Bear's 2006 Cowboys Draft Board-- Defense/ Special Teams

[silverbear]

Mario Williams 6-7 295* DE N. Carolina St. 4.7 sec. 1st
Mathias Kiwanuka 6-6 260* DE Boston College 4.7 sec. 1st
Manny Lawson 6-5 240* DE/OLB N. Carolina St. 4.45 sec. 1st
Kamerion Wimbley 6-4 250* DE/OLB Florida St. 4.65 sec. 2nd/3rd
Parys Haralson 6-1 250* DE/OLB Tennessee 4.7 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Elvis Dumervil 5-11 260* DE Louisville 4.65 sec. 2nd/3rd
Stanley McClover 6-2 260* DE/OLB Auburn 4.65 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Eric Henderson 6-2 260* DE Georgia Tech 4.7 sec. 4th/5th
Mark Anderson 6-5 250 DE/OLB Alabama 4.75 sec. 4th/5th
Jason Hatcher 6-6 286* DE Grambling St. 4.7 sec. 4th/5th
Brandon Guillory 6-4 255* DE/OLB Louisiana-Monroe 4.55 sec.* 4th/5th
Frostee Rucker 6-3 260* DE/OLB USC 4.8 sec.* 4th/5th
James Wyche 6-5 260* DE Syracuse 4.65 sec.* 4th/5th
Chris Gocong 6-3 265 DE Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 4.65 sec. 4th/5th
Paul Carrington 6-7 265* DE Central Florida 4.65 sec.* 7th/FA
John Chick 6-3 265* DE/OLB Utah St. 4.6 sec.* 7th/FA

Haloti Ngata 6-4 340* DT Oregon 4.95 sec. 1st
Gabe Watson 6-4 340* DT Michigan 5.05 sec. 1st
Kyle Williams 6-2 300* DT LSU 5.0 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Rodrique Wright 6-5 306* DT/DE Texas 4.95 sec. 2nd/3rd
Dusty Dvoracek 6-3 306* DT Oklahoma 4.9 sec.* 3rd/4th
LeKevin Smith 6-3 316 DT Nebraska 5.05 sec. 3rd/4th
Tommy Jackson 6-1 306* DT Auburn 5.1 sec.* 4th/5th
Johnny Jolly 6-3 316* DT Texas A&M 5.05 sec. 4th/5th
Steve Fifita 5-11 325 DT Utah 5.05 sec. 5th/6th
Jeff Littlejohn 6-2 316 DT Middle Tennessee St. 5.05 sec. 6th/7th
Rodney Thompson 6-2 325* DT N. Dakota St. 5.05 sec.* 7th/FA

Chad Greenway 6-2 240* OLB Iowa 4.6 sec.* 1st
Ernie Sims 5-11 235* OLB Florida St. 4.5 sec.* 1st/2nd
Bobby Carpenter 6-3 250 OLB Ohio St. 4.6 sec.* 1st/2nd
Thomas Howard 6-3 240* OLB UTEP 4.45 sec.* 1st/2nd
Roger McIntosh 6-3 235 OLB Miami 4.6 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Spencer Havner 6-3 235* OLB UCLA 4.65 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Jon Alston 6-1 225* OLB/SS Stanford 4.4 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Brian Iwuh 6-1 225* OLB/SS Colorado 4.65 sec.* 4th/5th
Jamar Williams 6-1 240* OLB Arizona St. 4.6 sec.* 4th/5th
Bobby Iwuchukwu 6-1 245* OLB Purdue 4.6 sec.* 5th/6th
Ben Ishola 6-3 250* OLB Indiana 4.5 sec.* 5th/6th
Clint Ingram 6-2 245* OLB Oklahoma 4.6 sec. 5th/6th
Jason Hunter 6-4 235* OLB Appalachian St. 4.55 sec.* 6th/7th
James Anderson 6-2 230* OLB Virginia Tech 4.7 sec. 7th/FA
Brandon Hoyte 5-11 235 OLB Notre Dame 4.7 sec. 7th/FA
Garrett McIntyre 6-3 260* OLB Fresno St. 4.75 sec.* 7th/FA
LaDrelle Bryant 6-1 235* OLB Indiana St. 4.5 sec.* 7th/FA
Shawn Mayne 6-2 245* OLB Connecticut 4.6 sec.* 7th/FA
Byron Santiago 6-2 240* OLB Louisiana Tech 4.7 sec.* 7th/FA
Ryan LaCasse 6-3 255* OLB Syracuse 4.6 sec.* 7th/FA

