Top 300 Prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft March 16, 2009

Joseph B. Coaty

The following list is whom I consider to be the top 300 prospects for the 2009 NFL Draft as of March 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.

(*) = 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. B.J. Raji/DT/Boston College
• 6. Jeremy Maclin/WR/Missouri (*)
• 7. Malcolm Jenkins/CB/Ohio State
• 8. Everette Brown/DE/Florida State (*)
• 9. Brian Orakpo/DE/Texas
• 10. Matthew Stafford/QB/Georgia (*)

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

• 21. Rey Maualuga/ILB/Southern California
• 22. Kenny Britt/WR/Rutgers (*)
• 23. Eben Britton/OT/Arizona (*)
• 24. Aaron Maybin/DE/Penn State (*)
• 25. Alphonso Smith/CB/Wake Forest
• 26. Vontae Davis/CB/Illinois (*)
• 27. Hakeem Nicks/WR/North Carolina (*)
• 28. Clay Matthews/DE/Southern California
• 29. LeSean McCoy/RB/Pittsburgh (*)
• 30. Max Unger/C/Oregon

• 31. Brandon Pettigrew/TE/Oklahoma State
• 32. Michael Johnson/DE/Georgia Tech
• 33. Alex Mack/C/California
• 34. William Moore/S/Missouri
• 35. Rashad Johnson/S/Alabama
• 36. Louis Delmas/S/Western Michigan
• 37. Donald Brown/RB/Connecticut (*)
• 38. Clint Sintim/OLB/Virginia
• 39. Robert Ayers/DE/Tennessee
• 40. Connor Barwin/DE/Cincinnati

• 41. Larry English/DE/Northern Illinois
• 42. Sean Smith/CB/Utah (*)
• 43. Darius Butler/CB/Connecticut
• 44. Evander Hood/DT/Missouri
• 45. SenDerrick Marks/DT/Auburn (*)
• 46. Jarius Byrd/CB/Oregon (*)
• 47. D.J. Moore/CB/Vanderbilt (*)
• 48. Chase Coffman/TE/Missouri
• 49. Duke Robinson/OG/Oklahoma
• 50. Juaquin Iglesias/WR/Oklahoma

• 51. Mohamed Massaquoi/WR/Georgia
• 52. Percy Harvin/WR/Florida (*)
• 53. Ron Brace/DT/Boston College
• 54. Patrick Chung/S/Oregon
• 55. Paul Kruger/DE/Utah
• 56. Josh Freeman/QB/Kansas State (*)
• 57. Eric Wood/C/Louisville
• 58. Will Beatty/OT/Connecticut
• 59. Andy Levitre/OT/Oregon State
• 60. Coye Francies/CB/San Jose State

• 61. Gerald Cadogan/OT/Penn State
• 62. Phil Loadholt/OT/Oklahoma
• 63. Michael Hamlin/S/Clemson
• 64. Marcus Freeman/OLB/Ohio State
• 65. Herman Johnson/OG/Louisiana State
• 66. Javon Ringer/RB/Michigan State
• 67. Cornelius Ingram/TE/Florida
• 68. Brian Robiskie/WR/Ohio State
• 69. Shawn Nelson/TE/Southern Mississippi
• 70. Jared Cook/TE/South Carolina (*)

• 71. Zach Follett/OLB/California
• 72. Dannell Ellerbe/ILB/Georgia
• 73. Darry Beckwith/ILB/Louisiana State
• 74. James Davis/RB/Clemson
• 75. Shonn Greene/RB/Iowa (*)
• 76. Jamon Meredith/OG/South Carolina
• 77. James Casey/TE/Rice (*)
• 78. Fili Moala/DT/Southern California
• 79. Jarron Gilbert/DT/San Jose State
• 80. David Veikune/DE/Hawaii

