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2009 NFL Draft Rankings - Position Rankings
by Gregory Cox
Senior Writer



QB | RB | FB | WR | TE | OT | OG | C | DE | DT | OLB | ILB | CB | FS
| SS | K | P I LS


Mark Sanchez
Eugene Monroe
B.J. Raji
Mark Sanchez
Eugene Monroe
B.J. Raji


Quarterbacks
Rank Position Player (School)
1 QB Sanchez, Mark (USC)
2 QB Stafford, Matthew (Georgia)
3 QB Freeman, Josh (Kansas State)
4 QB Bomar, Rhett (Sam Houston State)
5 QB Harrell, Graham (Texas Tech)
6 QB Davis, Nate (Ball State)
7 QB Cantwell, Hunter (Louisville)
8 QB Brown, Nathan (Central Arkansas)
9 QB McGee, Stephen (Texas A&M)
10 QB Harper, Cullen (Clemson)
11 QB Brandstater, Tom (Fresno State)
12 QB Wilson, John Parker (Alabama)
13 QB Painter, Curtis (Purdue)
14 QB Reilly, Mike (Central Washington)
15 QB Hoyer, Brian (Michigan State)
16 QB Willy, Drew (Buffalo)
17 QB Teel, Mike (Rutgers)
18 QB Johnson, David (Tulsa)
19 QB Daniel, Chase (Missouri)
20 QB Carpenter, Rudy (Arizona State)
21 QB Boltus, Jason (Hartwick)
23 QB Holbrook, Chase (New Mexico State)
24 QB Tuitama, Willie (Arizona)



Running Backs
Rank Position Player (School)
1 RB Wells, Chris (Ohio State)
2 RB Moreno, Knowshon (Georgia)
3 RB McCoy, LeSean (Pittsburgh)
4 RB Greene, Shonn (Iowa)
5 RB Brown, Donald (Connecticut)
6 RB Jennings, Rashad (Liberty)
7 RB Ringer, Javon (Michigan State)
8 RB Brown, Andre (N.C. State)
9 RB Davis, James (Clemson)
10 RB Johnson, Jeremiah (Oregon)
11 RB Peerman, Cedric (Virginia)
12 RB Moore, Devin (Wyoming)
13 RB Coffee, Glen (Alabama)
14 RB Johnson, Ian (Boise State)
15 RB Goodson, Mike (Texas A&M)
16 RB Foster, Arian (Tennessee)
17 RB Hill, P.J. (Wisconsin)
19 RB Sheets, Kory (Purdue)
20 RB Sutton, Tyrell (Northwestern)
21 RB Johnson, Gartrell (Colorado State)
22 RB Williams, Javarris (Tennessee State)
23 RB Lucky, Marlon (Nebraska)
24 RB Brown, Aaron (TCU)
25 RB Scott, Bernard (Abilene Christian)
26 RB Ore, Brandon (West Liberty State)
27 RB Lester, Brad (Auburn)
28 RB Herring, Keegan (Arizona State)
29 RB Bell, Kahlil (UCLA)
30 RB Donaldson, Herb (Western Illinois)
31 RB Wells, Maurice (Ohio State)
32 RB Ogbonnaya, Chris (Texas)
33 RB Brinkley, Curtis (Syracuse)



Fullbacks
Rank Position Player (School)
1 FB Southerland, Brannan (Georgia)
2 FB Johnson, Quinn (LSU)
3 FB Fiammetta, Tony (Syracuse)
4 FB Lane, Jorvorskie (Texas A&M)
5 FB Kettani, Eric (Navy)
6 FB Collins, Conredge (Pittsburgh)
7 FB Ta'ufo'ou, Will (California)
8 FB Bolen, Brock (Louisville)
9 FB Mailei, Marcus (Weber State)
10 FB Hafner, Mark (Houston)
11 FB Cook, Jason (Mississippi)
12 FB Williams, Eddie (Idaho)



