The Dubsism “Anti-Kiper” 2012 NFL Draft Board

Now that we are finally past the Super Bowl, it is time to address the needs of your team heading into the NFL Draft. So, while you are spending today erasing that fog in your head made of far too much cheap beer and delivery pizza, take a few moments to look forward so that your team can give itself a better shot to be where the Giants find themselves today.

Everybody has a NFL Draft “Big Board.” But unlike the ones you  get from the “professionals” at ESPN, we here at Dubsism offer a draft board based on the fact we actually have watched college football at some point in our lifetimes. This means we don’t care about how much we love to hear our own bloviation, there isn’t another blog out there taking shots at us yet (so we don’t have that whole “Mel Kiper/Todd McShay thing happening), and we aren’t worried about how much face time our increasingly oddly-shaped pompadour gets.

Rather, we would rather put out rookie  draft “shopping list” that we feel is our best effort to help you, the NFL fan who knows almost nothing about college football beyond Andrew Luck. We also won’t give you any flowery summaries of these players; there’s eight billion other sites doing that. Our model is you peruse the lists, both overall and by position, and decide which of these guys may help plug the numerous holes your favorite team has. However, we don’t bother with kickers and punters, largely because they are literally a “dime-a-dozen” and if you think a kicker is all that separates your team from a Super Bowl, you likely need a psychiatrist more than a draft board.

After the Super Bowl, we will revisit this list with some advice on what your sorry-ass team needs to do in order to improve itself, and this board will play a large part in that counsel. The one thing I would caution you against is that we here at Dubsism are firm believers in the “Mike Mamula” rule; meaning we don’t put much stock in the witchcraft that are the NFL Combines, so don’t expect this board to change significantly.

The Top Overall “Yes You Do Need Me, You Better Draft Me” 64:

1. Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2. Matt Kalil OT USC
3. Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
4. Alshon Jeffery WR South Carolina
5. Trent Richardson RB Alabama
6. Morris Claiborne CB LSU
7. Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State
8. Riley Reiff OT Iowa
9. Devon Still DT Penn State
10. Vontaze Burfict ILB Arizona State
11. Courtney Upshaw OLB Alabama
12. Mohamed Sanu WR Rutgers
13. Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina
14. David DeCastro G Stanford
15. Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
16. Whitney Mercilus OLB Illinois
17. Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi St
18. Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
19. Zach Brown ILB North Carolina
20. Mike Adams OT Ohio State
21. Peter Konz C Wisconsin
22. Jonathan Martin OT Stanford
23. Alfonzo Dennard CB Nebraska
24. Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
25. Mark Barron S Alabama
26. Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
27. Nick Perry DE USC
28. Michael Brockers DE LSU
29. Chris Polk RB Washington
30. Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
31. Andre Branch OLB Clemson
32. Robert Turbin RB Utah State
33. Dontari Poe DT Memphis
34. Dont’a Hightower ILB Alabama
35. Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama
36. Bobby Massie OT Mississippi
37. Kendall Wright WR Baylor
38. Lamar Miller RB Miami (FL)
39. Levy Adcock OT Oklahoma State
40. Bruce Irvin DE West Virginia
41. Nick Foles QB Arizona
42. Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech
43. Kelechi Osemele G Iowa State
44. Chase Minnifield CB Virginia
45. Ronnell Lewis OLB Oklahoma
46. Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
47. LaMichael James RB Oregon
48. Juron Criner WR Arizona
49. Brandon Thompson DT Clemson
50. Zebrie Sanders OT Florida State
51. David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
52. Markelle Martin S Oklahoma State
53. Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
54. Jared Crick DE Nebraska
55. Brandon Washington G Miami (FL)
56. Andrew Datko OT Florida State
57. Coby Fleener TE Stanford
58. Jerel Worthy DT Michigan State
59. Dwight Jones WR North Carolina
60. Ben Jones C Georgia
61. Coryell Judie CB Texas A&M
62. Alameda Ta’amu DT Washington
63. Brandon Mosley OT Auburn
64. Josh Chapman DT Alabama

The Top 15 By Position:

Quarterbacks

1. Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2. Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
3. Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
4. Nick Foles QB Arizona
5. Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M
6. B.J. Coleman QB Chattanooga
7. Brock Osweiler QB Arizona State
8. Kellen Moore QB Boise State
9. Ryan Lindley QB San Diego State
10. Kirk Cousins QB Michigan State
11. Jacory Harris QB Miami (FL)
12. Russell Wilson QB Wisconsin
13. G.J. Kinne QB Tulsa
14. Patrick Witt QB Yale
15. Dominique Davis QB East Carolina