• 81. Lawrence Sidbury Jr./DE/Richmond
• 82. Louis Murphy/WR/Florida
• 83. Derrick Williams/WR/Penn State
• 84. Courtney Greene/S/Rutgers
• 85. Sherrod Martin/S/Troy
• 86. Tyrone McKenzie/OLB/South Florida
• 87. Travis Beckum/TE/Wisconsin
• 88. Andre Brown/RB/North Carolina State
• 89. Glen Coffee/RB/Alabama (*)
• 90. DeAngelo Smith/CB/Cincinnati

• 91. Chip Vaughn/S/Wake Forest
• 92. Victor Harris/CB/Virginia Tech
• 93. Louis Vasquez/OG/Texas Tech
• 94. Tyronne Green/OG/Auburn
• 95. Mike Mickens/CB/Cincinnati
• 96. Graham Harrell/QB/Texas Tech
• 97. Cody Brown/DE/Connecticut
• 98. Brandon Gibson/WR/Washington State
• 99. Ramses Barden/WR/California Polytechnic
• 100. Austin Collie/WR/Brigham Young

• 101. Cary Harris/CB/Southern California
• 102. Asher Allen/CB/Georgia (*)
• 103. Chris Clemons/S/Clemson
• 104. Trevor Canfield/OG/Cincinnati
• 105. Troy Kropog/OT/Tulane
• 106. Darcel McBath/S/Texas Tech
• 107. Brannan Southerland/FB/Georgia
• 108. Garrett Reynolds/OT/North Carolina
• 109. Jason Watkins/OT/Florida
• 110. Kraig Urbik/OG/Wisconsin

• 111. Jerraud Powers/CB/Auburn (*)
• 112. Dorell Scott/DT/Clemson
• 113. Mitch King/DT/Iowa
• 114. Terrance Taylor/DT/Michigan
• 115. Jason Phillips/ILB/Texas Christian
• 116. Xavier Fulton/OT/Illinois
• 117. Lydon Murtha/OT/Nebraska
• 118. Mike Wallace/WR/Mississippi
• 119. Deon Butler/WR/Penn State
• 120. Demetrius Byrd/WR/Louisiana State

• 121. Kenny McKinley/WR/South Carolina
• 122. Johnny Knox/WR/Abilene Christian
• 123. Brandon Tate/WR/North Carolina
• 124. David Bruton/S/Notre Dame
• 125. Kory Sheets/RB/Purdue
• 126. Jeremiah Johnson/RB/Oregon
• 127. Stryker Sulak/DE/Missouri
• 128. Kaluka Maiava/OLB/Southern California
• 129. Devin Moore/RB/Wyoming
• 130. Cedric Peerman/RB/Virginia

• 131. Mike Goodson/RB/Texas A&M (*)
• 132. Domonique Johnson/CB/Jackson State
• 133. Keenan Lewis/CB/Oregon State
• 134. Rashad Jennings/RB/Liberty
• 135. Mike Thomas/WR/Arizona
• 136. Tiquan Underwood/WR/Rutgers
• 137. Nate Davis/QB/Ball State (*)
• 138. Rhett Bomar/QB/Sam Houston State
• 139. Henry Melton/DE/Texas
• 140. Alex Magee/DT/Purdue

• 141. Ricky Jean-Francois/DT/Louisiana State (*)
• 142. Jonathan Luigs/C/Arkansas
• 143. Vance Walker/DT/Georgia Tech
• 144. John Gill/DT/Northwestern
• 145. Jasper Brinkley/ILB/South Carolina
• 146. Stanley Arnoux/ILB/Wake Forest
• 147. Brooks Foster/WR/North Carolina
• 148. Sammie Stroughter/WR/Oregon State
• 149. Jarett Dillard/WR/Rice
• 150. Gerald McRath/ILB/Southern Mississippi

