The DraftTwitter Top 100

The DraftTwitter Top 100

After several months of work of 30+ different scouts over two surveys, Twitterverse has provided the DraftTwitter Top 100 NFL Prospects List.  Twitter NFL scouts you may follow contributed their lists of the 100 best players in this year’s NFL Draft, which kicks off this Thursday.  Two surveys were completed, one before the February Player Combine (results can be seen Here) and one after.   Players were given scores based on rankings (100 points for the overall #1 ranked player, 99 points for #2 all the way down to 1 point for the 100^th player). The survey results were aggregated and the Final Top 100 prospects are listed below:

SOURCE DATA FROM CBSSPORTS.COM										Points Behind		Survey 1	Change vs
RANK	PLAYER	POS.	POS. RANK	SCHOOL	CLASS	HT. (Inches)	WT.	Density	TOTAL	Player Above	Overall #1	Rank	Survey 1
1	Myles Garrett	DE	1	Texas A&M	Jr	76	268	3.53	99.80	0	0.00	1	0
2	Jamal Adams	SS	1	LSU	Jr	72	211	2.93	92.60	-7.20	-7.20	3	1
3	Jonathan Allen	DT	1	Alabama	Sr	75	291	3.88	90.75	-1.85	-9.05	2	-1
4	Solomon Thomas	DE	2	Stanford	rSo	74	275	3.72	90.00	-0.75	-9.80	4	0
5	O.J. Howard	TE	1	Alabama	Sr	78	249	3.19	89.10	-0.90	-10.70	13	8
6	Reuben Foster	ILB	1	Alabama	Sr	73	236	3.23	87.00	-2.10	-12.80	9	3
7	Marshon Lattimore	CB	1	Ohio State	rSo	72	195	2.71	86.26	-0.74	-13.54	20	13
8	Leonard Fournette	RB	1	LSU	Jr	73	230	3.15	85.45	-0.81	-14.35	5	-3
9	Corey Davis	WR	1	Western Michigan	Sr	75	213	2.84	83.79	-1.66	-16.01	11	2
10	Malik Hooker	FS	1	Ohio State	rSo	74	205	2.77	82.95	-0.84	-16.85	8	-2
11	Christian McCaffrey	RB	2	Stanford	Jr	72	202	2.81	82.74	-0.21	-17.06	24	13
12	Malik McDowell	DT	2	Michigan State	Jr	77	276	3.58	82.60	-0.14	-17.20	19	7
13	Dalvin Cook	RB	3	Florida State	Jr	71	206	2.90	77.75	-4.85	-22.05	6	-7
14	Mike Williams	WR	2	Clemson	rJr	75	225	3.00	76.25	-1.50	-23.55	7	-7
15	Derek Barnett	DE	3	Tennessee	Jr	75	265	3.53	75.05	-1.20	-24.75	10	-5
16	John Ross	WR	3	Washington	rJr	71	190	2.68	75.00	-0.05	-24.80	28	12
17	Gareon Conley	CB	2	Ohio State	rJr	72	195	2.71	74.58	-0.42	-25.22	43	26
18	Deshaun Watson	QB	1	Clemson	Jr	74	215	2.91	74.53	-0.05	-25.27	15	-3
19	Marlon Humphrey	CB	3	Alabama	rSo	73	196	2.68	73.16	-1.37	-26.64	29	10
20	Joe Mixon	RB	4	Oklahoma	rSo	73	226	3.10	73.11	-0.05	-26.69	53	33
21	Cam Robinson	OT	1	Alabama	Jr	78	310	3.97	71.50	-1.61	-28.30	22	1
22	Haason Reddick	OLB	1	Temple	rSr	73	237	3.25	71.15	-0.35	-28.65	50	28
23	Forrest Lamp	OG	1	Western Kentucky	rSr	76	305	4.01	70.53	-0.62	-29.27	42	19
24	Mitch Trubisky	QB	2	North Carolina	rJr	75	220	2.93	69.50	-1.03	-30.30	27	3
25	Zach Cunningham	OLB	2	Vanderbilt	rJr	75	230	3.07	68.21	-1.29	-31.59	17	-8
26	Charles Harris	DE	4	Missouri	rJr	75	255	3.40	67.78	-0.43	-32.02	31	5
