new mel kiper mock draft

pakowitz · 04-13-2006, 02:21 AM

By Mel Kiper Jr.
Special to ESPN Insider
Archive

With the NFL draft two weeks away, the one hot spot in the first round remains with the New Orleans Saints and second overall pick. While I still have North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams going to New Orleans, the outlook of the first round could change significantly if the Saints trade the pick.

My first-round projections remain nearly the same, with the one newcomer being NC State defensive end Manny Lawson. Overshadowed by Williams at NC State, Lawson had a very good senior season then performed exceptionally well at the NFL scouting combine. Right now I am projecting the Jets will use their second first-round pick on Lawson, where he will be used as a pass-rushing defensive end/outside linebacker.

New this week are my projections for the second, third and fourth rounds. You will be surprised to see some players initially projected as first-round picks have slipped to the second round in recent weeks.

First-Round Projections
1. Houston Reggie Bush, RB USC
2. New Orleans Mario Williams, DE NC State
3. Tennessee Matt Leinart, QB USC
4. N.Y. Jets D'Brickashaw Ferguson, T Virginia
5. Green Bay A.J. Hawk, LB Ohio St.
6. San Francisco Vernon Davis, TE Maryland
7. Oakland Vince Young, QB Texas
8. Buffalo Brodrick Bunkley, DT Florida St.
9. Detroit Michael Huff, DB Texas
10. Arizona Jay Cutler, QB Vanderbilt
11. St. Louis Chad Greenway, LB Iowa
12. Cleveland Kamerion Wimbley, DE/OLB Florida St.
13. Baltimore Haloti Ngata, DT Oregon
14. Philadelphia Winston Justice, T USC
15. Denver (from ATL) Chad Jackson, WR Florida
16. Miami Donte Whitner, S Ohio St.
17. Minnesota Ernie Sims, LB Florida St.
18. Dallas Jason Allen, S/CB Tennessee
19. San Diego Johnathan Joseph, CB South Carolina
20. Kansas City Tye Hill, CB Clemson
21. New England Santonio Holmes, WR Ohio St.
22. Denver (from WSH) DeAngelo Williams, RB Memphis
23. Tampa Bay Antonio Cromartie, CB Florida St.
24. Cincinnati Jimmy Williams, CB Virginia Tech
25. N.Y. Giants Kelly Jennings, CB Miami
26. Chicago Richard Marshall CB Fresno St.
27. Carolina LenDale White, RB USC
28. Jacksonville Marcedes Lewis, TE UCLA
29. N.Y. Jets (from DEN) Manny Lawson, DE/OLB NC State
30. Indianapolis Laurence Maroney, RB Minnesota
31. Seattle Ashton Youboty, CB Ohio St.
32. Pittsburgh Sinorice Moss, WR Miami

1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 4th Round

Second-Round Projections
33. Houston Eric Winston, T Miami
34. New Orleans Nick Mangold, C Ohio St.
35. N.Y. Jets Joseph Addai, RB LSU
36. Green Bay Tamba Hali, DE Penn St.
37. San Francisco Bobby Carpenter, LB Ohio St.
38. Oakland Gabe Watson, DT Michigan
39. Tennessee D'Qwell Jackson, LB Maryland
40. Detroit Davin Joseph, G Oklahoma
41. Arizona Leonard Pope, TE Georgia
42. Buffalo Taitusi "Deuce" Lutui, G USC
43. Cleveland Abdul Hodge, LB Iowa
44. Baltimore Brodie Croyle, QB Alabama
45. Philadelphia DeMeco Ryans, LB Alabama
46. St. Louis Orien Harris, DT Miami
47. Atlanta Cedric Griffin, CB Texas
48. Minnesota Kellen Clemens, QB Oregon
49. Dallas Marcus McNeill, T Auburn
50. San Diego Demetrius Williams, WR Oregon
51. Minnesota (from MIA) Chris Chester, OL Oklahoma
52. New England Brian Calhoun, RB Wisconsin
53. Washington Rocky McIntosh, LB Miami
54. Kansas City Darryl Tapp, DE Virginia Tech
55. Cincinnati Dominique Byrd, TE USC
56. N.Y. Giants Thomas Howard, LB UTEP
57. Chicago Greg Jennings, WR Western Michigan
58. Carolina Joe Klopfenstein, TE Colorado
59. Tampa Bay Andrew Whitworth, T LSU
60. Jacksonville Jason Spitz, C Louisville
61. Denver Mark Anderson, DE Alabama
62. Indianapolis Daniel Bullocks, DB Nebraska
63. Seattle Mathias Kiwanuka, DE Boston College
64. Pittsburgh Danieal Manning, DB Abilene Christian

