Bob McGinn's Top 100
Our resident draft expert has placed first in The Huddle Report’s Top 100 board contest five times. Here's McGinn's entry for 2024.
By Bob McGinn
Here is my first and only listing of how I’m projecting the first 100 players to be selected Thursday and Friday in the NFL draft.
Players are listed from best to worst within each position group.
This also will serve as my entry into The Huddle Report’s Top 100 board contest. According to THR, these scores have become the standard by which draft publications, sites and media personnel are measured.
Since first entering the contest in 2009 my board has finished first five times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022) and tied for second twice (2010, 2020). In terms of five-year averages (2019-’23), mine ranks third with an average of 85.2.
This is the third time I’ve represented Tyler Dunne’s GoLongTD.com. There were 64 entrants last year when I tied for 21st with 82. The winning total was 86.
OFFENSE (56)
Wide receivers (14): Marvin Harrison, Ohio State; Malik Nabers, LSU; Rome Odunze, Washington; Xavier Worthy, Texas; Brian Thomas, LSU; Keon Coleman, Florida State; Adonai Mitchell, Texas; Xavier Legette, South Carolina; Ladd McConkey, Georgia; Ricky Pearsall, Florida; Troy Franklin, Oregon; Roman Wilson, Michigan; Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington; Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky.
Tight ends (4): Brock Bowers, Georgia; Ja’Tavion Sanders, Texas; Ben Sinnott, Kansas State; Theo Johnson, Penn State.
Tackles (12): Joe Alt, Notre Dame; JC Latham, Alabama; Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State; Olu Fashanu, Penn State; Amarius Mims, Georgia; Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma; Jordan Morgan, Arizona; Blake Fisher, Notre Dame; Kingsley Suamataia, BYU; Roger Rosengarten, Washington; Patrick Paul, Houston; Kiran Amegadjie, Yale.
Guards (9): Troy Fautanu, Washington; Graham Barton, Duke; Christian Haynes, Connecticut; Cooper Beebe, Kansas State; Brandon Coleman, TCU; Isaiah Adams, Illinois; Matt Goncalves, Pitt; Christian Mahogany, Boston College; Mason McCormick, South Dakota State.
Centers (4): Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon; Zach Frazier, West Virginia; Dominick Puni, Kansas; Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Georgia.
Quarterbacks (7): Caleb Williams, USC; Jayden Daniels, LSU; Drake Maye, North Carolina; J.J. McCarthy, Michigan; Michael Penix, Washington; Bo Nix, Oregon; Spencer Rattler, South Carolina.
Running backs (6): Jonathon Brooks, Texas; Trae Benson, Florida State; Blake Corum, Michigan; Jaylen Wright, Tennessee; Ray Davis, Kentucky; MarShawn Lloyd, USC.
DEFENSE (44)
Defensive line (10): Byron Murphy, Texas; Johnny Newton, Illinois; Darius Robinson, Missouri; Kris Jenkins, Michigan; Braden Fiske, Florida State; Michael Hall, Ohio State; T’Vondre Sweat, Texas; Maason Smith, LSU; Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson; Brandon Dorlus, Oregon.
Edge rushers (11): Dallas Turner, Alabama; Jared Verse, Florida State; Laiatu Latu, UCLA; Chop Robinson, Penn State; Bralen Trice, Washington; Marshawn Kneeland, Western Michigan; Chris Braswell, Alabama; Jonah Elliss, Utah; Adisa Isaac, Penn State; Jalyx Hunt, Houston Christian; Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State.
Linebackers (4): Payton Wilson, North Carolina State; Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M; Junior Colson, Michigan; Cedric Gray, North Carolina.
Cornerbacks (13): Terrion Arnold, Alabama; Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo; Nate Wiggins, Clemson; Cooper DeJean, Iowa; Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama; Max Melton, Rutgers; Ennis Rakestraw, Missouri; Mike Sainristil, Michigan; Kamari Lassiter, Georgia; Andru Phillips, Kentucky; T.J. Tampa, Iowa State; Cam Hart, Notre Dame; Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri.
Safeties (6): Tyler Nubin, Minnesota; Javon Bullard, Georgia; Cole Bishop, Utah; Kamren Kinchens, Miami; Jaden Hicks, Washington State; Calen Bullock, USC.
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Wait...what about the specialists? Especially long-snappers!
Seriously, though, as a Packer fan we can more or less eliminate 67 of these from the Packers' board, as they most likely won't take any of them. If Bob hits at a 100% success rate (which I'm sure will happen), then GB would get 5 of the other 33. Those are good odds.