Top 250 prospects in the 2011 NFL draft

Here's one look at the top 250 prospects in the 2011 draft, at least according to our friends at NFLDraftScout.com. These guys do a pretty good job. But we all know how fluid the draft can be, especially in later rounds.

 

But, overall, a pretty solid look at how the draft might unfold in April. One thing that leaps off the list below is the absolute dominance of NFL-caliber talent that continues to come out of the Deep South in general, and the Southeastern Conference in particular.

 

Ten of the top 12 draft prospects on this list come from the old Confederacy (hell, and Missouri was split). Eight of the top 12 come from the SEC and, if we're being very specific, five of the top 12 played in the Iron Bowl back in November between Auburn and Alabama. It was a true classic last season, too.

 

Hey, and the best part about the incredible football played in the SEC? There's no chance of a player lockout this season ... or any season.

 

In any case, here's the list.

 

	Last	First	School	Pos	PosRk	Ht	Wt	40	Prj Rd
1	Peterson	*Patrick	LSU	CB	1	6-1	212	4.42	1
2	Fairley	*Nick	Auburn	DT	1	6-4	298	4.92	1
3	Bowers	*DaQuan	Clemson	DE	1	6-4	275	4.64	1
4	Green	*A.J.	Georgia	WR	1	6-4	212	4.49	1
5	Dareus	*Marcell	Alabama	DT	2	6-3	309	4.95	1
6	Miller	Von	Texas A&M	OLB	1	6-3	237	4.56	1
7	Quinn	*Robert	North Carolina	DE	2	6-5	268	4.64	1
8	Amukamara	Prince	Nebraska	CB	2	6-0	205	4.49	1
9	Gabbert	*Blaine	Missouri	QB	1	6-5	235	4.72	1
10	Jones	*Julio	Alabama	WR	2	6-4	220	4.49	1
11	Newton	*Cam	Auburn	QB	2	6-6	250	4.52	1
12	Ingram	*Mark	Alabama	RB	1	5-10	215	4.48	1
13	Jordan	Cameron	California	DE	3	6-4	287	4.85	1
14	Castonzo	Anthony	Boston College	OT	1	6-7	305	5.06	1
15	Smith	*Tyron	Southern Cal	OT	2	6-5	285	5.08	1
16	Smith	*Aldon	Missouri	OLB	2	6-4	258	4.69	1
17	Clayborn	Adrian	Iowa	DE	4	6-3	286	4.79	1
18	Watt	*J.J.	Wisconsin	DE	5	6-6	292	4.87	1
19	Solder	Nate	Colorado	OT	3	6-8	314	4.89	1
20	Leshoure	*Mikel	Illinois	RB	2	6-0	230	4.53	1
21	Liuget	*Corey	Illinois	DT	3	6-3	300	5.12	1
22	Kerrigan	Ryan	Purdue	DE	6	6-4	255	4.82	1-2
23	Carimi	Gabe	Wisconsin	OT	4	6-7	315	5.12	1-2
24	Locker	Jake	Washington	QB	3	6-2	228	4.53	1-2
25	Sherrod	Derek	Mississippi State	OT	5	6-6	312	5.22	1-2
26	Ayers	*Akeem	UCLA	OLB	3	6-4	255	4.68	1-2
27	Smith	Jimmy	Colorado	CB	3	6-2	205	4.49	1-2
28	Houston	*Justin	Georgia	OLB	4	6-3	258	4.73	1-2
29	Harris	*Brandon	Miami	CB	4	5-11	195	4.45	1-2
30	Heyward	Cameron	Ohio State	DE	7	6-5	288	4.92	1-2
31	Pouncey	Mike	Florida	OG	1	6-4	310	5.29	1-2
32	Williams	*Ryan	Virginia Tech	RB	3	5-10	205	4.46	1-2
33	Williams	*Aaron	Texas	CB	5	6-1	195	4.49	1-2
34	Watkins	Danny	Baylor	OG	2	6-4	312	5.17	1-2
