This big board includes quarterbacks and is based on Optimum Scouting’s final grades in its 2017 NFL Draft Guide.
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The 2017 NFL Draft class is one of the best in recent memory for tight ends, pass rushers, cornerbacks and safeties.
2017 NFL Draft Big Board
Myles Garrett, DE/OLB, Texas A&M
Jamal Adams, S, LSU
Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU
O.J. Howard, TE, Alabama
Jonathan Allen, DE, Alabama
Solomon Thomas, DE, Stanford
Malik Hooker, S, Ohio State
John Ross, WR, Washington
Reuben Foster, ILB, Alabama
Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State
Garett Bolles, OT, Utah
Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech
Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Wisconsin
Forrest Lamp, G, Western Kentucky
David Njoku, TE, Miami (Fla.)
Tre’Davious White, CB, LSU
Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama
Zach Cunningham, ILB, Vanderbilt
Mike Williams, WR, Clemson
Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan
Jordan Willis, DE, Kansas State
Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
Jalen Tabor, CB, Florida
Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford
Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama
Takkarist McKinley, DE/OLB, UCLA
Quincy Wilson, CB, Florida
Justin Evans, S, Texas A&M
Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State
Isaiah Ford, WR, Virginia Tech
Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan
Tyus Bowser, OLB, Houston
Taco Charlton, DE, Michigan
Carl Lawson, OLB, Auburn
Adoree’ Jackson, CB, USC
Derek Barnett, DE, Tennessee
DeShone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame
Derek Rivers, OLB, Youngstown State
Raekwon McMillian, OLB, Ohio State
Haason Reddick, LB Temple
Dan Feeney, G, Indiana
Marlon Mack, RB, South Florida
Daeshon Hall, DE, Texas A&M
Nazair Jones, DT, North Carolina
Caleb Brantley, DT, Florida
Evan Engram, TE, Ole Miss
Josh Harvey-Clemons, S, Louisville
Obi Melifonwu, S, UConn
Carlos Henderson, WR, Louisiana Tech
Marcus Williams, S, Utah
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Charles Harris, DE, Missouri
Chris Wormley, DT, Michgian
Dawuane Smoot, DT, Illinois
Budda Baker, S, Washington
Montravius Adams, DT, Auburn
Jaleel Johnson, DT, Iowa
Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, Alabama
D’Onta Foreman, RB, Texas
Gareon Conley, CB, Ohio State
Antonio Garcia, OT, Troy
Taywan Taylor, WR, Western Kentucky
Josh Jones, S, NC State
Dion Dawkins, G, Temple
Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina
Kevin King, CB, Washington
Sidney Jones, CB, Washington
Taylor Moton, OT, Western Michigan
Tim Williams, OLB, Alabama
T.J. Watt, OLB, Wisconsin
Jake Butt, TE, Michigan
Marcus Maye, S, Florida
Amara Darboh, WR, Michigan
Desmond King, CB, Iowa
Cameron Sutton, CB, Tennessee
Jarrad Davis, ILB, Florida
Michael Roberts, TE, Toledo
Malik McDowell, DT, Michigan State
Ethan Pocic, C, LSU
Gerald Everett, TE, South Alabama
Tarell Basham, DE, Ohio
Cordrea Tankersley, CB, Clemson
Nathan Peterman, QB, Pittsburgh
Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M
Chris Godwin, WR, Penn State
Duke Riley, LB, LSU
Curtis Samuel, RB/WR, Ohio State
Eddie Jackson, S, Alabama
Alvin Kamara, RB, Tennessee
John Johnson, S, Boston College
Dorian Johnson, G, Pittsburgh
Chidobe Awuzie, CB, Colorado
Deatrich Wise, DE, Arkansas
Jourdan Lewis, CB, Michigan
Jeremy Sprinkle, TE, Arkansas
Jon Toth, C, Kentucky
JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR, USC
KD Cannon, WR, Baylor
Patrick Elfein, G, Ohio State
Fabian Moreau, CB, UCLA
Joe Mixon, RB, Oklahoma
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Damontae Kazee, CB, San Diego State
Jamaal Williams, RB, BYU
Rasul Douglas, CB, West Viginia
Keionta Davis, DE, Chattanooga
Bucky Hodges, TE, Virginia Tech
Ryan Anderson, OLB, Alabama
Lorenzo Jerome, S, St. Francis
Vince Biegel, OLB, Wisconsin
Al-Quadin Muhammad, OLB, Miami (Fla.)
