Top 20 Senior ILB's for the 2013 NFL Draft

Here are my updated top 20 senior ILB's for the 2013 NFL Draft. 

1 Manti Te'o, Notre Dame 
2 Nico Johnson, Alabama
3 Michael Mauti, Penn State 
4 Shayne Skov, Stanford 
5 Kevin Reddick, North Carolina 
6 A.J. Klein, Iowa State 
7 Jonathan Bostic, Florida 
8 Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech 
9 Will Compton, Nebraska 
10 Uona Kaveinga, Brigham Young 
11 Christian Robinson, Georgia 
12 Kiko Alonso, Oregon
13 Steve Beauharnais, Rutgers 
14 John Lotulelei, UNLV
15 Nathan Herrold, Arkansas State
16 Jonathan Stewart, Texas A&M
17 Jake Johnson, South Alabama
18 Kenny Demens, Michigan 
19 Jordan Campbell, New Mexico Highlands
20 Billy Boyko, Lehigh

Top 20 Senior ILB's for 2013 NFL Draft

Here are my top 20 pre-season ranking senior inside linebackers for the 2013 NFL Draft.  These are senior inside linebackers only.


1 Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2 Shayne Skov, Stanford
3 Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
4 Arthur Brown, Kansas State
5 Nico Johnson, Alabama
6 Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech
7 Michael Mauti, Penn State
8 Patrick Larimore, UCLA
9 Kenny Demens, Michigan
10 Will Compton, Nebraska
11 Brian Wagner, Arizona
12 Christian Robinson, Georgia
13 A.J. Klein, Iowa State
14 Jonathan Bostic, Florida
15 Vince Williams, Florida State
16 Uona Kaveinga, Brigham Young
17 Steve Greer, Virginia
18 Steve Beauharnais, Rutgers
19 Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green
20 Dwayne Beckford, Purdue

2012 NFL Draft: Top 10 Senior WR's

Here is my top ten senior wide receivers for the 2012 NFL Draft.


1. Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
2. Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
3. Jeff Fuller, Texas A&M
4. Juron Criner, Arizona
5. Greg Childs, Arkansas
6. Chris Owusu, Stanford
7. DeVier Posey, Ohio State
8. Dwight Jones, North Carolina
9. Jarrett Boykin, Virginia Tech
10. Marvin McNutt, Iowa

VanFulpen’s Top 10 Draft Eligible Offensive Guards

1. Rodney Hudson, Florida State - Senior
2. Benjamin Ijalana, Villanova - Senior
3. Clint Boling, Georgia - Senior
4. Stephen Schilling, Michigan - Senior
5. Andrew Jackson, Fresno State - Senior
6. John Moffitt, Wisconsin - Senior
7. Justin Boren, Ohio State - Senior
8. Zach Hurd, Connecticut - Senior
9. Will Rackley, Lehigh - Senior
10. Chris Stewart, Notre Dame - Senior

VanFulpen’s Top 10 Draft Eligible Tight Ends

1. Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame - Junior
2. Luke Stocker, Tennessee - Senior
3. D.J. Williams, Arkansas - Senior
4. Lance Kendricks, Wisconsin - Senior
5. Weslye Saunders, South Carolina - Senior
6. Rob Housler, Florida Atlantic - Senior
7. Michael Egnew, Missouri – Junior
8. Charlie Gantt, Michigan State - Senior
9. Mike McNeill, Nebraska – Senior
10. Virgil Green, Nevada - Senior

Top 100 Players Left in 2010 NFL Draft

With the 1st round done, now here are the best 100 players left in the NFL Draft.

