NFL MOCK DRAFT

Big School/Small School

by Bo Marchionte

The beauty of the NFL Mock Draft. It's opinion wrapped about the thought that is supported by a hunch. Readers reply with their comment based on the same notion. Their opinion wrapped about the thought that is supported by a hunch.

Big names from prominent schools are relevant through out the internet, but what about the small school guys. The mock below gives you the best of both worlds. If the leading guys didn't exist these small school guys would be making the walk to the podium in New York City at the end of April.

Andy Reid knows the importance of building the offensive line, especially after watching the Eagles line get dismantled this season. Reid isn't shy from drafting quarterbacks and has made his mark on taking them after day one of the NFL Draft. During the 14 years Reid was with the Eagles the team used six draft picks on quarterbacks. Donovan McNabb (1), A.J. Feeley (6), Andy Hall (6), Kevin Kolb (2), Mike Kafka (4) and Nick Foles (3). Reid can tutor quarterbacks into bigger and better things, but doesn't have same track record with offensive linemen.

Now the big shocker of this NFL Mock Draft is Oklahoma Sooners Lane Johnson moving way way up. Every draft there is a shocker or pick we don't think will happen. Johnson is going to go to the NFL Scouting Combine and really make a name for himself. He will be the offensive version of J.J. Watt during the week. Leaving me no other choice but to roll the dice on the talented and athletic tackle. Think about it Tim Tebow went in round one, heck even Sebastian Janikowski went in round one. So the idea of moving Johnson up six slots isn't out of this world crazy.

Note: All players in Red Bold Italics Underlined have full one-on-one interviews and NFL Draft Analysis

PICK	TEAM	PLAYER	BIG SCHOOL	SMALL SCHOOL	PLAYER
1	Kansas City Chiefs	Luke Joeckel, OT	Texas A&M	Mark Jackson, OT	Glenville
2	Jacksonville Jaguars	Jarvis Jones, OLB	Georgia	Keith Pough, OLB	Howard
3	Oakland Raiders	Bjoern Warner, DE	FSU	Armonty Bryant, DE	East Central Oklahoma
4	Philadelphia Eagles	Lane Johnson OT	Oklahoma	Manase Foketi, OT	West Texas A&M
5	Detroit Lions	Dee Milliner, CB	Alabama	*Robert Alford, CB*	Southern Louisiana
6	Cleveland Browns	Damontre Moore, DE	Texas A&M	Mike Catapano, DE	Princeton
7	Arizona Cardinals	Geno Smith, QB	West Virginia	Brad Sorensen, QB	Southern Utah
8	Buffalo Bills	Barkevious Mingo, OLB	LSU	Jordan Campball, OLB	New Mexico Highlands
9	New York Jets	Star Lotulelei, DT	Utah	Brent Russell, DT	Georgia Southern
10	Tennessee Titans	Eric Fisher, OT	Central Michigan	Terron Armstead, OT	Arkansas Pine-Bluff
11	San Diego Chargers	Chance Warmack, G	Alabama	Garth Heikkinen, OT/G	Minnesota Duluth
12	Miami Dolphins	Keenan Allen, WR	Cal	Aaron Mellette, WR	Elon
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	John Jenkins, DT	Georgia	Montori Hughes, DT	Tennessee Martin
14	Carolina Panthers	Sheldon Richardson, DE	Missouri	David Bass, DE	Missouri Western State
15	New Orleans Saints	*Ezekiel Ansah, DE*	BYU	Nate Palmer, DE/DT	Illinois State
16	St. Louis Rams	Cordarrelle Patterson, WR	Tennessee	Ryan Spadola, WR	Lehigh
17	Pittsburgh Steelers	Xavier Rhodes, CB	FSU	Jumal Rolle, CB	Catawba
18	Dallas Cowboys	Matt Barkley, QB	USC	Casey Brockman, QB	Murray State
19	New York Giants	Jessie Williams, DT	Alabama	Zack Minter, DT	Montana State
20	Chicago Bears	Tyler Lewan, OT	Michigan	Earl Watford, OG	James Madison
21	Cincinnati Bengals	Eric Reid, FS	LSU	JJ Wilcox, SS	Georgia Southern
22	St. Louis Rams (via Wash.)	Jake Matthews, OT	Texas A&M	Eric Kush, G	Cal (PA)
23	Minnesota Vikings	Datone Jones, DE	UCLA	Ben Obaseki, DE	Indiana State
24	Indianapolis Colts	Shariff Floyd, DE	Florida	Xavier Proctor, DE	North Carolina Central
25	Seattle Seahawks	Robert Woods, WR	Tennessee	Xavier Boyce, WR	Norfolk State
26	Green Bay Packers	Barrett Jones, C/OG	Alabama	Tyler White, OG	Ohio Dominican
27	Houston Texans	Johnathan Banks, CB	Mississippi State	B.W. Webb, CB	William & Mary
28	Denver Broncos	Tyler Eifert, TE	Notre Dame	Colin Anderson, TE	Furman
29	New England Patriots	Jonathan Hankins, DT	Ohio State	Nick Williams, DT	Samford
30	Atlanta Falcons	Alex Okafor, DE	Texas	Cody Larson, DE	Southern Utah
31	San Francisco 49ers	Giovani Barnard, RB	North Carolina	Miguel Maysonet, RB	Stony Brook
32	Balitmore Ravens	Manti Te'o, ILB	Notre Dame	Robert McCabe, ILB	Georgetown

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