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Todd McShay's top 2016 draft prospects by position

My final Top 300 for the 2016 NFL draft is set. You can find that here, along with detailed scouting reports for the top 100 players from Steve Muench and Kevin Weidl. Below, I've sorted my rankings by position. Only the players who made the Top 300 were included. Each prospect's Scouts Inc. grade is in parenthesis.


Quarterbacks

1. Carson Wentz, North Dakota State (Grade: 91)
2. Jared Goff, Cal (91)
3. Paxton Lynch, Memphis (85)
4. Connor Cook, Michigan State (84)
5. Christian Hackenberg, Penn State (81)
6. Brandon Allen, Arkansas (69)
7. Jacoby Brissett, North Carolina State (68)
8. Nate Sudfeld, Indiana (59)
9. Kevin Hogan, Stanford (52)
10. Cody Kessler, USC (50)
11. Jeff Driskel, Louisiana Tech (49)
12. Dak Prescott, Mississippi State (48)
13. Cardale Jones, Ohio State (47)
14. Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky (39)

Running backs

1. Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State (93)
2. Derrick Henry, Alabama (81)
3. Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech (76)
4. Devontae Booker, Utah (74)
5. C.J. Prosise, Notre Dame (73)
6. Jordan Howard, Indiana (71)
7. Kenyan Drake, Alabama (70)
8. Paul Perkins, UCLA (68)
9. Alex Collins, Arkansas (67)
10. Kelvin Taylor, Florida (62)
11. Josh Ferguson, Illinois (59)
12. Tyler Ervin, San Jose State (58)
13. Wendell Smallwood, West Virginia (57)
14. Daniel Lasco, Cal (54)
15. Jonathan Williams, Arkansas (51)
16. DeAndre Washington, Texas Tech (50)
17. Brandon Wilds, South Carolina (49)
18. Devon Johnson, Marshall (42)
19. Keith Marshall, Georgia (40)
20. Aaron Green, Texas Christian (38)
21. Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State (37)
22. Tra Carson, Texas A&M (36)

Fullbacks

1. Dan Vitale, Northwestern (41)
2. Andy Janovich, Nebraska (39)
3. Glenn Gronkowski, Kansas State (37)
4. Derek Watt, Wisconsin (36)

Wide receivers

1. Laquon Treadwell, Mississippi (91)
2. Josh Doctson, TCU (91)
3. Corey Coleman, Baylor (90)
4. Will Fuller, Notre Dame (90)
5. Michael Thomas, Ohio State (86)
6. Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh (84)
7. Chris Moore, Cincinnati (82)
8. Braxton Miller, Ohio State (81)
9. Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma (79)
10. Leonte Carroo, Rutgers (78)
11. Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (77)
12. Jordan Payton, UCLA (75)
13. Charone Peake, Clemson (68)
14. Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia (66)
15. Kenny Lawler, Cal (65)
16. Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State (62)
17. Rashard Higgins, Colorado State (61)
18. Kolby Listenbee, Texas Christian (59)
19. Devon Cajuste, Stanford (59)
20. Thomas Duarte, UCLA (58)
21. Chris Brown, Notre Dame (57)
22. Tajae Sharpe, Umass (56)
23. Cayleb Jones, Arizona (56)
24. Rashawn Scott, Miami (FL) (55)
25. Daniel Braverman, Western Michigan (54)
26. Marquez North, Tennessee (54)
27. Keyarris Garrett, Tulsa (53)
28. Byron Marshall, Oregon (52)
29. Hunter Sharp, Utah State (51)
30. Bralon Addison, Oregon (50)
31. D.J. Foster, Arizona State (49)
32. Trevor Davis, Cal (48)
33. Paul McRoberts, Southeast Missouri State (48)
34. DeMarcus Ayers, Houston (47)
35. Jalin Marshall, Ohio State (46)
36. Roger Lewis, Bowling Green (46)
37. Ricardo Louis, Auburn (45)
38. Demarcus Robinson, Florida (44)
39. Jay Lee, Baylor (43)
40. Stephen Anderson, Cal (42)
41. Mekale McKay, Cincinnati (41)
42. Bryce Treggs, Cal (40)
43. Geronimo Allison, Illinois (39)
44. Cody Core, Mississippi (38)
45. De'Runnya Wilson, Mississippi State (37)

Tight ends

1. Hunter Henry, Arkansas (89)
2. Nick Vannett, Ohio State (80)
3. Austin Hooper, Stanford (79)
4. Jerell Adams, South Carolina (78)
5. Tyler Higbee, Western Kentucky (68)
6. Beau Sandland, Montana State (62)
7. Ben Braunecker, Harvard (60)
8. Bryce Williams, East Carolina (49)
9. Temarrick Hemingway, South Carolina State (45)
10. Jake McGee, Florida (43)
11. Henry Krieger-Coble, Iowa (40)
12. Ryan Malleck, Virginia Tech (39)