1. QB Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame
2. OLB Sergio Kindle, Texas
3. DT Brian Price, UCLA
4. OT Bruce Campbell, Maryland
5. S Taylor Mays, USC
6. DE Carlos Dunlap, Florida
7. DT Terrence Cody, Alabama
8. WR Golden Tate, Notre Dame
9. ILB Daryl Washington, TCU
10. OT Charles Brown, USC
11. S Nate Allen, South Florida
12. ILB Sean Lee, Penn State
13. OT Rodger Saffold, Indiana
14. QB Colt McCoy, Texas
15. WR Arrelious Benn, Illinois
16. TE Rob Gronkowski, Arizona
17. DT Lamarr Houston, Texas
18. S Morgan Burnett, Georgia Tech
19. DE Koa Misi, Utah
20. WR Damian Williams, USC
21. DE Jason Worilds, Virginia Tech
22. DE Alex Carrington, Arkansas State
23. DT Cam Thomas, North Carolina
24. OG Jon Asamoah, Illinois
25. RB Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech
26. RB Montario Hardesty, Tennessee
27. WR Carlton Mitchell, South Florida
28. OLB Navorro Bowman, Penn State
29. DT Linval Joseph, East Carolina
30. CB Brandon Ghee, Wake Forest
31. OLB Ricky Sapp, Clemson
32. OT Vladimir Ducasse, Massachusetts
33. RB Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss
34. CB Chris Cook, Virginia
35. TE Jimmy Graham, Miami (Fla.)
36. DT Torrell Troup, UCF
37. WR Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
38. OLB Eric Norwood, South Carolina
39. OLB Thaddeus Gibson, Ohio State
40. DE Corey Wootton, Northwestern
41. OT Jared Veldheer, Hillsdale
42. CB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Indiana-PA
43. S Chad Jones, LSU
44. S Reshad Jones, Georgia
45. CB Jerome Murphy, South Florida
46. LB Donald Butler, Washington
47. DE Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
48. WR Brandon LaFell, LSU
49. TE Aaron Hernandez, Florida
50. DE Austen Lane, Murray State
51. CB Dominique Franks, Oklahoma
52. TE Dennis Pitta, BYU
53. OT John Jerry, Mississippi
54. RB Ben Tate, Auburn
55. TE Anthony McCoy, USC
56. RB Toby Gerhart, Stanford
57. TE Ed Dickson, Oregon
58. C Matt Tennant, Boston College
59. WR Eric Decker, Minnesota
60. DT Al Woods, LSU
61. TE Dorin Dickerson, Pittsburgh
62. S Major Wright, Florida
63. ILB Brandon Spikes, Florida
64. DE Brandon Lang, Troy
65. WR Jacoby Ford, Clemson
66. CB Javier Arenas, Alabama
67. WR Taylor Price, Ohio
68. OT Selvish Capers, West Virginia
69. QB Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
70. QB Tony Pike, Cincinnati
71. S Darrell Stuckey, Kansas
72. RB Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State
73. S TJ Ward, Oregon
74. QB Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee
75. TE/FB Clay Harbor, Missouri State
76. CB Amari Spievey, Iowa
77. RB Joe McKnight, USC
78. C J.D. Walton, Baylor
79. OLB Rennie Curran, Georgia
80. CB Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State
81. OLB Dekoda Watson, Florida State
82. CB Walter Thurmond, Oregon
83. DT D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech
84. DT Geno Atkins, Georgia
85. OLB Roddrick Muckelroy, Texas
86. WR Jordan Shipley, Texas
87. S Kam Chancellor, Virginia Tech
88. WR Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
89. DT Arthur Jones, Syracuse
90. OT Tony Washington, Abilene Christian
91. WR Andre Roberts, Citadel
92. OG Mike Johnson, Alabama
93. DE C.J. Wilson, East Carolina
94. OG Zane Beadles, Utah
95. OLB Jermaine Cunningham, Florida
96. DE Clifton Geathers, South Carolina
97. DE Lindsey Witten, Connecticut
98. S Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt
99. DE George Selvie, South Florida
100. WR Blair White, Michigan State

Top 10 C’s for 2010 NFL Draft

Here are my top ten centers and some sleepers to watch.

1. Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
2. Matt Tennant, Boston College
3. J.D. Walton, Baylor
4. Eric Olsen, Notre Dame
5. Ted Larsen, North Carolina State
6. Joe Hawley, UNLV
7. Kevin Matthews, Texas A&M
8. Jeff Byers, USC
9. Andrew Lewis, Oklahoma State
10. John Estes, Hawaii

Sleepers:
Eddie Adamski, Northern Illinois
Robb Houser, Pittsburgh
Ryan Blaszczyk, Rutgers

Top 10 WR’s for 2010 NFL Draft

Here are my top ten wide receivers and some sleepers to watch.

1. Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State
2. Demaryius Thomas, Georgia Tech
3. Golden Tate, Notre Dame
4. Arrelious Benn, Illinois
5. Damian Williams, USC
6. Carlton Mitchell, South Florida
7. Brandon LaFell, LSU
8. Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
9. Eric Decker, Minnesota
10. Jordan Shipley, Texas

Sleepers:
Marcus Easley, Connecticut
Joe Webb, UAB
Scott Long, Louisville
Blair White, Michigan State

Top 10 QB’s for 2010 NFL Draft

Here are my top ten quarterbacks and some sleepers to watch.

1. Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
2. Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame
3. Colt McCoy, Texas
4. Tim Tebow, Florida
5. Tony Pike, Cincinnati
6. Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
7. Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee
8. John Skelton, Fordham
9. Jarrett Brown, West Virginia
10. Jevan Snead, Mississippi

Sleepers:
Levi Brown, Troy
Tim Hiller, Western Michigan
Mike Kafka, Northwestern

TOP 150 for NFL Draft

1. DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2. DT Gerald McCoy, Oklahoma
3. QB Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
4. S Eric Berry, Tennessee
5. OT Russell Okung, Oklahoma State
6. LB Rolando McClain, Alabama
7. WR Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State
8. OT Trent Williams, Oklahoma
9. QB Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame
10. S Earl Thomas, Texas
11. RB C.J. Spiller, Clemson
12. DE Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech
13. OT Bryan Bulaga, Iowa
14. CB Joe Haden, Florida
15. OT Anthony Davis, Rutgers
16. DE Jason Pierre-Paul, South Florida
17. OLB Sergio Kindle, Texas
18. DT Dan Williams, Tennessee
19. CB Kyle Wilson, Boise State
20. DE Brandon Graham, Michigan
21. DT Jared Odrick, Penn State
22. RB Ryan Mathews, Fresno State
23. DE Everson Griffen, USC
24. OG Mike Iupati, Idaho
25. TE Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma
26. OLB Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri
27. C Maurkice Pouncey, Florida
28. DT Brian Price, UCLA
29. OT Bruce Campbell, Maryland
30. CB Devin McCourty, Rutgers
31. S Taylor Mays, USC
32. DE Jerry Hughes, TCU
33. RB Jahvid Best, California
34. DE Carlos Dunlap, Florida
35. DT Terrence Cody, Alabama
36. CB Kareem Jackson, Alabama
37. WR Demaryius Thomas, Georgia Tech
38. WR Golden Tate, Notre Dame
39. ILB Daryl Washington, TCU
40. OT Charles Brown, USC
41. S Nate Allen, South Florida
42. ILB Sean Lee, Penn State
43. OT Rodger Saffold, Indiana
44. QB Colt McCoy, Texas
45. CB Patrick Robinson, Florida State
46. DT Tyson Alualu, California
47. WR Arrelious Benn, Illinois
48. TE Rob Gronkowski, Arizona
49. DT Lamarr Houston, Texas
50. S Morgan Burnett, Georgia Tech
51. DE Koa Misi, Utah
52. WR Damian Williams, USC
53. DE Jason Worilds, Virginia Tech
54. DE Alex Carrington, Arkansas State
55. DT Cam Thomas, North Carolina
56. OG Jon Asamoah, Illinois
57. RB Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech
58. RB Montario Hardesty, Tennessee
59. WR Carlton Mitchell, South Florida
60. OLB Navorro Bowman, Penn State
61. DT Linval Joseph, East Carolina
62. CB Brandon Ghee, Wake Forest
63. OLB Ricky Sapp, Clemson
64. OT Vladimir Ducasse, Massachusetts
65. QB Tim Tebow, Florida
66. RB Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss
67. CB Chris Cook, Virginia
68. TE Jimmy Graham, Miami (Fla.)
69. DT Torrell Troup, UCF
70. WR Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
71. OLB Eric Norwood, South Carolina
72. OLB Thaddeus Gibson, Ohio State
