Best of the rest: Campbell, Griffen headline top remaining players
April 24, 2010
By Chad Reuter
NFLDraftScout.com Senior Analyst
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NEW YORK -- The third day of the NFL Draft is called "Scout's Day" because now that the prime rounds of the draft are in the books, regional scouts will have their voices heard in draft rooms. Most general managers and scouting administrators focus on the top 100 or so players during the season, many times keeping the scouts out of the draft room altogether during the top three rounds unless they want to ask a question about the player in their region.
NFL folks will tell you that rounds 4-7 are the place they "make their money." Though the odds of finding a starter in the second half of the draft -- which includes the first part of the fourth round -- are small, just enough finds can be had to bolster a team's depth or find a diamond in the rough who steps in to contribute early.
The majority of players projected to land in the top 80 were selected there on Thursday and Friday. But some very intriguing players are left to pick through early Saturday. Workout warriors such as offensive tackle Bruce Campbell (Maryland) and DE/OLB Everson Griffen (USC) are still on the board despite their athleticism. Both players have faced questions about their inconsistency.
Productive Oklahoma junior CB Dominique Franks also could not escape mental mistakes evident on film, while Georgia Tech junior RB Jonathan Dwyer was the victim of a poor Combine workout. Many teams had trouble projecting Dwyer after a brilliant college career running out of the triple option.
None of the quarterbacks expected to go in the third round heard their names called; Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan), Tony Pike (Cincinnati) and others now hope to get the phone call relatively early Saturday. But teams aren't lining up to pick this year's group of remaining signal callers. It could be a long afternoon for some players.
These rounds produced immediate contributors last season despite not including the premiere names NFL fans may be familiar with. The fourth round was kind to the Bills (TE Shawn Nelson), Colts (WR Austin Collie), Lions (DT Sammie Lee Hill), Packers (OL T.J. Lang), Raiders (WR Louis Murphy) and Dolphins (WR Brian Hartline) among others.
Fifth-round picks ILB Jasper Brinkley (Minnesota) and FS Victor Harris (Philadelphia) started last year. Sixth-round safeties Al Afalava (Chicago) and Kevin Ellison (San Diego) lined up often for their teams as rookies, while seventh-rounders WR Julian Edelman (New England), OLB Moise Fokou (Philadelphia), OLB Brad Jones (Green Bay) and CB Captain Munnerlyn (Carolina) saw significant action in 2009.
In some cases, those players stepped in for injured veterans and may not get the same opportunity in 2010. But half of them, along with others who have not gotten their chance yet, will have long NFL careers.
Expect some of the players available for Saturday's 157 selections to make similar impacts on their new teams.
(Asterisk = underclassmen).
Rank, Player (School), Ht., Wt., 40-yard dash
Centers
1. Matt Tennant (Boston College) 6-5/300/5.15
2. Ted Larsen (North Carolina State) 6-3/304/5.19
3. Eric Olsen (Notre Dame) 6-4/306/5.25
4. Joe Hawley (UNLV) 6-3/297/5.21
5. Kevin Matthews (Texas A&M) 6-4/298/5.30
6. Jeff Byers (USC) 6-4/301/5.04
7. John Estes (Hawaii) 6-2/302/5.26
8. Kenny Alfred (Washington State) 6-2/290/5.06
