Top 300 Prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft

Joseph B. Coaty April 16, 2009
The following list is whom I consider to be the top 300 prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft as of April 16, 2009. This list is in no way a prediction of where I think players will be drafted. The list is simply a ranking of players with regards as to how I think they will eventually perform in the NFL.

NOTE: The position listed is the position that player played at during the 2008 season. The one exception to this listing is Kevin Akins (#297) who played CB in 2008 but projects to OLB in the NFL.

(*) = denotes underclassman

• 1. Aaron Curry/OLB/Wake Forest
• 2. Eugene Monroe/OT/Virginia
• 3. Jason Smith/OT/Baylor
• 4. Michael Crabtree/WR/Texas Tech (*)
• 5. Malcolm Jenkins/CB/Ohio State
• 6. Matthew Stafford/QB/Georgia (*)
• 7. B.J. Raji/DT/Boston College
• 8. Jeremy Maclin/WR/Missouri (*)
• 9. Brian Orakpo/DE/Texas
• 10. Chris Wells/RB/Ohio State (*)

• 11. Tyson Jackson/DE/Louisiana State
• 12. Everette Brown/DE/Florida State (*)
• 13. Michael Oher/OT/Mississippi
• 14. Andre Smith/OT/Alabama (*)
• 15. Knowshon Moreno/RB/Georgia (*)
• 16. Mark Sanchez/QB/Southern California (*)
• 17. James Laurinaitis/ILB/Ohio State
• 18. Rey Maualuga/ILB/Southern California
• 19. Peria Jerry/DT/Mississippi
• 20. Darrius Heyward-Bey/WR/Maryland (*)

• 21. Brian Cushing/OLB/Southern California
• 22. Darius Butler/CB/Connecticut
• 23. Aaron Maybin/DE/Penn State (*)
• 24. Alphonso Smith/CB/Wake Forest
• 25. Clay Matthews/DE/Southern California
• 26. Kenny Britt/WR/Rutgers (*)
• 27. Eben Britton/OT/Arizona (*)
• 28. Hakeem Nicks/WR/North Carolina (*)
• 29. Donald Brown/RB/Connecticut (*)
• 30. Vontae Davis/CB/Illinois (*)

• 31. Brandon Pettigrew/TE/Oklahoma State
• 32. Alex Mack/C/California
• 33. Max Unger/C/Oregon
• 34. Robert Ayers/DE/Tennessee
• 35. William Moore/S/Missouri
• 36. Rashad Johnson/S/Alabama
• 37. Louis Delmas/S/Western Michigan
• 38. Clint Sintim/OLB/Virginia
• 39. Josh Freeman/QB/Kansas State (*)
• 40. Michael Johnson/DE/Georgia Tech

• 41. Connor Barwin/DE/Cincinnati
• 42. Larry English/DE/Northern Illinois
• 43. LeSean McCoy/RB/Pittsburgh (*)
• 44. Duke Robinson/OG/Oklahoma
• 45. Evander Hood/DT/Missouri
• 46. Phil Loadholt/OT/Oklahoma
• 47. Sean Smith/CB/Utah (*)
• 48. Patrick Chung/S/Oregon
• 49. Sen'Derrick Marks/DT/Auburn (*)
• 50. Jairus Byrd/CB/Oregon (*)

• 51. Juaquin Iglesias/WR/Oklahoma
• 52. D.J. Moore/CB/Vanderbilt (*)
• 53. Percy Harvin/WR/Florida (*)
• 54. Ron Brace/DT/Boston College
• 55. Will Beatty/OT/Connecticut
• 56. Andy Levitre/OT/Oregon State
• 57. Eric Wood/C/Louisville
• 58. Marcus Freeman/OLB/Ohio State
• 59. Cornelius Ingram/TE/Florida
• 60. Brian Robiskie/WR/Ohio State

• 61. Mohamed Massaquoi/WR/Georgia
• 62. Shawn Nelson/TE/Southern Mississippi
• 63. Jared Cook/TE/South Carolina (*)
• 64. Michael Hamlin/S/Clemson
• 65. Javon Ringer/RB/Michigan State
• 66. Shonn Greene/RB/Iowa (*)
• 67. Dannell Ellerbe/ILB/Georgia
• 68. Darry Beckwith/ILB/Louisiana State
• 69. Louis Murphy/WR/Florida
• 70. James Casey/TE/Rice (*)