Offensive tackles

1. Laremy Tunsil, Mississippi (94)
2. Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame (93)
3. Jack Conklin, Michigan State (92)
4. Taylor Decker, Ohio State (90)
5. Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M (88)
6. Jason Spriggs, Indiana (81)
7. Alex Lewis, Nebraska (78)
8. Shon Coleman, Auburn (73)
9. Le'Raven Clark, Texas Tech (70)
10. Jerald Hawkins, LSU (65)
11. Caleb Benenoch, UCLA (61)
12. Fahn Cooper, Mississippi (60)
13. Kyle Murphy, Stanford (58)
14. Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Texas Christian (54)
15. Spencer Drango, Baylor (53)
16. Davante Harris, Appalachian State (52)
17. Dominique Robertson, West Georgia (51)
18. Avery Young, Auburn (50)
19. Joe Haeg, North Dakota State (49)
20. Tyler Johnstone, Oregon (47)
21. Brandon Shell, South Carolina (40)
22. Stephane Nembot, Colorado (39)
23. Cole Toner, Harvard (37)

Guards

1. Joshua Garnett, Stanford (81)
2. Cody Whitehair, Kansas State (79)
3. Christian Westerman, Arizona State (76)
4. Connor McGovern, Missouri (68)
5. Evan Boehm, Missouri (66)
6. Sebastian Tretola, Arkansas (64)
7. Joe Dahl, Washington State (63)
8. Rees Odhiambo, Boise State (60)
9. Vadal Alexander, LSU (59)
10. Joe Thuney, North Carolina State (58)
11. Willie Beavers, Western Michigan (57)
12. Parker Ehinger, Cincinnati (56)
13. Landon Turner, North Carolina (50)
14. Darrell Greene, San Diego State (49)
15. Denver Kirkland, Arkansas (42)
16. Joe Cheek, Texas A&M (37)

Centers

1. Ryan Kelly, Alabama (88)
2. Nick Martin, Notre Dame (79)
3. Max Tuerk, USC (68)
4. Graham Glasgow, Michigan (66)
5. Austin Blythe, Iowa (57)
6. Jack Allen, Michigan State (55)
7. Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State (54)
8. Matt Skura, Duke (50)
9. Jake Brendel, UCLA (39)
10. Kyle Friend, Temple (37)

Defensive ends

1. Joey Bosa, Ohio State (94)
2. DeForest Buckner, Oregon (92)
3. Shaq Lawson, Clemson (90)
4. Kevin Dodd, Clemson (87)
5. Jonathan Bullard, Florida (83)
6. Jihad Ward, Illinois (81)
7. Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State (80)
8. Adam Gotsis, Georgia Tech (78)
9. Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State (77)
10. Carl Nassib, Penn State (76)
11. Bronson Kaufusi, BYU (72)
12. Charles Tapper, Oklahoma (70)
13. Matt Judon, Grand Valley State (61)
14. Anthony Zettel, Penn State (60)
15. Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland (59)
16. Jason Fanaika, Utah (58)
17. Romeo Okwara, Notre Dame (49)
18. Ufomba Kamalu, Miami (FL) (48)
19. Alex McCalister, Florida (47)
20. Aziz Shittu, Stanford (45)
21. Ron Thompson, Syracuse (44)
22. Tyrone Holmes, Montana (43)
23. Shawn Oakman, Baylor (40)
24. D.J. Pettway, Alabama (39)
25. Dean Lowry, Northwestern (38)
26. Mehdi Abdesmad, Boston College (37)
27. Roy Robertson-Harris, UTEP (36)

Defensive tackles

1. Sheldon Rankins, Louisville (91)
2. Jarran Reed, Alabama (90)
3. Chris Jones, Mississippi State (89)
4. Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech (89)
5. Robert Nkemdiche, Mississippi (87)
6. A'Shawn Robinson, Alabama (86)
7. Kenny Clark, UCLA (84)
8. Andrew Billings, Baylor (83)
9. Austin Johnson, Penn State (82)
10. Sheldon Day, Notre Dame (79)
11. Hassan Ridgeway, Texas (79)
12. Willie Henry, Michigan (78)
13. Adolphus Washington, Ohio State (77)
14. Maliek Collins, Nebraska (76)
15. Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State (74)
16. Ronald Blair, Appalachian State (70)
17. D.J. Reader, Clemson (61)
18. Matt Ioannidis, Temple (59)
19. Antwaun Woods, USC (58)
20. Quinton Jefferson, Maryland (57)
21. Darius Latham, Indiana (56)
22. Vincent Valentine, Nebraska (55)
23. Nile Lawrence-Stample, Florida State (51)
24. Cory Johnson, Kentucky (49)
25. Joel Heath, Michigan State (45)
26. Devaunte Sigler, Jacksonville State (42)
27. David Onyemata, Manitoba (41)
28. Connor Wujciak, Boston College (39)
29. Luther Maddy, Virginia Tech (38)
30. Chris Mayes, Georgia (36)

