Pre-combine position rankings for 2013 NFL Draft

Quarterback

1. Geno Smith, West Virginia
2. Matt Barkley, USC
3. Mike Glennon, NC State
4. Ryan Nassib, Syracuse
5. Landry Jones, Oklahoma

Running Back

1. Eddie Lacy, Alabama
2. Montee Ball, Wisconsin
3. Andre Ellington, Clemson
4. Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
5. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina

Wide Receiver

1. Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee
2. Keenan Allen, Cal
3. Terrance Williams, Baylor
4. Tavon Austin, West Virginia
5. Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech

Tight End

1. Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
2. Zach Ertz, Stanford
3. Gavin Escobar, San Diego State
4. Travis Kelce, Cincinnati
5. Jordan Reed, Florida

Center

1. Travis Frederick, Wisconsin
2. Brian Schwenke, Cal
3. Barrett Jones, Alabama
4. Khaled Holmes, USC
5. Braxston Cave, Notre Dame

Guard

1. Chance Warmack, Alabama
2. Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina
3. Larry Warford, Kentucky
4. Kyle Long, Oregon
5. Brian Winters, Kent State

Tackle

1. Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
2. Eric Fisher, Central Michigan
3. Lane Johnson, Oklahoma
4. D.J. Fluker, Alabama
T-5. Menelik Watson, Florida State
T-5. Justin Pugh, Syracuse

Defensive End

1. Bjoern Werner, Florida State
2. Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
3. Ezekiel Ansah, BYU
4. Sam Montgomery, LSU
T-5. Datone Jones, UCLA
T-5. Margus Hunt, SMU

Defensive Tackle

1. Sharrif Floyd, Florida
2. Star Lotulelei, Utah
3. Sheldon Richardson, Missouri
4. Sylvester Williams, North Carolina
T-5. Kawann Short, Purdue
T-5. Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State

Outside linebacker

1. Dion Jordan, Oregon
2. Jarvis Jones, Georgia
3. Khaseem Greene, Rutgers
4. Barkevious Mingo, LSU
5. Arthur Brown, Kansas State

Inside linebacker

1. Alec Ogletree, Georgia
2. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
3. Kevin Minter, LSU
4. Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
5. Kiko Alonso, Oregon

Cornerback

1. Dee Milliner, Alabama
2. Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
3. Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
4. Desmond Trufant, Washington
5. Jordan Poyer, Oregon State

Safety

1. Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
2. Matt Elam, Florida
3. Johnathan Cyprien, Florida International
4. Eric Reid, LSU
5. Zeke Motta, Notre Dame

Good to see he's high on Jones. With a strong combine, will be interesting to see where he lands in the draft.

I have always thought Mayock was a better talent evaluator than the goons on ESPN.. Kiper and McShay.

I saw one mock draft, I think by a sportswriter, that speculated the Chiefs could take Geno Smith with the 1st pick, given certain scenarios. 

Is Geno Smith really that good to take him 1st overall, over someone like Joeckel?

NorthHill wrote: I saw one mock draft, I think by a sportswriter, that speculated the Chiefs could take Geno Smith with the 1st pick, given certain scenarios. 

Is Geno Smith really that good to take him 1st overall, over someone like Joeckel?

I wouldn't touch Smith with the first overall pick. But, given that he's a quarterback, I expect him to go high. I don't know the Chief's situation, but Joeckel is easily the safer prospect.

I don't think there are any "Andrew Lucks' or "RG3s" in this draft.. QB's are pretty weak in this draft. Taking Geno #1 is a definite reach.

Barkley and Glennon are gonna get someone fired. No QBs are first round worthy and the top QB should be Manual IMO. Also, Johnson dominated the top two DEs in this draft.

This DE class is just absurd. If my Jags don't take one with the #2 overall pick, I might just have to jump off the Devon Tower. Gimme Werner or trade back and get that bad *** from BYU. Kid is young and couldn't be blocked all year.

Tyler Wilson not in his top five. Has DT Floyd over Lotulelei. OLB Jordan over Jones.

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--- ZachGivens wrote:

Tyler Wilson not in his top five. Has DT Floyd over Lotulelei. OLB Jordan over Jones.

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Lotulelei is the best DT in the country. It'll be interesting to see which DT goes first. He's #3 on my wish list behind Werner and Asiah.

ZachSooners wrote:

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--- ZachGivens wrote:

Tyler Wilson not in his top five. Has DT Floyd over Lotulelei. OLB Jordan over Jones.

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Lotulelei is the best DT in the country. It'll be interesting to see which DT goes first. He's #3 on my wish list behind Werner and Asiah.

I agree. I'd take him over Floyd, but I don't think you could wrong with either. Floyd's explosiveness is nice and hands have improved. Lotulelei's power is on another level.

What do all of these gurus see in Vaccaro that I've been missing?  I never thought he was anything special.

TiredHead wrote: What do all of these gurus see in Vaccaro that I've been missing?  I never thought he was anything special.

He is probably a really good player, just under developed like a lot of Texas players.

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--- KhalDrogo wrote:

TiredHead wrote: What do all of these gurus see in Vaccaro that I've been missing?  I never thought he was anything special.

He is probably a really good player, just under developed like a lot of Texas players.

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Yeah, that Duane Akina has never developed DBs. You might as well type 'herp derp' over and over in every post. It would be equally insightful.

dcnsooner wrote: I have always thought Mayock was a better talent evaluator than the goons on ESPN.. Kiper and McShay.

He's an actual football guy.

EagleGrowl3 wrote:

dcnsooner wrote: I have always thought Mayock was a better talent evaluator than the goons on ESPN.. Kiper and McShay.

He's an actual football guy.

Agreed Mayock is a lot better than those other 2 clowns on ESPN.

pretty insane to say zeke motta is better than tony...

chicagosooner9 wrote: pretty insane to say zeke motta is better than tony...

Remember this is pre-combine, there is usually some shakeup after the combine is over.

Exactly how tall is Tony?

DE Alex Okafor is another name not in Mayock's top five.