Elijah Qualls, DT, Washington
Nico Siragusa, G, San Diego State
Joe Williams, RB, Utah
Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma
Brad Kaaya, QB, Miami (Fla.)
Jamari Staples, WR, Louisville
Kendall Beckwith, ILB, LSU
Cole Hikutini, TE, Louisville
Eddie Vanderodes, DT, Louisville
Anthony Walker, ILB, Northwestern
Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina
Ishmael Zamora, WR, Baylor
DeAngelo Brown, DT, Louisville
Ryan Switzer, WR, North Carolina
Howard Wilson, CB, Houston
Cooper Kupp, WR, Eastern Washington
Chad Hansen, WR, California
Corn Elder, CB, Miami (Fla.)
Rudy Ford, S, Auburn
Tedric Thompson, S, Minnesota
Jerod Evans, QB, Virginia Tech
Jordan Morgan, G, Kutztown
Joe Mathis, OLB, Washington
Jalen Robinette, WR, Air Force
Malachi Dupre, WR, LSU
Wayne Gallman, RB, Clemson
Davis Webb, QB, California
Ryan Glasgow, DT, Michigan
Shaquill Griffin, CB, UCF
Danny Isadora, G, Miami (Fla.)
Alex Anzalone, ILB, Florida
Jeremy Clark, CB, Michigan
Channing Stribling, CB, Michigan
Matt Dayes, RB, NC State
Kareem Hunt, RB, Toledo
Travin Dural, WR, LSU
Jordan Leggett, TE, Clemson
James Conner, RB, Pittsburgh
Elijah McGuire, RB, Louisiana-Lafayette
Corey Levin, G, Chattanooga
Josh Malone, WR, Tennessee
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Dede Westbrook, WR, Oklahoma
Carlos Watkins, DT, Clemson
Davon Godchaux, DT, LSU
Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, Villanova
Larry Ogunjobi, DT, Charlotte
Tanzel Smart, DT, Tulane
Corey Clement, RB, Wisconsin
Kenny Golladay, WR, Northern Illinois
Jassamen Dunker, G, Tennessee State
Nathan Gerry, S, Nebraska
Hunter Dimick, OLB, Utah
Jimmie Gilbert, OLB, Colorado
Vincent Taylor, DT, Oklahoma State
Eric Saubert, TE, Drake
Ardarius Stewart, WR, Alabama
Travis Rudolph, WR, Florida State
Ben Gedeon, ILB, Michigan
Donnel Pumphrey, RB, San Diego State
Jeremy McNichols, RB, Boise State
Austin Carr, WR, Northwestern
Noah Brown, WR, Ohio State
Stacy Coley, WR, Miami (Fla.)
Damore’ea Stringfellow, WR, Ole Miss
Roderick Johnson, OT, Florida State
Isaac Asiata, G, Utah
Jarron Jones, DT, Notre Dame
Bryan Cox Jr., DE, Florida
Jordan Evans, ILB, Oklahoma
Josh Dobbs, QB, Tennessee
Mack Hollins, WR, North Carolina
Grover Stewart, DT, Albany State
Ahkello Witherspoon, CB, Colorado
Brian Hill, RB, Wyoming
Jerome Lane, WR, Akron
Amba Etta-Tawa, WR, Syracuse
Storm Norton, OT, Toledo
Justin Senior, OT, Mississippi State
Chad Kelly, QB, Ole Miss
De’Veon Smith, RB, Michigan
Elijah Hood, RB, North Carolina
DeAngelo Yancy, WR, Purdue
Dan Skipper, OT, Arkansas
Fadol Brown, DE, Ole Miss
Brooks Ellis, OLB, Arkansas
Carrol Phillips, OLB, Illinois
Devonte Fields, OLB, Louisville
Rayshawn Jenkins, S, Miami (Fla.)
