EARLY BIRD 2008 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
RELEASED DECEMBER 2007

 

TOP 15 PLAYER RANKINGS AT EACH POSITION FOR 2008
OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Tim Tebow - Florida
2. Chase Daniel - Missouri
3. Pat White - West Virginia
4. Graham Harrell - Texas Tech
5. Sam Bradford - Oklahoma
6. Todd Reesing - Kansas
7. Cullen Harper - Clemson
8. Todd Boeckman - Ohio State
9. Dan LeFevour - Central Michigan
10. Max Hall - Brigham Young
11. Rusty Smith - Florida Atlantic
12. Juice Williams - Illinois
13. Colt McCoy - Texas
14. Rudy Carpenter - Arizona State
15. Nate Davis - Ball State

RUNNING BACK

1. Darren McFadden - Arkansas
2. Kevin Smith - UCF
3. Ray Rice - Rutgers
4. Matt Forté - Tulane
5. Rashard Mendenhall - Illinois
6. Chris Wells - Ohio State
7. Jamaal Charles - Texas
8. Jonathan Stewart - Oregon
9. Felix Jones - Arkansas
10. Steve Slaton - West Virginia
11. Ian Johnson - Boise State
12. Knowshon Moreno - Georgia
13. P.J. Hill - Wisconsin
14. James Davis - Clemson
15. LeSean McCoy - Pittsburgh

RECEIVER

1. Michael Crabtree - Texas Tech
2. Mario Manningham - Michigan
3. Davone Bess - Hawai'i
4. James Hardy - Indiana
5. Jeremy Maclin - Missouri
6. Earl Bennett - Vanderbilt
7. Dante Love - Ball State
8. Aaron Kelly - Clemson
9. Malcolm Kelly - Oklahoma
10. Mike Thomas - Arizona
11. Kenny McKinley - South Carolina
12. Percy Harvin - Florida
13. DeSean Jackson - California
14. Ryan Grice-Mullen - Hawai'i
15. Jarett Dillard - Rice

TIGHT END

1. Travis Beckum - Wisconsin
2. Chase Coffman - Missouri
3. Brandon Pettigrew - Oklahoma State
4. Darius Hill - Ball State
5. Martellus Bennett - Texas A&M
6. Cody Slate - Marshall
7. Cornelius Ingram - Florida
8. Jermaine Gresham - Oklahoma
9. Shawn Nelson - Southern Miss
10 Jermichael Finley - Texas
11. Bear Pascoe - Fresno State
12. Ryan Purvis - Boston College
13. Dennis Pitta - Brigham Young
14. Branden Ledbetter - Western Michigan
15. Logan Paulsen - UCLA

OFFENSIVE LINE

1. Duke Robinson - Oklahoma
2. Anthony Collins - Kansas
3. Jonathan Luigs - Arkansas
4. Ryan Clady - Boise State
5. Anthony Parker - Tennessee
6. Andre Smith - Alabama
7. Branden Albert - Virginia
8. Phil Loadholt - Oklahoma
9. Ryan Stanchek - West Virginia
10. Michael Oher - Mississippi
11. Chilo Rachel - Southern California
12. Alex Mack - California
13. Jeremy Zuttah - Rutgers
14. Herman Johnson - Louisiana State
15. Alex Boone - Ohio State

KICKER

1. Thomas Weber - Arizona State
2. Austin Starr - Indiana
3. Jose Martinez - UTEP
4. Louie Sakoda - Utah
5. Sam Swank - Wake Forest

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE

1. Vernon Gholston - Ohio State
2. George Selvie - South Florida
3. Terrill Byrd - Cincinnati
4. Nick Reed - Oregon
5. Greg Middleton - Indiana
6. Derrick Harvey - Florida
7. Vance Walker - Georgia Tech
8. Calais Campbell - Miami OH
9. Ian Campbell - Kansas State
10. Terrance Taylor - Michigan
11. Maurice Evans - Penn State
12. Greg Hardy - Mississippi
13. Eric Norwood - South Carolina
14. Mitch King - Iowa
15. Auston English - Oklahoma

LINEBACKER

1. James Laurinaitis - Ohio State
2. Curtis Lofton - Oklahoma
3. Sean Lee - Penn State
4. Erin Henderson - Maryland
5. Rey Maualuga - Southern California
6. Jerod Mayo - Tennessee
7. Brian Cushing - Southern California
8. Geno Hayes - Florida State
9. Joe Mortensen - Kansas
10. Scott McKillop - Pittsburgh
11. Brandon Spikes - Florida
12. Gerald McRath - Southern Miss
13. Clayton Mullins - Miami OH
14. Derek Nicholson - Florida State
15. Adam Leonard - Hawai'i

 

DEFENSIVE BACK

1. Aqib Talib - Kansas
2. Malcolm Jenkins - Ohio State
3. Brandon Flowers - Virginia Tech
4. Patrick Chung - Oregon
5. William Moore - Missouri
6. Alphonso Smith - Wake Forest
7. Nic Harris - Oklahoma
8 . Michael Jenkins - South Florida
9. Taylor Mays - Southern California
10. Reggie Smith - Oklahoma
11. Jack Ikegwuonu - Wisconsin
12. Justin King - Penn State
13. Mike Mickens - Cincinnati
14. Victor Harris - Virginia Tech
15. Joe Burnett - UCF

PUNTER

1. Kevin Huber - Cincinnati
2. Chris Miller - Ball State
3. Louie Sakoda - Utah
4. Keenyn Crier - Arizona
5. Britton Colquitt - Tennessee