• 71. Chase Coffman/TE/Missouri
• 72. Zack Follett/OLB/California
• 73. Derrick Williams/WR/Penn State
• 74. Sherrod Martin/S/Troy
• 75. Jarron Gilbert/DT/San Jose State
• 76. Fili Moala/DT/Southern California
• 77. David Veikune/DE/Hawaii
• 78. Andre Brown/RB/North Carolina State
• 79. Gerald Cadogan/OT/Penn State
• 80. Herman Johnson/OG/Louisiana State

• 81. Jamon Meredith/OG/South Carolina
• 82. Chip Vaughn/S/Wake Forest
• 83. Asher Allen/CB/Georgia (*)
• 84. Paul Kruger/DE/Utah
• 85. Lawrence Sidbury Jr./DE/Richmond
• 86. Travis Beckum/TE/Wisconsin
• 87. Austin Collie/WR/Brigham Young
• 88. Coye Francies/CB/San Jose State
• 89. Victor Harris/CB/Virginia Tech
• 90. Johnny Knox/WR/Abilene Christian

• 91. Kevin Ogletree/WR/Virginia (*)
• 92. Troy Kropog/OT/Tulane
• 93. Alex Magee/DT/Purdue
• 94. Kraig Urbik/OG/Wisconsin
• 95. Jasper Brinkley/ILB/South Carolina
• 96. Kaluka Maiava/OLB/Southern California
• 97. Cody Brown/DE/Connecticut
• 98. Courtney Greene/S/Rutgers
• 99. Darcel McBath/S/Texas Tech
• 100. James Davis/RB/Clemson

• 101. Glen Coffee/RB/Alabama (*)
• 102. T.J. Lang/OT/Eastern Michigan
• 103. Gerald McRath/ILB/Southern Mississippi
• 104. DeAngelo Smith/CB/Cincinnati
• 105. Mike Mickens/CB/Cincinnati
• 106. Demetrius Byrd/WR/Louisiana State
• 107. Mike Thomas/WR/Arizona
• 108. Jason Phillips/ILB/Texas Christian
• 109. Ramses Barden/WR/California Polytechnic
• 110. Dorell Scott/DT/Clemson

• 111. Bradley Fletcher/CB/Iowa
• 112. Scott McKillop/ILB/Pittsburgh
• 113. Mike Goodson/RB/Texas A&M (*)
• 114. Ricky Jean-Francois/DT/Louisiana State (*)
• 115. Brandon Tate/WR/North Carolina
• 116. Rashad Jennings/RB/Liberty
• 117. Pat White/QB/West Virginia
• 118. Brannan Southerland/FB/Georgia
• 119. Jerraud Powers/CB/Auburn (*)
• 120. Cedric Peerman/RB/Virginia

• 121. Tony Fiammotta/FB/Syracuse
• 122. Richard Quinn/TE/North Carolina (*)
• 123. Tyrone McKenzie/OLB/South Florida
• 124. Mitch King/DT/Iowa
• 125. Rhett Bomar/QB/Sam Houston State
• 126. Mike Wallace/WR/Mississippi
• 127. Deon Butler/WR/Penn State
• 128. Kenny McKinley/WR/South Carolina
• 129. Terrance Taylor/DT/Michigan
• 130. Brandon Gibson/WR/Washington State

• 131. Christopher Owens/CB/San Jose State
• 132. Ryan Mouton/CB/Hawaii
• 133. Antoine Caldwell/C/Alabama
• 134. Henry Melton/DE/Texas
• 135. John Gill/DT/Northwestern
• 136. Corvey Irvin/DT/Georgia
• 137. Nate Davis/QB/Ball State (*)
• 138. Graham Harrell/QB/Texas Tech
• 139. Stephen McGee/QB/Texas A&M
• 140. DeAndre Levy/OLB/Wisconsin