27	Budda Baker	FS	2	Washington	Jr	70	192	2.74	66.74	-1.04	-33.06	34	7
28	David Njoku	TE	2	Miami (Fla.)	rSo	76	240	3.16	65.75	-0.99	-34.05	32	4
29	Garett Bolles	OT	2	Utah	Jr	77	296	3.84	64.32	-1.43	-35.48	41	12
30	Quincy Wilson	CB	4	Florida	Jr	72	209	2.90	63.47	-0.84	-36.33	35	5
31	Ryan Ramczyk	OT	3	Wisconsin	rJr	77	314	4.08	63.45	-0.02	-36.35	16	-15
32	Takkarist McKinley	OLB	3	UCLA	Sr	74	258	3.49	61.75	-1.70	-38.05	12	-20
33	Carl Lawson	DE	5	Auburn	rJr	74	253	3.42	61.35	-0.40	-38.45	30	-3
34	Patrick Mahomes II	QB	3	Texas Tech	Jr	74	229	3.09	60.50	-0.85	-39.30	39	5
35	Taco Charlton	DE	6	Michigan	Sr	77	272	3.53	60.47	-0.03	-39.33	26	-9
36	Jabrill Peppers	SS	2	Michigan	rSo	72	205	2.85	59.16	-1.32	-40.64	21	-15
37	DeShone Kizer	QB	4	Notre Dame	rSo	76	230	3.03	58.74	-0.42	-41.06	25	-12
38	Evan Engram	TE	3	Ole Miss	Sr	75	236	3.15	56.74	-2.00	-43.06	58	20
39	Tim Williams	OLB	4	Alabama	Sr	75	252	3.36	54.40	-2.34	-45.40	18	-21
40	Jarrad Davis	ILB	2	Florida	Sr	73	238	3.26	53.30	-1.10	-46.50	36	-4
41	T.J. Watt	OLB	5	Wisconsin	rJr	76	243	3.20	52.72	-0.58	-47.08	76	35
42	Sidney Jones	CB	5	Washington	Jr	72	181	2.51	51.30	-1.42	-48.50	14	-28
43	Dan Feeney	OG	2	Indiana	rSr	76	304	4.00	50.89	-0.41	-48.91	33	-10
44	Chidobe Awuzie	CB	6	Colorado	Sr	71	205	2.89	48.67	-2.23	-51.13	78	34
45	Raekwon McMillan	ILB	3	Ohio State	Jr	74	240	3.24	48.17	-0.50	-51.63	60	15
46	Kevin King	CB	7	Washington	Sr	75	192	2.56	47.78	-0.39	-52.02	94	48
47	Tre'Davious White	CB	8	LSU	Sr	72	184	2.56	47.11	-0.67	-52.69	38	-9
48	Cordrea Tankersley	CB	9	Clemson	Sr	72	200	2.78	46.44	-0.67	-53.36	40	-8
49	Obi Melifonwu	SS	3	Connecticut	rSr	76	219	2.88	43.61	-2.83	-56.19	81	32
50	Pat Elflein	C	1	Ohio State	rSr	74	300	4.05	42.79	-0.82	-57.01	48	-2
51	Chris Wormley	DT	3	Michigan	rSr	77	297	3.86	42.58	-0.21	-57.22	61	10
52	Teez Tabor	CB	10	Florida	Jr	72	201	2.79	41.05	-1.53	-58.75	23	-29
53	Taylor Moton	OT	4	Western Michigan	rSr	77	330	4.29	39.78	-1.27	-60.02	77	24
54	Zay Jones	WR	4	East Carolina	Sr	74	202	2.73	39.50	-0.28	-60.30	70	16
55	Caleb Brantley	DT	4	Florida	rJr	74	297	4.01	38.94	-0.56	-60.86	37	-18
56	Adoree' Jackson	CB	11	Southern California	Jr	71	185	2.61	38.63	-0.31	-61.17	46	-10
57	Curtis Samuel	WR	5	Ohio State	Jr	71	200	2.82	38.06	-0.58	-61.74	57	0
58	Derek Rivers	DE	7	Youngstown State	Sr	76	250	3.29	37.00	-1.06	-62.80	n/a	-
59	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	6	Southern California	Jr	74	220	2.97	36.17	-0.83	-63.63	47	-12
60	Tyus Bowser	OLB	6	Houston	Sr	74	244	3.30	35.28	-0.89	-64.52	n/a	-
61	Alvin Kamara	RB	5	Tennessee	rJr	70	215	3.07	34.78	-0.50	-65.02	62	1
62	Marcus Williams	FS	3	Utah	Jr	72	195	2.71	34.58	-0.20	-65.22	71	9
63	Desmond King	CB	12	Iowa	Sr	71	206	2.90	34.39	-0.19	-65.41	49	-14
