College Preview: Underclassmen

     Tennesse S Eric Berry                                     Oklahoma DT Gerald McCoy


Right now, the scouts and personnel people in the NFL say there is more talent available at the top of the list of junior players than can be found with the senior class.

There’s nothing unusual about that and like the seniors that will be available for the 2010 NFL Draft, most of the top talent is on the defensive side.

Tennessee safety Eric Berry and Oklahoma DT Gerald McCoy top the list right now. Florida DE Carlos Dunlap and ILB Rolando McClain from Alabama are also among the top five or six picks.

Back in August, the number one underclassmen name was Heisman Trophy winner, QB Sam Bradford of Oklahoma. But his shoulder injury and then his re-aggravating of the injury dropped him down the list, if only a few places. The NFL has seen Bradford’s abilities; the question around the league now is about his durability.

Another potential top 10 pick, WR Dez Bryant of Oklahoma State found himself suspended by the NCAA for his contact with former NFL CB Deion Sanders. Whether that affects his standing in the ‘10 Draft will depend on what he gets done for scouts starting in February.

Here’s the list of the 32 best underclassmen as compiled from a number of scouts and other sources:

 

 

# Player Pos. College HT WGT
1  Eric Berry      SS Tennessee 5-11  203 
2 Gerald McCoy      DT Oklahoma 6-4  298 
3 Sam Bradford  +      QB Oklahoma 6-4  223 
4 Carlos Dunlap      DE Florida 6-6  290 
5 Dez Bryant   ++      WR Oklahoma State 6-2  220 
6 Rolando McClain      ILB Alabama 6-4  256 
7 Jake Locker      QB Washington 6-3  226 
8 Jahvid Best      RB California 5-10  195 
9 Joe Haden      CB Florida 5-11  190 
10 Bryan Bulaga      OT Iowa 6-6  312 
11 Navorro Bowman      OLB Penn State 6-1  232 
12  Marvin Austin      DT North Carolina 6-3  305 
13  Derrick Morgan      DE Georgia Tech 6-4  272 
14  Arrelious Benn      WR Illinois 6-2  220 
15  Jimmy Clausen      QB Notre Dame 6-2  223 
16  Jonathan Dwyer      RB Georgia Tech 5-11  235 
17  Evan Royster      RB Penn State 6-1  213 
18  Anthony Davis      OT Rutgers 6-6  325 
19  Mike Williams      WR Syracuse 6-2  212 
20  Everson Griffen      DE So. California 6-3  278 
21 Donovan Warren      CB Michigan 6-0  185 
22 Bruce Carter      OLB North Carolina 6-3  225 
23 Ma. Pouncey      C Florida 6-5  318 
24 Chad Jones      FS LSU 6-3  230 
25 Weslye Saunders      TE South Carolina 6-5  280 
26 Kareem Jackson      CB Alabama 5-11  192 
27 Mike Pouncey      OG Florida 6-5  320 
28 Rodney Hudson      OG Florida State 6-2  290 
29 Quan Sturdivant      ILB North Carolina 6-2  232 
30. Morgan Burnett      FS Georgia Tech 6-1  210 
31 Bruce Campbell      OT Maryland 6-7  310 
32 Von Miller      OLB Texas A&M 6-2  240 

+ – injured. ++ – suspended.


9 Responses to “College Preview: Underclassmen”

  • October 23, 2009  - arrowhead1978 says:

    Draft Bryan Bulaga!!!!


  • October 23, 2009  - Adam says:

    You kidding? Bulaga got punked by Daniel Grahmn vs. Michigan. I think our best bet would be to go after a more pure Right Tackle(Anthony Davis). Albert will get back into it(sophmore slump happens to a lot of good players) and Davis probably will be available at the top of the second round. I wouldn’t mind taking BPA(IMO Eric Berry) or a stud OLB Rush backer(Sergio Kindle Comes to mind). Bottom line, there is a lot of talent in this class!


  • October 23, 2009  - Adam says:

    Also, Rolando Mcclain wouldn’t be bad to have a pure ILB.


  • October 23, 2009  - mr awsome says:

    first off i cant beleive suhs not on the list that guys a beast.
    secondly man dez bryant would be to tempting to say no to
    but thirdly damn we have to have a better line even if we had dez bryant we couldnt keep our qb off the ground to throw to him

    all in all im not even sure what to do with our first pick right now if maybe we know we can get some good guards or tackles in rounds 2 and 3 i say we go with suh still even tho hes not on the list mccoy im not sure of if not him then dez bryant that guys the best wr in the draft arrelious been has bust written all over him


  • October 24, 2009  - julio says:

    suh is not on the list because he is a senior,
    i guess ur not that awesome


  • October 24, 2009  - Adam says:

    I know of another franchise that drafted WR’s before setting up a line with their “Franchise” QB. The Detroit Lions. That being said, I think we can find at least a RT in the second round(Like i said before, Anthony Davis, Or Cirron Black) the tackle class has only one legit LT, and that’s Bulaga, but I think he’s overrated IMO. I saw this mock draft yesterday for KC
    1. Eric Berry
    2. Cirron Black
    2a. Boo Robinson
    3. Sean Lee or Jordan Shipley(my preference)

    I think they’d take shipley over Lee simply because Pioli has this big tendency to find older LB’s to play in the 34. That would be an amazing draft for KC. Eric Berry has been described as “The hitter like Sean Taylor, and the Ball Hawk like Ed Reed”. He’s one of a kind talent. Albeit not the biggest need.
    As far as Suh, he probably couldn’t hold up as a NT in our Defense, so I’d take a pass on him(especially since it would be like 150 mill on our D-Line)


  • October 24, 2009  - julio says:

    I really don’t know what you guys are talking about… are you talking about the draft class of ‘10 or the underclassmen?
    Bulaga is more fitted in a zone blocking-scheme…like green bay’s.
    Davis is more of a right tackle.
    And the upcoming draft class will include Russel Okung, a natural left tackle, Jason Fox and Charles Brown, all left tackles.
    And as far as the underclassmen, Bruce Campbell could be the best LT of the whole upcoming draft.


  • October 24, 2009  - mr awsome says:

    julio
    yeah but i do know your a dick


  • October 25, 2009  - Boned says:

    Really a moot point, as the team will not use free agency to acquire quality players. The effectiveness of their drafting will only determine if they’re a terrible team or mediocre.


Leave a Reply




Categories

Bottom of Bird Cage
Chiefs Players
College football
Commentary
Cup O'Chiefs
Defense
Game Coverage
Hall of Fame
Herm Speaks
History
Mouth Of Todd
NFL Draft
NFL Review
Offense
Officiating
Other News
Pictures
Podcasts
Power Rankings
Practice Update
Q&A
Statistics
Training Camp

Archives


RSS


Pages

Home