1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 4th Round

Third-Round Projections
65. Houston Ko Simpson, DB South Carolina
66. Houston (from NO) Gerris Wilkinson, LB Georgia Tech
67. Green Bay Max Jean-Gilles, G Georgia
68. San Francisco David Pittman, CB Northwestern St. (La.)
69. Oakland Maurice Drew, RB UCLA
70. Buffalo (from TEN) Ryan O'Callaghan, T California
71. N.Y. Jets Brandon Williams, WR Wisconsin
72. Arizona Jon Alston, LB Stanford
73. Buffalo Maurice Stovall, WR Notre Dame
74. Detroit Devin Hester, CB Miami
75. New England (from BAL) Chris Gocong, DE/LB Cal Poly-SLO
76. Philadelphia Claude Wroten, DT LSU
77. St. Louis David Thomas, TE Texas
78. Cleveland Charles Spencer, G Pittsburgh
79. Atlanta Calvin Lowery, DB Penn St.
80. Dallas Charlie Whitehurst, QB Clemson
81. San Diego Paul McQuistan, OL Weber St.
82. Miami Parys Haralson, DE Tennessee
83. Minnesota Will Blackmon, WR/CB Boston College
84. San Francisco (from WSH) Victor Adeyanju, DE Indiana
85. Kansas City Brandon Marshall, WR Central Florida
86. New England Montavious Stanley, DT Louisville
87. N.Y. Giants Kyle Williams, DT LSU
88. Chicago Anthony Fasano, TE Notre Dame
89. Carolina Darnell Bing, DB USC
90. Tampa Bay Willie Reid, WR Fresno St.
91. Cincinnati Stanley McClover, DE Auburn
92. Jacksonville Jerome Harrison, RB Washington St.
93. Atlanta (from DEN) Devin Aromashodu, WR Auburn
94. Indianapolis Dusty Dvoracek, DT Oklahoma
95. Minnesota (from SEA) Le Kevin Smith, DT Nebraska
96. Pittsburgh Brent Hawkins, DE/OLB Illinois St.

97. N.Y. Jets (comp. pick) Roman Harper, DB Alabama

1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | 4th Round

Fourth-Round Projections
98. Houston James Wyche, DE Syracuse
99. New Orleans Demetrice Webb, CB Florida
100. San Francisco Lawrence Vickers, FB Colorado
101. Oakland Anthony Smith, DB Syracuse
102. Tennessee Leon Washington, RB Florida St.
103. N.Y. Jets Alan Zemaitis, CB Penn St.
104. Green Bay Derrick Martin, CB Wyoming
105. Buffalo Elvis Dumervil, DE Louisville
106. New England (from DET) Guy Whimper, T East Carolina
107. Arizona Fred Matua, G USC
108. Philadelphia David Kirtman, FB USC
109. St. Louis Kevin Boothe, OL Cornell
110. Cleveland DeMario Minter, CB Georgia
111. Baltimore Dion Byrum, CB Ohio
112. Cleveland (from ATL) Rodrique Wright, DT Texas
113. San Diego Babatunde Oshinowo, DT Stanford
114. Miami Zach Strief, T Northwestern
115. Minnesota Miles Austin, WR Monmouth
116. Philadelphia (from DAL) Tarvaris Jackson, QB Alabama St.
117. N.Y. Jets (from KC) Greg Eslinger, C Minnesota
118. New England Derek Hagan, WR Arizona St.
119. Denver (from WSH) Owen Daniels, TE Wisconsin
120. Chicago Freddie Keiaho, LB San Diego St.
121. Carolina Jonathan Scott, T Texas
122. Tampa Bay Brandon Johnson, LB Louisville
123. Cincinnati John McCargo, DT NC State
124. N.Y. Giants Jeremy Trueblood, T Boston College
125. Jacksonville James Anderson, LB Virginia Tech
126. Denver Bernard Pollard, DB Purdue
127. Philadelphia (from IND) Hank Baskett, WR New Mexico
128. Seattle John Torp, P Colorado
129. Pittsburgh Andre Hall, RB South Florida