Delano Hill, S, Michigan
Oluwadare Ogunbowale, RB, Wisconsin
Speedy Noil, WR, Texas A&M
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Shelton Gibson, WR, West Virginia
Ricky Seals-Jones, TE, Texas A&M
Charles Walker, DT, Oklahoma
Ben Boulware, ILB, Clemson
Marquez White, CB, Florida State
Alek Torgersen, QB, Pennsylvania
I’Tavius Mathers, RB, Middle Tennessee State
Noel Thomas, WR, UConn
Artavis Scott, WR, Clemson
Juli’en Daveport, OT, Bucknell
Darius Hamilton, DT, Rutgers
Aaron Jones, RB, UTEP
Justin Davis, RB, USC
Tarik Cohen, RB, North Carolina A&T
Will Holden, OT, Vanderbilt
Tyler Orlosky, C, West Virginia
Demarcus Walker, DE, Florida State
Josh Carraway, DE, TCU
Jalen Reeves-Maybin, OLB, Tennessee
Paul Maglore, S, Arizona
Coooper Rush, QB, Central Michigan
Billy Brown, WR/TE, Shephard
Chad Williams, WR, Grambling State
Jehu Chesson, WR, Michigan
Isaiah McKenzie, WR, Georgia
Trent Taylor, WR, Louisiana Tech
Scott Orndoff, TE, Pittsburgh
Adam Bisnowaty, OT, Pittsburgh
Jylan Ware, OT, Alabama State
Elijah Lee, ILB, Kansas State
Jordan Sterns, S, Oklahoma State
Fred Ross, WR, Mississippi State
Quincy Adeboyejo, WR, Ole Miss
Chad Wheeler, OT, USC
Randall Goforth, S, UCLA
Taylor McNamara, TE, USC
Pharroh Brown, TE, Oregon
George Kittle, TE, Iowa
Conor McDermott, OT, UCLA
Lucas Crowley, C, North Carolina
Ashton Lampkin, CB, Oklahoma State
Treston DeCoud, S, Oregon State
David Sharpe, OT, Florida
Ejuan Price, DE/OLB, Pittsburgh
Damien Mama, G, USC
Avery Gennesy, G, Texas A&M
BJ Singleton, DT, Houston
Zach Banner, OT, USC
Jonathan McLaughlin, OT, Virginia Tech
Erik Magnuson, OT, Michigan
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Jeremiah Ledbetter, DT, Arkansas
DJ Jones, DT, Ole Miss
Torrodney Prevot, DE, Oregon
Evan Schwan, DE, Penn State
Zach Terrell, QB, Western Michigan
PJ Walker, QB, Temple
Gavin Andrews, C, Oregon State
Seth Russell, QB, Baylor
Roderick Henderson, DT, Alabama State
Trey Hendrickson, DE, Florida Atlantic
Brad Watson, CB, Wake Forest
Adam Shaheen, TE, Ashland
Derrick Griffin, TE, Texas Southern
Bradley Seaton, OT, Villanova
Sean Harlow, OT, Oregon State
Pat O’Connor, DE, Eastern Michigan
Karter Schult, DE, Northern Iowa
Jalen Myrick, CB, Minnesota
Jack Tocho, CB, NC State
Aarion Penton, CB, Missouri
Art Maulet, CB, Memphis
Isaac Rochell, DE, Notre Dame
Avery Moss, DE, Youngstown State
Chris Carson, RB, Oklahoma State
Dylan Donahue, DE, West Georgia
Brian Allen, CB, Utah
Weston Steelhammer, S, Air Force
Zach Edwards, S, Cincinnati
Krishawn Hogan, WR, Marian
Breon Borders, CB, Duke
Khalfani Muhammed, RB, California
Josh Augusta, DT, Missouri
Collin Bevins, DT, Northwest Missouri
Keevan Lucas, WR, Tulsa
Bug Howard, WR, North Carolina
Joe Yearby, RB, Miami (Fla.)
Jahad Thomas, RB, Temple
Tarean Folston, RB, Notre Dame
Blake Jarwin, TE, Oklahoma State
Donald Pennington, DT, Memphis
Steve Tu’ikolovatu, DT, USC
Tyron Swoopes, TE, Texas
Rushel Shell, RB, West Virginia
Anthony Wales, RB, Western Kentucky
Jason Carr, DT, West Georgia
Matthew Godin, DT, Michigan
Lenard Tillery, RB, Southern
298 Phazahn Odom, TE, Fordham
Jonathan Dorsey, TE, Alabama A&M
Brandon Barnes, TE, Alabama State
