7Mar 2012
Rank Ordering the Big Ten NFL Draft Prospects
Following the combine, NFL.com assigned each participant a number grade (20-100), which corresponds to projections like so:
20 – 49: Free Agent (UDFA)
50 – 69: Draftable Player (4th-7th)
70 – 84: Eventual Starter (2nd-3rd)
85 – 95: Immediate Starter (1st)
96 – 100: Future Hall of Famer (top pick)
Here’s how the top two-thirds of Big Ten players who attended the combine stack up to one another. Coincidentally, Martin, Hemingway and Molk are listed consecutively at numbers 21, 22 and 23, respectively.
1. 89.7 – DT Jared Crick, Nebraska
2. 89.o – DT Devon Still, Penn State
3. 87.7 – LB Lavonte David, Nebraska
4. 86.0 -OT Riley Reiff, Iowa
5. 85.7 – CB Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
6. 85.0 – OL Peter Konz, Iowa
7. 83.0 – WR Nick Toon, Wisconsin
8. 82.7 – OL Marcel Jones, Nebraska
9. 79.5 – OL Kevin Zeitler, Wisconsin
10. 79.5 – DT Jerel Worthy, Michigan State
11. 76.5 – WR Devier Posey, Ohio State
12. 73.5 – WR B.J. Cunningham, Michigan State
13. 72.5 – DE Whitney Mercilus, Illinois
14. 69.7 – WR Keshawn Martin, Michigan State
15. 69.7 – RB Dan Herron, Ohio State
16. 68.5 – QB Russell Wilson, Wisconsin
17. 68.2 – FS Trent Robinson, Michigan State
18. 68.2 – DT Mike Daniels, Iowa
19. 64.5 – WR A.J. Jenkins, Illinois
20. 64.0 – DB Antonio Fenelus, Wisconsin
21. 59.7 – DT Mike Martin, Michigan
22. 59.5 – WR Junior Hemingway, Michigan
23. 59.2 – OL David Molk, Michigan
24. 58.0 – OL Michael Brewster, Ohio State
25. 57.5 – OL Jeff Allen, Illinois
26. 57.0 – CB D’ Anton Lynn, Penn State
27. 56.0 – QB Kirk Cousins, Michigan State
28. 54.5 – OL Johnnie Toutman, Penn State
29. 54.0 – OL Mike Adams, Ohio State
30. 53.7 – DL Jack Crawford, Penn State