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Draft Value Board - Defense (Pre-Combine Version)

February 03, 2004 by Steel Haven

  Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
DT *Tommie Harris - Oklahoma
*Vince Wilfork - Miami
*Randy Starks - Maryland
Marcus Tubbs - Texas
Dwan Edwards - Oregon State
Chad Lavalais - LSU
Darnell Dockett - Florida St
*Matthias Askew - Michigan St
*Igor Olshansky - Oregon
*Donnell Washington - Clemson
DeMarco McNeil - Auburn
Tim Anderson - Ohio St
Darrell Campbell - Notre Dame
Tommy Kelley - Miss State
Isaac Sopoaga - Hawaii
*Ahmad Childress - Alabama
DE *Kenechi Udeze - USC
Will Smith - Ohio St
+Marquise Hill - LSU
*Antwan Odom - Alabama
Dave Ball - UCLA Shaun Phillips - Purdue (OLB)
Jason Babin - Western Mich
Bo Schobel - TCU
ILB Jonathan Vilma - Miami Dontarrious Thomas - Auburn (OLB)
Richard Seigler - Oregon St
Daryl Smith - Ga Tech (OLB)
Rod Davis - Southern Miss
Courtney Watson - Notre Dame
OLB Karlos Dansby - Auburn
DJ Williams - Miami
Teddy Lehman - Oklahoma
Michael Boulware - Florida St
Demorrio Williams � Nebraska
Keyaron Fox - Ga Tech
Roderick Green - Cent Mo St
CB *Chris Gamble - Ohio St
*DeAngelo Hall - Va Tech
Derrick Strait - Oklahoma
Dunta Robinson - South Car
Will Poole - USC
Nathan Vasher - Texas
*Ahmad Carroll - Arkansas
Keith Smith - McNeese St
Jeremy LeSueur � Michigan
Keiwan Ratliff - Florida
Ricardo Colclough - Tusculum
Joey Thomas - Montana St
Greg Brooks - Southern Miss
Lawrence Richardson - Arkansas
S *Sean Taylor - Miami
*Matt Ware - UCLA (CB)
*Sean Jones - Georgia
*Jason Shivers - Arizona St
Stuart Schweigert - Purdue
Brandon Everage - Arkansas
Etric Pruitt - Southern Miss
Bob Sanders - Iowa