64	Dion Dawkins	OG	3	Temple	Sr	76	317	4.17	33.50	-0.89	-66.30	80	16
65	Jordan Willis	DE	8	Kansas State	Sr	76	255	3.36	32.33	-1.17	-67.47	82	17
66	Dorian Johnson	OG	4	Pittsburgh	Sr	77	300	3.90	29.95	-2.39	-69.85	68	2
67	Montravius Adams	DT	5	Auburn	Sr	75	308	4.11	28.56	-1.39	-71.24	59	-8
68	Chris Godwin	WR	7	Penn State	Jr	73	205	2.81	27.33	-1.22	-72.47	n/a	-
69	Fabian Moreau	CB	13	UCLA	rSr	72	205	2.85	27.06	-0.28	-72.74	n/a	-
70	Jourdan Lewis	CB	14	Michigan	Sr	70	188	2.69	26.16	-0.90	-73.64	44	-26
71	Ethan Pocic	C	2	LSU	Sr	78	307	3.94	24.63	-1.53	-75.17	51	-20
72	Ryan Anderson	OLB	7	Alabama	rSr	74	258	3.49	24.00	-0.63	-75.80	45	-27
73	ArDarius Stewart	WR	8	Alabama	rJr	72	204	2.83	23.28	-0.72	-76.52	92	19
74	Bucky Hodges	TE	4	Virginia Tech	rJr	78	245	3.14	22.56	-0.72	-77.24	75	1
75	D'Onta Foreman	RB	6	Texas	Jr	73	249	3.41	21.28	-1.28	-78.52	54	-21
76	Cooper Kupp	WR	9	Eastern Washington	rSr	73	198	2.71	21.11	-0.17	-78.69	64	-12
77	Jaleel Johnson	DT	6	Iowa	rSr	75	309	4.12	21.05	-0.06	-78.75	56	-21
78	Josh Jones	FS	4	NC State	rJr	74	215	2.91	20.89	-0.16	-78.91	n/a	-
79	Ahkello Witherspoon	CB	15	Colorado	rSr	74	195	2.64	20.61	-0.28	-79.19	n/a	-
80	Antonio Garcia	OT	5	Troy	rSr	78	293	3.76	20.56	-0.06	-79.24	66	-14
81	Marcus Maye	FS	5	Florida	rSr	71	216	3.04	19.44	-1.11	-80.36	98	17
82	Jake Butt	TE	5	Michigan	Sr	77	250	3.25	18.21	-1.23	-81.59	72	-10
83	Taywan Taylor	WR	10	Western Kentucky	Sr	71	198	2.79	17.89	-0.32	-81.91	n/a	-
84	Duke Riley	OLB	8	LSU	Sr	73	231	3.16	17.39	-0.50	-82.41	n/a	-
85	Carlos Watkins	DT	7	Clemson	rSr	76	312	4.11	17.32	-0.07	-82.48	52	-33
86	Dalvin Tomlinson	DT	8	Alabama	rSr	75	312	4.16	16.94	-0.37	-82.86	95	9
87	Larry Ogunjobi	DT	9	Charlotte	rSr	74	304	4.11	16.89	-0.06	-82.91	n/a	-
88	DeMarcus Walker	DE	10	Florida State	Sr	74	273	3.69	16.47	-0.42	-83.33	55	-33
89	Eddie Jackson	SS	4	Alabama	Sr	72	194	2.69	16.33	-0.14	-83.47	90	1
90	Carlos Henderson	WR	11	Louisiana Tech	rJr	71	191	2.69	16.00	-0.33	-83.80	n/a	-
91	Kareem Hunt	RB	7	Toledo	Sr	70	208	2.97	15.56	-0.44	-84.24	n/a	-
92	Justin Evans	SS	5	Texas A&M	Sr	72	193	2.68	15.33	-0.22	-84.47	67	-25
93	Adam Shaheen	TE	6	Ashland	rJr	77	277	3.60	14.28	-1.06	-85.52	n/a	-
94	Samaje Perine	RB	8	Oklahoma	Jr	70	235	3.36	14.06	-0.22	-85.74	74	-20
95	Isaiah Ford	WR	12	Virginia Tech	Jr	73	190	2.60	14.06	0.00	-85.74	63	-32
96	Joe Mathis	DE	11	Washington	Sr	74	255	3.45	13.83	-0.22	-85.97	89	-7
97	Tarell Basham	DE	12	Ohio	Sr	76	259	3.41	13.83	0.00	-85.97	n/a	-
98	Brad Kaaya	QB	5	Miami (Fla.)	Jr	76	210	2.76	13.56	-0.28	-86.24	73	-25
99	Dede Westbrook	WR	13	Oklahoma	Sr	71	175	2.46	13.33	-0.22	-86.47	65	-34
100	Roderick Johnson	OT	6	Florida State	Jr	78	308	3.95	12.94	-0.39	-86.86	79	-21

