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Top 75 2012 draft prospects

Yesterday, Dan posted his top 125 prospects for 2012. I am not quite ready to go out that far but here are my top 75 players.

  1. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
  2. Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
  3. Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina
  4. Matt Barkley, QB, Southern California
  5. Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State
  6. Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma
  7. Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
  8. Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California
  9. Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
  10. Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State
  11. Donte Paige-Moss, OLB/DE, North Carolina
  12. Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
  13. Manti Te'o, LB, Notre Dame
  14. Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
  15. Kenny Tate, FS, Maryland
  16. Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
  17. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
  18. Riley Reiff, OT/OG, Iowa
  19. Kelechi Osemele, OG, Iowa State
  20. Ray Ray Armstrong, SS, Miami
  21. Mark Barron, SS, Alabama
  22. Cliff Harris, CB, Oregon
  23. Devin Taylor, DE/OLB, South Carolina
  24. Omar Bolden, CB, Arizona State
  25. Michael Brewster, OC, Ohio State
  26. Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
  27. Nick Foles, QB, Arizona
  28. Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma
  29. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
  30. Andre Branch, DE, Clemson
  31. Jared Crick, DE/DT, Nebraska
  32. Marcus Forston, DT, Miami
  33. Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
  34. Chase Minnifield, CB, Virgina
  35. Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
  36. Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson
  37. Jeff Fuller, WR, Texas A&M
  38. Knile Davis, RB, Arkansas
  39. Alameda Ta'Amu, NT, Washington
  40. Brandon Jenkins, DE, Florida State
  41. Vinny Curry, DE/OLB, Marshall
  42. Zach Brown, OLB, North Carolina
  43. Dont'a Hightower, ILB, Alabama
  44. T.J. McDonald, FS, Southern California
  45. Mohammed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
  46. Bobby Massie, OT, Ole Miss
  47. Matt Reynolds, OT, BYU
  48. Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State
  49. Nate Potter, OT, Boise State
  50. Courtney Upshaw, OLB/DE, Alabama
  51. Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
  52. Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida
  53. Coryell Judie, CB, Texas A&M
  54. Robert Lester, FS, Alabama
  55. Terrell Manning, OLB, North Carolina State
  56. Michael Egnew, TE, Missouri
  57. Devier Posey, WR, Ohio State
  58. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State
  59. Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas
  60. Juron Criner, WR, Arizona
  61. Tydreke Powell, DT/DE, North Carolina
  62. Baker Steinkuhler, DE/DT, Nebraska
  63. Kheeston Randall, DT, Texas
  64. Tank Carder, OLB, TCU
  65. Travis Lewis, OLB, Oklahoma
  66. Jayron Hosley, CB, Virginia Tech
  67. Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
  68. Billy Winn, DT, Boise State
  69. Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M
  70. Chris Polk, RB, Washington
  71. Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State
  72. Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State
  73. Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
  74. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
  75. Ryan Lindley, QB, San Diego State

Totals by position

QB: 10

RB: 5

WR: 9

TE: 2

OT: 7

OG:2

OC: 1

DE/DT: 10

LB: 12

CB: 12

FS: 3

SS: 2

Top schools:

North Carolina: 4

South Carolina: 3

Alabama: 6

Texas A&M: 4

Southern California (USC): 3

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