Wide Receivers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 WR Crabtree, Michael (Texas Tech)
2 WR Maclin, Jeremy (Missouri)
3 WR Heyward-Bey, Darrius (Maryland)
4 WR/RB Harvin, Percy (Florida)
5 WR Nicks, Hakeem (North Carolina)
6 WR Britt, Kenny (Rutgers)
7 WR Robiskie, Brian (Ohio State)
8 WR Iglesias, Juaquin (Oklahoma)
9 WR/QB White, Pat (West Virginia)
10 WR Williams, Derrick (Penn State)
11 WR Murphy, Louis (Florida)
12 WR Massaquoi, Mohamed (Georgia)
13 WR Barden, Ramses (Cal Poly)
14 WR Gibson, Brandon (Washington State)
15 WR Tate, Brandon (North Carolina)
16 WR Dillard, Jarrett (Rice)
17 WR Thomas, Mike (Arizona)
18 WR Byrd, Demetrius (LSU)
19 WR Cosby, Quan (Texas)
20 WR Collie, Austin (BYU)
21 WR Turner, Patrick (USC)
22 WR McKinley, Kenny (South Carolina)
23 WR Kelly, Aaron (Clemson)
24 WR Butler, Deon (Penn State)
25 WR Foster, Brooks (North Carolina)
26 WR Wallace, Mike (Mississippi)
27 WR Stroughter, Sammie (Oregon State)
28 WR Knox, Johnny (Abilene Christian)
30 WR Underwood, Tiquan (Rutgers)
31 WR Mitchell, Marko (Marshall)
32 WR Passmore, Darius (Marshall)
33 WR Childs, Jeremy (Boise State)
34 WR Johnson,  Manuel (Oklahoma)
35 WR Ogletree, Kevin (Virginia)
36 WR Hartline, Brian (Ohio State)
37 WR Williams, Jaison (Oregon)
38 WR Marion, Brennan (Tulsa)
39 WR Simmons, Jamarko (Western Michigan)
40 WR Orton, Greg (Purdue)
41 WR Carr, Greg (Florida State)
42 WR Norwood, Jordan (Penn State)



Tight Ends
Rank Position Player (School)
1 TE Pettigrew, Brandon (Oklahoma State)
2 TE Cook, Jared (South Carolina)
3 TE/HB Nelson, Shawn (Southern Miss)
4 TE Coffman, Chase (Missouri)
5 TE Casey, James (Rice)
6 TE Beckum, Travis (Wisconsin)
7 TE Ingram, Cornelius (Florida)
8 TE Pascoe, Bear (Fresno State)
9 TE Phillips, John (Virginia)
10 TE Purvis, Ryan (Boston College)
11 TE Hill, Anthony (N.C. State)
12 TE Bronson, Jared (Central Washington)
13 TE Drew, Davon (East Carolina)
14 TE Morrah, Cameron (California)
15 TE/FB Branson, Marquez (Central Arkansas)
16 TE Sperry, Kory (Colorado State)
17 TE Hill, Darius (Ball State)
18 TE Grankowski, Dan (Maryland)
19 TE Quinn, Richard (North Carolina)
20 TE/FB Johnson, David (Arkansas State)
21 TE/FB McCall, Travis (Alabama)
22 TE Myers, Rob (Utah State)
23 TE Walker, Nick (Alabama)



Offensive Tackles
Rank Position Player (School)
1 OT Smith, Jason (Baylor)
2 OT Monroe, Eugene (Virginia)
3 OT Oher, Michael (Mississippi)
4 OT Britton, Eben (Arizona)
5 OT Beatty, William (Connecticut)
6 OT Smith, Andre (Alabama)
7 OT/OG Meredith, Jamon (South Carolina)
8 OT Loadholt, Phil (Oklahoma)
9 OT Kropog, Troy (Tulane)
10 OT Tupou, Fenuki (Oregon) 
11 OT Watkins, Jason (Florida)
12 OT Fulton, Xavier (Illinois)
13 OT Boone, Alex (Ohio State)
14 OT Parrish, Augustus (Kent State)
15 OT Murtha, Lydon (Nebraska)
16 OT Lewis, Cornelius (Tennessee State)
17 OT Reynolds, Garrett (North Carolina)
18 OT Cadogan, Gerald (Penn State)
19 OT Gardner, Andrew (Georgia Tech)
20 OT Bell, Joel (Furman)
21 OT/OG Foster, Ramon (Tennessee)
22 OT Vollmer, Sebastian (Houston)
23 OT Brewster, Robert (Ball State)
24 OT Hartline, Andrew (Central Michigan)
25 OT VandenHeuval, Eric (Wisconsin)
26 OT Valdez, Jose (Arkansas)
27 OT Lang, T.J. (Eastern Michigan)
28 OT Reed, Rylan (Texas Tech)
29 OT Link, Kyle (McNeese State)
30 OT Gay, Dan (Baylor)
31 OT McKee, Ryan (Southern Miss)
32 OT Trautwein, Phil (Florida)
33 OT Turkovich, Mike (Notre Dame)
34 OT Roland, Fred (Duke)



