Our first edition of the top-10 positional rankings in the 2022 NFL Draft is brought to you by our NFL Draft & College Football editor, Owain Jones. He takes you through the top 10 players at each OFFENSIVE position who could be on your team’s roster in 2022.
While the 2022 NFL Draft is stocked with premium defensive talent, there is still some top talent to be had on the offensive side of the ball. The wide receiver class isn’t what it has been the previous couple of years. There isn’t that prospect who is a sure fire top 5 or top 10 pick. Instead, what we have is multiple prospects who all win in different ways and we could again see multiple go in the first round.
We do have a much talked about down year at the quaterback position, but many of those in this year’s class aren’t as developed as we now see coming out of college. Teams will be banking on traits and their is a lot of quarterback with high end traits to choose from.
*Although we have started to see some prospects declare, some prospects included in these lists could still choose to return to school*
Here are our Offensive top-10 positional rankings.
POSITIONAL RANKINGS
QUATERBACKS
| 1. | MATT CORRAL | OLE MISS |
| 2. | CARSON STRONG | NEVADA |
| 3. | SAM HOWELL | NORTH CAROLINA |
| 4. | MALIK WILLIS | LIBERTY |
| 5. | KENNY PICKETT | PITTSBURGH |
| 6. | DESMOND RIDDER | CINCINNATI |
| 7. | GRAYSON MCCALL | COASTAL CAROLINA |
| 8. | BAILEY ZAPPE | WESTERN KENTUCKY |
| 9. | WILL LEVIS | KENTUCKY |
| 10. | KALEB ELEBY | WESTERN MICHIGAN |
This 2022 quarterback class is a down year compared to the class we saw just a year ago. There is still a lot to be decided, which could well come down to how well these quarterbacks play and interview at all-star games.
RUNNING BACKS
| 1. | BREECE HALL | IOWA ST |
| 2. | KENNETH WALKER | MICHIGAN ST |
| 3. | KYREN WILLIAMS | NOTRE DAME |
| 4. | ISAIAH SPILLER | TEXAS A&M |
| 5. | TYLER BADIE | MISSOURI |
| 6. | JAMES COOK | GEORGIA |
| 7. | ZACH CHARBONNET | UCLA |
| 8. | JERRION EALY | OLE MISS |
| 9. | BRIAN ROBINSON | ALABAMA |
| 10 | ZONOVAN KNIGHT | NC STATE |
Another positional group which is wide open, we have Breece Hall sneaking in at the top of this list ahead of Kenneth Walker who has had a majestic 2021 season.
WIDE RECEIVERS
| 1. | GARRETT WILSON | OHIO ST |
| 2. | TREYLON BURKS | ARKANSAS |
| 3. | JAMESON WILLIAMS | ALABAMA |
| 4. | CHRIS OLAVE | OHIO ST |
| 5. | DRAKE LONDON | USC |
| 6. | JAHAN DOTSON | PENN ST |
| 7. | ROMEO DOUBS | NEVADA |
| 8. | JOHN METCHIE | ALABAMA |
| 9. | DAVID BELL | PURDUE |
| 10. | ZAY FLOWERS | BOSTON COLLEGE |
Garrett Wilson is currently heading the field in a crowded wide reciever class. All of the top 5 of our rankings could make the case that they are WR1 in this class.
TIGHT ENDS
| 1. | TREY MCBRIDE | COLORADO ST |
| 2. | JAHLEEL BILLINGSLEY | ALABAMA |
| 3. | COLE TURNER | NEVADA |
| 4. | JALEN WYDERMYER | TEXAS A&M |
| 5. | ISAIAH LIKELY | COASTAL CAROLINA |
| 6. | JOSH WHYLE | CINCINNATI |
| 7. | JEREMY RUCKERT | OHIO ST |
| 8. | CADE OTTON | WASHINTON |
| 9. | CHARLIE KOLAR | IOWA ST |
| 10. | JAKE FERGUSON | WISCONSIN |
In a good and deep tight end class, Trey McBride currently leads the way for us. It is yet unknown whether Jahleel Billingsley will return for another year having been dissapointing in 2021.
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
| 1. | EVAN NEAL | ALABAMA |
| 2. | IKEM EKWONU | NC STATE |
| 3. | CHARLES CROSS | MISSISSIPPI ST |
| 4. | TREVOR PENNING | NORTHERN IOWA |
| 5. | NICHOLAS PETIT-FRERE | OHIO ST |
| 6. | SEAN RHYAN | UCLA |
| 7. | DANIEL FAALELE | MINNESOTA |
| 8. | JAXSON KIRKLAND | WASHINGTON |
| 9. | BERNHARD RAIMANN | CENTRAL MICHIGAN |
| 10. | RASHEED WALKER | PENN ST |
Another good tackle class at the top Neal, Ekwonu and Cross can expect to be drafted highly.
INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE
| 1. | TYLER LINDERBAUM | IOWA |
| 2. | KENYON GREEN | TEXAS A&M |
| 3. | DARIAN KINNARD | KENTUCKY |
| 4. | ZION JOHNSON | BOSTON COLLEGE |
| 5. | JARRETT PATTERSON | NOTRE DAME |
| 6. | THAYER MUNFORD | OHIO ST |
| 7. | LECITUS SMITH | VIRGINIA TECH |
| 8. | ALEC LINDSTROM | BOSTON COLLEGE |
| 9. | ED INGRAM | LSU |
| 10. | DYLAN PARHAM | MEMPHIS |
The Interior offensive line class is a deep one. Tyler Linderbaum has the potential to break records at the center position.
You can see our early 2022 NFL Draft Top-50 Big Board here.
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