• 151. Scott McKillop/ILB/Pittsburgh
• 152. Antoine Caldwell/C/Alabama
• 153. Tony Fiammotta/FB/Syracuse
• 154. Orion Martin/DE/Virginia Tech
• 155. Will Davis/DE/Illinois
• 156. Matt Shaughnessy/DE/Wisconsin
• 157. Maurice Evans/DE/Penn State (*)
• 158. Brandon Williams/DE/Texas Tech (*)
• 159. Pat White/QB/West Virginia
• 160. Bernard Scott/RB/Abilene Christian

• 161. Ian Johnson/RB/Boise State
• 162. Kevin Barnes/CB/Maryland
• 163. Bradley Fletcher/CB/Iowa
• 164. Christopher Owens/CB/San Jose State
• 165. Arian Foster/RB/Tennessee
• 166. Marlon Lucky/RB/Nebraska
• 167. C.J. Spillman/S/Marshall
• 168. Curtis Taylor/S/Louisiana State
• 169. Nic Harris/S/Oklahoma
• 170. Kevin Ogletree/WR/Virginia (*)

• 171. Aaron Kelly/WR/Clemson
• 172. Jamarko Simmons/WR/Western Michigan
• 173. Ashlee Palmer/OLB/Mississippi
• 174. Jonathan Casillas/OLB/Wisconsin
• 175. Kory Sperry/TE/Colorado State
• 176. Hunter Cantwell/QB/Louisville
• 177. Darryl Richard/DT/Georgia Tech
• 178. Victor Butler/DE/Oregon State
• 179. Nathan Brown/QB/Central Arkanasas
• 180. T.J. Lang/OT/Eastern Michigan

• 181. Kyle Moore/DE/Southern California
• 182. Corvey Irvin/DT/Georgia
• 183. Terrance Knighton/DT/Temple
• 184. Michael Bennett/DE/Texas A&M
• 185. Zach Potter/DE/Nebraska
• 186. Ryan Mouton/CB/Hawaii
• 187. Deandre Levy/OLB/Wisconsin
• 188. Manuel Johnson/WR/Oklahoma
• 189. Darius Passmore/WR/Marshall
• 190. Davon Drew/TE/East Carolina

• 191. Anthony Felder/OLB/California
• 192. Thomas Morstead/P/Southern Methodist
• 193. Donald Washington/CB/Ohio State (*)
• 194. Brandon Hughes/CB/Oregon State
• 195. Lardarius Webb/S/Nicholls State
• 196. Seth Olsen/OG/Iowa
• 197. Cornelius Lewis/OT/Tennessee State
• 198. Roy Miller/DT/Texas
• 199. Antonio Appleby/ILB/Virginia
• 200. Otis Wiley/S/Michigan State

• 201. Pannel Egboh/DE/Stanford
• 202. Sammie Lee Hill/DT/Stillman
• 203. Clinton McDonald/DT/Memphis
• 204. Joel Bell/OT/Furman
• 205. Jose Valdez/OT/Arkansas
• 206. Andrew Gardner/OT/Georgia Tech
• 207. Fenuki Topou/OT/Oregon
• 208. Alex Boone/OT/Ohio State
• 209. Augustus Parrish/OT/Kent State
• 210. Lendy Holmes/S/Oklahoma

• 211. Emanuel Cook/S/South Carolina (*)
• 212. Marko Mitchell/WR/Nevada
• 213. Quinn Johnson/FB/Louisiana State
• 214. Chase Daniel/QB/Missouri
• 215. Curtis Painter/QB/Purdue
• 216. Cullen Harper/QB/Clemson
• 217. Stephen McGee/QB/Texas A&M
• 218. Quan Cosby/WR/Texas
• 219. Jeremy Childs/WR/Boise State (*)
• 220. Marquez Branson/TE/Central Arkansas

• 221. Cameron Morrah/TE/California (*)
• 222. Robert Brewster/OT/Ball State
• 223. Moise Fokou/OLB/Maryland
• 224. Joshua Mauga/ILB/Nevada
• 225. Derek Pegues/S/Mississippi State
• 226. Ray Feinga/OG/Brigham Young
• 227. David Buehler/K/Southern California
• 228. Gregory Toler/CB/St. Pauls College
• 229. Bruce Johnson/CB/Miami, Fl
• 230. Myron Pryor/DT/Kentucky

