Smashmouth Football League Articles

As always, ranking and rating players is a very personal thing. Some GMs value height over all; others value speed over size. Some just like the name.

With that caveat in mind, here are my top 10 players in the upcoming draft - please note the Combine results below are guesstimated from the draft class and not based on real life results - for example, Browner ran a 4.63 40 in the 2005 combine and went undrafted.

Any players I may have worked out will have their combine numbers based on pre-workout info.

See - https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2005-combine.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NFL_Draft

CB Brandon Browner - Oregon State
Key Stats: Age: 22, Height: 6-4, Weight: 221 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.36; bench - 6; Vertical - 44"
NFL Draft position: Browner was an UDFA who was signed by Seattle

WR Matt Jones - Arkansas
Key Stats: Age: 22, Height: 6-6, Weight: 220 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.49; bench - 13; Vertical - 38"
NFL Draft position: Jones was selected with the 21st overall pick by Jacksonville

OLB Shawne Merriman - Maryland
Key Stats: Age: 23, Height: 6-4, Weight: 253 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.63; bench - 23; Vertical - 37"
NFL Draft position: Merriman was selected with 12th overall pick by San Diego

OT Jamaal Brown - Oklahoma
Key Stats: Age: 24, Height: 6-6, Weight: 316 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 5.31; bench - 34; 3-cone: 7.45s
NFL Draft position: Brown was selected with the 13th overall pick by New Orleans

S OJ Atogwe - Stanford
Key Stats: Age: 24, Height: 6-0, Weight: 205 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.37; bench - 12; Vertical - 36"
NFL Draft position: Atogwe was taken with the 66th overall pick by St Louis

CB Corey Webster - LSU
Key Stats: Age: 24, Height: 6-0, Weight: 199 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.39; bench - 15; Vertical - 39"
NFL Draft position: Webster was selected with the 43rd overall pick by the Giants

ILB Alfred Fincher - UConn
Key Stats: Age: 24, Height: 6-1, Weight: 238 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.46; bench - 19; Vertical - 32"
NFL Draft position: Fincher was selected with the 82nd overall pick by New Orleans

HB Ronnie Brown - Auburn
Key Stats: Age: 23, Height: 6-0, Weight: 233 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.52; bench - 20; Vertical - 34"
NFL Draft position: Brown was selected with the 2nd overall pick by Miami

QB Kyle Orton - Purdue
Key Stats: Age: 24, Height: 6-3, Weight: 226 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 5.33
NFL Draft position: Orton was selected with the 106th overall pick by Chicago

CB Antrell Rolle - Miami
Key Stats: Age: 23, Height: 6-0, Weight: 197 lbs.
Combine Results: 40 - 4.41; bench - 14; Vertical - 38"
NFL Draft position: Rolle was selected with the 8th overall pick by Arizona