35	Rudolph	*Kyle	Notre Dame	TE	1	6-6	265	4.64	1-2
36	Paea	Stephen	Oregon State	DT	4	6-1	295	4.98	1-2
37	Baldwin	*Jon	Pittsburgh	WR	3	6-5	230	4.48	1-2
38	Wilson	*Martez	Illinois	ILB	1	6-4	250	4.59	1-2
39	Taylor	Phil	Baylor	DT	5	6-4	337	5.26	1-2
40	Smith	*Torrey	Maryland	WR	4	6-1	205	4.37	1-2
41	Sheard	Jabaal	Pittsburgh	DE	8	6-3	260	4.76	1-2
42	Wilkerson	*Muhammad	Temple	DT	6	6-5	305	5.17	1-2
43	Ponder	Christian	Florida State	QB	4	6-2	222	4.68	2
44	Moore	*Rahim	UCLA	FS	1	6-1	196	4.5	2
45	Ballard	Christian	Iowa	DE	9	6-4	288	4.86	2
46	Jernigan	Jerrel	Troy	WR	5	5-9	190	4.34	2
47	Hudson	Rodney	Florida State	OG	3	6-2	291	5.26	2
48	Reed	Brooks	Arizona	OLB	5	6-3	257	4.73	2
49	Nevis	Drake	LSU	DT	7	6-1	285	5.04	2
50	Ijalana	Benjamin	Villanova	OG	4	6-4	320	5.34	2
51	Stocker	Luke	Tennessee	TE	2	6-5	255	4.78	2
52	Cannon	Marcus	TCU	OT	6	6-5	350	5.34	2
53	Wisniewski	Stefen	Penn State	C	1	6-3	306	5.16	2
54	Hankerson	Leonard	Miami	WR	6	6-2	205	4.52	2
55	House	Davon	New Mexico State	CB	6	6-0	184	4.46	2
56	Cobb	*Randall	Kentucky	WR	7	5-11	190	4.52	2
57	Brown	Curtis	Texas	CB	7	6-0	180	4.42	2
58	Jones	Greg	Michigan State	ILB	2	6-0	240	4.64	2
59	McDaniel	DeAndre	Clemson	SS	1	6-0	213	4.54	2
60	Hunter	Kendall	Oklahoma State	RB	4	5-7	199	4.48	2
61	Pinkston	Jason	Pittsburgh	OT	7	6-3	313	5.12	2
62	Bailey	Allen	Miami	DE	10	6-3	278	4.79	2
63	Burton	*Brandon	Utah	CB	8	6-0	185	4.49	2
64	Austin	Marvin	North Carolina	DT	8	6-2	312	4.96	2-3
65	Williams	D.J.	Arkansas	TE	3	6-2	236	4.59	2-3
66	Franklin	Orlando	Miami	OT	8	6-7	315	5.3	2-3
67	Carter	Quinton	Oklahoma	FS	2	6-1	211	4.57	2-3
68	Carter	Bruce	North Carolina	OLB	6	6-3	235	4.57	2-3
69	Casey	*Jurrell	Southern Cal	DT	9	6-1	305	5.08	2-3
70	Acho	Sam	Texas	DE	11	6-2	257	4.72	2-3
71	Black	Ahmad	Florida	SS	2	5-9	183	4.51	2-3
72	Patrick	Johnny	Louisville	CB	9	5-11	185	4.47	2-3
73	Murray	DeMarco	Oklahoma	RB	5	6-0	214	4.48	2-3
74	Rodgers	*Jacquizz	Oregon State	RB	6	5-7	192	4.49	2-3
75	Doss	*Tandon	Indiana	WR	8	6-3	200	4.56	2-3
76	Ellis	Kenrick	Hampton	DT	10	6-5	336	5.07	2-3
77	Mallett	*Ryan	Arkansas	QB	5	6-6	238	5.12	2-3
78	Love	DeMarcus	Arkansas	OT	9	6-5	318	5.18	2-3
79	Dowling	Ras-I	Virginia	CB	10	6-2	200	4.54	2-3
80	Herzlich	Mark	Boston College	OLB	7	6-4	250	4.75	2-3
81	Young	Titus	Boise State	WR	9	5-11	174	4.43	2-3
82	Moffitt	John	Wisconsin	OG	5	6-4	314	5.26	2-3
83	Chekwa	Chimdi	Ohio State	CB	11	5-11	190	4.49	2-3
84	Kaepernick	Colin	Nevada	QB	6	6-5	225	4.53	2-3
85	Thomas	Daniel	Kansas State	RB	7	6-2	228	4.63	3
86	Moch	Dontay	Nevada	OLB	8	6-2	229	4.38	3
87	Vereen	*Shane	California	RB	8	5-10	205	4.49	3
88	Wright	Shareece	Southern Cal	CB	12	5-11	182	4.51	3
89	Sturdivant	Quan	North Carolina	ILB	3	6-2	230	4.63	3
90	Jarrett	Jaiquawn	Temple	FS	3	6-0	196	4.57	3