Kai Parham 6-3 245* ILB Virginia 4.9 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Abdul Hodge 6-1 235* ILB Iowa 4.65 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Gerris Wilkerson 6-3 230* ILB Georgia Tech 4.65 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Kevin Simon 5-10 235* ILB Tennessee 4.8 sec.* 5th/6th
Freddie Roach 6-2 260* ILB Alabama 4.85 sec.* 5th/6th

Jimmy Williams 6-2 216* CB/FS Virginia Tech 4.4 sec.* 1st
Antonio Cromartie 6-2 206* CB Florida St. 4.35 sec.* 1st
Cedric Griffin 6-1 200* CB/FS Texas 4.5 sec. 2nd/3rd
Danieal Manning 5-11 200* CB/FS Abilene Christian 4.45 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Alan Zemaitis 6-1 195* CB/FS Penn St. 4.55 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Darrell Hunter 6-0 206* CB/FS Miami-Ohio 4.35 sec.* 3rd/4th
Derrick Martin 5-10 200* CB Wyoming 4.35 sec.* 3rd/4th
Gerrick McPhearson 5-10 195 CB/KR Maryland 4.35 sec.* 4th/5th
Eric Bassey 6-0 195* CB Oklahoma 4.35 sec.* 4th/5th
Justin Wyatt 5-9 190* CB USC 4.6 sec.* 5th/6th
Chijioke Onyenegeche 6-1 210* CB Oklahoma 4.45 sec.* 6th/7th
TJ Rushing 5-9 186* CB/KR Stanford 4.4 sec.* 7th/FA

Michael Huff 6-1 200* FS/CB Texas 4.45 sec. 1st
Ko Simpson 6-1 206* FS S. Carolina 4.45 sec.* 1st
Donte Whitner 5-11 206 FS/SS Ohio St. 4.4 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Daniel Bullocks 6-2 210 FS Nebraska 4.5 sec. 2nd/3rd
Jason Allen 6-2 206 FS/CB Tennessee 4.45 sec. 2nd/3rd
Greg Blue 6.2 220* FS/SS Georgia 4.55 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Anthony Smith 6-1 195* FS Syracuse 4.55 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Pat Watkins 6-4 206* FS Florida St. 4.45 sec.* 2nd/3rd
Charlie Peprah 5-10 200* FS Alabama 4.55 sec.* 3rd/4th
Marcus Hudson 6-1 195* FS N. Carolina St. 4.6 sec.* 4th/5th
Dwayne Slay 6-3 216* S/OLB Texas Tech 4.75 sec.* 4th/5th
Jahmile Addae 5-10 206* FS W. Virginia 4.65 sec. 5th/6th
Nate Salley 6-3 216 S Ohio St. 4.5 sec.* 5th/6th
Dawan Landry 6-1 216* S Georgia Tech 4.6 sec.* 5th/6th
Trevis Coley 6-1 225* FS/SS Southern Mississippi 4.45 sec. 5th/6th
Reed Doughty 6-1 206 FS N. Colorado 4.5 sec. 7th/FA

Connor Hughes 5-10 175 K Virginia 4.75 sec. 6th/7th
Josh Huston 6-1 195 K/KO Ohio St. 4.95 sec. 7th/FA
Stephen Gostkowski 6-1 210* K/KO Memphis 5.05 sec. 7th/FA
Jon Scifres 6-2 195 K/KO Missouri St. 5.0 sec. 6th/7th
Thomas Olmstead 6-4 216 P/KO Troy 5.2 sec. 6th/7th

 

[silverbear]

Note-- asterisks after the height/weight figures and the 40 times indicate verified numbers (either from the Combine workouts, or Pro Day workouts)...