Offensive Guards
Rank Position Player (School)
1 OG Robinson, Duke (Oklahoma)
2 OG Johnson, Herman (LSU)
3 OG Levitre, Andy (Oregon State)
4 OG Urbik, Kraig (Wisconsin)
5 OG Canfield, Trevor (Cincinnati)
6 OG Green, Tyronne (Auburn)
7 OG Parker, Anthony (Tennessee)
8 OG Vasquez, Louis (Texas Tech)
9 OG Feinga, Ray (BYU)
10 OG Kemp, Andy (Wisconsin)
11 OG Isdaner, Greg (West Virginia)
12 OG Dockery, Cedric (Texas)
13 OG Thomas, Jaimie (Maryland)
14 OG Bright, Travis (BYU)
15 OG Olsen, Seth (Iowa)
16 OG Allen, Roger (Missouri Western)
17 OG Davis, C.J. (Pittsburgh)
18 OG/OT Stanchek, Ryan (West Virginia)
19 OG/OT Reynolds, Dallas (BYU)
20 OG Slauson, Matt (Nebraska)
21 OG Fanaika, Paul (Arizona State)



Centers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 OC Mack, Alex (California)
2 OC/OT/OG Unger, Max (Oregon)
3 OC Wood, Eric (Louisville)
4 OC Luigs, Jonathan (Arkansas)
5 OC Caldwell, Antoine (Alabama)
6 OC Shipley, A.Q. (Penn State)
7 OC Cooper, Jon (Oklahoma)
8 OC Helms, Brett (LSU)
9 OC Fletcher, Alex (Stanford)
10 OC Williams, Edwin (Maryland)
11 OC Newton, Cecil (Tennessee State)
12 OC Felix, Robby (UTEP)
13 OC Shuman, Ryan (Virginia Tech)
14 OC Garcia, Juan (Washington)
15 OC Schlueter, Blake (TCU)
16 OC McDonald, Ryan (Illinois)
17 OC Derenthal, Alex (Temple)



Defensive Ends
Rank Position Player (School)
1 DE/OLB Orakpo, Brian (Texas)
2 DE/OLB Brown, Everette (Florida State)
3 DE Jackson, Tyson (LSU)
4 DE Ayers, Robert (Tennessee)
5 DE/OLB English, Larry (Northern Illinois)
6 DE/OLB Maybin, Aaron (Penn State)
7 DE/OLB Kruger, Paul (Utah)
8 DE/OLB/TE Barwin, Connor (Cincinnati)
9 DE/OLB Johnson, Michael (Georgia Tech)
10 DE/OLB Brown, Cody (Connecticut)
11 DE/OLB Veikune, David (Hawaii) 
12 DE Shaughnessy, Matt (Wisconsin)
13 DE Moore, Kyle (USC)
14 DE Sidbury, Lawrence (Richmond)
15 DE/OLB Williams, Brandon (Texas Tech)
16 DE/OLB Davis, Will (Illinois)
17 DE/OLB Evans, Maurice (Penn State)
18 DE/OLB Jamison, Tim (Michigan)
19 DE Bennett, Michael (Texas A&M)
20 DE Hunt, Phillip (Houston)
21 DE Walker, Derek (Illinois)
22 DE/OLB Martin, Orion (Virginia Tech)
23 DE Egboh, Pannell (Stanford)
24 DE/OLB Sulak, Stryker (Missouri)
25 DE Potter, Zach (Nebraska)
26 DE Reed, Nick (Oregon)
27 DE Moncur, Eric (Miami, FL)
28 DE Westerman, Jamaal (Rutgers)
29 DE Navarre, Jeremy (Maryland)
30 DE Pittman, Kirston (LSU)
31 DE Davis, Rulon (California)
32 DE Wynn, Jarius (Georgia)
33 DE Swain, Brandon (West Texas A&M)
34 DE Robinson, Antwain (Arkansas)
35 DE Obiozor, Cyril (Texas A&M)
36 DE Lucas, Maurice (Colorado)
37 DE VanDeSteeg, Willie (Minnesota)
38 DE Melton, Henry (Texas)



