Daily Blog • March 11th
Even with the lockout the NFL will be holding their annual Draft this year on April 28-30. Today's blog takes a look at the top 60 or so players that have great shot of being drafted in the 1st-2nd round of this year's upcoming draft. With the NFL Combine now complete many schools are having their Pro Days which gives many prospects a second chance to improve their draft stock. You'll see players rise and fall and in an upcoming blog I will analyze the biggest risers/fallers from the Combine and the Pro Days.

Also make sure you are checking out my updated 2011 Draft Preview with a Top 10 position by position outlook and the top performers at each position during each drill at the combine. Also you'll get up to date notes on each and every player.

Don’t forget to check out our Spring Central section to get 2011 schedules, coaching changes, who’s back/who’s not and all the NFL Draft early entrants. Have a great weekend!

Top Players with 1st-2nd Round Potential

Name Pos HT WT School
Blaine Gabbert QB 6'5" 240 Missouri
Cam Newton QB 6'6" 248 Auburn
Jake Locker QB 6'3" 229 Washington
Ryan Mallett QB 6'7" 238 Arkansas
Christian Ponder QB 6'2" 221 Florida St
Mark Ingram RB 5'10" 215 Alabama
Ryan Williams RB 5'10" 210 Virginia Tech
Mikel LeShoure RB 6'0" 227 Illinois
A.J. Green WR 6'4" 208 Georgia
Julio Jones WR 6'4" 211 Alabama
Leonard Hankerson WR 6'3" 213 Miami (FL)
Jonathan Baldwin WR 6'5" 224 Pittsburgh
Torrey Smith WR 6'0" 202 Maryland
Kyle Rudolph TE 6'5" 253 Notre Dame
Lance Kendricks TE 6'2" 238 Wisconsin
Mike Pouncey OC 6'5" 309 Florida
Rodney Hudson OC 6'3" 277 Florida St
Stefen Wisniewski OC 6'3" 293 Penn St
Danny Watkins OG 6'4" 310 Baylor
Marcus Cannon OG 6'5" 361 TCU
Anthony Castonzo OT 6'7" 295 Boston College
Nate Solder OT 6'8" 300 Colorado
Tyron Smith OT 6'5" 291 USC
Gabe Carimi OT 6'7" 318 Wisconsin
Benjamin Ijalana OT 6'4" 317 Villanova
Derek Sherrod OT 6'5" 303 Mississippi St
Robert Quinn DE 6'5" 254 North Carolina
Da'Quan Bowers DE 6'4" 280 Clemson
Cameron Jordan DE 6'4" 280 California
Aldon Smith DE 6'5" 290 Missouri
J.J. Watt DE 6'5" 279 Wisconsin
Adrian Clayborn DE 6'3" 285 Iowa
Ryan Kerrigan DE 6'4" 259 Purdue
Allen Bailey DE 6'3" 287 Miami (FL)
Cameron Heyward DE 6'5" 278 Ohio State
Marcell Dareus DT 6'3" 303 Alabama
Nick Fairley DT 6'4" 299 Auburn
Corey Liuget DT 6'3" 300 Illinois
Muhammad Wilkerson DT 6'5" 305 Temple
Stephen Paea DT 6'1" 304 Oregon St
Jurrell Casey DT 6'1" 300 USC
Christian Ballard DT 6'4" 296 Iowa
Marvin Austin DT 6'3" 303 North Carolina
Von Miller OLB 6'3" 238 Texas A&M
Akeem Ayers OLB 6'4" 249 UCLA
Justin Houston OLB 6'3" 264 Georgia
Bruce Carter OLB 6'3" 225 North Carolina
Dontay Moch OLB 6'1" 236 Nevada
Martez Wilson OLB 6'3" 250 Illinois
Quan Sturdivant ILB 6'1" 227 North Carolina
Colin McCarthy ILB 6'2" 240 Miami (FL)
Greg Jones ILB 6'1" 237 Michigan St
Patrick Peterson CB 6'1" 211 LSU
Prince Amukamara CB 6'0" 203 Nebraska
Jimmy Smith CB 6'2" 203 Colorado
Aaron Williams CB 6'1" 192 Texas
Ras-I Dowling CB 6'2" 201 Virginia
Brandon Harris CB 5'11" 193 Miami (FL)
Brandon Burton CB 6'0" 187 Utah
Curtis Brown CB 6'0" 182 Texas
Rahim Moore S 6'1" 196 UCLA
Quinton Carter S 6'1" 197 Oklahoma
DeAndre McDaniel S 6'0" 216 Clemson