Mocktopus Top 100

As discussed in previous posts, an important component of the Mocktopus is a type of value board which estimates the value of each prospect in order to adjust for the bias of mock drafters towards team needs.  The Mocktopus' value board compiles the best value charts the Internet has to offer and weights them by their historical accuracy.  This is somewhat of a challenge because there have only been a few draftniks who have been producing Top 100 value boards long enough to get a large enough sample size to perform a fair evaluation of their relative strengths.  Another challenge is that there are not a lot of Top 100 lists that are very good.  Part of the issue is that it is hard enough to project where the first thirty two prospects will go, let alone the first hundred.  It takes a lot more work and a lot less luck to create a strong Top 100 list than it does for a strong mock draft.

In any event, aside from its use in the Mocktopus, a weighted consensus Top 100 list is an interesting instrument in and of itself.  Here is the Mocktopus' Top 100 list.  "ER" means all edge rushers (3-4 OLB's and 4-3 DE's), "DL" means all defensive tackles and 3-4 defensive ends, and "IL" means "interior offensive linemen."  I'll be tracking how well this Top 100 list stacks up by the scoring system used by the Huddle Report: one point per player selected in the top 100 of the actual NFL Draft.

Rank	Name	Pos	University
1	Eric Fisher	OT	Central Michigan
2	Luke Joeckel	OT	Texas A&M
3	Sharrif Floyd	DL	Florida
4	Chance Warmack	IL	Alabama
5	Lane Johnson	OT	Oklahoma
6	Dee Milliner	CB	Alabama
7	Dion Jordan	ER	Oregon
8	Jonathan Cooper	IL	North Carolina
9	Star Lotulelei	DL	Utah
10	Ezekiel Ansah	ER	Brigham Young
11	Barkevious Mingo	ER	LSU
12	Sheldon Richardson	DL	Missouri
13	Jarvis Jones	ER	Georgia
14	D.J. Fluker	OT	Alabama
15	Tyler Eifert	TE	Notre Dame
16	Kenny Vaccaro	SAF	Texas
17	Xavier Rhodes	CB	Florida State
18	Sylvester Williams	DL	North Carolina
19	Geno Smith	QB	West Virginia
20	Bjoern Werner	ER	Florida State
21	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	Tennessee
22	Tavon Austin	WR	West Virginia
23	Manti Te'o	LB	Notre Dame
24	Alec Ogletree	LB	Georgia
25	Desmond Trufant	CB	Washington
26	Datone Jones	DL	UCLA
27	Eric Reid	SAF	LSU
28	Arthur Brown	LB	Kansas State
29	Eddie Lacy	RB	Alabama
30	Matt Barkley	QB	USC
31	Menelik Watson	OT	Florida State
32	Justin Hunter	WR	Tennessee
33	Damontre Moore	ER	Texas A&M
34	Robert Woods	WR	USC
35	Johnathan Hankins	DL	Ohio State
36	Cornellius Carradine	ER	Florida State
37	D.J. Hayden	CB	Houston
38	Zach Ertz	TE	Stanford
39	Justin Pugh	OT	Syracuse
40	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Clemson
41	Matt Elam	SAF	Florida
42	Keenan Allen	WR	California
43	Johnthan Banks	CB	Mississippi State
44	Jonathan Cyprien	SAF	Fla. International
45	Kevin Minter	LB	LSU
46	Margus Hunt	ER	SMU
47	Kawann Short	DL	Purdue
48	EJ Manuel	QB	Florida State
49	Montee Ball	RB	Wisconsin
50	Kyle Long	OT	Oregon
51	Jamar Taylor	CB	Boise State
52	Terrance Williams	WR	Baylor
53	Ryan Nassib	QB	Syracuse
54	Larry Warford	IL	Kentucky
55	John Jenkins	DL	Georgia
56	Terron Armstead	OT	AR-Pine Bluff
57	Jesse Williams	DL	Alabama
58	Giovani Bernard	RB	North Carolina
59	Travis Frederick	IL	Wisconsin
60	Alex Okafor	ER	Texas
61	David Amerson	CB	N. Carolina State
62	Quinton Patton	WR	Louisiana Tech
63	Robert Alford	CB	Se. Louisiana
64	Darius Slay	CB	Mississippi State
65	Aaron Dobson	WR	Marshall
66	Gavin Escobar	TE	San Diego State
67	D.J. Swearinger	SAF	South Carolina
68	Sam Montgomery	ER	LSU
69	Brian Schwenke	IL	California
70	Mike Glennon	QB	N. Carolina State
71	Andre Ellington	RB	Clemson
72	Blidi Wreh-Wilson	CB	Connecticut
73	Sio Moore	LB	Connecticut
74	Brandon Williams	DL	Missouri Southern
75	Brian Winters	OT	Kent State
76	Vance McDonald	TE	Rice
77	Khaseem Greene	LB	Rutgers
78	Jamie Collins	ER	So. Mississippi
79	Dwayne Gratz	CB	Connecticut
80	Johnathan Franklin	RB	UCLA
81	Jordan Poyer	CB	Oregon State
82	Le'Veon Bell	RB	Michigan State
83	Markus Wheaton	WR	Oregon State
84	Barrett Jones	IL	Alabama
85	Tyler Bray	QB	Tennessee
86	Stedman Bailey	WR	West Virginia
87	Tyler Wilson	QB	Arkansas
88	Logan Ryan	CB	Rutgers
89	David Bakhtiari	OT	Colorado
90	J.J. Wilcox	SAF	Rutgers
91	Travis Kelce	TE	Cincinnati
92	Cornelius Washington	ER	Georgia
93	B.W. Webb	CB	William & Mary
94	Jon Bostic	LB	Florida
95	Christine Michael	RB	Texas A&M
96	Corey Lemonier	ER	Auburn
97	Phillip Thomas	SAF	Fresno State
98	David Quessenberry	OT	San Diego State
99	Tyrann Mathieu	CB	LSU
100	Bennie Logan	DL	LSU