9. Reggie Stephens (Iowa State) 6-3/314/5.38
10. Andrew Lewis (Oklahoma State) 6-5/298/5.34
Cornerbacks
1. *Dominique Franks (Oklahoma) 5-11/194/4.46
2. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (Indiana (PA)) 6-0/207/4.32
3. Perrish Cox (Oklahoma State) 6-0/195/4.58
4. Walter Thurmond (Oregon) 5-11/189/4.53
5. Walter McFadden (Auburn) 5-10/181/4.40
6. Alterraun Verner (UCLA) 5-10/189/4.52
7. *Joshua Moore (Kansas State) 5-11/188/4.50
8. Ben Burney (Colorado) 5-11/202/4.42
9. Syd'Quan Thompson (California) 5-09/186/4.62
10. Trevard Lindley (Kentucky) 5-11/183/4.51
Defensive ends
1. *Everson Griffen (USC) 6-4/273/4.65
2. Corey Wootton (Northwestern) 6-6/270/4.92
3. Austen Lane (Murray State) 6-6/276/4.84
4. Brandon Lang (Troy) 6-4/266/5.00
5. Greg Hardy (Ole Miss) 6-4/281/4.82
6. C.J. Wilson (East Carolina) 6-3/290/4.83
7. *Clifton Geathers (South Carolina) 6-8/299/4.98
8. Lindsey Witten (Connecticut) 6-5/250/4.70
9. Hall Davis (Louisiana-Lafayette) 6-4/271/4.84
10. George Johnson (Rutgers) 6-5/268/4.78
Defensive tackles
1. Cam Thomas (North Carolina) 6-4/330/5.16
2. Al Woods (LSU) 6-4/309/5.15
3. Geno Atkins (Georgia) 6-2/293/4.75
4. Arthur Jones (Syracuse) 6-3/301/5.04
5. Jeff Owens (Georgia) 6-1/304/4.97
6. Nate Collins (Virginia) 6-2/290/4.93
7. Brandon Deaderick (Alabama) 6-4/314/5.08
8. Sean Lissemore (William & Mary) 6-4/298/4.92
9. Aleric Mullins (North Carolina) 6-1/319/4.95
10. Doug Worthington (Ohio State) 6-5/292/5.02
Fullbacks/H-Backs
1. Clay Harbor (Missouri State) 6-3/252/4.62
2. Rashawn Jackson (Virginia) 6-1/239/4.75
3. John Conner (Kentucky) 5-11/246/4.64
4. Richard Dickson (LSU) 6-3/249/4.86
5. Ryan Moya (UCLA) 6-2/231/4.68
6. Riar Geer (Colorado) 6-3/256/5.00
7. Manase Tonga (BYU) 5-11/245/4.84
8. Matt Clapp (Oklahoma) 6-2/248/4.64
9. Jack Corcoran (Rutgers) 6-1/235/4.75
10. William Rose (Florida Atlantic) 6-1/236/4.58
Free safeties
1. Kam Chancellor (Virginia Tech) 6-3/231/4.62
2. *Donovan Warren (Michigan) 6-0/193/4.62
3. Robert Johnson (Utah) 6-2/203/4.56
4. Quentin Scott (Northern Iowa) 6-4/224/4.43
5. Chris Maragos (Wisconsin) 5-11/200/4.49
6. Shann Schillinger (Montana) 6-0/202/4.49
7. Jon Amaya (Nevada) 6-1/203/4.51
8. Anthony Levine (Tennessee State) 5-11/193/4.49
9. Kendrick Lewis (Ole Miss) 6-0/198/4.73
10. Bryan Evans (Georgia) 5-11/194/4.45
Inside linebackers
1. Jamar Chaney (Mississippi State) 6-1/242/4.54
2. Phillip Dillard (Nebraska) 6-0/245/4.65
3. Travis Goethel (Arizona State) 6-3/240/4.81
4. Danny Batten (South Dakota State) 6-3/246/4.70
5. Darryl Sharpton (Miami (FL)) 6-0/236/4.81
6. Mike McLaughlin (Boston College) 6-0/242/4.84
7. Vincent Rey (Duke) 6-2/240/4.58
8. Micah Johnson (Kentucky) 6-2/258/4.99
9. Albert McClellan (Marshall) 6-1/247/4.75
10. Kion Wilson (South Florida) 6-1/239/4.87
Offensive guards
1. Mitch Petrus (Arkansas) 6-3/310/5.34
2. Marshall Newhouse (TCU) 6-4/319/4.99
3. Ciron Black (LSU) 6-5/327/5.53
4. Charlie Tanner (Texas) 6-4/308/5.16
5. Chris DeGeare (Wake Forest) 6-4/325/5.12
6. Alex Parsons (USC) 6-4/309/5.12
7. Dorian Brooks (James Madison) 6-2/306/5.15
8. Shelley Smith (Colorado State) 6-3/300/5.03
9. Chris Scott (Tennessee) 6-5/319/5.52
10. Thomas Austin (Clemson) 6-3/306/5.36
Outside linebackers 1. *Thaddeus Gibson (Ohio State) 6-2/243/4.78
2. Ricky Sapp (Clemson) 6-4/252/4.65
3. Eric Norwood (South Carolina) 6-1/242/4.71
4. Dekoda Watson (Florida State) 6-2/226/4.55
5. O'Brien Schofield (Wisconsin) 6-2/221/4.63
6. Perry Riley (LSU) 6-1/239/4.69
