The Bowl games are over, just the All-Star games and the NFL Combine stand between this year’s crop of draft hopefuls and the NFL Draft itself. The underclassmen have declared (though their declarations have not been made official), so it’s time to put together a list of THN’s top 32 overall draft prospects for 2007.
As always, the underclassmen had a tremendous impact on the rankings with three of the top five prospects being juniors, and six of the top ten. In all, fourteen of our top 32 overall are juniors.
| THN’s Top 32 Prospects for the 2007 NFL Draft | |||
| Player | Class | Position | School |
| 1. Calvin Johnson | JR | WR | Georgia Tech |
| The guy has everything; including the title of ‘best talent in the draft’. | |||
| 2. Joe Thomas | SR | OT | Wisconsin |
| Will be a franchise tackle for the next decade. Big and powerful. | |||
| 3. Brady Quinn | SR | QB | Notre Dame |
| Great mechanics, strong arm. Complete package | |||
| 4. JaMarcus Russell | JR | QB | L.S.U. |
| Cannon for an arm. Strong and powerful. | |||
| 5. Jamaal Anderson | JR | DE | Arkansas |
| Run or pass, it doesn’t matter. Great athlete, complete player. | |||
| 6. Alan Branch | JR | DT | Michigan |
| Awesome run stopper. Versatile. Cream of the defensive tackle crop. | |||
| 7. Adrian Peterson | JR | RB | Oklahoma |
| Only injury and durability issues keep him out of the top 5. | |||
| 8. Gaines Adams | SR | DE | Clemson |
| Great ability to get to the passer. | |||
| 9. Marshawn Lynch | JR | RB | California |
| Great north-south back. Gritty runner. | |||
| 10. Quentin Moses | SR | DE | Georgia |
| Great edge rusher. | |||
| 11. Leon Hall | SR | CB | Michigan |
| Fundamentally sound. Great zone cornerback. | |||
| 12. Paul Posluszny | SR | OLB | Penn St. |
| Bednarik Award winner as college football’s best defensive player. | |||
| 13. LaRon Landry | SR | S | L.S.U. |
| Very productive on one of the premier defenses in the country. | |||
| 14. Ted Ginn, Jr. | JR | WR | Ohio St. |
| Speed to burn. | |||
| 15. Amobi Okoye | SR | DT | Louisville |
| Collapses the pocket and clogs up the middle. | |||
| 16. Reggie Nelson | JR | S | Florida |
| A big playmaker with immediate ST capabilities. | |||
| 17. Dwayne Jarrett | JR | WR | USC |
| Awesome size. | |||
| 18. Charles Johnson | JR | DE | Georgia |
| Extremely productive in his junior season. | |||
| 19. Levi Brown | SR | OT | Penn St. |
| Massive frame, great athlete, great package. | |||
| 20. Jeff Samardzija | SR | WR | Notre Dame |
| Soft hands. Great size, great athletecism. | |||
| 21. Jarvis Moss | JR | DE | Florida |
| Former gator has a great burst, good speed rusher. | |||
| 22. Tony Ugoh | SR | OT | Arkansas |
| Great quickness and vision. Could move to guard. | |||
| 23. Sidney Rice | SO | WR | South Carolina |
| Inexperienced but gifted physically.. | |||
| 24. Marcus McCauley | SR | CB | Fresno St. |
| Great size/speed. | |||
| 25. Robert Meachem | JR | WR | Tennessee |
| Good speed. Could be a draft climber after the Combine. | |||
| 26. Lawrence Timmons | JR | OLB | Florida St. |
| Raw but athletic. | |||
| 27. Patrick Willis | SR | ILB | Ole Miss |
| Sound tackler from the SEC who could play at any LB spot. | |||
| 28. Darrelle Revis | JR | CB | Pittsburgh |
| Underclassmen with great cover skills and ST ability. | |||
| 29. Ryan Kalil | SR | C | USC |
| Always bring his lunch pail. | |||
| 30. Justin Blalock | SR | OG | Texas |
| Could play either tackle or guard in the NFL. | |||
| 31. Michael Bush | SR | RB | Louisville |
| Big, powerful back. | |||
| 32. DeMarcus Tyler | SR | DT | North Carolina St. |
| Great senior year. Good run stuffer. | |||
| On the bubble: | |||
| Chris Houston (CB – Arkansas), Greg Olsen (TE – Miami), Zach Miller (TE – Arizona State), Quinn Pitcock (DT – Ohio State), |
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Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Mark Solway