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Phil Steele’s Mock Draft Version 2.0
Welcome to my first mock draft of the football season. I usually wait until after the combine and some of the pro days are complete to get a better grasp of where players will be going in the upcoming NFL Draft, which is just six weeks away.
A word of caution, remember these are not necessarily the order of the top players (check my updated top position by position breakdown for that info) but where they fit into that organization’s needs. I will have at least two more mock drafts in the upcoming weeks before the draft and naturally with trades impossible to predict, these do not take them into consideration, which could effect the entire draft.
| Rk | Team | Player and Position | School |
| 1. | Indianapolis | Andrew Luck, QB | Stanford |
| 2. | Washington (from STL) | Robert Griffin III, QB | Baylor |
| 3. | Minnesota | Matt Kalil, OT | USC |
| 4. | Cleveland | Trent Richardson, RB | Alabama |
| 5. | Tampa Bay | Morris Claiborne, CB | LSU |
| 6. | St Louis (from Wash) | Justin Blackmon, WR | Oklahoma St |
| 7. | Jacksonville | Quinton Coples, DE | North Carolina |
| 8. | Miami | Riley Reiff, OT | Iowa |
| 9. | Carolina | Dontari Poe, DT | Memphis |
| 10. | Buffalo | Courtney Upshaw, OLB | Alabama |
| 11. | Kansas City | Jonathan Martin, OT | Stanford |
| 12. | Seattle | Melvin Ingram, DE | South Carolina |
| 13. | Arizona | David DeCastro, OG | Stanford |
| 14. | Dallas | Mark Barron, S | Alabama |
| 15. | Philadelphia | Fletcher Cox, DT | Mississippi St |
| 16. | NY Jets | Luke Kuechly, ILB | Boston College |
| 17. | Cincinnati | Dre Kirkpatrick, CB | Alabama |
| 18. | San Diego | Nick Perry, OLB | USC |
| 19. | Chicago | Michael Floyd, WR | Notre Dame |
| 20. | Tennessee | Whitney Mercilus | Illinois |
| 21. | Cincinnati | Cordy Glenn, OG | Georgia |
| 22. | Cleveland | Kendall Wright, WR | Baylor |
| 23. | Detroit | Janoris Jenkins, CB | North Alabama |
| 24. | Pittsburgh | Dont'a Hightower, ILB | Alabama |
| 25. | Denver | Michael Brockers, DT | LSU |
| 26. | Houston | Rueben Randle, WR | LSU |
| 27. | New England | Andre Branch, OLB/DE | Clemson |
| 28. | Green Bay | Peter Konz, C | Wisconsin |
| 29. | Baltimore | Mike Adams, OT | Ohio St |
| 30. | San Francisco | Stephen Hill, WR | Georgia Tech |
| 31. | New England | Devon Still, DT | Penn St |
| 32. | NY Giants | Coby Fleener, TE | Stanford |
2012 NFL Draft Top 50 Overall Players
| Rank | NAME | POS | HT | WT | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Andrew Luck | QB | 6-4 | 235 | Stanford |
| 2 | Robert Griffin III | QB | 6-1 | 218 | Baylor |
| 3 | Matt Kalil | OT | 6-7 | 295 | USC |
| 4 | Morris Claiborne | CB | 6-0 | 173 | LSU |
| 5 | Trent Richardson | RB | 5-11 | 224 | Alabama |
| 6 | Justin Blackmon | WR | 6-1 | 211 | Oklahoma St |
| 7 | Quinton Coples | DE | 6-6 | 272 | North Carolina |
| 8 | Riley Reiff | OT | 6-6 | 300 | Iowa |
| 9 | Dontari Poe | DT | 6-4 | 330 | Memphis |
| 10 | Melvin Ingram | DE | 6-2 | 272 | South Carolina |
| 11 | David DeCastro | OG | 6-4 | 313 | Stanford |
| 12 | Luke Kuechly | ILB | 6-2 | 235 | Boston College |
| 13 | Courtney Upshaw | OLB | 6-2 | 271 | Alabama |
| 14 | Michael Floyd | WR | 6-3 | 229 | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Ryan Tannehill | QB | 6-4 | 222 | Texas A&M |
| 16 | Jonathan Martin | OT | 6-6 | 304 | Stanford |
| 17 | Kendall Wright | WR | 5-10 | 194 | Baylor |
| 18 | Janoris Jenkins | CB | 5-10 | 177 | North Alabama |
| 19 | Fletcher Cox | DT | 6-4 | 296 | Mississippi St |
| 20 | Devon Still | DT | 6-5 | 307 | Penn St |
| 21 | Dre Kirkpatrick | CB | 6-2 | 190 | Alabama |
| 22 | Mark Barron | S | 6-1 | 223 | Alabama |
| 23 | Cordy Glenn | OG | 6-6 | 335 | Georgia |
| 24 | Michael Brockers | DT | 6-6 | 306 | LSU |
| 25 | Jerel Worthy | DT | 6-3 | 305 | Michigan St |
| 26 | Mike Adams | OT | 6-5 | 312 | Ohio St |
| 27 | Nick Perry | DE | 6-3 | 250 | USC |
| 28 | Peter Konz | OC | 6-5 | 315 | Wisconsin |
| 29 | Dont'a Hightower | ILB | 6-3 | 260 | Alabama |
| 30 | Alfonzo Dennard | CB | 5-10 | 204 | Nebraska |
| 31 | Coby Fleener | TE | 6-6 | 252 | Stanford |
| 32 | Andre Branch | DE | 6-4 | 260 | Clemson |
| 33 | Whitney Mercilus | DE | 6-4 | 263 | Illinois |
| 34 | Kendall Reyes | DT | 6-4 | 291 | Connecticut |
| 35 | Brock Osweiler | QB | 6-7 | 240 | Arizona St |
| 36 | Dwayne Allen | TE | 6-4 | 255 | Clemson |
| 37 | Zach Brown | OLB | 6-2 | 232 | North Carolina |
| 38 | David Wilson | RB | 5-10 | 205 | Virginia Tech |
| 39 | Lamar Miller | RB | 5-11 | 214 | Miami (FL) |
| 40 | Rueben Randle | WR | 6-4 | 208 | LSU |
| 41 | Brandon Thompson | DT | 6-2 | 304 | Clemson |
| 42 | Stephen Hill | WR | 6-4 | 206 | Georgia Tech |
| 43 | Alshon Jeffery | WR | 6-4 | 232 | South Carolina |
| 44 | Zebrie Sanders | OT | 6-6 | 295 | Florida St |
| 45 | Vinny Curry | DE | 6-3 | 260 | Marshall |
| 46 | Brandon Weeden | QB | 6-4 | 217 | Oklahoma St |
| 47 | Kevin Zeitler | OG | 6-3 | 322 | Wisconsin |
| 48 | Chandler Jones | DE | 6-5 | 264 | Syracuse |
| 49 | Lavonte David | OLB | 6-1 | 223 | Nebraska |
| 50 | Doug Martin | RB | 5-9 | 210 | Boise St |
Tomorrow's blog will feature a look at the top college football players returning for 2012 according to pass yards, rush yards and receiving yards. Can you name the five college QB's returning in 2012 that are off B2B 3,000 pass yards seasons? Find out in tomorrow's blog!