The first day (and night) of the 2014 NFL Draft is over. We've seen reaches, drops, trades - everything that makes the college player selection process exiting. We even saw the Patriots select a player. And now, just like the day after Thanksgiving, we all wonder "what's left?".
To answer this question I turn to the big board to rule all big boards - the one our very own Rich Hill produced back in April (all numbers, rankings etc. are taken from his article). A lot has changed since then, players stocks have risen or fallen, but the overall outline has not lost any of its actuality.
First off, Rich excluded the following selections from his big board, because their chances of being picked by the Patriots were seen as minimal:
DE Jadeveon Clowney
DT Aaron Donald
OLB Khalil Mack, Anthony Barr
CB Justin Gilbert
OT Greg Robinson, Jake Matthews, Taylor Lewan, Zack Martin
QB Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater
WR Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans
TE Eric Ebron
In addition to those 15 players, 17 others heard their names called yesterday. They are as follows:
Rk. |
Player |
School |
Pos. |
Class |
Ht. |
Wt. |
PosRk |
3 |
Jimmie Ward |
Northern Illinois |
S |
Sr |
5'11 |
193 |
1 |
4 |
Kyle Fuller |
Virginia Tech |
CB |
Sr |
6'0 |
190 |
1 |
5 |
Darqueze Dennard |
Michigan State |
CB |
Sr |
5'11 |
199 |
2 |
13 |
*Brandin Cooks |
Oregon State |
WR |
Jr |
5'10 |
189 |
2 |
16 |
*Odell Beckham Jr. |
LSU |
WR |
Jr |
5'11 |
198 |
4 |
17 |
Dee Ford |
Auburn |
DE |
rSr |
6'2 |
252 |
4 |
18 |
Jason Verrett |
TCU |
CB |
Sr |
5'10 |
189 |
3 |
22 |
*Hasean Clinton-Dix |
Alabama |
S |
Jr |
6'1 |
208 |
2 |
23 |
C.J. Mosley |
Alabama |
LB |
Sr |
6'2 |
234 |
1 |
24 |
*Ryan Shazier |
Ohio State |
LB |
Jr |
6'1 |
237 |
2 |
28 |
Florida |
DT |
Sr |
6'2 |
288 |
5 |
|
30 |
Marcus Smith |
Louisville |
DE |
Sr |
6'3 |
251 |
5 |
37 |
*Calvin Pryor |
Louisville |
S |
Jr |
5'11 |
207 |
4 |
38 |
*Kelvin Benjamin |
Florida State |
WR |
rSo |
6'5 |
240 |
8 |
51 |
Deone Bucannon |
Washington State |
S |
Sr |
6'1 |
211 |
5 |
53 |
*Bradley Roby |
Ohio State |
CB |
rJr |
5'11 |
194 |
5 |
93 |
JaWuan James |
Tennessee |
OT |
Sr |
6'6 |
311 |
6 |
This means that the follwing players from Rich's board are still available. So, without any further ado, here's who is left for the Patriots (and the 31 other teams) to choose from, after the first day of the 2014 NFL Draft:
Rk. |
Player |
School |
Pos. |
Class |
Ht. |
Wt. |
PosRk |
1 |
RaShede Hageman |
Minnesota |
DT |
rSr |
6'6 |
310 |
1 |
2 |