91	Powe	Jerrell	Mississippi	DT	11	6-2	331	5.16	3
92	Carmichael	Rashad	Virginia Tech	CB	13	5-10	185	4.38	3
93	Carpenter	James	Alabama	OT	10	6-5	313	5.36	3
94	Sash	*Tyler	Iowa	SS	3	6-1	210	4.59	3
95	Kendricks	Lance	Wisconsin	TE	4	6-3	240	4.69	3
96	Paul	Niles	Nebraska	WR	10	6-1	225	4.5	3
97	Marsh	Curtis	Utah State	CB	14	6-0	194	4.44	3
98	Dalton	Andy	TCU	QB	7	6-2	213	4.94	3
99	Toliver	Terrance	LSU	WR	11	6-4	211	4.49	3
100	Rackley	Will	Lehigh	OG	6	6-4	307	5.27	3
101	Jenkins	Jarvis	Clemson	DT	12	6-4	309	4.98	3
102	Beal	Jeremy	Oklahoma	OLB	9	6-2	268	4.79	3
103	McPhee	Pernell	Mississippi State	DE	12	6-3	274	4.76	3
104	Green	Virgil	Nevada	TE	5	6-4	248	4.6	3-4
105	Stanzi	Ricky	Iowa	QB	8	6-4	221	4.8	3-4
106	Brown	Vincent	San Diego State	WR	12	5-11	184	4.52	3-4
107	Wilson	Lawrence	Connecticut	OLB	10	6-1	225	4.63	3-4
108	McCarthy	Colin	Miami	ILB	4	6-1	235	4.67	3-4
109	Wright	K.J.	Mississippi State	OLB	11	6-3	246	4.68	3-4
110	Harper	*Jamie	Clemson	RB	9	5-11	235	4.54	3-4
111	Barksdale	Joseph	LSU	OT	11	6-5	336	5.34	3-4
112	Carter	Delone	Syracuse	RB	10	5-9	226	4.52	3-4
113	Little	Greg	North Carolina	WR	13	6-2	220	4.56	3-4
114	Todman	*Jordan	Connecticut	RB	11	5-9	195	4.43	3-4
115	Allen	Pierre	Nebraska	DE	13	6-4	273	4.78	3-4
116	Hogan	Brandon	West Virginia	CB	15	5-10	190	4.43	3-4
117	O'Dowd	Kris	Southern Cal	C	2	6-4	303	5.16	3-4
118	Boling	Clint	Georgia	OG	7	6-5	310	5.16	3-4
119	Guy	*Lawrence	Arizona State	DT	13	6-5	300	4.9	3-4
120	Brown	Jalil	Colorado	CB	16	6-0	202	4.49	3-4
121	Tarrant	*Jerrard	Georgia Tech	FS	4	6-0	205	4.53	3-4
122	Marecic	Owen	Stanford	FB	1	6-0	246	4.78	4
123	Conte	Chris	California	FS	5	6-3	212	4.54	4
124	Romeus	Greg	Pittsburgh	DE	14	6-5	270	4.79	4
125	Foster	Mason	Washington	OLB	12	6-1	241	4.73	4
126	Powell	Bilal	Louisville	RB	12	5-10	205	4.52	4
127	Barnes	Tim	Missouri	C	3	6-4	297	5.14	4
128	Ridley	*Stevan	LSU	RB	13	6-0	223	4.63	4
129	Devlin	Pat	Delaware	QB	9	6-4	227	4.82	4
130	Pettis	Austin	Boise State	WR	14	6-3	205	4.59	4
131	Burney	Kendric	North Carolina	CB	17	5-9	181	4.47	4
132	Brewer	James	Indiana	OT	12	6-6	323	5.36	4
133	Kerley	Jeremy	TCU	WR	15	5-9	188	4.55	4
134	Williams	Ian	Notre Dame	DT	14	6-1	311	5.17	4
135	Lefeged	Joe	Rutgers	SS	4	5-11	208	4.58	4
136	Sheppard	Kelvin	LSU	ILB	5	6-2	250	4.64	4
137	Schilling	Stephen	Michigan	OG	8	6-4	302	5.14	4
138	Housler	Rob	Florida Atlantic	TE	6	6-6	249	4.56	4
139	Rucker	Chris L.	Michigan State	CB	18	6-2	200	4.55	4
140	Fua	Sione	Stanford	DT	15	6-2	307	5.16	4-5
141	Jones	*Taiwan	Eastern Washington	RB	14	6-0	200	4.53	4-5
142	Williams	Deunta	North Carolina	FS	6	6-1	215	4.53	4-5
143	Havili	Stanley	Southern Cal	FB	2	6-1	228	4.64	4-5
144	Sands	*Robert	West Virginia	FS	7	6-4	221	4.57	4-5