Running Backs

1. Trent Richardson RB Alabama
2. Chris Polk RB Washington
3. Robert Turbin RB Utah State
4. Lamar Miller RB Miami (FL)
5. LaMichael James RB Oregon
6. David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
7. Doug Martin RB Boise State
8. Bernard Pierce RB Temple
9. Cyrus Gray RB Texas A&M
10. Terrance Ganaway RB Baylor
11. Isaiah Pead RB Cincinnati
12. Dan Herron RB Ohio State
13. Ronnie Hillman RB San Diego State
14. Vick Ballard RB Mississippi State
15. Tauren Poole RB Tennessee

Wide Receivers

1. Alshon Jeffery WR South Carolina
2. Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State
3. Mohamed Sanu WR Rutgers
4. Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
5. Kendall Wright WR Baylor
6. Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech
7. Juron Criner WR Arizona
8. Dwight Jones WR North Carolina
9. T.Y. Hilton WR Florida Int’l
10. Nick Toon WR Wisconsin
11. Marvin McNutt WR Iowa
12. A.J. Jenkins WR Illinois
13. Ryan Broyles WR Oklahoma
14. Jeff Fuller WR Texas A&M
15. Jarius Wright WR Arkansas

Tight Ends

1. Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
2. Coby Fleener TE Stanford
3. Orson Charles TE Georgia
4. Ladarius Green TE Louisiana-Lafayette
5. Michael Egnew TE Missouri
6. Brian Linthicum TE Michigan State
7. Rhett Ellison TE USC
8. Kevin Koger TE Michigan
9. David Paulson TE Oregon
10. George Bryan TE North Carolina State
11. Josh Chichester TE Louisville
12. Deangelo Peterson TE LSU
13. Anthony Miller TE California
14. Beau Reliford TE Florida State
15. Nick Provo TE Syracuse

Offensive Tackles

1. Matt Kalil OT USC
2. Riley Reiff OT Iowa
3. Mike Adams OT Ohio State
4. Jonathan Martin OT Stanford
5. Bobby Massie OT Mississippi
6. Levy Adcock OT Oklahoma State
7. Zebrie Sanders OT Florida State
8. Andrew Datko OT Florida State
9. Brandon Mosley OT Auburn
10. Nate Potter OT Boise State
11. Mitchell Schwartz OT California
12. Tony Bergstrom OT Utah
13. Matt McCants OT UAB
14. Landon Walker OT Clemson
15. Tom Compton OT South Dakota

Interior Offensive Lineman

1. David DeCastro G Stanford
2. Peter Konz C Wisconsin
3. Kelechi Osemele G Iowa State
4. Brandon Washington G Miami (FL)
5. Ben Jones C Georgia
6. Cordy Glenn G Georgia
7. Kevin Zeitler G Wisconsin
8. William Vlachos C Alabama
9. Amini Silatolu G Midwestern State
10. James Brown G Troy
11. Quinton Saulsberry C Mississippi State
12. Senio Kelemete G Washington
13. Brandon Brooks G Miami (OH)
14. David Molk C Michigan
15. Lucas Nix G Pittsburgh

Defensive Tackles

1. Devon Still DT Penn State
2. Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi St
3. Dontari Poe DT Memphis
4. Brandon Thompson DT Clemson
5. Jerel Worthy DT Michigan State
6. Alameda Ta’amu DT Washington
7. Josh Chapman DT Alabama
8. Cam Johnson DT Virginia
9. Marcus Forston DT Miami (FL)
10. Hebron Fangupo DT BYU
11. Jaye Howard DT Florida
12. Mike Daniels DT Iowa
13. Brett Roy DT Nevada
14. Mike Martin DT Michigan
15. Nicolas Jean-Baptiste DT Baylor

Defensive Ends

1. Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina
2. Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
3. Nick Perry DE USC
4. Michael Brockers DE LSU
5. Bruce Irvin DE West Virginia
6. Jared Crick DE Nebraska
7. Vinny Curry DE Marshall
8. Kendall Reyes DE Connecticut
9. Chandler Jones DE Syracuse
10. Kheeston Randall DE Texas
11. Jonathan Massaquoi DE Troy
12. Jake Bequette DE Arkansas
13. Billy Winn DE Boise State
14. Matt Conrath DE Virginia
15. Trevor Guyton DE California

