Mike Mayock's final position-by-position rankings for the 2015 NFL Draft:

 

Quarterback

1. Marcus Mariota, Oregon

2. Jameis Winston, Florida State

3. Bryce Petty, Baylor

4. Brett Hundley, UCLA

5. Sean Mannion, Oregon State

Rise: Hundley (5), Mannion (NR)

Fall: Garrett Grayson, Colorado State (4)

Running back

1. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin

2. Todd Gurley, Georgia

3. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

4. Duke Johnson, Miami (Fla.)

5. Tevin Coleman, Indiana

Fall: T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (T-5)

Wide receiver

1. Kevin White, West Virginia

2. Amari Cooper, Alabama

3. DeVante Parker, Louisville

4. Breshad Perriman, Central Florida

5. Nelson Agholor, USC

Fall: Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri (T-5)

Tight end

1. Maxx Williams, Minnesota

2. Clive Walford, Miami (Fla.)

3. Tyler Kroft, Rutgers

4. Blake Bell, Oklahoma

5. Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State

Rise: Kroft (4)

Fall: Bell (3)

Interior offensive linemen

1. Brandon Scherff, Iowa

2. Cameron Erving, Florida State

3. Laken Tomlinson, Duke

4. A.J. Cann, South Carolina

5. Mitch Morse, Missouri

Rise: Morse (NR)

Fall: Tre' Jackson, Florida State (5)

Offensive tackle

1. La'el Collins, LSU

2. Ereck Flowers, Miami (Fla.)

3. D.J. Humphries, Florida

4. Andrus Peat, Stanford

5. T.J. Clemmings, Pittsburgh

Fall: Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M (T-5)

Interior defensive linemen

1. Leonard Williams, USC

2. Danny Shelton, Washington

3. Arik Armstead, Oregon

4. Malcom Brown, Texas

5. Eddie Goldman, Florida State

Rise: Shelton (4)

Fall: Armstead (2), Brown (3), Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma (T-5)

Edge rusher

1. Dante Fowler, Jr., Florida

2. Bud Dupree, Kentucky

3. Vic Beasley, Clemson

4. Randy Gregory, Nebraska

5. Shane Ray, Missouri

Rise: Dupree (4)

Fall: Gregory (2)

Linebacker

1. Paul Dawson, TCU

2. Eric Kendricks, UCLA

3. Stephone Anthony, Clemson

4. Denzel Perryman, Miami (Fla.)

5. Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State

Cornerback

1. Trae Waynes, Michigan State

2. Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest

3. Marcus Peters, Washington

4. Jalen Collins, LSU

5. Byron Jones, Connecticut

Rise: Johnson (4)

Fall: Collins (2), Eric Rowe, Utah (T-5)

Safety

1. Damarious Randall, Arizona State

2. Landon Collins, Alabama

3. Shaq Thompson, Washington

4. Quinten Rollins, Miami (Ohio)

5. Jaquiski Tartt, Samford

Fall: Alex Carter, Stanford (T-5)

 

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I like Mayock and I know he's trying to be different but Mariota isn't better than Winston and Kevin White isnt better than Amari Cooper. Of course those are my opinions but those are correct opinions :lol2:

Do you like this list? Is Mayock close? What do you think of Mayock?

Mayock interchanged (in the last week) 2 edge rushers and 3 CB. I think he's pretty solid with his ranking, but none of it comes out in the wash on draft day because by now most teams already have a handle on how their flow chart will go.

Do you like this list? Is Mayock close? What do you think of Mayock?

 

Like I said. I like Mayock, I think he's spot on most of the time. This late before the draft you have to try and change some things up to try and get some stirring going on. He's had White better than Cooper for a while. Up til about 2 weeks ago had Winston his number 1 QB.

Mayock interchanged (in the last week) 2 edge rushers and 3 CB. I think he's pretty solid with his ranking, but none of it comes out in the wash on draft day because by now most teams already have a handle on how their flow chart will go.

 

Which edge rushers is honestly the toughest to grade out. I see all of them outside of Fowler have the ability to go somewhere between top 5 all the way to end of the 2nd round.

I like Mayock and I know he's trying to be different but Mariota isn't better than Winston and Kevin White isnt better than Amari Cooper. Of course those are my opinions but those are correct opinions :lol2:

 

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I personally like Mariota quite a bit more than most. I think after a year or 2 working on it he will be a solid QB. I just think Winston as a prospect is far superior.

I personally like Mariota quite a bit more than most. I think after a year or 2 working on it he will be a solid QB. I just think Winston as a prospect is far superior.

I think it may come down to in todays NFL enviroment, people want quick fixes and Jamies is probably more ready to step in right away than Mariota is right now. With that said I have heard more than one so called expert say that 5 years down the road they expect Mariota to be the better NFL QB out of the 2.

 

For me, I don't know what to make of Mariota, I will be honest and tell you I haven't seen a lot of him in College. The lasting impression I have of him is the National Championship game and he didn't look very good in that game. Then again, that was just one game.