145	Gilbert	Marcus	Florida	OT	13	6-6	329	5.23	4-5
146	Elmore	Ricky	Arizona	DE	15	6-5	255	4.83	4-5
147	Irving	Nate	North Carolina State	ILB	6	6-1	242	4.68	4-5
148	Allen	Cortez	Citadel	CB	19	6-2	197	4.47	4-5
149	Shorts III	Cecil	Mount Union	WR	16	6-0	200	4.43	4-5
150	Locke	Derrick	Kentucky	RB	15	5-8	186	4.36	4-5
151	Johnson	Ronald	Southern Cal	WR	17	5-11	186	4.46	4-5
152	Ziemba	Lee	Auburn	OG	9	6-6	317	5.22	4-5
153	McNeill	Mike	Nebraska	TE	7	6-4	232	4.7	4-5
154	Keiser	*Thomas	Stanford	OLB	13	6-5	244	4.84	4-5
155	Brown	Chykie	Texas	CB	20	6-0	194	4.43	4-5
156	Homan	Ross	Ohio State	OLB	14	6-0	229	4.75	4-5
157	Johnson	Jeron	Boise State	SS	5	5-10	211	4.53	4-5
158	Harris	Dwayne	East Carolina	WR	18	5-10	200	4.54	4-5
159	Gilchrist	Marcus	Clemson	CB	21	5-10	193	4.49	4-5
160	Parker	Martin	Richmond	DT	16	6-2	300	5.05	5
161	Matthews	Casey	Oregon	ILB	7	6-1	232	4.78	5
162	White	Markus	Florida State	DE	16	6-4	262	4.69	5
163	Salas	Greg	Hawaii	WR	19	6-1	206	4.57	5
164	Clay	Charles	Tulsa	FB	3	6-3	239	4.67	5
165	Hines	Jermale	Ohio State	FS	8	6-1	215	4.59	5
166	McElroy	Greg	Alabama	QB	10	6-2	222	4.96	5
167	Whalen	Ryan	Stanford	WR	20	6-1	205	4.56	5
168	Newton	Derek	Arkansas State	OT	14	6-5	311	5.06	5
169	Keo	Shiloh	Idaho	SS	6	6-0	224	4.62	5
170	Smith	Andre	Virginia Tech	TE	8	6-5	269	4.8	5
171	Carter	Chris	Fresno State	OLB	15	6-1	246	4.73	5
172	Royster	Evan	Penn State	RB	16	6-0	218	4.59	5
173	Hill	Ryan	Miami	CB	22	6-0	203	4.54	5
174	Kirkpatrick	Jake	TCU	C	4	6-2	301	5.14	5
175	Adams	*Darvin	Auburn	WR	21	6-3	185	4.52	5
176	Hurd	Zach	Connecticut	OG	10	6-7	325	5.16	5
177	Rogers	Justin	Richmond	CB	23	5-11	183	4.48	5
178	McClain	Terrell	South Florida	DT	17	6-2	305	5.1	5-6
179	Bynes	Josh	Auburn	ILB	8	6-1	239	4.78	5-6
180	Henery	Alex	Nebraska	K	1	6-1	178	4.87	5-6
181	Devine	Noel	West Virginia	RB	17	5-7	160	4.34	5-6
182	Hill	*Will	Florida	FS	9	6-1	207	4.52	5-6
183	Thornton	Cedric	Southern Arkansas	DT	18	6-4	299	5.24	5-6
184	Smith	Courtney	South Alabama	WR	22	6-4	220	4.58	5-6
185	Fusco	Brandon	Slippery Rock	C	5	6-4	302	5.24	5-6
186	Hairston	Chris	Clemson	OT	15	6-7	333	5.18	5-6
187	Clay	*John	Wisconsin	RB	18	6-1	248	4.67	5-6
188	Hogue	Doug	Syracuse	OLB	16	6-3	235	4.59	5-6
189	Gates	Edmund	Abilene Christian	WR	23	6-0	189	4.43	5-6
190	Williams	Keith	Nebraska	OG	11	6-5	312	5.33	5-6
191	Cameron	Jordan	Southern Cal	TE	9	6-5	245	4.76	5-6
192	Matthews	Cliff	South Carolina	DE	17	6-4	268	4.77	5-6
193	Hall	Derek	Stanford	OT	16	6-5	305	5.24	5-6
194	Moore	Denarius	Tennessee	WR	24	6-0	191	4.49	5-6
195	Hynoski	*Henry	Pittsburgh	FB	4	6-2	260	4.82	5-6
196	Williams	Nate	Washington	SS	7	6-0	208	4.59	5-6
197	Torrence	Devon	Ohio State	CB	24	6-0	190	4.53	5-6
198	Lindsey	Korey	Southern Illinois	CB	25	5-10	182	4.52	5-6