Key:

Position Ranking:  Player rank at position based on Total Points.

Total: Average points earned by Player.

Points Behind:

• Player Above:  Represents the number of points the player is behind the prospect ranked directly before them.
• Overall #1:  Represents the number of points the player is behind the Overall #1 prospect.

Survey 1 Rank:  Represents the player’s rank in the first Pre-Combine survey.

Change vs Rank:  Represents the number of places each player rose/fell from the original survey.

Comments:

1. That Myles Garrett remains #1 is not surprising. What is impressive is that he nearly tripled the gap between himself and the #2 pick from the Pre-Combine survey - he was 2.50 points ahead of Jonathan Allen, whereas he is now 7.20 points ahead of Jamal Adams.  This is the largest gap between any two players in the Top 100. 
2. CB Marcus Lattimore jumped 13 spots to #7, landing into the Top 10.
3. Of the Pre-Combine Top 10, DE Derek Barnett fell the farthest, from #10 down to #15.
4. CB Kevin King had the greatest increase rising 48 spots to #46 (from #94). 
5. WR Dede Westbrook had the biggest decline falling 34 spots from 65th to 99th in the final survey. 
6. The highest debut was DE Derek Rivers who popped in at #58.
7. Based on the survey, the scouts perceived the strength of position groups in the following order:

Position	#	Avg Score	+/-
ILB	3	62.82	34.55%
QB	5	55.36	18.58%
DE	11	51.63	10.58%
RB	8	50.59	8.35%
CB	15	48.44	3.76%
OLB	8	48.11	3.05%
OG	4	46.22	-1.01%
OT	6	45.42	-2.71%
SS	5	45.41	-2.75%
FS	5	44.92	-3.79%
TE	6	44.44	-4.82%
DT	9	39.51	-15.37%
WR	13	37.06	-20.63%
C	2	33.71	-27.80%
Total	100	46.69

• The Inside Linebacker Position received 35% higher than average score.  
• Given there are only 3 ILB in the Top 100, DraftTwitter would likely grab this position early. 
• Centers were graded 28% below the average score. 
• Despite the media contention that this is an especially soft year for Quarterbacks, DraftTwitter believes this year's signal callers are, on average, the second best group.
• Despite reports of this year's Cornerbacks being a deep class, DraftTwitter values then only about 4% better than average.

Conclusion

The goal of this experiment was to try to normalize the various approaches to scouting by aggregating Top 100 lists.  While the results are debatable (which is also a point of the project), I had a great time working with so many knowledgeable and personable people with whom I hope this project is the beginning of long, fruitful relationships. 

Who's Responsible

More info on will be included in a subsequent article, but for now, here is the list of contributing scouts:

Bill Carroll @elevenbravo138

Blake Wyatt @NflDraft_KC

vixticator, again? @vixticator

Benjamin Solak @BenjaminSolak

Jim Cobern@Jimetrics 

douglas byrne @dbyrne70

Kent Lee Platte @MathBomb

A.J. Milack @AJMilackNFL

Andrew Moss @NFLscoutTampa

there's no offseason @SMBLOB

TMD @TheMockingDraft

Donrey Mariñas @DonreyMarinas

Jonathan Valencia @JonValencia_WiB

Michael Kist @MichaelJKist

CJ Agnone @CJagnone53

rockyjack @rockysports793

Scott McLean @scottinthe503

Zone Reads @ZoneReads
Matt Miller @NFLdraftscout

Thanks to all of the above and I look forward to continuing this project into the future! 

Coming Soon!

This space will feature several articles leading up to this Thursday's Draft based on the survey to include a breakout of the individual ballots of the contributing scouts.