It’s still early in the college football season, but now is as good of a time as any to update individual position rankings for the 2012 NFL Draft.
2012 NFL Draft defensive end rankings: Quinton Coples No. 1 for now
The top player in this class continues to be Quinton Coples, but that's largely due to what he did last season. In UNC's two games against FBS teams, Coples has been mostly non-existent. He got more pressure against Virginia on Saturday, but was neutralized the week before against Rutgers. One player to keep an eye on is Vinny Curry of Marshall. He plays with more pop than most people realize.
Note: The position rankings aren’t currently in line with the site’s top 200. After each position ranking is released, a new top 200 will be published.
| 1. Quinton Coples | 6'6, 285 pounds | DE | North Carolina - Prospect notes | Profile |
| 2. Donte Paige-Moss | 6'4, 260 pounds | DE/OLB | North Carolina * - Prospect notes |
| 3. Brandon Jenkins | 6'3, 245 pounds | DE | Florida State * - Prospect notes |
| 4. Vinny Curry | 6'4, 252 pounds | DE | Marshall - Prospect notes |
| 5. Devin Taylor | 6'6, 250 pounds | DE | South Carolina * - Prospect notes |
| 6. Bruce Irvin | 6'2, 235 pounds | DE/OLB | West Virginia - Prospect notes |
| 7. Andre Branch | 6'5, 260 pounds | DE | Clemson - Prospect notes |
| 8. Jacquies Smith | 6'4, 250 pounds | DE | Missouri - Prospect notes |
| 9. Nick Perry | 6'3, 250 pounds | DE | Southern California * |
| 10. Jake Bequette | 6'5, 271 pounds | DE | Arkansas - Prospect notes |
| 11. Vince Browne | 6'5, 265 pounds | DE | Northwestern - Prospect notes |
| 12. Melvin Ingram | 6'2, 276 pounds | DE/DT | South Carolina |
| 13. Alex Okafor | 6'4, 260 pounds | DE | Texas * |
| 14. Jonathan Massaquoi 6'2 251 pounds | DE/OLB | Troy - Prospect notes |
| 15. Chandler Jones | 6'5, 247 pounds | DE | Syracuse * |
| 16. Cam Johnson | 6'4, 265 pounds | DE | Virginia |
| 17. Julian Miller | 6'6, 260 pounds | DE | West Virginia |
| 18. Shea McClellin | 6'3, 258 pounds | DE | Boise State |
| 19. Broderick Binns | 6'2, 261 pounds | DE | Iowa |
| 20. Jack Crawford | 6'5, 273 pounds | DE | Penn State |
| 21. Frank Alexander | 6'4, 255 pounds | DE | Oklahoma |
| 22. Malik Jackson | 6'5, 270 pounds | DE | Tennessee |
* denotes underclassman
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