Underclassmen In 2010 Draft

The deadline for college players with eligibility remaining to declare for the NFL Draft has now passed.

While there are certainly going to be names that come in the next few days, we have the list of players who have made themselves available.

And, right now it looks like at least half of the first round will be underclassmen. The total may go as high as 20 once the draft rolls around in April. There’s a lot of defensive talent in the first round thanks to the underclassmen, including Florida CB Joe Haden (left).

NFL teams have plenty of information on most of the top-ranked players, but there are some players leaving early that have very slim files in the personnel departments. But from what we can tell by talking with scouts and personnel types, here’s where these underclassmen rank right now before finally evaluations. These names are in alphabetical order:

1st Round/Top 10 picks

Eric Berry

S

Tennessee

6-0

205

Sam Bradford

QB

Oklahoma

6-4

223

Joe Haden

CB

Florida

5-11

190

Rolando McClain

LB

Alabama

6-4

255

Gerald McCoy

DT

Oklahoma

6-4

295

Derrick Morgan

DE

Georgia Tech

6-4

272

1st Round/Second 10 picks

Navarro Bowman

OLB

Penn State

6-1

232

Dez Bryant

WR

Oklahoma State

6-2

220

Jimmy Clausen

QB

Notre Dame

6-2

223

Carlos Dunlap

DE

Florida

6-6

290

Jermaine Gresham

TE

Oklahoma

6-6

261

Brian Price

DT

UCLA

6-2

300

Earl Thomas

S

Texas

5-10

197

1st round/Third 10 picks

Brian Bulaga

G

Iowa

6-6

312

Anthony Davis

OT

Rutgers

6-6

325

Jahvid Best

RB

California

5-10

195

Jonathan Dwyer

RB

Georgia Tech

5-11

235

Everson Griffen

DE

Southern Cal

6-3

278

Aaron Hernandez

TE

Florida

6-2

250

Chad Jones

S

LSU

6-3

230

Jason Pierre-Paul

DE

South Florida

6-6

265

2nd Round

Arrelious Benn

WR

Illinois

6-2

220

Dezmon Briscoe

WR

Kansas

6-3

200

Morgan Burnett

FS

Georgia

6-1

210

Bruce Campbell

T

Iowa

6-7

310

Toby Gerhart

RB

Stanford

6-1

235

Thaddeus Gibson

DE

Ohio State

6-2

240

Kareem Jackson

CB

Alabama

5-11

192

Reshad Jones

SS

Georgia

6-2

212

Maurkice Pouncey

C/G

Florida

6-5

318

Golden Tate

WR

Notre Dame

5-11

195

Donovan Warren

CB

Michigan

6-0

185

Damian Williams

WR

Southern Cal

6-1

195

Major Wright

S

Florida

6-0

204

3rd Round

Chris Bell

WR

Norfolk State 6-2 210
Dominique Franks

CB

Oklahoma 6-0 192
Rob Gronkowski

TE

Arizona 6-6 265
Joe McKnight

RB

Southern Cal 6-0 190
Amari Spievey

CB

Iowa 6-0 190
Demaryius Thomas

WR

Georgia Tech 6-3 229
Mike Williams

WR

Syracuse 6-2 212

The Rest

Toney Baker

WR

North Carolina St.

5-10

225

Kevin Basped

DE

Nevada

6-6

240

Antonio Brown

WR

Central Michigan

5-10

179

Rennie Curran

OLB

Georgia

5-11

225

Clifton Geathers

DE

South Carolina

6-8

281

Jerome Hayes

DE

Penn State

6-2

250

Stafon Johnson

RB

Southern Cal

5-11

215

Darius Marshall

RB

Marshall

5-10

189

Shawnbrey McNeal

RB

SMU

5-10

190

Carlton Mitchell

WR

South Florida

6-4

212

Jevan Snead

QB

Mississippi

6-3

215

Jason Worilds

DE

Virginia Tech

6-2

252


5 Responses to “Underclassmen In 2010 Draft”

  • January 16, 2010  - ChuckDiesel says:

    I really hope that we won’t be reaching too much in this year’s draft I still firmly believe we could have moved at 8 or 9 and gotten exactly what we wanted. Either way, it’s over and now we must look to 2010 draft.

    Weis and Crennel will have plenty of time to sit around and watch film of this year’s Chiefs. They will get more than a month before even free agency starts so it’s not like we’re going to be caught with our pants down on this one. The team will be fully ready to sign who we need and to scout the rookies that matter most on our board. After April has been said and done, we will be rating each team’s draft on Bobgretz.com and the Chiefs will be in the top 5 offseasons.

    I can’t wait to see our second round picks. we have 36 and 52. Those are worth 540 and 400 points respectively in the draft points chart. That means both those picks are worth a round 1 pick 17th pick.. what do you guys think? get two potential starters in second round, or get a sure-fire top tier talent at the bottom of the first round?


  • January 16, 2010  - tm1946 says:

    Cannot agrue enough about the draft. First I want Haley to get his kind of player, then I want OC and DC to get their kind of player. There are so many empty spots the combinations could please everyone and nobody at the same time.

    What I do not want is a repeat of last years draft. A 4-12 team does not need to get players who need years to develope. It is flat stupid to say this team needs years to put better players on the field.

    Sorry do not know names but Pioli better do his thing and get better supporting players for Haley.


  • January 16, 2010  - tm1946 says:

    PS No more LSU players, seem to be system kids not individuals who can play.


  • January 17, 2010  - ThunderChief says:

    Sitting at #5 overall presents a chance for a trade down to those teams wanting to move up for a QB, especially. Dropping down to, say, Buffalo’s slot and picking up another pick or two would not be a bad scenario, but not too far down.

    The evaluation of talent is obviously the key to any draft and if the Chiefs have hopes of more wins in 2010, highly astute evaluation has to be the order of the day.


  • January 17, 2010  - Bakjon says:

    I think this year we will be better prepared because there is no wait to hire a head coach and add a whole new staff. Weis, Crennel, Haley, and Pioli will be able to get off to a head start in terms of evaluating the personnel and craft a game plan for FA and the draft. The biggest thing is watching how the CBA plays out as that will have an effect on how the Chiefs draft. Hopefully, it gets resolved so that we can go about fixing the team and contending in 2010.


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