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Personal 2012 Draft Top-50

Written by 
Mario Puig
Published on April 17, 2012

Here is my top-50 list for the 2012 NFL Draft, not taking positional scarcity into account (it's not necessarily how I would draft the players, in other words).

Conventional thought would probably say that these rankings are ridiculous, but I'd be happy to explain the thinking behind them.

  1. Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU (5-11, 188)
  2. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama (5-9, 228)
  3. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford (6-4, 234)
  4. Matt Kalil, OT, USC (6-7, 306)
  5. Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State (6-4, 298)
  6. Robert Griffin, QB, Baylor (6-2, 223)
  7. David DeCastro, G, Stanford (6-5, 316)
  8. Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State (6-1, 207)
  9. David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech (5-10, 206)
  10. Doug Martin, RB, Boise State (5-9, 223)
  11. Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor (5-10, 196)
  12. Shea McClellin, DE/OLB, Boise State (6-3, 260)
  13. Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina (6-1, 190)
  14. Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah State (6-0, 241)
  15. Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama (6-2, 186)
  16. Mark Barron, S, Alabama (6-1, 213)
  17. Cordy Glenn, G, Georgia (6-5, 345)
  18. Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame (6-3, 220)
  19. Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma (5-10, 192)
  20. Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (FL) (5-11, 212)
  21. Dontari Poe, (3-4) NT, Memphis (6-4, 346)
  22. Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa (6-5, 313)
  23. Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati (5-10, 197)
  24. Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College (6-3, 242)
  25. Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin (6-4, 314)
  26. Rueben Randle, WR, LSU (6-3, 210)
  27. Michael Brockers, (3-4) DE, LSU (6-5, 320)
  28. Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford (6-6, 247)
  29. Peter Konz, C/G, Wisconsin (6-5, 314)
  30. Nick Perry, DE, USC (6-3, 271)
  31. Amini Silatolu, G/OT, Midwestern State (6-4, 311)
  32. Derek Wolfe, DT/DE, Cincinnati (6-5, 295)
  33. Kelechi Osemele, G, Iowa State (6-6, 333)
  34. Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina (6-3, 216)
  35. Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State (6-4, 221)
  36. Devon Still, DT, Penn State (6-5, 303)
  37. Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson (6-2, 314)
  38. Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech (6-4, 210)
  39. Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi (6-6, 316)
  40. T.Y. Hilton, WR, Florida International (5-10, 183)
  41. Melvin Ingram, (3-4) ILB, South Carolina (6-1, 264)
  42. Mychal Kendricks, LB, California (5-11, 240)
  43. Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse (6-5, 266)
  44. Harrison Smith, S, Notre Dame (6-2, 213)
  45. Jared Crick, DT/DE, Nebraska (6-4, 279)
  46. Andre Branch, DE/OLB, Clemson (6-4, 259)
  47. Courtney Upshaw, DE/OLB, Alabama (6-2, 272)
  48. Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut (6-4, 299)
  49. Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson (6-3, 255)
  50. Whitney Mercilus, DE/OLB, Illinois (6-4, 261)