*Kony Ealy |
Missouri |
DE |
rJr |
6'4 |
273 |
1 |
6 |
*Allen Robinson |
Penn State |
WR |
Jr |
6'3 |
220 |
1 |
7 |
Weston Richburg |
Colorado State |
IL |
rSr |
6'3 |
298 |
1 |
8 |
*Scott Crichton |
Oregon State |
DE |
rJr |
6'3 |
273 |
2 |
9 |
*Jace Amaro |
Texas Tech |
TE |
Jr |
6'5 |
265 |
1 |
10 |
Kareem Martin |
North Carolina |
DE |
Sr |
6'6 |
272 |
3 |
11 |
*Timmy Jernigan |
Florida State |
DT |
Jr |
6'2 |
299 |
2 |
12 |
*Louis Nix |
Notre Dame |
DT |
rJr |
6'2 |
331 |
3 |
14 |
*Xavier Su'a-Filo |
UCLA |
IL |
rJr |
6'4 |
307 |
2 |
15 |
Jordan Matthews |
Vanderbilt |
WR |
Sr |
6'3 |
212 |
3 |
19 |
*Stephon Tuitt |
Notre Dame |
DT |
Jr |
6'6 |
304 |
4 |
20 |
*Austin Seferian-Jenkins |
Washington |
TE |
Jr |
6'6 |
262 |
2 |
21 |
*Marqise Lee |
Southern California |
WR |
Jr |
6'0 |
192 |
5 |
25 |
Brandon Thomas |
Clemson |
IL |
rSr |
6'3 |
317 |
3 |
26 |
Kyle Van Noy |
Brigham Young |
LB |
rSr |
6'3 |
243 |
3 |
27 |
*Troy Niklas |
Notre Dame |
TE |
rJr |
6'7 |
270 |
3 |
29 |
Will Sutton |
Arizona State |
DT |
rSr |
6'1 |
303 |
6 |
31 |
C.J. Fiedorowicz |
Iowa |
TE |
Sr |
6'6 |
265 |
4 |
32 |
*Donte Moncrief |
Ole Miss |
WR |
Jr |
6'2 |
221 |
6 |
33 |
*Marcus Martin |
Southern California |
IL |
Jr |
6'3 |
320 |
4 |
34 |
DaQuan Jones |
Penn State |
DT |
Sr |
6'4 |
322 |
7 |
35 |
*Dion Bailey |
Southern California |
S |
rJr |
6'0 |
201 |
3 |
36 |
*Davante Adams |
Fresno State |
WR |
rSo |
6'1 |
212 |
7 |
39 |
Jeremiah Attaochu |
Georgia Tech |
DE |
Sr |
6'3 |
252 |
6 |
40 |
Crockett Gillmore |
Colorado State |
TE |
Sr |
6'6 |
260 |
5 |
41 |
Trent Murphy |
Stanford |
DE |
rSr |
6'5 |
250 |
7 |
42 |
Morgan Moses |
Virginia |
OT |
Sr |
6'6 |
314 |
1 |
43 |
Derek Carr |
Fresno State |
QB |
rSr |
6'2 |
214 |
1 |
44 |
Joel Bitonio |
Nevada |
OT |
rSr |
6'4 |
302 |
2 |
45 |
Gabe Jackson |
Mississippi State |
IL |
rSr |
6'3 |
336 |
5 |
46 |
*Bishop Sankey |
Washington |
RB |
Jr |
5'10 |
209 |
1 |
47 |
Dakota Dozier |
Furman |
IL |
rSr |
6'4 |
313 |
6 |
48 |
Charles Sims |
West Virginia |
RB |
rSr |
6'0 |
214 |
2 |
49 |
Arthur Lynch |
Georgia |
TE |
rSr |
6'5 |
258 |
6 |
50 |
Jaylen Watkins |
Florida |
CB |
Sr |
6'0 |
194 |
4 |
52 |
*Carl Bradford |
Arizona State |
DE |
rJr |
6'1 |
250 |
8 |
54 |
*Cody Latimer |
Indiana |
WR |
Jr |
6'3 |
215 |
9 |
55 |
Trevor Reilly |
Utah |
DE |
rSr |
6'5 |
245 |
9 |
56 |
*Jarvis Landry |
LSU |
WR |
Jr |
6'0 |
205 |
10 |
57 |
*Antonio Richardson |
Tennessee |
OT |
Jr |
6'6 |
336 |
3 |
58 |
Corey Linsley |
Ohio State |
IL |
rSr |
6'3 |
296 |
7 |
59 |
*David Yankey |
