The Bastard's hot 100 draft prospects

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BTW, have only caught parts of the bowl games thus far.  I did see Micah Johnson show some textbook stuff in the KY-Clemson bowl game, scraped down the line nicely to thump the runner (not Spiller).  I like this kid.  But he suffered another injury (MCL), and even if it's not serious that tendency for injury may drop him some.  I'd still be interested in him though.

Spiller showed some tremendous stuff.  That 42-yard reception, man, that kid has jets.

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12/19/09 - Senior Jason Fox, who missed the regular season finale with what was reported as an irregular heartbeat, will now miss the bowl game after requiring surgery. Fox currently has an immobilizing brace on his left knee. Coach Randy Shannon said in a statement that "We've really appreciated all of Jason's efforts this season as well as throughout his career. He's had some nagging injuries this season and has played through the pain to the point where we as a coaching staff and athletic training staff feel like it would be best for him to not play in the bowl game. Jason has a bright future ahead in football and he needs to be 100 percent going forward." - CaneSport.com

Saw that Fox was out for this due to the knee; did not know about the heartbeat, and don't know the extent of the knee injury.  Both will need cleared by teams, and the knee will need to be good to go by Indy, or Fox will drop a fair bit.  Even if he gets a clean bill, I think this dings him some.  Look for Fox to fall out of R1 unless he's squeaky clean.

Losing a starting LT might have been the difference maker in that bowl...

And let me just say that if we could somehow get Dan Williams or Joe Haden R1, Jason Fox R2, and one of the safeties (Nate Allen, Morgan Burnett) to fall all the way to R3, Finny would be a very happy camper.  Fox could start at RT to get his feet wet, and later swap OT spots with Starks.  Colon could move inside and improve RG.  That would be three upgrades on the OL.

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Note: Robert Johnson, S, Utah might be cracking this 100.  Good size, speed, and ballhawking ability.  Sheer number of safeties might push some talent to our R3 selection.  If we miss on guys I've mentioned, Johnson in R3 would rock.

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BTW, have only caught parts of the bowl games thus far.  I did see Micah Johnson show some textbook stuff in the KY-Clemson bowl game, scraped down the line nicely to thump the runner (not Spiller).  I like this kid.  But he suffered another injury (MCL), and even if it's not serious that tendency for injury may drop him some.  I'd still be interested in him though.

I will point out that Micah has missed less than 5 games in his career at UK.  Non-official count is 3 1/2.  He played in all games this year, though I do know he left one early.
He's good, he's tough, he's a competitor.  If you look at Wesley Woodyard, you'll see where Micah came from.
And I think Micah's considerably better than Wesley.

I think he may fall, and if he's available, we should seriously consider him.  He's also a class act.

Just my 2 cents, and a homer's 2 cents at that....
 B)

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Note to self: Brian Price needs moved up.  Re-targeted for R1 grade.  Travis Lewis ditto.

Ras-I Dowling says he's going back to school.  Edit.

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***2/3/10 Hot 100 Update***

Not going to bother trying to match players to team, as above, in a rough mock.  And this is not my personal value for these players; for example, I have Taylor Mays rated lower than most because of his coverage liability; I would have Myron Rolle rated in my personal hot 100.  I've taken the NFLDS rankings and given them some tweaks and spins based on Shrine and Senior Bowl performances, and adjusted what I feel are some gross errors of ranking.  Basically what you have here are 100 players most of whom should be drafted in the actual top 100 picks.  

You'll see some drastic differences from the previous hot 100, as some underclassmen declarations materialized (or not), players shat the bed (Trevard Lindley, e.g.), and others tore it up (Alex Carrington, Brandon Graham, Kyle Wilson, e.g.).

Sorry for the lack of formatting.

