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Best available free agents following the NFL Draft

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Just because a player goes undrafted doesn’t meant they can’t excel. Just ask Kurt Warner, James Harrison or Willie Parker.

Here are my best-available players following the draft:

1. Dannell Ellerbe, ILB, Georgia, 6’1, 236
2. Darry Beckwith, ILB, LSU, 6’1, 235
3. Augustus Parrish, OT, Kent State, 6’4, 297
4. Derek Pegues, FS, Mississippi State, 5’10, 195
5. Drew Willy, QB, Buffalo, 6’3, 214
6. Mitch King, DE, Iowa, 6’2, 282
7. Dave Philistin, ILB, Maryland, 6’2, 232
8. Jason Watkins, OT, Florida, 6’6, 310
9. Anthony Heygood OLB, Purdue, 6’1, 230
10. Domonique Johnson, CB, Jackson State, 6’2, 190
11. Jeremiah Johnson, RB, Oregon, 5’9, 208
12. Ryan Purvis, TE, Boston College, 6’4, 258
13. Quan Cosby, WR, Texas, 5’11, 205
14. Bruce Johnson, CB, Miami (FL), 5’10, 182
15. C.J. Spillman, FS, Marshall, 6’0, 190
16. Hunter Cantwell, QB, Louisville, 6’4, 236
17. Ian Johnson, RB, Boise State, 5’11, 198
18. Dallas Reynolds, OC, BYU, 6’5, 324
19. Demonte Bolden, DT, Tennessee, 6’5, 292
20. Pannel Egboh, DE, Stanford, 6’6, 267
21. Jonathan Casillas OLB, Wisconsin, 6’1, 226
22. Josh Mauga, ILB, Nevada, 6’2, 245
23. Mortty Ivy OLB, West Virginia, 6’2, 239
24. Worrell Williams, ILB, California, 5’11, 242
25. Arian Foster, RB, Tennessee, 6’1, 216
26. Jeremy Childs, WR, Boise State, 6’0, 196
27. Jahi Word-Daniels, CB, Georgia Tech, 6’0, 194
28. DeAngelo Willingham, CB, Tennessee, 6’0, 200
29. Emmanuel Cook, SS, South Carolina, 5’10, 205

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