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2012 NFL Draft Prospect Big Board

The 2011 NFL Draft has come to a close so its now time to turn our attention to 2012. The 2012 class has a lot of star potential but like most years will depend on early entrees to beef up the talent. I suspect that Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck will be on top of everyone’s big board.

My top 32 is after the jump and these are just preliminary rankings. The big board will see a lot of changes as I get a chance to see more of each prospect. My board includes all projected draft eligible players so this means I include rising red-shirt sophomores. So check out my big board and feel free to give some feed back.

Rank Player Position College
1 Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2 Quinton Coples DE UNC
3 Matt Kalil OT USC
4 Trent Richardson RB Alabama
5 Alshon Jeffery WR South Carolina
6 Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma St.
7 Jonathan Martin OT Stanford
8 Matt Barkley QB USC
9 Jerel Worthy DT Michigan State
10 Zack Brown LB UNC
11 Travis Lewis LB Oklahoma
12 Janoris Jenkins CB Florida
13 Riley Reiff OT Iowa
14 Jeff Fuller WR Texas A&M
15 Donte Paige- Moss
DE/OLB UNC
16 Matt Reynolds OT BYU
17 Manti Te'o LB Notre Dame
18 Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
19 Landry Jones QB Oklahoma
20 Andre Branch DE Clemson
21 Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
22 Luke Kuechly LB Boston College
23 Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
24 Cyrus Gray RB Texas A&M
25 Bobby Massie OT Ole Miss
26 Jared Crick DL Nebraska
27 Courtney Upshaw LB Alabama
28 Alfonzo Dennard CB Nebraska
29 Kelechi Osemele G Iowa State
30 Chris Galippo LB USC
31 Chase Minnifield CB Virginia
32 LaMichael James RB

Oregon

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