Kiper Big Board/Position Rankings 12/22/23

[Risen Star]

Big Board
1. Caleb Williams QB USC
2. Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio St.
3. Drake Maye QB North Carolina
4. Jayden Daniels QB LSU
5. Brock Bowers TE Georgia

6. Rome Odunze WR Washington
7. Olumuyiwa Fashanu T Penn St.
8. Malik Nabers WR LSU
9. Joe Alt T Notre Dame
10. Laiatu Latu OLB UCLA

11. Dallas Turner OLB Alabama
12. Keon Coleman WR Florida St.
13. Cooper DeJean CB Iowa
14. Troy Fautanu OL Washington
15. Jared Verse DE Florida St.

16. Jer'Zhan Newton DT Illinois
17. Xavier Worthy WR Texas
18. Nate Wiggins CB Clemson
19. Taliese Fuaga T Oregon St.
20. JC Latham T Alabama

21. Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Alabama
22. Amarius Mims T Georgia
23. Kamara Lassiter CB Georgia
24. Jordan Morgan T Arizona
25. T'Vondre Sweat DT Texas

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Position Rankings

Quarterbacks
1. Caleb Williams, USC
2. Drake Maye, North Carolina
3. Jayden Daniels, LSU
4. J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
5. Michael Penix Jr., Washington
6. Bo Nix, Oregon
7. Michael Pratt, Tulane
8. Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
9. Jordan Travis, Florida State
10. Joe Milton III, Tennessee

Running backs
1. Jonathon Brooks, Texas
2. Trey Benson, Florida State
3. Audric Estime, Notre Dame
4. TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
5. Blake Corum, Michigan
6. MarShawn Lloyd, USC
7. Jawhar Jordan, Louisville
8. Rasheen Ali, Marshall
9. Bucky Irving, Oregon
10. Braelon Allen, Wisconsin

Fullbacks/H-backs
1. Bryson Nesbit, North Carolina
2. Ben Sinnott, Kansas State
3. Jaheim Bell, Florida State
4. JJ Pegues, Ole Miss
5. Jared Wiley, TCU
6. Dallin Holker, Colorado State
7. Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn
8. Brant Kuithe, Utah
9. Trey Knox, South Carolina
10. Hayden Large, Iowa

Wide receivers
1. Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
2. Rome Odunze, Washington
3. Malik Nabers, LSU
4. Keon Coleman, Florida State
5. Xavier Worthy, Texas
6. Brian Thomas Jr., LSU
7. Adonai Mitchell, Texas
8. Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
9. Xavier Legette, South Carolina
10. Ladd McConkey, Georgia

Tight ends
1. Brock Bowers, Georgia
2. Ja'Tavion Sanders, Texas
3. Cade Stover, Ohio State
4. Luke Lachey, Iowa
5. Theo Johnson, Penn State
6. Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame
7. Tyler Warren, Penn State
8. Erick All, Iowa
9. Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss
10. AJ Barner, Michigan

Offensive tackles
1. Olu Fashanu, Penn State
2. Joe Alt, Notre Dame
3. Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
4. JC Latham, Alabama
5. Amarius Mims, Georgia
6. Jordan Morgan, Arizona
7. Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
8. Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
9. Patrick Paul, Houston
10. Blake Fisher, Notre Dame

Guards
1. Troy Fautanu, Washington
2. Zak Zinter, Michigan
3. Christian Haynes, Connecticut
4. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
5. Javion Cohen, Miami
6. Joshua Gray, Oregon State
7. Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
8. Christian Mahogany, Boston College
9. Dominick Puni, Kansas
10. Sataoa Laumea, Utah

Centers
1. Graham Barton, Duke
2. Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
3. Zach Frazier, West Virginia
4. Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
5. Matt Lee, Miami
6. Drake Nugent, Michigan
7. Tanor Bortolini, Wisconsin
8. Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
9. Dylan McMahon, NC State
10. Eli Cox, Kentucky

Defensive ends
1. Jared Verse, Florida State
2. JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
3. Adisa Isaac, Penn State
4. Darius Robinson, Missouri
5. Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State
6. Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
7. Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
8. Keith Randolph Jr., Illinois
9. Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
10. Gabriel Murphy, UCLA

Defensive tackles
1. JerZhan Newton, Illinois
2. T'Vondre Sweat, Texas
3. Leonard Taylor III, Miami
4. Kris Jenkins, Michigan
5. Braden Fiske, Florida State
6. Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
7. McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M
8. Byron Murphy II, Texas
9. Mekhi Wingo, LSU
10. Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson

