, TCU

10. Royce Freeman, Oregon

 

WIDE RECEIVER

1. Christian Kirk, Texas A&M

2. Calvin Ridley, Alabama

3. James Washington, Oklahoma State

4. Courtland Sutton, SMU

5. Anthony Miller, Memphis

6. Marcell Ateman, Oklahoma State

7. Simmie Cobbs, Indiana

8. D.J. Moore, Maryland

9. Deon Cain, Clemson

10. D.J. Chark, LSU

 

TIGHT END

1. Mike Gesicki, Penn State

2. Hayden Hurst, South Carolina

3. Mark Andrews, Oklahoma

4. Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State

5. Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin

6. Ethan Wolf, Tennessee

7. Chris Herndon, Miami (FL)

8. Dalton Schultz, Stanford

9. Adam Breneman, Massachusetts

10. Caleb Wilson, UCLA

 

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

1. Orlando Brown, Oklahoma

2. Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame

3. Chukwuma Okorafor, Western Michigan

4. Connor Williams, Texas

5. Kolton Miller, UCLA

6. Isaiah Wynn, Georgia

7. Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh

8. Tyrell Crosby, Oregon

9. Joseph Noteboom, TCU

10. Jamarco Jones, Ohio State

 

INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE

1. Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame

2. Billy Price, Ohio State

3. Frank Ragnow, Arkansas

4. Braden Smith, Auburn

5. Will Hernandez, UTEP

6. Martez Ivey, Florida

7. Scott Quessenberry, UCLA

8. Will Clapp, LSU

9. Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama

10. Brendan Mahon, Penn State

 

EDGE DEFENDERS

1. Bradley Chubb, NC State

2. Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma

3. Arden Key, LSU

4. Marcus Davenport, UTSA

5. Harold Landry, Boston College

6. Jeff Holland, Auburn

7. Lorenzo Carter, Georgia

8. Sam Hubbard, Ohio State

9. Shaquem Griffen, UCF

10. Duke Ejiofor, Wake Forest

 

INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINE

1. Vita Vea, Washington

2. Da’Ron Payne, Alabama

3. Maurice Hurst, Michigan

4. Trenton Thompson, Georgia

5. Taven Bryan, Florida

6. Harrison Phillips, Stanford

7. Derrick Nnadi, Florida State

8. Dre’Mont Jones, Ohio State

9. Dontavius Russell, Auburn

10. Rasheem Green, USC

 

LINEBACKER

1. Roquan Smith, Georgia

2. Tremaine Edmunds, Virginia Tech

3. Malik Jefferson, Texas

4. Dorian O’Daniel, Clemson

5. Rashaan Evans, Alabama

6. Josey Jewell, Iowa

7. Micah Kizer, Virginia

8. Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State

9. Dakota Allen, Texas Tech

10. Jerome Baker, Ohio State

 

CORNERBACK

1. Jaire Alexander, Louisville

2. Josh Jackson, Iowa

3. Denzel Ward, Ohio State

4. Mike Hughes, UCF

5. Isaiah Oliver, Colorado

6. Levi Wallace, Alabama

7. Quenton Meeks, Stanford

8. Carlton Davis, Auburn

9. D.J. Reed, Kansas State

10. Tarvarus McFadden, Florida State

 

SAFETY

1. Derwin James, Florida State

2. Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama

3. DeShon Elliott, Texas

4. Marcus Allen, Penn State

5. Terrell Edmunds, Virginia Tech

6. Ronnie Harrison, Alabama

7. Justin Reid, Stanford

8. Armani Watts, Texas A&M

9. Jordan Whitehead, Pittsburgh

10. Tray Matthews, Auburn