Outside linebackers

1. Myles Jack, UCLA (92)
2. Leonard Floyd, Georgia (91)
3. Darron Lee, Ohio State (91)
4. Kamalei Correa, Boise State (87)
5. Deion Jones, LSU (81)
6. Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky (80)
7. Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame (77)
8. Jordan Jenkins, Georgia (71)
9. Joe Schobert, Wisconsin (70)
10. Kyler Fackrell, Utah State (68)
11. Dadi Lhomme Nicolas, Virginia Tech (64)
12. Jatavis Brown, Akron (59)
13. De'Vondre Campbell, Minnesota (58)
14. James Cowser, Southern Utah (57)
15. Stephen Weatherly, Vanderbilt (54)
16. Victor Ochi, Stony Brook (53)
17. Travis Feeney, Washington (49)
18. Antonio Morrison, Florida (48)
19. Eric Striker, Oklahoma (47)
20. Cassanova McKinzy, Auburn (40)
21. Cory James, Colorado State (37)
22. Curt Maggitt, Tennessee (36)

Inside linebackers

1. Reggie Ragland, Alabama (90)
2. Joshua Perry, Ohio State (78)
3. Nick Kwiatkoski, West Virginia (70)
4. B.J. Goodson, Clemson (69)
5. Tyler Matakevich, Temple (61)
6. Blake Martinez, Stanford (60)
7. Josh Forrest, Kentucky (59)
8. Nick Vigil, Utah State (57)
9. Scooby Wright III, Arizona (56)
10. Kentrell Brothers, Missouri (55)
11. Jared Norris, Utah (51)
12. Steve Longa, Rutgers (49)
13. Terrance Smith, Florida State (48)
14. Beniquez Brown, Mississippi State (47)
15. Steven Daniels, Boston College (46)
16. Dominique Alexander, Oklahoma (36)

Cornerbacks

1. Jalen Ramsey, Florida State (93)
2. William Jackson III, Houston (90)
3. Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida (89)
4. Eli Apple, Ohio State (89)
5. Artie Burns, Miami (FL) (88)
6. Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech (83)
7. Mackensie Alexander, Clemson (81)
8. Cyrus Jones, Alabama (77)
9. Xavien Howard, Baylor (76)
10. Keivarae Russell, Notre Dame (75)
11. Daryl Worley, West Virginia (74)
12. Will Redmond, Mississippi State (70)
13. Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Minnesota (70)
14. Eric Murray, Minnesota (69)
15. D.J. White, Georgia Tech (68)
16. Tavon Young, Temple (67)
17. Harlan Miller, SE Louisiana (67)
18. Zack Sanchez, Oklahoma (66)
19. James Bradberry, Samford (65)
20. Ryan Smith, NC Central (61)
21. Maurice Canady, Virginia (59)
22. Jonathan Jones, Auburn (57)
23. Kevon Seymour, USC (54)
24. Deiondre' Hall, Northern Iowa (52)
25. DeAndre Elliott, Colorado State (50)
26. Rashard Robinson, LSU (49)
27. Cleveland Wallace III, San Jose State (44)
28. Nick Vanhoose, Northwestern (43)
29. LeShaun Sims, Southern Utah (41)
30. V'Angelo Bentley, Illinois (40)
31. Taveze Calhoun, Mississippi State (39)
32. Cre'Von LeBlanc, Florida Atlantic (38)
33. Kevin Peterson, Oklahoma State (37)
34. Anthony Brown, Purdue (36)

Safeties

1. Karl Joseph, West Virginia (89)
2. Vonn Bell, Ohio State (88)
3. Keanu Neal, Florida (83)
4. Darian Thompson, Boise State (79)
5. Su'a Cravens, USC (77)
6. Justin Simmons, Boston College (73)
7. Jalen Mills, LSU (72)
8. Jeremy Cash, Duke (68)
9. Deon Bush, Miami (FL) (70)
10. T.J. Green, Clemson (70)
11. DeAndre Houston-Carson, William & Mary (69)
12. Miles Killebrew, Southern Utah (65)
13. Tyvis Powell, Ohio State (64)
14. Kavon Frazier, Central Michigan (63)
15. Sean Davis, Maryland (62)
16. Jayron Kearse, Clemson (61)
17. Trae Elston, Mississippi (59)
18. KJ Dillon, West Virginia (58)
19. Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee State (55)
20. Elijah Shumate, Notre Dame (49)
21. Jordan Lucas, Penn State (40)
22. Clayton Fejedelem, Illinois (37)
23. Derrick Kindred, TCU (36)

Kickers

1. Roberto Aguayo, Florida State (54)
2. Brad Craddock, Maryland (39)