130. Denver (comp. pick) Jeremy Bloom, WR Colorado

131. Pittsburgh (comp. pick) Daryn Colledge, T Boise St.

132. Baltimore (comp. pick) Rob Sims, G Ohio St.

133. Pittsburgh (comp. pick) Omar Jacobs, QB Bowling Green

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04-13-2006, 02:21 AM	#1
pakowitz The Dark Overlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,450	new mel kiper mock draft By Mel Kiper Jr. Special to ESPN Insider Archive With the NFL draft two weeks away, the one hot spot in the first round remains with the New Orleans Saints and second overall pick. While I still have North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams going to New Orleans, the outlook of the first round could change significantly if the Saints trade the pick. My first-round projections remain nearly the same, with the one newcomer being NC State defensive end Manny Lawson. Overshadowed by Williams at NC State, Lawson had a very good senior season then performed exceptionally well at the NFL scouting combine. Right now I am projecting the Jets will use their second first-round pick on Lawson, where he will be used as a pass-rushing defensive end/outside linebacker. New this week are my projections for the second, third and fourth rounds. You will be surprised to see some players initially projected as first-round picks have slipped to the second round in recent weeks. First-Round Projections 1. Houston Reggie Bush, RB USC 2. New Orleans Mario Williams, DE NC State 3. Tennessee Matt Leinart, QB USC 4. N.Y. Jets D'Brickashaw Ferguson, T Virginia 5. Green Bay A.J. Hawk, LB Ohio St. 6. San Francisco Vernon Davis, TE Maryland 7. Oakland Vince Young, QB Texas 8. Buffalo Brodrick Bunkley, DT Florida St. 9. Detroit Michael Huff, DB Texas 10. Arizona Jay Cutler, QB Vanderbilt 11. St. Louis Chad Greenway, LB Iowa 12. Cleveland Kamerion Wimbley, DE/OLB Florida St. 13. Baltimore Haloti Ngata, DT Oregon 14. Philadelphia Winston Justice, T USC 15. Denver (from ATL) Chad Jackson, WR Florida 16. Miami Donte Whitner, S Ohio St. 17. Minnesota Ernie Sims, LB Florida St. 18. Dallas Jason Allen, S/CB Tennessee 19. San Diego Johnathan Joseph, CB South Carolina 20. Kansas City Tye Hill, CB Clemson 21. New England Santonio Holmes, WR Ohio St. 22. Denver (from WSH) DeAngelo Williams, RB Memphis 23. Tampa Bay Antonio Cromartie, CB Florida St. 24. Cincinnati Jimmy Williams, CB Virginia Tech 25. N.Y. Giants Kelly Jennings, CB Miami 26. Chicago Richard Marshall CB Fresno St. 27. Carolina LenDale White, RB USC 28. Jacksonville Marcedes Lewis, TE UCLA 29. N.Y. Jets (from DEN) Manny Lawson, DE/OLB NC State 30. Indianapolis Laurence Maroney, RB Minnesota 31. Seattle Ashton Youboty, CB Ohio St. 32. Pittsburgh Sinorice Moss, WR Miami 1st Round \| 2nd Round \| 3rd Round \| 4th Round Second-Round Projections 33. Houston Eric Winston, T Miami 34. New Orleans Nick Mangold, C Ohio St. 35. N.Y. Jets Joseph Addai, RB LSU 36. Green Bay Tamba Hali, DE Penn St. 37. San Francisco Bobby Carpenter, LB Ohio St. 38. Oakland Gabe Watson, DT Michigan 39. Tennessee D'Qwell Jackson, LB Maryland 40. Detroit Davin Joseph, G Oklahoma 41. Arizona Leonard Pope, TE Georgia 42. Buffalo Taitusi "Deuce" Lutui, G USC 43. Cleveland Abdul Hodge, LB Iowa 44. Baltimore Brodie Croyle, QB Alabama 45. Philadelphia DeMeco Ryans, LB Alabama 46. St. Louis Orien Harris, DT Miami 47. Atlanta Cedric Griffin, CB Texas 48. Minnesota Kellen Clemens, QB Oregon 49. Dallas Marcus McNeill, T Auburn 50. San Diego Demetrius Williams, WR Oregon 51. Minnesota (from MIA) Chris Chester, OL Oklahoma 52. New England Brian Calhoun, RB Wisconsin 53. Washington Rocky McIntosh, LB Miami 54. Kansas City Darryl Tapp, DE Virginia Tech 55. Cincinnati Dominique Byrd, TE USC 56. N.Y. Giants Thomas Howard, LB