2018 NFL Draft Big Board Top 100

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Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

A lot of the thinking behind my mock drafts is the likelihood of where they land. In contrast, this big board is just simply how I rank each and every player, regardless of where they're likely to land in the draft. A Guard will likely never go #1, but in my opinion, Quenton Nelson is the most talented player in this entire draft. He does everything so well that if he stays healthy, Nelson will end up in the Hall of Fame. I'm calling that now. I didn't scout almost 300 players for nothing...

1. Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame

2. Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State

3. Bradley Chubb, DE, North Carolina State

4. Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech

5. Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia

6. Sam Darnold, QB, USC

7. Vita Vea, DT, Washington

8. Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming

9. Derwin James, SS, Florida State

10. Minkah Fitzpatrick, FS, Alabama

11. Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama

12. Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State

13. Marcus Davenport, OLB, Texas-San Antonio

14. Da'Ron Payne, DT, Alabama

15. Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA

16. Will Hernandez, G, Texas-El Paso

17. Harold Landry, DE, Boston College

18. Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State

19. Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa

20. Mike McGlinchey, T, Notre Dame

21. Leighton Vander Esch, ILB, Boise State

22. Isaiah Wynn, G, Georgia

23. James Daniels, C, Iowa

24. Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma

25. Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama

26. Derrius Guice, RB, LSU

27. Kolton Miller, T, UCLA

28. Taven Bryan, DT, Florida

29. Connor Williams, T, Texas

30. Justin Reid, S, Stanford

31. Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville

32. Billy Price, G/C, Ohio State

33. Maurice Hurst, DT, Michigan

34. Courtland Sutton, WR, SMU

35. Mike Hughes, CB, Central Florida

36. Sony Michel, RB, Georgia

37. Ronald Jones II, RB, USC

38. Isaiah Oliver, CB, Colorado

39. Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M

40. Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville

41. D.J. Moore, WR, Maryland

42. Ronnie Harrison, S, Alabama

43. Donte Jackson, CB, LSU

44. Sam Hubbard, DE Ohio State

45. Mason Rudolph, QB, Oklahoma State

46. Jessie Bates, S, Wake Forest

47. James Washington, WR, Oklahoma State

48. Lorenzo Carter, OLB, Ohio State

49. Harrison Phillips, DT, Stanford

50. Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina

51. Carlton Davis, CB, Auburn

52. Mike Gesicki, TE, Penn State

53. Rasheem Green, DL, USC

54. D.J. Chark, WR, LSU

55. Orlando Brown, T, Oklahoma

56. M.J. Stewart, CB, North Carolina

57. Braden Smith, G, Auburn

58. B.J. Hill, DT, North Carolina State

59. Jerome Baker, LB, Ohio State

60. Brian O'Neill, T, Pittsburgh

61. Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma

62. Tyrell Crosby, T, Oregon

63. Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia

64. Austin Corbett, G/C, Nevada

65. Kyzir White, SS, West Virginia

66. Chukwuma Okorafor, T, Western Michigan

67. Rashaad Penny, RB, San Diego State

68. Darius Leonard, LB, South Carolina State

69. Geron Christian, T, Louisville

70. Kerryon Johnson, RB, Auburn

71. Malik Jefferson, LB, Texas

72. Frank Ragnow, G/C, Arkansas

73. Da'Shawn Hand, DT, Alabama

74. Marcus Allen, S, Penn State

75. Derrick Nnadi, DL, Florida State

76. Anthony Miller, WR, Memphis

77. Nyheim Hines, RB, North Carolina State

78. Tim Settle, DT, Virginia Tech

79. Jamarco Jones, T, Ohio State

80. Nathan Shepherd, DT, Fort Hays State

81. Jordan Lasley, WR, UCLA

82. Ian Thomas, TE, Indiana

83. Luke Falk, QB, Washington State

84. Martinas Rankin, T/G, Mississippi State

85. Duke Dawson, CB, Florida

86. Dante Pettis, WR, Washington

87. Anthony Averett, CB, Alabama

88. DaeSean Hamilton, WR, Penn State

89. Terrell Edmunds, S, Virginia Tech

90. Tarvarius Moore, S, Southern Miss

91. Michael Gallup, WR, Colorado State

92. Isaac Yiadom, CB, Boston College

93. Dalton Schultz, TE, Stanford

94. Jalyn Holmes, DE, Ohio State

95. DeShon Elliott, SS, Texas

96. Mike White, QB, Western Kentucky

97. Antonio Callaway, WR, Florida

98. Kyle Lauletta, QB, Richmond

99. Tarvarus McFadden, CB, Florida State

100. R.J. McIntosh, DT, Miami