Defensive Tackles
Rank Position Player (School)
1 DT Raji, B.J. (Boston College)
2 DT Jerry, Peria (Mississippi)
3 DT Hood, Evander (Missouri)
4 DT Moala, Fili (USC)
5 DT Brace, Ron (Boston College)
6 DT/DE Gilbert, Jarron (San Jose State)
7 DT Marks, Sen'Derrick (Auburn)
8 DT Jean-Francois, Ricky (LSU)
9 DT Taylor, Terrance (Michigan)
10 DT Walker, Vance (Georgia Tech)
11 DT King, Mitch (Iowa)
12 DT Magee, Alex (Purdue)
13 DT Irvin, Corvey (Georgia)
14 DT Scott, Dorell (Clemson)
15 DT Baker, Chris (Hampton)
16 DT Richard, Darryl (Georgia Tech)
17 DT Miller, Roy (Texas)
18 DT Pryor, Myron (Kentucky)
19 DT Hill, Sammie Lee (Stillman)
20 DT McDonald, Clinton (Memphis)
21 DT Bolden, Demonte' (Tennessee)
22 DT Hypolite, George (Colorado)
23 DT Gill, John (Northwestern)
24 DT Favorite, Marlon (LSU)
25 DT Mitchell, Khalif (East Carolina)
26 DT Byrd, Terrill (Cincinnati)
27 DT Faletoese, John (UC-Davis)
28 DT Harris, Ra'Shon (Oregon)
29 DT Johnson, Will (Michigan)
30 DT Grady, Adrian (Louisville)
31 DT Knighton, Terrance (Temple)
32 DT Abdallah, Nader (Ohio State)



Inside Linebackers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 ILB Maualuga, Rey (USC)
2 ILB Laurinaitis, James (Ohio State)
3 ILB Beckwith, Darry (LSU)
4 ILB McRath, Gerald (Southern Miss)
5 ILB Phillips, Jason (TCU)
6 ILB Ellerbe, Dannell (Georgia)
7 ILB McKillop, Scott (Pittsburgh)
8 ILB Brinkley, Jasper (South Carolina)
9 ILB Williams, Worrell (California)
10 ILB Mauga, Josh (Nevada)
11 ILB Appleby, Antonio (Virginia)
12 ILB Arnoux, Stanley (Wake Forest)
13 ILB Joseph, Frantz (Florida Atlantic)
14 ILB Holtzclaw, Daniel (Eastern Michigan)
15 ILB Crum, Maurice (Notre Dame)
16 ILB Philistin, Dave (Maryland) - spell?
17 ILB Nicholson, Derek (Florida State)
18 ILB TauIlili, Michael (Duke) - spell?
19 ILB Chaney, Jamar (Mississippi State)
20 ILB Wooten, Morris (Arizona State)
21 ILB Bobino, Rashad (Texas) - spell?
22 ILB Miller, Britt (Illinois)
23 ILB Palmer, Ronnie (Arizona)
24 ILB Douglas, Dominic (Mississippi State)



Outside Linebackers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 OLB Curry, Aaron (Wake Forest)
2 OLB Cushing, Brian (USC)
3 OLB Matthews, Clay (USC)
4 OLB Sintim, Clint (Virginia)
5 OLB Freeman, Marcus (Ohio State)
6 OLB Follett, Zack (California)
7 OLB McKenzie, Tyrone (South Florida)
8 OLB Casillas, Jonathan (Wisconsin)
9 OLB Ivy, Mortty (West Virginia)
10 OLB Maiava, Kaluka (USC)
11 OLB Heygood, Anthony (Purdue)
12 OLB Levy, DeAndre (Wisconsin)
13 OLB Felder, Anthony (California)
14 OLB Williams, Jason (Western Illinois)
15 OLB Robinson, Lee (Alcorn State)
16 OLB Fokou, Moise (Maryland)
17 OLB Butler, Victor (Oregon State)
18 OLB Williams, Johnny (Kentucky)
19 OLB Toal, Brian (Boston College)
20 OLB Palmer, Ashlee (Mississippi)
21 OLB Elimimian, Solomon (Hawaii)
22 OLB Smith, Corey (CincinnatI)
23 OLB Akins, Kevin (Boston College)
24 OLB Campbell, Ian (Kansas State)
25 OLB Francois, Robert (Boston College)
26 OLB Holt, James (Kansas)



