In my sixth preview, I rate the top 60 prospects for the 2000 NFL draft, plus a look at players whose stock has climbed through March 21.
Note: (*) denotes underclassmen.
|
| NO. |
PLAYER |
POS. |
SCHOOL |
| 1. |
LaVar Arrington* |
LB |
Penn State |
| 2. |
Courtney Brown |
DE |
Penn State |
| 3. |
Peter Warrick |
WR |
Florida State |
| 4. |
Corey Simon |
DT |
Florida State |
| 5. |
Travis Taylor * |
WR |
Florida |
| 6. |
Chad Pennington |
QB |
Marshall |
| 7. |
Chris Samuels |
OT |
Alabama |
| 8. |
Keith Bulluck |
LB |
Syracuse |
| 9. |
Plaxico Burress* |
WR |
Michigan State |
| 10. |
Thomas Jones |
RB |
Virginia |
| 11. |
Brian Urlacher |
LB |
New Mexico |
| 12. |
Shaun Alexander |
RB |
Alabama |
| 13. |
Bubba Franks* |
TE |
Miami-Fla. |
| 14. |
Stockar McDougle |
OT |
Oklahoma |
| 15. |
Julian Peterson |
OLB |
Michigan State |
| 16. |
Marvel Smith * |
OT |
Arizona State |
| 17. |
Dennis Northcutt |
WR |
Arizona |
| 18. |
Cosey Coleman * |
G |
Tennessee |
| 19. |
Ron Dugans |
WR |
Florida State |
| 20. |
John Abraham |
DE |
South Carolina |
| 21. |
Todd Pinkston |
WR |
Southern Miss |
| 22. |
Jamal Lewis |
RB |
Tennessee |
| 23. |
Darren Howard |
DE |
Kansas State |
| 24. |
John Engelberger |
DE |
Virginia Tech |
| 25. |
Cornelius Griffin |
DT |
Alabama |
| 26. |
Sylvester Morris |
WR |
Jackson State |
| 27. |
Ron Dayne |
RB |
Wisconsin |
| 28. |
Jerry Porter |
WR |
West Virginia |
| 29. |
R. Jay Soward |
WR |
Southern California |
| 30. |
Shaun Ellis * |
DE |
Tennessee |
| 31. |
Danny Farmer |
WR |
UCLA |
| 32. |
Dez White * |
WR |
Georgia Tech |
| 33. |
Sebastian Janikowski * |
K |
Florida State |
| 34. |
Travis Prentice |
RB |
Miami-Ohio |
| 35. |
Travis Claridge |
OG |
USC |
| 36. |
J.R. Redmond |
RB |
Arizona State |
| 37. |
Deltha O'Neal |
CB |
California |
| 38. |
Deon Grant * |
S |
Tennessee |
| 39. |
Anthony Becht |
TE |
West Virginia |
| 40. |
Steve Warren |
DT |
Nebraska |
| 41. |
Adrian Klemm |
OT |
Hawaii |
| 42. |
Chris Hovan |
DT |
Boston College |
| 43. |
Chris McIntosh |
OT |
Wisconsin |
| 44. |
Leonardo Carson |
DE |
Auburn |
| 45. |
Todd Wade |
OT |
Mississippi |
| 46. |
Barrett Green |
OLB |
West Virginia |
| 47. |
Shyrone Stith * |
RB |
Virginia Tech |
| 48. |
Michael Thompson |
OT |
Tennessee State |
| 49. |
John St. Clair |
C |
Virginia |
| 50. |
Rob Morris |
LB |
BYU |
| 51. |
Ahmed Plummer |
CB |
Ohio State |
| 52. |
Dave Stachelski |
TE |
Boise State |
| 53. |
Leander Jordan |
OG |
Indiana-Pa. |
| 54. |
Rashard Anderson |
CB |
Jackson State |
| 55. |
Lewis Sanders * |
CB |
Maryland |
| 56. |
Ike Charlton * |
DB |
Virginia Tech |
| 57. |
Dustin Lyman |
LB |
Wake Forest |
| 58. |
Bobby Williams |
OT |
Arkansas |
| 59. |
Ian Gold |
OLB |
Michigan |
| 60. |
Tutan Reyes |
OT |
Mississippi |
Players on the rise
Here is a list of players whose stock has climbed:
Travis Taylor, Florida; John Abraham, South Carolina; Jamal Lewis, Tennessee; Cornelius Griffin, Alabama; Travis Prentice, Miami-Ohio; Deltha O?Neal, California; Steve Warren, Nebraska; Leonardo Carson, Auburn.
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