#   Name   Position   School   Height   Weight   Round
1   Ndamukong Suh   DT   Nebraska   6'4"   302   1a
2   Eric Berry   FS   Tennessee   5'11"   203   1a
3   Gerald McCoy   DT   Oklahoma   6'4"   298   1a
4   Russell Okung   OT   Oklahoma State   6'5"   302   1a
5   Joe Haden   CB   Florida   5'11"   190   1a
6   Jimmy Clausen   QB   Notre Dame   6'2"   223   1a
7   C.J. Spiller   RB   Clemson   5'11"   195   1a
8   Sam Bradford   QB   Oklahoma   6'4"   223   1a
9   Derrick Morgan   DE   Georgia Tech   6'4"   272   1a
10   Rolando McClain   ILB   Alabama   6'4"   256   1a
11   Dez Bryant   WR   Oklahoma State   6'2"   220   1b
12   Trent Williams   OT   Oklahoma   6'5"   318   1b
13   Mike Iupati   OG   Idaho   6'5"   325   1b
14   Anthony Davis   OT   Rutgers   6'6"   325   1b
15   Taylor Mays   FS   Southern California   6'3"   231   1b
16   Everson Griffen   DE   Southern California   6'3"   278   1b
17   Earl Thomas   CB   Texas   5'10"   195   1b
18   Dan Williams   DT   Tennessee   6'2"   329   1b
19   Carlos Dunlap   DE   Florida   6'6"   290   1b
20   Bryan Bulaga   OT   Iowa   6'6"   312   1b
21   Bruce Campbell   OT   Maryland   6'7"   310   1b
22   Golden Tate   WR   Notre Dame   5'11"   195   1c
23   Jonathan Dwyer   RB   Georgia Tech   5'11"   235   1c
24   Charles Brown   OT   Southern California   6'5"   292   1c
25   Brandon Graham   DE   Michigan   6'1"   263   1c
26   Jared Odrick   DT   Penn State   6'5"   301   1c
27   Brian Price   DT   UCLA   6'2"   300   1c
28   Ricky Sapp   OLB   Clemson   6'4"   248   1c
29   Jahvid Best   RB   California   5'10"   195   1c
30   Jason Pierre-Paul   DE   South Florida   6'6"   265   1c
31   Sean Weatherspoon   OLB   Missouri   6'1"   241   1c
32   Jermaine Gresham   TE   Oklahoma   6'6"   258   1c
33   Corey Wootton   DE   Northwestern   6'6"   280   2a
34   Devin McCourty   CB   Rutgers   5'11"   186   2a
35   Brandon LaFell   WR   LSU   6'3"   206   2a
36   Maurkice Pouncey   C   Florida   6'5"   318   2a
37   Damian Williams   WR   Southern California   6'1"   195   2a
38   Patrick Robinson   CB   Florida State   5'11"   190   2a
39   Terrence Cody   DT   Alabama   6'4"   370   2a
40   Dominique Franks   CB   Oklahoma   6'0"   192   2a
41   Brandon Spikes   ILB   Florida   6'3"   256   2a
42   Kyle Wilson   CB   Boise State   5'10"   190   2a
43   Sergio Kindle   OLB   Texas   6'4"   255   2b
44   Navorro Bowman   OLB   Penn State   6'1"   232   2b
45   Rob Gronkowski   TE   Arizona   6'6"   265   2b
46   Demaryius Thomas   WR   Georgia Tech   6'3"   229   2b
47   Arrelious Benn   WR   Illinois   6'2"   220   2b
48   Jerry Hughes   OLB   TCU   6'2"   257   2b
49   Aaron Hernandez   TE   Florida   6'2"   250   2b
50   Vladimir Ducasse   OT   Massachusetts   6'5"   326   2b
51   Colt McCoy   QB   Texas   6'2"   212   2b
52   Dexter McCluster   WR   Mississippi   5'8"   165   2b
53   Anthony McCoy   TE   Southern California   6'5"   249   2b
54   Chad Jones   SS   LSU   6'3"   230   2c
55   Syd'Quan Thompson   CB   California   5'9"   182   2c
56   Tim Tebow   QB   Florida   6'3"   236   2c
57   Anthony Dixon   RB   Mississippi State   6'1"   245   2c
58   Nate Allen   FS   South Florida   6'1"   205   2c
59   Ryan Mathews   RB   Fresno State   5'11"   220   2c
60   Perrish Cox   CB   Oklahoma State   5'11"   189   2c
61   Daryl Washington   ILB   TCU   6'2"   226   2c
62   Morgan Burnett   FS   Georgia Tech   6'1"   210   2c
63   Brandon Ghee   CB   Wake Forest   6'0"   189   2c
64   Donovan Warren   CB   Michigan   6'0"   185   2c
65   Jon Asamoah   OG   Illinois   6'4"   300   3a
66   Jordan Shipley   WR   Texas   6'0"   190   3a
67   Tony Pike   QB   Cincinnati   6'6"   212   3a
68   Mike Johnson   OG   Alabama   6'6"   306   3a
69   Jerome Murphy   CB   South Florida   6'1"   191   3a
70   Reshad Jones   SS   Georgia   6'2"   212   3a
71   Greg Hardy   DE   Mississippi   6'4"   279   3a
72   Tyson Alualu   DT   California   6'2"   291   3a
73   Ed Dickson   TE   Oregon   6'4"   244   3a
74   Jason Worilds   DE   Virginia Tech   6'2"   252   3a
75   Taylor Price   WR   Ohio   6'0"   198   3b
76   Toby Gerhart   RB   Stanford   6'1"   235   3b
77   Cam Thomas   DT   North Carolina   6'4"   331   3b
78   Matt Tennant   C   Boston College   6'5"   290   3b
79   Joe McKnight   RB   Southern California   6'0"   190   3b
80   Koa Misi   OLB   Utah   6'3"   244   3b
81   Alex Carrington   DE   Arkansas State   6'5"   284   3b
82   Amari Spievey   CB   Iowa   6'0"   190   3b
83   T.J. Ward   SS   Oregon   5'10"   199   3b
84   Jimmy Graham   TE   Miami (Fla.)   6'7"   259   3b
85   Jason Fox   OT   Miami (Fla.)   6'6"   314   3b
86   Carlton Mitchell   WR   South Florida   6'4"   212   3c
87   Kareem Jackson   CB   Alabama   5'11"   192   3c
88   Mardy Gilyard   WR   Cincinnati   6'0"   179   3c
89   Mike Williams   WR   Syracuse   6'2"   212   3c
90   Garrett Graham   FB   Wisconsin   6'3"   234   3c
91   Dan LeFevour   QB   Central Michigan   6'3"   229   3c
92   Lamarr Houston   DT   Texas   6'3"   302   3c
93   Austen Lane   DE   Murray State   6'6"   267   3c
94   Rennie Curran   OLB   Georgia   5'11"   225   3c
95   Eric Norwood   OLB   South Carolina   6'1"   246   3c
96   Torrell Troup   DT   UCF   6'3"   310   3c
97   Montario Hardesty   RB   Tennessee   6'0"   215   3-Comp
98   Sean Lee   ILB   Penn State   6'2"   236   3-Comp
99   Javier Arenas   CB   Alabama   5'9"   195   3-Comp
100   A.J. Edds   OLB   Iowa   6'4"   245   4a