• 141. Donald Washington/CB/Ohio State (*)
• 142. Lardarius Webb/S/Nicholls State
• 143. Tiquan Underwood/WR/Rutgers
• 144. Brooks Foster/WR/North Carolina
• 145. Sammie Stroughter/WR/Oregon State
• 146. Jarett Dillard/WR/Rice
• 147. Stryker Sulak/DE/Missouri
• 148. Maurice Evans/DE/Penn State (*)
• 149. Will Davis/DE/Illinois
• 150. Garrett Reynolds/OT/North Carolina

• 151. Jason Watkins/OT/Florida
• 152. Matt Shaughnessy/DE/Wisconsin
• 153. Brandon Williams/DE/Texas Tech (*)
• 154. Kyle Moore/DE/Southern California
• 155. David Bruton/S/Notre Dame
• 156. Chris Clemons/S/Clemson
• 157. Devin Moore/RB/Wyoming
• 158. Jonathan Casillas/OLB/Wisconsin
• 159. Ashlee Palmer/OLB/Mississippi
• 160. Terrance Knighton/DT/Temple

• 161. Kory Sheets/RB/Purdue
• 162. Xavier Fulton/OT/Illinois
• 163. Lydon Murtha/OT/Nebraska
• 164. Robert Brewster/OT/Ball State
• 165. Cary Harris/CB/Southern California
• 166. Louis Vasquez/OG/Texas Tech
• 167. Jonathan Luigs/C/Arkansas
• 168. Curtis Taylor/S/Louisiana State
• 169. Keenan Lewis/CB/Oregon State
• 170. Kevin Barnes/CB/Maryland

• 171. Brandon Hughes/CB/Oregon State
• 172. Gregory Toler/CB/St. Paul's College
• 173. Don Carey/CB/Norfolk State
• 174. Stanley Arnoux/ILB/Wake Forest
• 175. Thomas Morstead/P/Southern Methodist
• 176. Nic Harris/S/Oklahoma
• 177. Jeremiah Johnson/RB/Oregon
• 178. C.J. Spillman/S/Marshall
• 179. Cornelius Lewis/OT/Tennessee State
• 180. Hunter Cantwell/QB/Louisville

• 181. Otis Wiley/S/Michigan State
• 182. John Parker Wilson/QB/Alabama
• 183. Kory Sperry/TE/Colorado State
• 184. Aaron Kelly/WR/Clemson
• 185. Jamarko Simmons/WR/Western Michigan
• 186. Glover Quin/CB/New Mexico
• 187. Antonio Appleby/ILB/Virginia
• 188. Darryl Richard/DT/Georgia Tech
• 189. Vance Walker/DT/Georgia Tech
• 190. Roy Miller/DT/Texas

• 191. Quinn Johnson/FB/Louisiana State
• 192. Seth Olsen/OG/Iowa
• 193. Tyronne Green/OG/Auburn
• 194. Trevor Canfield/OG/Cincinnati
• 195. Cullen Harper/QB/Clemson
• 196. Javarris Williams/RB/Tennessee State
• 197. Ian Johnson/RB/Boise State
• 198. Anthony Felder/ILB/California
• 199. Emanuel Cook/S/South Carolina (*)
• 200. David Buehler/K/Southern California

• 201. Jose Valdez/OT/Arkansas
• 202. Augustus Parrish/OT/Kent State
• 203. Joel Bell/OT/Furman
• 204. Patrick Turner/WR/Southern California
• 205. Brian Hartline/WR/Ohio State (*)
• 206. Davon Drew/TE/East Carolina
• 207. Jason Williams/OLB/Western Illinois
• 208. Cameron Morrah/TE/California (*)
• 209. Anthony Hill/TE/North Carolina State
• 210. Sammie Lee Hill/DT/Stillman

• 211. Jarius Wynn/DE/Georgia
• 212. Zach Potter/DE/Nebraska
• 213. Clinton McDonald/DT/Memphis
• 214. Andrew Gardner/OT/Georgia Tech
• 215. Fenuki Topou/OT/Oregon
• 216. Alex Boone/OT/Ohio State
• 217. Orion Martin/DE/Virginia Tech
• 218. Victor Butler/DE/Oregon State
• 219. Joshua Mauga/ILB/Nevada
• 220. Domonique Johnson/CB/Jackson State

