Unlike next year’s 2017 draft class, which may feature such elite prospects as DE Myles Garrett (TAMU), RB Leonard Fournette (LSU), OT Cam Robinson (Alabama), CB Jabrill Peppers (Michigan), and, of course, QB Deshaun Watson (Clemson), the 2016 draft class lacks those elite prospects that are “sure things.”
Of course, two trades at the top indicate otherwise, but this is a draft in which the confidence level at the top of the draft is relatively low. Still, there is some strong depth, particularly on the DL. With significant strength in the middle, here is the Breitbart Top 100 Big Board:
- DE Joey Bosa, Ohio State
- RB Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State
- DB Jalen Ramsey, Florida State
- DE DeForest Buckner, Oregon
- LB Myles Jack, UCLA
- DE Shaq Lawson, Clemson
- OT Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss
- QB Carson Wentz, North Dakota State
- WR Corey Coleman, Baylor
- LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama
- DT Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
- QB Jared Goff, Cal
- OT Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame
- WR Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss
- DE Kevin Dodd, Clemson
- DE Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State
- DT Sheldon Rankins, Louisville
- QB Paxton Lynch, Memphis
- S Karl Joseph, West Virginia
- CB Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida
- DE Noah Spence, Eastern Kentucky
- OT Jack Conklin, Michigan State
- WR Josh Doctson, TCU
- RB Derrick Henry, Alabama
- DT A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama
- OT Taylor Decker, Ohio State
- CB Eli Apple, Ohio State
- OT Jason Spriggs, Indiana
- WR Michael Thomas, Ohio State
- CB William Jackson, Houston
- LB Darron Lee, Ohio State
- DT Chris Jones, Mississippi State
- WR Will Fuller, Notre Dame
- CB Mackensie Alexander, Clemson
- OLB Leonard Floyd, Georgia
- QB Connor Cook, Michigan State
- DT Andrew Billings, Baylor
- DE Jonathan Bullard, Florida
- WR Braxton Miller, Ohio State
- DT Austin Johnson, Penn State
- DE Bronson Kaufusi, BYU
- DT Jarran Reed, Alabama
- DT Vernon Butler, Louisiana Tech
- OG Joshua Garnett, Stanford
- DE Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State
- DB T.J. Green, Clemson
- OG Cody Whitehair, Kansas State
- WR Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh
- S Vonn Bell, Ohio State
- LB Su’a Cravens, USC
- CB Artie Burns, Miami
- S Jeremy Cash, Duke
- OT Germain Ifedi, TAMU
- DT Kenny Clark, UCLA
- LB Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame
- OG Christian Westerman, Arizona State
- S Darian Thompson, Boise State
- DE Carl Nassib, Penn State
- C Ryan Kelly, Alabama
- CB Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech
- DE Jihad Ward, Illinois
- OT Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech
- CB Xavien Howard, Baylor
- DT Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State
- OG Vadal Alexander, LSU
- OT Shon Coleman, Auburn
- S Keanu Neal, Florida
- DT Adolphus Washington, Ohio State
- C Nick Martin, Notre Dame
- QB Cardale Jones, Ohio State
- LB Jordan Jenkins, Georgia
- OT Joe Haeg, North Dakota State
- TE Hunter Henry, Arkansas
- OT Jerald Hawkins, LSU
- LB Kyler Fackrell, Utah State
- RB C.J. Prosise, Notre Dame
- QB Christian Hackenberg, Penn State
- WR Sterling Shepherd, Oklahoma
- LB Deion Jones, LSU
- LB Kamalei Correa, Boise State
- RB Paul Perkins, UCLA
- DE Charles Tapper, Oklahoma
- WR Rashard Higgins, Colorado State
- S Jalen Mills, LSU
- TE Austin Hooper, Stanford
- WR Charone Peake, Clemson
- QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
- S Sean Davis, Maryland
- LB Joshua Perry, Ohio State
- CB Rashard Robinson, LSU
- TE Jerell Adams, South Carolina
- LB Scooby Wright, Arizona
- CB Maurice Canady, Virginia Tech
- DT Willie Henry, Michigan
- CB James Bradberry, Samford
- LB Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland
- LB Victor Ochi, Stony Brook
- WR DeRunnya Wilson, Mississippi State
- OG Landon Turner, North Carolina
- DE Matt Judon, Grand Valley State