  Rounds 4-5 Rounds 6-7 Others
DT *Amon Gordon - Stanford
Rodney Leisle - UCLA
Terry Johnson - Washington (DE)
Junior Siavii - Oregon St
Jorden Carstens - Iowa St
Brandon Kennedy - North Texas
Chad Pugh - TCU
Corey Williams - Arkansas St
Anthony Bryant - Alabama
Jeremy Williams - Washington St
Jared Clauss - Iowa (DE)
Jeremy Caudill - Ketucky
Doug Goodwin - Boston College
Damane Duckett - East Carolina
Cedric Hilliard - Notre Dame
Ryon Bingham - Nebraska
Ryan Boschetti - UCLA
Grant Bowman - Michigan
Jon Bradley - Arkansas St
Larry Burt - Miami, Ohio
Brandon Calton - East Tenn St
Dietrich Canterberry - UNLV
Mondre Dickerson - Tennessee
Christian Ferrara - Syracuse
Norman Heuer - Michigan
Patrick Kabonga -Nebraska
Anthony Maddox - Delta St
Aaron McConnell - Pittsurg St
Sean Mulcahy - Connecticut
Mike O'Brien - Western Ill
Ifo Pili - BYU
Kyle Rasmussen - Michigan St
Jeff Ruffin - Illinois
Craig Terrill - Purdue
Paul White - Hampton
Jeff Womble, Florida St
Matt Zielinski - Duke
DE Andrew Shull - Kansas St
Darrion Scott - Ohio St
Travis LaBoy - Hawaii (OLB)
Isaac Hilton - Howard (OLB)
Claude Harriott - Pitt
Nathaniel Adibi - Va Tech
Greg Taplin - Michigan St
Jared Allen - Idaho St
Bobby McCray - Florida
Shawn Johnson - Delaware
Raheem Orr - Rutgers (OLB)
*Tony Hargrove - Ga Tech (OLB)
Kalen Thornton - Texas
Antonio Smith - OK St
Spencer Johnson - Auburn (DT)
Trevor Johnson - Nebraska
Gabe Nyenhuis - Colorado
Kevin Emanuel - Florida St
Derrick Strong - Illinois
Constantin Ritzmann - Tennessee
Ronald Jones - SMU
Farouk Adelekan - Houston
Charlie Anderson - Mississippi
James Davis - Va Tech
Quinn Dorsey - Oregon
Jason Frank - Northern Ill
Greg Gathers - Ga Tech
Howard Hodges - Iowa
Erasmus James - Wisconsin
Ronald Jones - Southern Miss
Alain Kashama - Michigan
Darrell Lee - Florida
Tom Martin - Boston College
Nautyn McKay-Loescher - Alabama
Omar Nazel - USC
Linnis Smith - Texas A&M
Tyson Smith - Iowa St
Michale Spicer - Western Carolina
Larry Stevens - Michigan
Josh Thomas - Syracuse
John Thompson - La Monroe
Reggie Torbor - Auburn
Khaleed Vaughn - Clemson
ILB Niko Koutouvides - Purdue
Jonathon Harrell - Northern Iowa (OLB)
Grant Wiley - West Va (OLB)
Jorge Cordova - Nevada (OLB)
Carl Diggs - Michigan
Lewis Moore - Pittsburgh (OLB)
Nick Duffy - Nortern Ill
Caleb Miller - Arkansas
Allen Augustin - Florida St
Cody Spencer - North Texas
Roderick Royal - McNeese St
Sean Tufts - Colorado
Dante Balestracci - Harard
Reed Boyd - Texas
Gino Capone - Penn St
Marc Dailey - Fresno St
Patrick Durr - Northwestern
Matt Farrior - Florida
Ryan Fowler - Duke (OLB)
Jeremiah Garrison - South Carolina
Ray Holdcraft - Utah
Kitwana Jones - Hampton
Mike Lambingo - Michigan St
David Lusky - Eastern Mich
Jeff Mack - Wiconsin
Chad Mascoe - Central Fla
Jared Morris - Texas A&M
Robert Peace - Tennessee
Brandt Quick - Tulane
Vegas Robinson - Va Tech
Rich Scanlon - Syracuse
Joe Siofele - Arizona
Mike Tanner - BYU
Daryl Towns - Nevada
Ben West - Minnesota
Drew Wood - Colorado St
OLB Maurice Jones - South Fla (ILB)
Brandon Chillar - UCLA
Alex Lewis - Wisconsin (ILB)
John Leake - Clemson
Marquis Cooper - Washington (SS)
Bryan Hickman - Kansas St
Pasha Jackson - Oklahoma
Kendyll Pope - Florida St
Uyi Osunde - Connecticut (DE)
Cols Colas - Va Tech (DE)
Josh Buhl - Kansas St
Landon Johnson - Purdue
Leon Joe - Maryland
Greg Richmond - OK St
Kellen Brantley - Wake Forest
Kevin Mitchell - Oregon
Marques Harris - Colorado (DE)
Steve Baggs Jr. - Bethune Cookman
DD Acholonu - Washington St (DE)
Derrick Pope - Alabama
Eric Pauly - Colorado St
Troy Bennett - Temple
Isaac Brown - Washington St
Colby Bockwoldt - BYU
*Brooks Daniels - Alabama
Rod Day - Louisville
Gilbert Gardner - Purdue
Tyler Gottschalk - Wyoming
Tyjuan Hagler - Cincinnati
TJ Hollowell - Nebraska
Bobby McCray - Florida (DE)
Josh Ott - Boston College
Terrell Paul - Southern Miss
Robert Reynolds - Ohio St
Tor-El Robinson - Bethune Cookman
Lee Russell - Western Ill
Lorenzo Scott - Ball St
Melvin Simmons - USC
Grant Steen - Iowa
KT Stovall - Appalachian St
Willie Strother - New Mexico
Deryck Toles - Penn St
Reggie Torbor - Auburn
Renauld Williams - Hofstra
Cornelius Wortham - Alabama
Kevin Worthy - Iowa
CB Randy Jordan - Kansas St
Marcell Allmond - USC
Dexter Wynn - Colorado St
Vontez Duff - Notre Dame
Bruce Thornton - Georgia
Curome Cox - Maryland
Chris Thompson - Nicholls St
Rich Gardner - Penn St
Tahaya Hutchins - Mississippi
Jonas Rutledge - SMU
Narond Alexander - Washington
Michael Waddell - North Carolina
Shawntae Spencer - Pitt
Jenaro Gilford - BYU
Christian Morton - Illinois
Kevin Millhouse - Hawaii
Kevin Arbet - USC
Rufus Brown - Florida St
Decory Bryant - Georgia
Leonard Burress - Kentucky
Ted Crawford - South Carolina
Jason David - Washington St
Kendall Edwards - Fresno St
*Greg Golden - NC St
Jabari Greer - Tennessee
Michael Harden - Missouri
Eddie Jackson - Arkansas
Marvin Jackson - Chadron St
Michael Jovilette - Arizona
Nate Jones - Rutgers
Alfonso Marshall - Miami
Josh Minkins - Louisville
Zach Norton - Cincinnati
Janssen Patten - Bowling Green
Jacques Reeves - Purdue
Benny Sapp - Northern Iowa
Stanford Samuels - Florida St
Jeff Shoate - SD St
Tony Tiller - East Tenn St
Lenny Williams - Southern
S Madieu Williams - Maryland
Will Allen - Ohio St
Arnold Parker - Utah (CB)
Dexter Reid - North Carolina
Rashad Washington - Kansas St
Kentrell Curry - Ga Tech
Guss Scott - Florida
JR Reed - South Fla
Gibril Wilson - Tennessee
Tony Bua - Arkansas
Glenn Earl - Notre Dame
Brett Hudson - Arizona St (CB)
Deandre Eiland - South Carolina (CB)
Maurice Sikes - Miami
Medford Moorer - Colorado
Qiunton Williams - Wake Forest
Rashad Baker - Tennessee
Keith Lewis - Oregon
Erik Coleman - Washington St
Ryan Aycock - Texas Tech
JaMaine Billups - Iowa St
Levy Brown - Florida A&M
Greg Carothers - Washington
Derrick Cash - Baylor
Obi Chukwumah -Wake Forest
Elbert Craig - OK St
Chris DeLoatch - NC A&T
Daryl Dixon - Florida
Jack Hunt - LSU
Charles Jones - Alabama
Gerald Jones - San Jose St
*Omar Laurence - South Fla
Nate Loughran - St Cloud St
Ben Nauman - Augustana
Dakari Pearson -Texas
Rayshaun Reed - Troy St
Justin Sandy - Northern Iowa
Kevin Verpaele - South Fla
Eli Ward - Minnesota
Virgil Williams - Washington St
Dennard Wilson - Maryland
Marcus Winn - Alabama St
Michael Woods - Middle Tenn St
K Nate Kaeding - Iowa Josh Scobee - La Tech
Steve Azar - Northern Ill
Nick Browne - TCU
Billy Bennett - Georgia
Drew Dunning - Washington St
Aaron Hunt - Clemson
David Kimball - Penn St
Sando Sciortino - Boston College
Nicholas Setta - Notre Dame
Brent Smith - Mississippi St
Kirk Yliniemi - Oregon St
P   Kyle Larson - Nebraska
Donnie Jones - LSU
BJ Sanders - Ohio St
Andy Lee - Pittsburgh
Kurt Ansel - Kansas
Robert Billings - Middle Tenn St
Brent Garber - Duke
Mark Gould - Northern Arizona
Brandon Hannum - Toledo
Nate McKinnie - Appalachian St
Tim Parker - Arizona St
David Rysko - Eastern Mich
Cody Scates - Texas A&M
Scott Verhalen - East TX Baptist