Cornerbacks
Rank Position Player (School)
1 CB Jenkins, Malcolm (Ohio State)
2 CB Davis, Vontae (Illinois)
3 CB Moore, D.J. (Vanderbilt)
4 CB Smith, Alphonso (Wake Forest)
5 CB Butler, Darius (Connecticut)
6 CB/FS Smith, Sean (Utah)
7 CB Francies, Coye (San Jose State)
8 CB Harris, Victor (Virginia Tech)
9 CB/FS Byrd, Jairus (Oregon)
10 CB Mickens, Mike (Cincinnati)
11 CB Allen, Asher (Georgia)
12 CB Lewis, Keenan (Oregon State)
13 CB Munnerlyn, Captain (South Carolina)
14 CB Smith, DeAngelo (Cincinnati)
15 CB Johnson, Domonique (Jackson State)
16 CB Parson, Mark (Ohio) 
17 CB Harris, Cary (USC)
18 CB/FS Martin, Sherrod (Troy)
19 CB Barnes, Kevin (Maryland)
20 CB Johnson, Bruce (Miami FL)
21 CB Burnett, Joe (Central Florida)
22 CB Lankster, Ellis (West Virginia)
23 CB/FS Underwood, Brandon (Cincinnati)
23 CB Powers, Jerraud (Auburn)
24 CB Trent, Morgan (Michigan)
24 CB Fletcher, Bradley (Iowa)
25 CB Webb, Ladarius (Nicholls State)
26 CB Word-Daniels, Jahi (Georgia Tech)
26 CB Fryar, Londen (Western Michigan)
27 CB Washington, Donald (Ohio State)
28 CB Hughes, Brandon (Oregon State)
29 CB Palmer, Ryan (Texas)
30 CB Osaisai, Wopamo (Stanford)
31 CB Owens, Christopher (San Jose State)
32 CB Wright, DeAndre (New Mexico)
33 CB Sargeant, Lydell (Penn State)
34 CB Quin, Glover (New Mexico)
35 CB Carey, Don (Norfolk State)
36 CB Carter, Tony (Florida State)
37 CB Mouton, Ryan (Hawaii)
38 CB McCourty, Jason (Rutgers)
39 CB Willingham, DeAngelo (Tennessee)
40 CB Banks, Darren (West Liberty State)



Free Safeties
Rank Position Player (School)
1 FS Delmas, Louis (Western Michigan)
2 FS Johnson, Rashad (Alabama)
3 FS Pegues, Derek (Mississippi State)
4 FS Bruton, David (Notre Dame)
5 FS Taylor, Curtis (LSU)
6 FS McBath, Darcel (Texas Tech)
7 FS Spillman, C.J. (Marshall)
8 FS/SS Nolan, Troy (Arizona State)
9 FS/CB Holmes, Lendy (Oklahoma)
10 FS McClinton, Marcus (Kentucky)
11 FS Thatcher, Eric (Pittsburgh)
12 FS Hardin, Dre'Mail (Stillman)
13 FS Dunbar, Will (UAB)
14 FS Reddick, Anthony (Miami FL)
15 FS Byrd, C.J. (Georgia)
16 FS Walters, Ryan (Colorado)



Strong Safeties
Rank Position Player (School)
1 SS Chung, Patrick (Oregon)
2 SS/SF Moore, William (Missouri)
3 SS Hamlin, Michael (Clemson)
4 SS/OLB Harris, Nic (Oklahoma)
5 SS/SF Cook, Emanuel (South Carolina)
6 SS Vaughn, Chip (Wake Forest)
7 SS Ellison, Kevin (USC)
8 SS/SF Greene, Courtney (Rutgers)
9 SS Wiley, Otis (Michigan State)
10 SS/SF Clemons, Chris (Clemson)
11 SS Goddard, Trimane (North Carolina)
12 SS/FS Fitzhugh, Keith (Mississippi State)
13 SS/OLB Hodge, Stephen (TCU)
14 SS Sanford, Jamarca (Mississippi)
15 SS Scirrotto, Anthony (Penn State)
16 SS Langford, Reshard (Vanderbilt)
17 SS Afalava, Al (Oklahoma)
18 SS Moore, Terence (Troy)
19 SS Ponder, Lovon (Miami, FL)
20 SS Garrett, Justin (Missouri)



Kickers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 K Gano, Graham (Florida State)
2 K Martinez, Jose (UTEP)
3 K Sakoda, Louie (Utah)
4 K Buehler, David (USC)
5 K Swank, Sam (Wake Forest)
6 K Succop, Ryan (South Carolina)
7 K McAfee, Pat (West Virginia)
8 K David, Colt (LSU)
9 K Starr, Austin (Indiana)
10 K Wolfert, Jeff (Missouri)
11 K Lee, Conor (Pittsburgh)
12 K Bondzio, Jason (Arizona)



Punters
Rank Position Player (School)
1 P Huber, Kevin (Cincinnati)
2 P Miller, Chris (Ball State)
3 P Morstead, Thomas (SMU)
4 P Brantly, Justin (Texas A&M)
5 P Richardson, Jacob (Miami OH)
6 P Perez, Aaron (UCLA)
7 P Colquitt, Britton (Tennessee)
8 P Conley, T.J. (Idaho)
9 P/K Fodge, Matt (Oklahoma State)
10 P/K Masthay, Tim (Kentucky)



Long Snappers
Rank Position Player (School)
1 LS Ingram, Jake (Hawaii)
2 LS Griffin, Sean (Michigan)
3 LS Estermyer, Mark (Pittsburgh)


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