73. DE Corey Wootton, Northwestern
74. OT Jared Veldheer, Hillsdale
75. CB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Indiana-PA
76. S Chad Jones, LSU
77. S Reshad Jones, Georgia
78. CB Jerome Murphy, South Florida
79. LB Donald Butler, Washington
80. DE Greg Hardy, Ole Miss
81. WR Brandon LaFell, LSU
82. TE Aaron Hernandez, Florida
83. DE Austen Lane, Murray State
84. CB Dominique Franks, Oklahoma
85. TE Dennis Pitta, BYU
86. OT John Jerry, Mississippi
87. RB Ben Tate, Auburn
88. TE Anthony McCoy, USC
89. RB Toby Gerhart, Stanford
90. TE Ed Dickson, Oregon
91. C Matt Tennant, Boston College
92. WR Eric Decker, Minnesota
93. DT Al Woods, LSU
94. TE Dorin Dickerson, Pittsburgh
95. S Major Wright, Florida
96. ILB Brandon Spikes, Florida
97. DE Brandon Lang, Troy
98. WR Jacoby Ford, Clemson
99. CB Javier Arenas, Alabama
100. WR Taylor Price, Ohio
101. OT Selvish Capers, West Virginia
102. QB Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
103. QB Tony Pike, Cincinnati
104. S Darrell Stuckey, Kansas
105. RB Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State
106. S TJ Ward, Oregon
107. QB Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee
108. TE/FB Clay Harbor, Missouri State
109. CB Amari Spievey, Iowa
110. RB Joe McKnight, USC
111. C J.D. Walton, Baylor
112. OLB Rennie Curran, Georgia
113. CB Perrish Cox, Oklahoma State
114. OLB Dekoda Watson, Florida State
115. CB Walter Thurmond, Oregon
116. DT D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech
117. DT Geno Atkins, Georgia
118. OLB Roddrick Muckelroy, Texas
119. WR Jordan Shipley, Texas
120. S Kam Chancellor, Virginia Tech
121. WR Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
122. DT Arthur Jones, Syracuse
123. OT Tony Washington, Abilene Christian
124. WR Andre Roberts, Citadel
125. OG Mike Johnson, Alabama
126. DE C.J. Wilson, East Carolina
127. OG Zane Beadles, Utah
128. OLB Jermaine Cunningham, Florida
129. DE Clifton Geathers, South Carolina
130. DE Lindsey Witten, Connecticut
131. S Myron Lewis, Vanderbilt
132. DE George Selvie, South Florida
133. WR Blair White, Michigan State
134. CB Alterraun Verner, UCLA
135. S Larry Asante, Nebraska
136. LB Jamar Chaney, Mississippi State
137. DE George Johnson, Rutgers
138. OT Jason Fox, Miami
139. ILB Pat Angerer, Iowa
140. OLB Dexter Davis, Arizona State
141. CB Syd'Quan Thompson, California
142. ILB Darryl Sharpton, Miami
143. CB A.J. Jefferson, Fresno State
145. DT Mike Neal, Purdue
146. CB Trevard Lindley, Kentucky
147. WR Riley Cooper, Florida
148. TE Garrett Graham, Wisconsin
149. S Kurt Coleman, Ohio State
150. OG Marshall Newhouse, TCU

NFL Draft News & Notes

-- Former NFL offensive coordinator and current Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman was front and center at Notre Dame junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen's Pro Day as he helped set-up the scripted workout that the possible Top-10 pick performed in front of NFL scouts. By all accounts the script was one much preferred to the one performed recently by Oklahoma junior quarterback Sam Bradford at his own Pro Day workout as Clausen threw many more down-field passes so his arm strength and the velocity on his ball was much easier to evaluate than at Bradford's workout. Trestman was believed to be a candidate for the Buffalo Bills and Oakland Raiders head coaching positions this past off-season and his continued work with helping to groom young NFL-bound quarterbacks will certainly keep his name among the hopeful NFL head coaching candidates in 2011, as well.