 

[cobra]

Good work, Bear.

One thing, though...

Kamerion Wimbley 6-4 250* DE/OLB Florida St. 4.65 sec. 2nd/3rd

2/3rd for Wimbley?

He may be gone before the Cowboys draft at #18!

If he makes it to the 'Boys, there is reasonable chance we take him at #18.

If we pass on him, I don't think he makes it out of the 20's.

He is a first rounder.

 

[CallMeCrazy]

Keep up the good work Bear. AJ Hawke is missing though, but he's an obvious 1st rounder unless I've missed some news in the past few days.

 

[CallMeCrazy]

Sorry, just realized this is the Cowboys draft board not the whole draft ranking by position.

 

[silverbear]

Sorry, just realized this is the Cowboys draft board not the whole draft ranking by position.

It's all good, pal...

 

[Dayton Cowboy]

It's all good, pal...

OK, Bear.. How is it that Super Mario made your list and Hawk did not?

 

[silverbear]

OK, Bear.. How is it that Super Mario made your list and Hawk did not?

Easy-- the Cowboys sat down with him at some point in time during the offseason process, can't remember when...

This list started out as a list of players I particularly liked, but as the offseason went on, and report after report after report rolled in of the Cowboys having an interview or workout with player X, player X got added to my "master list"...

I like Hawk, I like him a lot, but I never saw anything that had the Boys paying him special attention, other than one rumor that they were considering trying to move up to draft him... those kinds of rumors were not enough to warrant inclusion on the spreadsheet... and since he'll be off the board before the Boys pick, he didn't make the list...

 

[silverbear]

Good work, Bear.

One thing, though...



2/3rd for Wimbley?

He may be gone before the Cowboys draft at #18!

If he makes it to the 'Boys, there is reasonable chance we take him at #18.

If we pass on him, I don't think he makes it out of the 20's.

I'm thinking you have a bit of a point, and I ought to move him up to 1st/2nd round status...

 

[dwmyers]

I'm thinking you have a bit of a point, and I ought to move him up to 1st/2nd round status...

I don't see Mark Anderson as 4th/5th either, though I can't tell you exactly why. Good intangibles, good pass rusher, and I recall he had a good combine workout as well.

David.

 

[Rack]

Mario Williams 6-7 295* DE N. Carolina St. 4.7 sec. 1st

I thought these things were ONLY the cowboys draft board?


No way in hell will Mario Williams be available at #18. And it's not a position of need so they won't be trading up for him either.


He's a top 10 pick.





Crap, just saw that someone else already mention him.


If you're gonna go by heresay, the cowboys were rumored to be considering the idea of trading up for AJ Hawk. Might as well have him on your list.


Nevertheless, we won't be drafting Mario Williams. Although if by some miracle he did drop to 18, I wouldn't mind taking him eventhough we don't need him.

 

[dwmyers]

I thought these things were ONLY the cowboys draft board?


No way in hell will Mario Williams be available at #18. And it's not a position of need so they won't be trading up for him either.


He's a top 10 pick.

But Silverbear will always make an exception for a big ole fella, I'm sure .

 

[silverbear]

I thought these things were ONLY the cowboys draft board?

Rack, I don't know what's up with you today, but you really ought to pay attention... I have told you that some players made the list simply because the Cowboys either interviewed them one on one, or worked them out, at some point in these past few weeks...

IOW, the board is a synthesis of players that I like, and players the Cowboys are known to have shown an interest in...

If you're gonna go by heresay, the cowboys were rumored to be considering the idea of trading up for AJ Hawk. Might as well have him on your list.

Yeah, I read that RUMOR, too... that's somewhat different from players we KNOW the Cowboys have interviewed or worked out... now, do you have a link to anybody saying that the Cowboys either interviewed Hawk, or worked him out??