Off-ball linebackers
1. Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
2. Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
3. Deontae Lawson, Alabama
4. Jaylan Ford, Texas
5. Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia
6. Cedric Gray, North Carolina
7. Junior Colson, Michigan
8. Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
9. Tyrice Knight, UTEP
10. Marist Liufau, Notre Dame

Outside linebackers
1. Laiatu Latu, UCLA
2. Dallas Turner, Alabama
3. Chris Braswell, Alabama
4. Chop Robinson, Penn State
5. Jonah Elliss, Utah
6. Payton Wilson, NC State
7. Bralen Trice, Washington
8. Javon Solomon, Troy
9. Seth Coleman, Illinois
10. Jaylen Harrell, Michigan

Cornerbacks
1. Cooper DeJean, Iowa
2. Nate Wiggins, Clemson
3. Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
4. Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
5. Terrion Arnold, Alabama
6. Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
7. Denzel Burke, Ohio State
8. T.J. Tampa, Iowa State
9. Kalen King, Penn State
10. Josh Newton, TCU

Safeties
1. Kamren Kinchens, Miami
2. Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
3. Javon Bullard, Georgia
4. Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
5. James Williams, Miami
6. Tykee Smith, Georgia
7. Cole Bishop, Utah
8. Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
9. Calen Bullock, USC
10. Josh Proctor, Ohio State

Kickers and Punters
1. Tory Taylor, Iowa (P)
2. Cam Little, Arkansas (K)
3. Austin McNamara, Texas Tech (P)
4. Will Reichard, Alabama (K)
5. Jack Bouwmeester, Utah (P)
6. Joshua Karty, Stanford (K)
7. Ryan Rehkow, BYU (P)
8. Jose Pizano, UNLV (K)
9. John Hoyland, Wyoming (K)
10. Spencer Shrader, Notre Dame (K)

 

[KingintheNorth]

Offensive tackles
3. Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
4. JC Latham, Alabama
5. Amarius Mims, Georgia
6. Jordan Morgan, Arizona
7. Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
8. Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
9. Patrick Paul, Houston

Guards
1. Troy Fautanu, Washington
4. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State


Centers
1. Graham Barton, Duke
2. Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
3. Zach Frazier, West Virginia
4. Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

This is where we live.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

It's just so hard to justify anything other than OL in the first round this year, it's even hard to justify anything else in the second.

 

[visionary]

This is where we live.

Give 2 in rds 1-2

 

[KingintheNorth]

Give 2 in rds 1-2

1. Troy Fautanu, Washington (although I really want Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State or Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma)
2. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State or Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia or Zach Frazier, West Virginiaor Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

 

[funkytown817]

Oline first two picks might be the way to go.

But we also need help at LB, DT, RB, WR. Maybe even Safety.

 

[Sydla]

This is where we live.

Tether ourselves to this planted stake.

 

[baltcowboy]

It's just so hard to justify anything other than OL in the first round this year, it's even hard to justify anything else in the second.

Tackle and Center or go home!!! Well the right running back might change my mind in the 2nd.

 

[Cowboyny]

Prospect like Barton makes a lot of sense as he can play multiple positions. A lot will depend upon if Biaz & Tyron return or not

 

[Sydla]

1. Troy Fautanu, Washington (although I really want Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State or Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma)
2. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State or Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia or Zach Frazier, West Virginiaor Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

Can't fault him for not playing but would have been nice to have seen Fuaga play against that Notre Dame front yesterday.

That game was fugly.

 

[CowboyinMD]

I like me some Blake Corum, Michigan RB, this coming from a Penn Stater.

 

[calicowboy54]

Big Board
1. Caleb Williams QB USC
2. Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio St.
3. Drake Maye QB North Carolina
4. Jayden Daniels QB LSU
5. Brock Bowers TE Georgia

6. Rome Odunze WR Washington
7. Olumuyiwa Fashanu T Penn St.
8. Malik Nabers WR LSU
9. Joe Alt T Notre Dame
10. Laiatu Latu OLB UCLA

11. Dallas Turner OLB Alabama
12. Keon Coleman WR Florida St.
13. Cooper DeJean CB Iowa
14. Troy Fautanu OL Washington
15. Jared Verse DE Florida St.