7. Roddrick Muckelroy (Texas) 6-2/246/4.68
8. Arthur Moats (James Madison) 6-0/246/4.64
9. Kavell Conner (Clemson) 6-1/242/4.59
10. Chris McCoy (Middle Tennessee State) 6-3/261/4.74
Offensive tackles
1. *Bruce Campbell (Maryland) 6-7/314/4.75
2. Ed ... (Virginia Tech) 6-5/314/5.18
3. Selvish Capers (West Virginia) 6-5/308/5.11
4. Ramon Harewood (Morehouse) 6-6/341/5.18
5. Tony Washington (Abilene Christian) 6-6/311/5.25
6. Sam Young (Notre Dame) 6-8/316/5.20
7. Matt Kopa (Stanford) 6-6/300/5.14
8. Jason Fox (Miami (FL)) 6-7/305/5.42
9. Chris Campbell (Eastern Illinois) 6-5/328/5.28
10. Kyle Calloway (Iowa) 6-7/323/5.46
Quarterbacks
1. Tony Pike (Cincinnati) 6-6/223/4.90
2. Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan) 6-3/230/4.60
3. Jonathan Crompton (Tennessee) 6-3/222/4.85
4. John Skelton (Fordham) 6-6/243/4.85
5. Levi Brown (Troy) 6-4/229/4.93
6. Jarrett Brown (West Virginia) 6-3/224/4.50
7. Mike Kafka (Northwestern) 6-3/225/4.93
8. Zac Robinson (Oklahoma State) 6-3/214/4.68
9. *Jevan Snead (Mississippi) 6-3/219/5.04
10. Matt Nichols (Eastern Washington) 6-2/219/4.89
Running backs
1. *Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech) 5-11/229/4.64
2. Anthony Dixon (Mississippi State) 6-1/233/4.67
3. *Joe McKnight (USC) 6-0/198/4.40
4. Lonyae Miller (Fresno State) 6-0/221/4.43
5. James Starks (Buffalo) 6-2/218/4.50
6. Charles Scott (LSU) 6-0/238/4.68
7. LeGarrette Blount (Oregon) 6-1/241/4.70
8. Keiland Williams (LSU) 5-11/233/4.52
9. Deji Karim (Southern Illinois) 5-09/209/4.40
10. Brandon Minor (Michigan) 6-0/218/4.59
Specialists
1. LS Clint Gresham (TCU) 6-3/236/5.08
2. K Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) 6-1/210/NA
3. P Zoltan Mesko (Michigan) 6-5/240/4.79
4. K Aaron Pettrey (Ohio State) 6-1/202/4.94
5. P Brent Bowden (Virginia Tech) 6-3/202/4.80
6. K Hunter Lawrence (Texas) 5-11/187/4.90
7. K Garrett Lindholm (Tarleton State) 5-8/185/NA
8. K Brett Swenson (Michigan State) 5-8/180/NA
9. P Matt Dodge (East Carolina) 6-2/224/NA
10. P Robert Malone (Fresno State) 6-2/235/4.84
11. P Scott Ravanesi (Southern Illinois) 6-0/198/4.85
Strong safeties
1. *Reshad Jones (Georgia) 6-1/214/4.51
2. Darrell Stuckey (Kansas) 6-0/205/4.46
3. Kurt Coleman (Ohio State) 5-10/192/4.55
4. Larry Asante (Nebraska) 6-0/212/4.62
5. Darian Stewart (South Carolina) 5-11/213/4.53
6. Myron Rolle (Florida State) 6-2/215/4.59
7. Jeromy Miles (Massachusetts) 6-2/210/4.45
8. Cody Grimm (Virginia Tech) 5-11/203/4.55
9. Kyle McCarthy (Notre Dame) 6-0/205/4.58
10. Marty Bowman (Boston College) 6-2/223/4.58
Tight ends
1. *Aaron Hernandez (Florida) 6-3/245/4.64
2. Dennis Pitta (BYU) 6-5/245/4.68
3. Dorin Dickerson (Pittsburgh) 6-2/226/4.40
4. Anthony McCoy (USC) 6-5/259/4.71
5. Garrett Graham (Wisconsin) 6-3/243/4.71
6. Nate Byham (Pittsburgh) 6-4/268/4.97
7. Andrew Quarless (Penn State) 6-5/254/4.68
8. Michael Hoomanawanui (Illinois) 6-4/264/4.77
9. Fendi Onobun (Houston) 6-6/252/4.48
10. Mickey Shuler (Penn State) 6-4/251/4.65
Wide receivers
1. *Carlton Mitchell (South Florida) 6-3/215/4.46
2. Mardy Gilyard (Cincinnati) 6-0/187/4.61
3. Marcus Easley (Connecticut) 6-3/210/4.39
4. Jacoby Ford (Clemson) 5-09/186/4.22
5. Joe Webb (UAB) 6-3/223/4.46
6. Riley Cooper (Florida) 6-4/222/4.53
7. *Dezmon Briscoe (Kansas) 6-2/207/4.66
8. Scott Long (Louisville) 6-2/216/4.46
9. Blair White (Michigan State) 6-2/209/4.49
10. Jeremy Williams (Tulane) 6-0/206/4.59
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