• 231. Antone Smith/RB/Florida State
• 232. Edwin Williams/C/Maryland
• 233. Greg Isdaner/OG/West Virginia (*)
• 234. Nate Swift/WR/Nebraska
• 235. Brian Hartline/WR/Ohio State (*)
• 236. Greg Carr/WR/Florida State
• 237. Patrick Turner/WR/Southern California
• 238. Roger Allen/OG/Missouri Western State
• 239. Kyle Link/OT/McNeese State
• 240. Ramon Foster/OT/Tennessee

• 241. Tom Brandstater/QB/Fresno State
• 242. John Parker Wilson/QB/Alabama
• 243. Mike Reilly/QB/Central Washington
• 244. Worrell Williams/ILB/California
• 245. Mortty Ivy/OLB/West Virginia
• 246. Ryan Palmer/CB/Texas
• 247. Joe Burnett/CB/Central Florida
• 248. Don Carey/CB/Norfolk State
• 249. Lee Robinson/OLB/Alcorn State
• 250. Kevin Huber/P/Cincinnati

• 251. Glover Quin/CB/New Mexico
• 252. Rob Bruggeman/C/Iowa
• 253. Jon Cooper/C/Oklahoma
• 254. Paul Fanaika/OG/Arizona State
• 255. Javarris Williams/RB/Tennessee State
• 256. Aaron Brown/RB/Texas Christian
• 257. Derek Walker/DE/Illinois
• 258. Nick Reed/DE/Oregon
• 259. Gartrell Johnson/RB/Colorado State
• 260. Graham Gano/K & P/Florida State

• 261. David Johnson/TE/Arkansas State
• 262. Jared Bronson/TE/Central Washington
• 263. Richard Quinn/TE/North Carolina (*)
• 264. Bear Pascoe/TE/Fresno State
• 265. Tony Carter/CB/Florida State
• 266. Trimane Goddard/S/North Carolina
• 267. Ryan Stanchek/OT/West Virginia
• 268. Michael Turkovich/OT/Notre Dame
• 269. Derek Nicholson/ILB/Florida State
• 270. Will Johnson/DT/Michigan

• 271. Tim Jamison/DE/Michigan
• 272. Phillip Hunt/DE/Houston
• 273. Chris Baker/DE/Hampton
• 274. Brandon Walker/OG/Oklahoma
• 275. Andy Kemp/OG/Wisconsin
• 276. Dan Gay/OT/Baylor
• 277. Jose Martinez/K/Texas-El Paso
• 278. Captain Munnerlyn/CB/South Carolina (*)
• 279. Anthony Parker/OG/Tennessee
• 280. Cedric Dockery/OG/Texas

• 281. Darren Banks/CB/West Liberty
• 282. Josh Pinkard/CB/Southern California
• 283. Nick Moore/WR/Toledo
• 284. David Richmond/WR/San Jose State
• 285. Jaison Williams/WR/Oregon
• 286. Dominique Edison/WR/Stephen F. Austin
• 287. Louis Sakoda/K/Utah
• 288. Terrill Byrd/DT/Cincinnati
• 289. Rudy Carpenter/QB/Arizona State
• 290. Jorvorskie Lane/FB/Texas A&M

• 291. Ian Campbell/DE/Kansas State
• 292. Jarius Wynn/DE/Georgia
• 293. Bobby Greenwood/DE/Alabama
• 294. Ryan McKee/OT/Southern Mississippi
• 295. Sebastian Vollmer/OT/Houston
• 296. Demonte Bolden/DT/Tennessee
• 297. George Hypolite/DT/Colorado
• 298. Anthony Hill/TE/North Carolina State
• 299. John Phillips/TE/Virginia
• 300. Jaimie Thomas/OG/Maryland

List assembled by Joseph B. Coaty