UTEP 57. Chicago Greg Jennings, WR Western Michigan 58. Carolina Joe Klopfenstein, TE Colorado 59. Tampa Bay Andrew Whitworth, T LSU 60. Jacksonville Jason Spitz, C Louisville 61. Denver Mark Anderson, DE Alabama 62. Indianapolis Daniel Bullocks, DB Nebraska 63. Seattle Mathias Kiwanuka, DE Boston College 64. Pittsburgh Danieal Manning, DB Abilene Christian 1st Round \| 2nd Round \| 3rd Round \| 4th Round Third-Round Projections 65. Houston Ko Simpson, DB South Carolina 66. Houston (from NO) Gerris Wilkinson, LB Georgia Tech 67. Green Bay Max Jean-Gilles, G Georgia 68. San Francisco David Pittman, CB Northwestern St. (La.) 69. Oakland Maurice Drew, RB UCLA 70. Buffalo (from TEN) Ryan O'Callaghan, T California 71. N.Y. Jets Brandon Williams, WR Wisconsin 72. Arizona Jon Alston, LB Stanford 73. Buffalo Maurice Stovall, WR Notre Dame 74. Detroit Devin Hester, CB Miami 75. New England (from BAL) Chris Gocong, DE/LB Cal Poly-SLO 76. Philadelphia Claude Wroten, DT LSU 77. St. Louis David Thomas, TE Texas 78. Cleveland Charles Spencer, G Pittsburgh 79. Atlanta Calvin Lowery, DB Penn St. 80. Dallas Charlie Whitehurst, QB Clemson 81. San Diego Paul McQuistan, OL Weber St. 82. Miami Parys Haralson, DE Tennessee 83. Minnesota Will Blackmon, WR/CB Boston College 84. San Francisco (from WSH) Victor Adeyanju, DE Indiana 85. Kansas City Brandon Marshall, WR Central Florida 86. New England Montavious Stanley, DT Louisville 87. N.Y. Giants Kyle Williams, DT LSU 88. Chicago Anthony Fasano, TE Notre Dame 89. Carolina Darnell Bing, DB USC 90. Tampa Bay Willie Reid, WR Fresno St. 91. Cincinnati Stanley McClover, DE Auburn 92. Jacksonville Jerome Harrison, RB Washington St. 93. Atlanta (from DEN) Devin Aromashodu, WR Auburn 94. Indianapolis Dusty Dvoracek, DT Oklahoma 95. Minnesota (from SEA) Le Kevin Smith, DT Nebraska 96. Pittsburgh Brent Hawkins, DE/OLB Illinois St. 97. N.Y. Jets (comp. pick) Roman Harper, DB Alabama 1st Round \| 2nd Round \| 3rd Round \| 4th Round Fourth-Round Projections 98. Houston James Wyche, DE Syracuse 99. New Orleans Demetrice Webb, CB Florida 100. San Francisco Lawrence Vickers, FB Colorado 101. Oakland Anthony Smith, DB Syracuse 102. Tennessee Leon Washington, RB Florida St. 103. N.Y. Jets Alan Zemaitis, CB Penn St. 104. Green Bay Derrick Martin, CB Wyoming 105. Buffalo Elvis Dumervil, DE Louisville 106. New England (from DET) Guy Whimper, T East Carolina 107. Arizona Fred Matua, G USC 108. Philadelphia David Kirtman, FB USC 109. St. Louis Kevin Boothe, OL Cornell 110. Cleveland DeMario Minter, CB Georgia 111. Baltimore Dion Byrum, CB Ohio 112. Cleveland (from ATL) Rodrique Wright, DT Texas 113. San Diego Babatunde Oshinowo, DT Stanford 114. Miami Zach Strief, T Northwestern 115. Minnesota Miles Austin, WR Monmouth 116. Philadelphia (from DAL) Tarvaris Jackson, QB Alabama St. 117. N.Y. Jets (from KC) Greg Eslinger, C Minnesota 118. New England Derek Hagan, WR Arizona St. 119. Denver (from WSH) Owen Daniels, TE Wisconsin 120. Chicago Freddie Keiaho, LB San Diego St. 121. Carolina Jonathan Scott, T Texas 122. Tampa Bay Brandon Johnson, LB Louisville 123. Cincinnati John McCargo, DT NC State 124. N.Y. Giants Jeremy Trueblood, T Boston College 125. Jacksonville James Anderson, LB Virginia Tech 126. Denver Bernard Pollard, DB Purdue 127. Philadelphia (from IND) Hank Baskett, WR New Mexico 128. Seattle John Torp, P Colorado 129. Pittsburgh Andre Hall, RB South Florida 130. Denver (comp. pick) Jeremy Bloom, WR Colorado 131. Pittsburgh (comp. pick) Daryn Colledge, T Boise St. 132. Baltimore (comp. pick) Rob Sims, G Ohio St. 133. Pittsburgh (comp. pick) Omar Jacobs, QB Bowling Green http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft...t&lid=tab2pos1
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