• 221. Edwin Williams/C/Maryland
• 222. Brandon Walker/OG/Oklahoma
• 223. Derek Walker/DE/Illinois
• 224. Michael Bennett/DE/Texas A&M
• 225. Chris Baker/DE/Hampton
• 226. Curtis Painter/QB/Purdue
• 227. Arian Foster/RB/Tennessee
• 228. Nathan Brown/QB/Central Arkanasas
• 229. Marlon Lucky/RB/Nebraska
• 230. Kyle Link/OT/McNeese State

• 231. Ramon Foster/OT/Tennessee
• 232. Sebastian Vollmer/OT/Houston
• 233. Roger Allen/OG/Missouri Western State
• 234. Ray Feinga/OG/Brigham Young
• 235. Anthony Parker/OG/Tennessee
• 236. Everette Pedescleaux/DT/Northern Iowa
• 237. Andy Kemp/OG/Wisconsin
• 238. Jaimie Thomas/OG/Maryland
• 239. Greg Isdaner/OG/West Virginia (*)
• 240. Joe Burnett/CB/Central Florida

• 241. Tony Carter/CB/Florida State
• 242. Brandon Underwood/S/Cincinnati
• 243. Pannel Egboh/DE/Stanford
• 244. Nick Reed/DE/Oregon
• 245. Derek Pegues/S/Mississippi State
• 246. Kevin Ellison/S/Southern California
• 247. Graham Gano/K & P/Florida State
• 248. Bruce Johnson/CB/Miami, Fl
• 249. Dan Gay/OT/Baylor
• 250. A.Q. Shipley/C/Penn State

• 251. Antone Smith/RB/Florida State
• 252. Aaron Brown/RB/Texas Christian
• 253. Chase Daniel/QB/Missouri
• 254. Ryan Palmer/CB/Texas
• 255. Captain Munnerlyn/CB/South Carolina (*)
• 256. Kevin Huber/P/Cincinnati
• 257. Morgan Trent/CB/Michigan
• 258. Khalif Mitchell/DT/East Carolina
• 259. Myron Pryor/DT/Kentucky
• 260. Manuel Johnson/WR/Oklahoma

• 261. Darius Passmore/WR/Marshall
• 262. Lee Robinson/ILB/Alcorn State
• 263. Frantz Joseph/ILB/Florida Atlantic
• 264. Marko Mitchell/WR/Nevada
• 265. Jeremy Childs/WR/Boise State (*)
• 266. Greg Carr/WR/Florida State
• 267. Bear Pascoe/TE/Fresno State
• 268. John Phillips/TE/Virginia
• 269. Brian Hoyer/QB/Michigan State
• 270. Bernard Scott/RB/Abilene Christian

• 271. Gartrell Johnson/RB/Colorado State
• 272. Quan Cosby/WR/Texas
• 273. Tom Brandstater/QB/Fresno State
• 274. Londen Fryar/CB/Western Michigan
• 275. Worrell Williams/ILB/California
• 276. Ryan McKee/OT/Southern Mississippi
• 277. Rob Bruggeman/C/Iowa
• 278. Lendy Holmes/S/Oklahoma
• 279. Trimane Goddard/S/North Carolina
• 280. Moise Fokou/OLB/Maryland

• 281. Ryan Stanchek/OT/West Virginia
• 282. Ra'Shon Harris/DT/Oregon
• 283. Paul Fanaika/OG/Arizona State
• 284. David Richmond/WR/San Jose State
• 285. Marquez Branson/TE/Central Arkansas
• 286. Neefy Moffett/DE/Florida State
• 287. Jorvorskie Lane/FB/Texas A&M
• 288. Tim Jamison/DE/Michigan
• 289. Jon Cooper/C/Oklahoma
• 290. Blake Schlueter/C/Texas Christian

• 291. Adrian Grady/DT/Louisville
• 292. Marlon Favorite/DT/Louisiana State
• 293. Herb Donaldson/RB/Western Illinois
• 294. Chris Ogbonnaya/RB/Texas
• 295. Liam Coen/QB/Massachusetts
• 296. David Johnson/TE/Arkansas State
• 297. Kevin Akins/OLB/Boston College
• 298. Troy Nolan/S/Arizona State
• 299. Stephen Hodge/S/Texas Christian
• 300. Dominique Edison/WR/Stephen F. Austin

List assembled by Joseph B. Coaty