199	Jones	Ryan	Northwest Missouri State	CB	26	5-11	197	4.42	6
200	Mohamed	Mike	California	ILB	9	6-3	241	4.75	6
201	Carter	David	UCLA	DT	19	6-5	297	4.96	6
202	Bair	Brandon	Oregon	DE	18	6-6	274	4.98	6
203	Henry	Chas	Florida	P	1	6-3	220	4.85	6
204	Lewis	*Dion	Pittsburgh	RB	19	5-7	195	4.52	6
205	Gaitor	Anthony	Florida International	CB	27	5-10	175	4.53	6
206	Smith	Willie	East Carolina	OT	17	6-5	305	5.08	6
207	Kelce	Jason	Cincinnati	C	6	6-3	282	5.24	6
208	White	Jordan	Western Michigan	WR	25	6-0	212	4.54	6
209	Taylor	Tyrod	Virginia Tech	QB	11	6-1	216	4.55	6
210	Gantt	Charlie	Michigan State	TE	10	6-4	255	4.87	6
211	Brown	*DeAndre	Southern Miss	WR	26	6-5	239	4.52	6
212	Daniels	Wayne	TCU	OLB	17	6-1	257	4.79	6
213	Culliver	Chris	South Carolina	FS	10	6-0	201	4.47	6
214	Arkin	David	Missouri State	OG	12	6-5	302	5.24	6
215	Rolle	Brian	Ohio State	OLB	18	5-10	227	4.59	6
216	Saunders	Weslye	South Carolina	TE	11	6-5	272	4.82	6
217	Clifford	Eugene	Tennessee State	SS	8	6-1	204	4.56	6
218	Maxwell	Byron	Clemson	CB	28	6-1	207	4.46	6-7
219	Lockette	Ricardo	Fort Valley State	WR	27	6-2	207	4.35	6-7
220	Scott	Da'Rel	Maryland	RB	20	5-11	205	4.42	6-7
221	Neild	Chris	West Virginia	DT	20	6-2	313	5.24	6-7
222	Chinasa	Ugo	Oklahoma State	DE	19	6-5	254	4.74	6-7
223	Thomas	J.T.	West Virginia	OLB	19	6-1	236	4.68	6-7
224	Donahue	Ryan	Iowa	P	2	6-2	193	4.9	6-7
225	Robinson	Aldrick	Southern Methodist	WR	28	5-10	182	4.42	6-7
226	Searcy	Da'Norris	North Carolina	SS	9	5-11	216	4.63	6-7
227	Linnenkohl	Alex	Oregon State	C	7	6-2	303	5.24	6-7
228	Jean	Lester	Florida Atlantic	WR	29	6-3	211	4.49	6-7
229	Smith	Lee	Marshall	TE	12	6-6	269	4.79	6-7
230	Yates	T.J.	North Carolina	QB	12	6-4	221	4.84	6-7
231	Harvey	Mario	Marshall	ILB	10	5-11	250	4.73	6-7
232	Young	D.J.	Michigan State	OT	18	6-5	307	5.34	6-7
233	Boren	Justin	Ohio State	OG	13	6-3	320	5.24	6-7
234	Graham	Cameron	Louisville	TE	13	6-3	240	4.85	6-7
235	Sherman	Anthony	Connecticut	FB	5	5-11	244	4.65	6-7
236	Moten	Adrian	Maryland	OLB	20	6-2	225	4.64	6-7
237	Forbath	Kai	UCLA	K	2	5-11	191	4.78	6-7
238	Ogbu	Ollie	Penn State	DT	21	6-1	298	5.09	7
239	Thomas	Julius	Portland State	TE	14	6-5	251	4.75	7
240	Green	Alex	Hawaii	RB	21	6-0	220	4.63	7
241	Jones	Eddie	Texas	DE	20	6-2	258	4.75	7
242	Hagg	Eric	Nebraska	FS	11	6-1	206	4.62	7
243	Winterswyk	Ryan	Boise State	DE	21	6-4	269	4.96	7
244	Person	Mike	Montana State	OT	19	6-5	296	5.32	7
245	White	Chris	Mississippi State	ILB	11	6-3	244	4.8	7
246	Mouton	Jonas	Michigan	OLB	21	6-2	240	4.64	7
247	Sanders	Jock	West Virginia	WR	30	5-6	174	4.43	7
248	Whitlock	Colby	Texas Tech	DT	22	6-2	299	4.97	7
249	Dell	Mark	Michigan State	WR	31	6-1	200	4.54	7
250	Levingston	Lazarius	LSU	DE	22	6-4	288	4.85	7

By Kerry Byrne