Others are listed in alphabetical order.

*Underclassmen

+Marquise Hill is an underclassman that originally submitted his paperwork to declare for the draft and then withdrew in the 72 hour window provided by NFL rules. However, Hill apparently had contact with an agent which effectively terminates his NCAA eligibility. Rather than petition the NCAA to regain eligibility, Hill has now publicly stated that he will enter the NFL draft. How the NFL will handle the situation is not clear. The most likely scenario is that Hill will simply be put into the regular phase of the draft. He did originally declare and the draft is still over 2 months away. There is a chance Hill could end up being in the supplemental draft because of the circumstances surrounding his situation.


Numeric Breakdown of 2003 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 5 1 0 5 4 4 3 22
DE 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 28
LB 1 8 6 3 3 3 3 27
DB 6 8 4 8 7 10 8 51
K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
P 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2002 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 18
DE 4 4 2 2 3 1 8 24
LB 2 2 6 6 5 2 3 26
DB 6 6 10 8 8 8 6 52
K 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
P 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2


Numeric Breakdown of 2001 Selections - Defense#
  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
DT 5 3 4 2 1 2 7 24
DE 4 3 3 3 0 7 5 25
LB 1 4 5 6 3 3 4 26
DB 6 7 9 4 5 7 7 45
K 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
P 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2


#These tables are intended to give an estimate of how many players are usually drafted at each position in each round. Draft classes are different so the numbers should not be taken literally. This is really being included because more players than can actually be drafted are listed in the draft value boards. This is especially true in later rounds where the difference in value between prospects is much less pronounced and more players than can actually be drafted in a specific round based on raw numbers carry a grade for that round. Because there are only so many draft slots players with a low 3rd round grade will be available on the second day and players with a 5th or 6th round grade could well come off the board in the 7th round or go undrafted.
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