Stanford |
IL |
rJr |
6'6 |
315 |
8 |
60 |
Shaquil Barrett |
Colorado State |
DE |
Sr |
6'1 |
251 |
10 |
61 |
Kevin Norwood |
Alabama |
WR |
rSr |
6'2 |
198 |
11 |
62 |
Jackson Jeffcoat |
Texas |
DE |
Sr |
6'3 |
247 |
11 |
63 |
Ross Cockrell |
Duke |
CB |
rSr |
6'0 |
191 |
6 |
64 |
*George Uko |
Southern California |
DT |
rJr |
6'3 |
284 |
8 |
65 |
Chris Borland |
Wisconsin |
LB |
rSr |
6'0 |
248 |
4 |
66 |
*Tre Mason |
Auburn |
RB |
Jr |
5'9 |
207 |
3 |
67 |
*Lache Seastrunk |
Baylor |
RB |
rJr |
5'10 |
201 |
4 |
68 |
Carlos Hyde |
Ohio State |
RB |
rSr |
6'0 |
230 |
5 |
69 |
*Devonta Freeman |
Florida State |
RB |
Jr |
5'8 |
206 |
6 |
70 |
*Trai Turner |
LSU |
IL |
rSo |
6'3 |
310 |
9 |
71 |
*Aaron Lynch |
South Florida |
DE |
rSo |
6'5 |
249 |
12 |
72 |
Jared Abbrederis |
Wisconsin |
WR |
rSr |
6'1 |
195 |
12 |
73 |
Telvin Smith |
Florida State |
LB |
Sr |
6'3 |
218 |
5 |
74 |
Andre Williams |
Boston College |
RB |
Sr |
5'11 |
230 |
7 |
75 |
*Marcus Roberson |
Florida |
CB |
Jr |
6'0 |
191 |
7 |
76 |
Jimmy Garoppolo |
Eastern Illinois |
QB |
Sr |
6'2 |
226 |
2 |
77 |
Travis Swanson |
Arkansas |
IL |
rSr |
6'5 |
312 |
10 |
78 |
Lamarcus Joyner |
Florida State |
CB |
Sr |
5'8 |
184 |
8 |
79 |
A.J. McCarron |
Alabama |
QB |
rSr |
6'3 |
220 |
3 |
80 |
*Cyrus Kouandjio |
Alabama |
OT |
Jr |
6'7 |
322 |
4 |
81 |
*Jake Murphy |
Utah |
TE |
Jr |
6'4 |
249 |
7 |
82 |
*Bruce Ellington |
South Carolina |
WR |
rJr |
5'9 |
197 |
13 |
83 |
*Demarcus Lawrence |
Boise State |
DE |
rJr |
6'3 |
251 |
13 |
84 |
Christian Kirksey |
Iowa |
LB |
Sr |
6'2 |
233 |
6 |
85 |
Aaron Murray |
Georgia |
QB |
rSr |
6'1 |
207 |
4 |
86 |
Pierre Desir |
Lindenwood |
CB |
rSr |
6'1 |
198 |
9 |
87 |
TJ Jones |
Notre Dame |
WR |
Sr |
6'0 |
188 |
14 |
88 |
Jack Mewhort |
Ohio State |
OT |
rSr |
6'6 |
309 |
5 |
89 |
Keith Wenning |
Ball State |
QB |
Sr |
6'3 |
218 |
5 |
90 |
Josh Mauro |
Stanford |
DE |
rSr |
6'6 |
271 |
14 |
91 |
Bryan Stork |
Florida State |
IL |
rSr |
6'4 |
315 |
11 |
92 |
Zach Mettenberger |
LSU |
QB |
rSr |
6'5 |
224 |
6 |
94 |
*Yawin Smallwood |
Connecticut |
LB |
rJr |
6'2 |
246 |
7 |
95 |
*Terrance West |
Towson |
RB |
Jr |
5'9 |
225 |
8 |
96 |
Christian Jones |
Florida State |
LB |
Sr |
6'3 |
240 |
8 |
97 |
*Bashaud Breeland |
Clemson |
CB |
rJr |
5'11 |
197 |
10 |
98 |
Chris Whaley |
Texas |
DT |
rSr |
6'3 |
269 |
9 |
99 |
*Adrian Hubbard |
Alabama |
DE |
rJr |
6'6 |
257 |
15 |
100 |
*Brandon Coleman |
Rutgers |
WR |
rJr |
6'6 |
225 |
15 |
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