The NFL Draft is one of the most anticipated events of the year, receiving unlimited media coverage and setting high expectations for fanbases as they eagerly watch in anticipation to see who will be the future stars of their franchises.

As an NFL Draft analyst, it’s my job to project for you who those stars will be.

This top 100 board is a rough projection of where I expect these players to grade out. Most of the grades on these players aren’t done yet – you can keep up with all of my scouting reports and grades at this link.

This really isn’t a list of where I think guys will go – it’s more of how I project them forward with their careers.

That being said, let’s get into it!

The Top 25

One thing that you will notice missing from the top 25 players – quarterbacks. Most of the quarterbacks in this class have not graded out well to my system – which now favors mobile playmakers who can get out of the pocket and make good throws. The two here are Bryce Young and Hendon Hooker – my top two graded quarterbacks so far.

Rank	POS	Player Name	School
1	EDGE	Will Anderson Jr	Alabama
2	DT	Jalen Carter	Georgia
3	QB	Bryce Young	Alabama
4	EDGE	Myles Murphy	Clemson
5	EDGE	Isaiah Foskey	Notre Dame
6	DT	Bryan Bresee	Clemson
7	EDGE	KJ Henry	Clemson
8	CB	Joey Porter Jr	Penn State
9	OG	O’Cyrus Torrence	Florida
10	RB	Bijan Robinson	Texas
11	LB	Henry To’o To’o	Alabama
12	RB	Jahmyr Gibbs	Alabama
13	S	Kelly Ringo	Georgia
14	WR	Zay Flowers	Boston College
15	OG	Peter Skoronski	Northwestern
16	EDGE	BJ Ojulari	LSU
17	CB	Devon Witherspoon	Illinois
18	OT	Jaelyn Duncan	Maryland
19	LB	SirVocea Dennis	Pittsburgh
20	CB	Mekhi Blackmon	USC
21	QB	Hendon Hooker	Tennessee
22	WR	Kayshon Boutte	LSU
23	EDGE	Derrick Hall	Auburn
24	RB	Sean Tucker	Syracuse
25	OT	Matthew Bergeron	Syracuse

Another thing that stands out is the sheer number of defensive linemen that fill the top of the class. This is a particularly strong defensive line class at all positions. The rest of the position groups aren’t very top heavy – which bolsters the valuable defensive linemen toward the top.

Vogel’s Big Board: 26-50

This class of tight ends looks like it could be very good, and it’s hard to rank them. I know the media favorite is typically Michael Mayer from Notre Dame – that’s a player who could be very good at his craft, which is mostly as a receiver and not as a blocker. I like Luke Musgrave a lot. His versatile skillset could propel him into the first round.

Rank	POS	Player Name	School
26	RB	Tank Bigsby	Auburn
27	CB	Garrett Williams	Syracuse
28	TE	Luke Musgrave	Oregon State
29	S	Christopher Smith	Georgia
30	C	John Michael Schmitz	Minnesota
31	CB	Clark Phillips	Utah
32	QB	Anthony Richardson	Florida
33	S	Arquan Bush	Cincinnati
34	OT	Cody Mauch	North Dakota State
35	LB	Drew Sanders	Arkansas
36	S	Brandon Hill	Pittsburgh
37	TE	Payne Durham	Purdue
38	LB	Ventrell Miller	Florida
39	RB	Kenny McIntosh	Georgia
40	WR	Jonathan Mingo	Ole Miss
41	TE	Michael Mayer	Notre Dame
42	EDGE	Will McDonald	Iowa State
43	OT	Parris Johnson	Ohio State
44	WR	Quentin Johnson	TCU
45	QB	CJ Stroud	Ohio State
46	LB	Jack Campbell	Iowa
47	WR	Jordan Addison	USC
48	CB	Rejzohn Wright	Oregon State
49	EDGE	Tyree Wilson	Texas Tech
50	NT	Siaki Ika	Baylor

Vogel’s Big Board: 51-75

The disconnect between the old theories of football scouting and the modern analytical approach is perfectly polarized on Kentucky quarterback Will Levis. Every old school scout I’ve spoken with thinks he’s a third round talent. Every younger scout I’ve spoken with thinks he’s a top five pick.

I think that there’s merit to both claims – I tend to agree that his talent grades him in the third round, but he’s probably going to get drafted by a quarterback needy team top five.

Rank	POS	Player Name	School
51	RB	Zach Evans	TCU
52	CB	Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson	TCU
53	NT	Keeanu Benton	Wisconsin
54	G	Steve Avila	TCU
55	S	Jordan Battle	Alabama
56	EDGE	Ali Gaye	LSU
57	LB	Seth Benson	Iowa
58	WR	Jalin Hyatt	Tennessee
59	EDGE	Zach Harrison	Ohio State
60	DT	PJ Mustipher	Penn State
61	QB	Will Levis	Kentucky
62	C	Olusegun Oluwatimi	Michigan
63	OT	Jaxson Kirkland	Washington
64	EDGE	Andre Carter II	Army
65	WR	Cedric Tillman	Tennessee
66	DL	Calijah Kancey	Pittsburgh
67	DT	Cameron Young	Mississippi State
68	EDGE	Habakkuk Baldonado	Pittsburgh
69	TE	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State
70	DT	Colby Wooten	Auburn
71	RB	Tyjae Spears	Tulane
72	CB	Tyrique Stevenson	Miami (FL)
73	DL	Karl Brooks	Bowling Green
74	LB	Drake Thomas	North Carolina State
75	G	Emil Ekiyor	Alabama

Vogel’s Big Board: 76-100

A guy starting to pick up a lot of media attention is Lukas Van Ness, the Iowa defensive end. He has solid length, athleticism, and could end up going a lot earlier than 76th.

Rank	POS	Player Name	School
76	EDGE	Lukas Van Ness	Iowa
77	DT	Nesta Jade Silvera	Arizona State
78	S	Brian Branch	Alabama
79	OT	Ryan Hayes	Michigan
80	DT	Byron Young	Alabama
81	CB	Eli Ricks	Alabama
82	EDGE	Robert Beal Jr	Georgia
83	S	Sydney Brown	Illinois
84	OT	Blake Freeland	BYU
85	CB	Darius Rush	South Carolina
86	LB	Jeremy Banks	Tennessee
87	NT	Jaquelin Roy	LSU
88	EDGE	Nolan Smith	Georgia
89	LB	Dorian Williams	Tulane
90	EDGE	Jose Ramirez	Eastern Michigan
91	C	Juice Scruggs	Penn State
92	G	Jordan McFadden	Clemson
93	CB	Julius Brents	Kansas State
94	LB	Cam Jones	Indiana
95	EDGE	Nick Herbig	Wisconsin
96	DL	Dante Stills	West Virginia
97	S	Malachi Moore	Alabama
98	CB	Kyu Blu-Kelly	Stanford
99	CB	Jarrick Bernard-Converse	LSU
100	DT	Tyler Davis	Clemson

Other Names to Watch:

There were some other players who were close to making the cut that could really impress over the next couple of months, between the Combine and their pro days. Here are some of the guys to keep an eye on:

• WR Jadon Haselwood, Arkansas
• WR Andrei Iosavas, Princeton
• WR Puka Nacoa, BYU
• TE Josh Whyle, Cincinnati
• OG McClendon Curtis, Chattanooga
• EDGE Brenton Cox Jr, Florida
• EDGE YaYa Diaby, Louisville
• EDGE Ikenna Enchukwu, Rice
• EDGE Thomas Incoom, Central Michigan
• LB Ivan Pace Jr, Cincinnati
• CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State