-- Promising their anonymity here is a list of who several key NFL evaluators think will be the best draft valued players per position, in other words, who they believe will be key contributors without necessarily being the highest rated or first drafted prospect at each position:

*Three prospects were listed if there was a tie among the dozen people we spoke to.

QB: Jarrett Brown (West Virginia), John Skelton (Fordham)
RB: Montario Hardesty (Tennessee), Deji Karim (Southern Illinois)
FB: Chris Zardas (Massachusetts), Cory Jackson (Maryland)
WR: Golden Tate (Notre Dame), Mike Williams (Syracuse), Kyle Williams (Arizona State)
TE: Clay Harbor (Missouri State), Jimmy Dray (Stanford)
OC: Joe Hawley (UNLV), Ted Larsen (NC State)
OG: Chris DeGeare (Wake Forest), Marshall Newhouse (TCU)
OT: Rodger Saffold (Indiana), Jared Veldheer (Hillsdale)

DE: EJ Wilson (North Carolina), Daniel Te'o-Nesheim (Washington), Hall Davis (UL-Lafayette)
DT: Torell Troup (Central Florida), Tyson Alualu (California)
ILB: Phillip Dillard (Nebraska), Travis Goethel (Arizona State)
OLB: Jason Worilds (Virginia Tech), Arthur Moats (James Madison), Keaton Kristick (Oregon State)
CB: Jerome Murphy (South Florida), Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (Indiana, PA), Kevin Thomas (USC)
S: Major Wright (Florida), Larry Asante (Nebraska)

K/P: Garrett Lindholm (Tarleton State), Scott Ravanesi (Southern Illinois)

VanFulpen’s Heisman Watch

Here are my top five for the Heisman and why they will win the award and why they won’t win the award.

1. RB Mark Ingram, Alabama, So.
Stats: Rushing - 1,004 yards 6.6 average 8 touchdowns. Receiving - 19 receptions 186 yards 9.8 average 3 touchdowns

Why He Will Win It: He is the best player on possible the best team in the country and has put up some good stats. He needs to improve those stats and have some big games down the stretch but right now he is the front runner.

Why He Won’t Win It: He is a true sophomore, and voters still like to vote for upperclassmen, even with the resent history of sophomore winning it like Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford.

2. QB Tim Tebow, Florida Sr.
Stats: Passing - 1,159 passing yards, 8 touchdowns 4 interceptions. Rushing: 673 yards 3.8 average 12 touchdowns

Why He Will Win It: He won it as a sophomore and was in the race to win it last year. He is one of the best players in college football history and his team has a chance to win back to back national championships and three out of his four years.

Why He Won’t Win It: He hasn’t put up the huge stats like he did when he won it as a sophomore and that is what the voters want to see.

3. QB Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame Jr.
Stats: Rushing - Stats: Passing – 2,050 passing yards, 16 touchdowns 2 interceptions.

Why He Will Win It: He from Notre Dame and he is having an outstanding season and the team still has a chance to go to a BCS Bowl game.

Why He Won’t Win It: He is from Notre Dame and has already lost two games this season against two of Notre Dames biggest rivals.

4. QB Colt McCoy, Texas Sr.
Stats: Passing - 1,806 passing yards, 14 touchdowns 8 interceptions. Rushing: 104 yards 1.8 average 1 touchdowns

Why He Will Win It: He is the quarterback for Texas who should win out the rest of their games and go to BCS National Championship game.

Why He Won’t Win It: He isn’t having the season he had last year and he didn’t win the Hesiman when he put up great stats.

5. QB Case Keenum, Houston Jr.
Stats: Rushing - Stats: Passing – 2,734 passing yards, 20 touchdowns 4 interceptions.

Why He Will Win It: He has put up some huge passing stats and his team has only lost one game this season.

Why He Won’t Win It: He plays at Houston and that will hurt him in the long run at his chances of winning the Hesiman.