Craig’s Final Top 100

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Here we go. The 2022 NFL Draft is almost upon us and that means it’s time for my final Top 100.

In 48 hours time we’ll all know how the first round has gone and all the excitement and uncertainty surrounding night one of this year’s draft will be gone.

It will take another 24 hours for rounds two and three to be in the book and for the first 100 draft picks to be known. But here is how I’ve got my board stacked.

Note this has no thought about needs or positional value – this top 100 is purely based on each individual player’s rating alone. You can also check out my top 10 players at each position here.

Top 25

Probably not too many surprises in the top 25 to be honest. Kyle Hamilton and Tyler Linderbaum won’t go anything like as high as I’ve got them, but both have incredibly high ratings from me.

I’m hearing all the Travon Walker noise about him going first overall, but he’s my number 16 overall. There’s a huge amount of athletic upside but the game tape doesn’t show a player worth that #1 selection.

26 – 50

No	Name	College	Position
26	David Ojabo	Michigan	EDGE
27	Zion Johnson	Boston College	IOL
28	Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	IOL
29	Kaiir Elam	Florida	CB
30	Daxton Hill	Michigan	S
31	Breece Hall	Iowa State	RB
32	Christian Harris	Alabama	LB
33	Trent McDuffie	Washington	CB
34	Travis Jones	Connecticut	DT
35	Trevor Penning	Northern Iowa	OT
36	George Pickens	Georgia	WR
37	Arnold Ebiketie	Penn State	EDGE
38	Matt Corral	Ole Miss	QB
39	Trey McBride	Colorado State	TE
40	Brandon Smith	Penn State	LB
41	Jahan Dotson	Penn State	WR
42	Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	OT
43	Chad Muma	Wyoming	LB
44	Kyler Gordon	Washington	CB
45	Boye Mafe	Minnesota	EDGE
46	Kenneth Walker	Michigan State	RB
47	Skyy Moore	Western Michigan	WR
48	Darrian Beavers	Cincinnati	LB
49	Roger McCreary	Auburn	CB
50	Martin Emerson	Mississippi State	CB

This second group of 25 was really hard to stack. So many good players and so many who could quite easily sneak into round one. This has made putting my final mock together (coming tomorrow!) really, really tough.

I’ve kept David Ojabo high on this list despite his injury and the fact he will likely redshirt his first year in the NFL. I’ve also got two running backs in my top 50 – Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker. Positional value means both may well be taken later than I’ve got them slated, but I do both as having starting NFL caliber.

51 – 75

No	Name	College	Position
51	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB
52	Perrion Winfrey	Oklahoma	DT
53	Channing Tindall	Georgia	LB
54	Sean Rhyan	UCLA	OT
55	Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	S
56	Bernhard Raimann	Central Michigan	OT
57	Drake Jackson	USC	EDGE
58	Logan Hall	Houston	DT
59	Jalen Pitre	Baylor	S
60	Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	EDGE
61	Desmond Ridder	Cincinnati	QB
62	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	WR
63	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	WR
64	Leo Chenal	Wisconsin	LB
65	Haskell Garrett	Ohio State	DT
66	John Metchie III	Alabama	WR
67	Kingsley Enagbare	South Carolina	EDGE
68	Isaiah Spiller	Texas A&M	RB
69	Tariq Woolen	UTSA	CB
70	Jamaree Salyer	Georgia	IOL
71	Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	EDGE
72	Nick Cross	Maryland	S
73	Jalen Tolbert	South Alabama	WR
74	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB
75	Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	OT

Yep – there’s Kenny Pickett. Or as us Draft Guys on the NinetynineYards Podcast have now named him – Kenny Pickle.

I think my best summary of this group is that they are all excel at one part of their role. The challenge with each is going to be whether they can raise their game in the parts of their game that still need some work.

But again I like the depth and value here – and so will teams picking in this area. These guys have plenty of good traits to work with and will offer their new teams something early in their careers.

76 – 100

No	Name	College	Position
76	Myjai Sanders	Cincinnati	EDGE
77	Cole Strange	Chattanooga	IOL
78	Troy Andersen	Montana State	LB
79	Coby Bryant	Cincinnati	CB
80	Alec Pierce	Cincinnati	WR
81	Tyler Smith	Tulsa	OT
82	Sam Williams	Ole Miss	EDGE
83	Quay Walker	Georgia	LB
84	Kerby Joseph	Illinois	S
85	David Bell	Purdue	WR
86	Amare Barno	Virginia Tech	EDGE
87	Bryan Cook	Cincinnati	S
88	Phidarian Mathis	Alabama	DT
89	Marcus Jones	Houston	CB
90	Abraham Lucas	Washington State	OT
91	Brian Asamoah	Oklahoma	LB
92	Dylan Parham	Memphis	IOL
93	Jeremy Ruckert	Ohio State	TE
94	Cam Taylor-Britt	Nebraska	CB
95	Josh Paschal	Kentucky	EDGE
96	Calvin Austin III	Memphis	WR
97	Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	RB
98	Rasheed Walker	Penn State	OT
99	Isaiah Likely	Coastal Carolina	TE
100	Ed Ingram	LSU	IOL

This final group of 25 is always the hardest to finalise.

There are some really interesting prospects in this section. I know Owain is much higher on someone like Quay Walker for example.

Teams will also take a chance on high upside guys in this sort of range. Troy Andersen and Isaiah Likely are two smaller school names that jump out when it comes to talking about high ceiling prospects.

So there it is – my final top 100. Let me know on twitter @UK_draft if you agree or disagree, or if you think I’ve missed anyone.