If not, and if this bothers you so very much, perhaps you should make up your own list, and quit wearin' me out over mine...

By now, I think you've made it quite clear that you don't care much for my list, indeed you seem to think it was a wasted effort... others seem to think it's interesting...

 

[Rack]

Rack, I don't know what's up with you today,

Nothing wrong with me, Pal.


You really need to lighten up. I figured the smilie I left was enough to make the sarcasm in my post clear. I guess I'll just have to announce it word for word from now on.


What's wrong with you?


<<< Note the smilie.

 

[Sitting Bull]

Good work, Silverbear. You listed all of the defensive players of interest that I had for Dallas, and then some. Agree with Cobra that Wimbley is a lock to go between pick #14-#40.

 

[cowboysfan31]

Not a bad list, though there were some notable players that I didn't see included:

DE: Ray Edwards
DT: Babatunde Oshinowo, Barry Coefield, and Montavious Stanley
OLB: DeMeco Ryans
ILB: Anthony Schlegel, Tim Dobbins
CB: DeMario Minter, Charles Gordon
S: Antoine Bethea, Roman Harper

Also since the Cowboys primary need is a kickoff guy right now, I definately wouldn't put Conor Hughes at the top of our list. He's quite small, and there are questions as to whether or not he could handle KO duties in the NFL. As a matter of fact, he only kicked off twice last year and averaged only 36.5 yards/kickoff though he did have 1 touchback.

 

[silverbear]

Nothing wrong with me, Pal.


You really need to lighten up. I figured the smilie I left was enough to make the sarcasm in my post clear. I guess I'll just have to announce it word for word from now on.


What's wrong with you?


<<< Note the smilie.

Oh, if you're just jerkin' my chain, carry on... LOL...

It sure seemed like you had a problem with my list...

 

[silverbear]

Not a bad list, though there were some notable players that I didn't see included:

DE: Ray Edwards
DT: Babatunde Oshinowo, Barry Coefield, and Montavious Stanley
OLB: DeMeco Ryans
ILB: Anthony Schlegel, Tim Dobbins
CB: DeMario Minter, Charles Gordon
S: Antoine Bethea, Roman Harper

In most of those cases, the problem was 40 times that did not meet my minimum criteria for the position in question...

Also since the Cowboys primary need is a kickoff guy right now, I definately wouldn't put Conor Hughes at the top of our list. He's quite small, and there are questions as to whether or not he could handle KO duties in the NFL. As a matter of fact, he only kicked off twice last year and averaged only 36.5 yards/kickoff though he did have 1 touchback.

Though I'm a UVa fan, Hughes would not be at the top of my list for kickers, either... he'll be a good field goal man in the NFL, I think, but he is NOT a kickoff specialist... what he is, though, is the top-rated kicker that the Cowboys have shown an interest in, hence his position at the top of the list...

Personally, I'd target Josh Huston, who had right at 70 per cent of his kickoffs go for touchbacks... after him, Gostkowski would be my second choice, he apparently has a pretty strong leg too...

 

[Rack]

Oh, if you're just jerkin' my chain, carry on... LOL...

It sure seemed like you had a problem with my list...

Nah I don't have a problem with the list. Just needed the clarification. After that I just decided to mess with you a bit.


So why is Vince Young on your list? You think he has a chance to drop or was it cuz of that rumor that we might move up for him?

 

[silverbear]

Nah I don't have a problem with the list. Just needed the clarification. After that I just decided to mess with you a bit.

Grrrrrrrr...

So why is Vince Young on your list? You think he has a chance to drop or was it cuz of that rumor that we might move up for him?

He makes the list because Jerry sounded off at the Combine about him, suggesting he had an interest in him... there isn't a snowball's chance in Hades of that happening, of course, but my rule was if the Cowboys had a documented interest in a player, no matter what I might personally think about him, that player goes on the list...

Trust me, a safety who runs a 4.7 40 (Dwayne Slay) would NEVER have made my list if it was just my preference...