16. Jer'Zhan Newton DT Illinois
17. Xavier Worthy WR Texas
18. Nate Wiggins CB Clemson
19. Taliese Fuaga T Oregon St.
20. JC Latham T Alabama

21. Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Alabama
22. Amarius Mims T Georgia
23. Kamara Lassiter CB Georgia
24. Jordan Morgan T Arizona
25. T'Vondre Sweat DT Texas

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Position Rankings

Quarterbacks
1. Caleb Williams, USC
2. Drake Maye, North Carolina
3. Jayden Daniels, LSU
4. J.J. McCarthy, Michigan
5. Michael Penix Jr., Washington
6. Bo Nix, Oregon
7. Michael Pratt, Tulane
8. Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
9. Jordan Travis, Florida State
10. Joe Milton III, Tennessee

Running backs
1. Jonathon Brooks, Texas
2. Trey Benson, Florida State
3. Audric Estime, Notre Dame
4. TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
5. Blake Corum, Michigan
6. MarShawn Lloyd, USC
7. Jawhar Jordan, Louisville
8. Rasheen Ali, Marshall
9. Bucky Irving, Oregon
10. Braelon Allen, Wisconsin

Fullbacks/H-backs
1. Bryson Nesbit, North Carolina
2. Ben Sinnott, Kansas State
3. Jaheim Bell, Florida State
4. JJ Pegues, Ole Miss
5. Jared Wiley, TCU
6. Dallin Holker, Colorado State
7. Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn
8. Brant Kuithe, Utah
9. Trey Knox, South Carolina
10. Hayden Large, Iowa

Wide receivers
1. Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
2. Rome Odunze, Washington
3. Malik Nabers, LSU
4. Keon Coleman, Florida State
5. Xavier Worthy, Texas
6. Brian Thomas Jr., LSU
7. Adonai Mitchell, Texas
8. Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
9. Xavier Legette, South Carolina
10. Ladd McConkey, Georgia

Tight ends
1. Brock Bowers, Georgia
2. Ja'Tavion Sanders, Texas
3. Cade Stover, Ohio State
4. Luke Lachey, Iowa
5. Theo Johnson, Penn State
6. Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame
7. Tyler Warren, Penn State
8. Erick All, Iowa
9. Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss
10. AJ Barner, Michigan

Offensive tackles
1. Olu Fashanu, Penn State
2. Joe Alt, Notre Dame
3. Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
4. JC Latham, Alabama
5. Amarius Mims, Georgia
6. Jordan Morgan, Arizona
7. Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
8. Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
9. Patrick Paul, Houston
10. Blake Fisher, Notre Dame

Guards
1. Troy Fautanu, Washington
2. Zak Zinter, Michigan
3. Christian Haynes, Connecticut
4. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
5. Javion Cohen, Miami
6. Joshua Gray, Oregon State
7. Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
8. Christian Mahogany, Boston College
9. Dominick Puni, Kansas
10. Sataoa Laumea, Utah

Centers
1. Graham Barton, Duke
2. Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
3. Zach Frazier, West Virginia
4. Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
5. Matt Lee, Miami
6. Drake Nugent, Michigan
7. Tanor Bortolini, Wisconsin
8. Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
9. Dylan McMahon, NC State
10. Eli Cox, Kentucky

Defensive ends
1. Jared Verse, Florida State
2. JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
3. Adisa Isaac, Penn State
4. Darius Robinson, Missouri
5. Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State
6. Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
7. Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
8. Keith Randolph Jr., Illinois
9. Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
10. Gabriel Murphy, UCLA

Defensive tackles
1. JerZhan Newton, Illinois
2. T'Vondre Sweat, Texas
3. Leonard Taylor III, Miami
4. Kris Jenkins, Michigan
5. Braden Fiske, Florida State
6. Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
7. McKinnley Jackson, Texas A&M
8. Byron Murphy II, Texas
9. Mekhi Wingo, LSU
10. Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson

Off-ball linebackers
1. Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
2. Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
3. Deontae Lawson, Alabama
4. Jaylan Ford, Texas
5. Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia
6. Cedric Gray, North Carolina
7. Junior Colson, Michigan
8. Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
9. Tyrice Knight, UTEP
10. Marist Liufau, Notre Dame

Outside linebackers
1. Laiatu Latu, UCLA
2. Dallas Turner, Alabama
3. Chris Braswell, Alabama
4. Chop Robinson, Penn State
5. Jonah Elliss, Utah
6. Payton Wilson, NC State
7. Bralen Trice, Washington
8. Javon Solomon, Troy
9. Seth Coleman, Illinois
10. Jaylen Harrell, Michigan