Outside Linebackers

1. Courtney Upshaw OLB Alabama
2. Whitney Mercilus OLB Illinois
3. Andre Branch OLB Clemson
4. Ronnell Lewis OLB Oklahoma
5. Bobby Wagner OLB Utah State
6. Lavonte David OLB Nebraska
7. Travis Lewis OLB Oklahoma
8. Brandon Lindsey OLB Pittsburgh
9. Emmanuel Acho OLB Texas
10. Keenan Robinson OLB Texas
11. Tank Carder OLB TCU
12. Nigel Bradham OLB Florida State
13. Tyler Nielsen OLB Iowa
14. Julian Miller OLB West Virginia
15. Josh Kaddu OLB Oregon

Inside Linebackers

1. Vontaze Burfict ILB Arizona State
2. Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
3. Zach Brown ILB North Carolina
4. Dont’a Hightower ILB Alabama
5. Sean Spence ILB Miami (FL)
6. Audie Cole ILB North Carolina State
7. James-Michael Johnson ILB Nevada
8. Terrell Manning ILB North Carolina State
9. Mychal Kendricks ILB California
10. Nathan Stupar ILB Penn State
11. Chris Galippo ILB USC
12. Jerry Franklin ILB Arkansas
13. Max Gruder ILB Pittsburgh
14. Adrien Cole ILB Louisiana Tech
15. D.J. Holt ILB California

Cornerbacks

1. Morris Claiborne CB LSU
2. Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
3. Alfonzo Dennard CB Nebraska
4. Janoris Jenkins CB North Alabama
5. Chase Minnifield CB Virginia
6. Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
7. Coryell Judie CB Texas A&M
8. Jayron Hosley CB Virginia Tech
9. Brandon Boykin CB Georgia
10. Casey Hayward CB Vanderbilt
11. Trumaine Johnson CB Montana
12. Shaun Prater CB Iowa
13. Leonard Johnson CB Iowa State
14. Josh Robinson CB Central Florida
15. Josh Norman CB Coastal Carolina

Safeties

1. Mark Barron S Alabama
2. Markelle Martin S Oklahoma State
3. Aaron Henry S Wisconsin
4. Antonio Allen S South Carolina
5. Trenton Robinson S Michigan State
6. Harrison Smith S Notre Dame
7. Brandon Taylor S LSU
8. Eddie Whitley S Virginia Tech
9. George Iloka S Boise State
10. Winston Guy S Kentucky
11. Tysyn Hartman S Kansas State
12. Duke Ihenacho S San Jose State
13. D’Anton Lynn S Penn State
14. Janzen Jackson S McNeese State
15. Kelcie McCray S Arkansas State

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9 comments on “The Dubsism “Anti-Kiper” 2012 NFL Draft Board”

1. chappy81

   February 6, 2012

   

   Your list is better than mine, since I don’t watch a whole lot of College Football…

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2. Sam's Sports Brief

   February 6, 2012

   

   Great list! You don’t seem like the type of guy who would put JaMarcus Russell #1…

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   • J-Dub

     February 7, 2012

     

     True, but I also whiffed big time last year on Cam Newton.

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3. DJ

   February 7, 2012

   

   The Eagles need a linebacker and should part ways with Castillo. The Vikings are a clusterfuck of problems. I’d like them to get the best CB or S in the draft. Even move down and get better then average at both would be good. I know they could use a Matt Kalil, but that defensive secondary was hard to watch last year.

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   • J-Dub

     February 7, 2012

     

     I agree with you on Philly and Castillo. As an Eagle fan, I was never a Vick or Kolb fan, and Vince Young doesn’t exactly cure that for me. But I’m not sold on any of the QBs coming out after Luck and RG3.

     But just wait…the “what your team needs to do with it’s pick” post is coming soon…

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4. ChrisHumpherys (@SportsChump)

   February 7, 2012

   

   I think you’ll probably see Blackmon go before Jeffery and with the number five pick, I’d be perfectly happy to see the Bucs sweep him up.

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6. sportsglutton

   February 15, 2012

   

   I’ll consult Kipe and get back to you about your list.

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