Cornerbacks
1. Cooper DeJean, Iowa
2. Nate Wiggins, Clemson
3. Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
4. Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
5. Terrion Arnold, Alabama
6. Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
7. Denzel Burke, Ohio State
8. T.J. Tampa, Iowa State
9. Kalen King, Penn State
10. Josh Newton, TCU

Safeties
1. Kamren Kinchens, Miami
2. Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
3. Javon Bullard, Georgia
4. Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
5. James Williams, Miami
6. Tykee Smith, Georgia
7. Cole Bishop, Utah
8. Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
9. Calen Bullock, USC
10. Josh Proctor, Ohio State

Kickers and Punters
1. Tory Taylor, Iowa (P)
2. Cam Little, Arkansas (K)
3. Austin McNamara, Texas Tech (P)
4. Will Reichard, Alabama (K)
5. Jack Bouwmeester, Utah (P)
6. Joshua Karty, Stanford (K)
7. Ryan Rehkow, BYU (P)
8. Jose Pizano, UNLV (K)
9. John Hoyland, Wyoming (K)
10. Spencer Shrader, Notre Dame (K)

give me one of these guys in round 2/3

TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
Blake Corum, Michigan
MarShawn Lloyd, USC

 

[rambo2]

I like me some Blake Corum, Michigan RB, this coming from a Penn Stater.

Me too. Maybe pick 64 in the 2nd round.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

1. Troy Fautanu, Washington (although I really want Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State or Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma)
2. Cooper Beebe, Kansas State or Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia or Zach Frazier, West Virginiaor Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

This makes so much sense there's no way they do it lol.

I do think it's a good year to use next year's capital to move back up into the first or early second, if you can.

1 (28) Tyler Guyton
1 (30) Bralen Trice
2 (62) Ben Powers-Johnson

I would give up next year's first to be able to do something like that. Sub in whichever players (Fuaga, Chop Robinson, Van Pran, etc.) but you can come out of this draft with three OL/DL starters. It's an atypical draft with the depth on OL, you have to take advantage of it.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I gotta think Penix is going to fly up Mel’s board as the off season goes on. No way there are 4 QBs better than him. He should be a top 10 pick.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I gotta think Penix is going to fly up Mel’s board as the off season goes on. No way there are 4 QBs better than him. He should be a top 10 pick.

Age, injury history, and some question marks on whether or not he can make all of the "NFL throws" will be debate topics for him.

As of now, I see him as QB4 with Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels ahead of him. Penix vs Daniels could come down to personal preference for a Front Office and/or Head Coach.

For example, Penix seems ideal for the Raiders, currently picking 11th, but if they keep Antonio Pierce, he has history with Jayden Daniels. Pierce recruited Jayden to Arizona State and they were at ASU together for three seasons.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Age, injury history, and some question marks on whether or not he can make all of the "NFL throws" will be debate topics for him.

As of now, I see him as QB4 with Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels ahead of him. Penix vs Daniels could come down to personal preference for a Front Office and/or Head Coach.

For example, Penix seems ideal for the Raiders, currently picking 11th, but if they keep Antonio Pierce, he has history with Jayden Daniels. Pierce recruited Jayden to Arizona State and they were at ASU together for three seasons.

He’s the same age as Jayden Daniel’s (23) and he’s played 2 healthy seasons in a row after transferring from Indiana. He looks to be the most NFL ready passer and throws a pretty ball with a tight spiral. He’s 6’3 so he’s got ideal height. I’d take him over Caleb or Maye. Caleb looked terrible this year, and Maye looks like a stiff.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I’d take him over Caleb or Maye

Prisoner of the moment.

I'm not sure most NFL teams would agree. We will see.

By the way, I was big fan of Penix at Indiana. I kept asking why is he playing there (sorry Hoosiers fans). That was before the injury. He looks like he lost some of the explosiveness he showed as a Hoosier. He has a ton of talent around him at UW. Their WR room would rival some NFL teams.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Prisoner of the moment.

I'm not sure most NFL teams would agree. We will see.

By the way, I was big fan of Penix at Indiana. I kept asking why is he playing there (sorry Hoosiers fans). That was before the injury. He looks like he lost some of the explosiveness he showed as a Hoosier. He has a ton of talent around him at UW. Their WR room would rival some NFL teams.

Well, of the guys I’ve seen this year , he’s the best QB. He was dropping dimes dimes 30 yards downfield and throwing into tight windows. He throws guys open. I don’t get into the metrics NFL teams use the determine one guys ceiling over another. I do know that most of them are wrong. Caleb is 6’1 and looks a lot like Russel Wilson. Not sure that’s worth the #1 overall pick.