Durkin's 2015 NFL Draft Big Board 2.0
By Dan Durkin–
(CBS) With the 2015 NFL Draft just one week away, teams have assembled their boards and have pared it down a small list of targeted players who they've projected to be available at each of their selections. While minor tweaks to the board may happen here and there, the process now is down to scenario planning, should things not work out as planned.
After some additional research and observation, I've expanded my big board to cover the first two rounds of the draft. This is my subjective ranking of the top 64 prospects in the 2015 draft, based on what I've seen on the field during their collegiate careers and their athletic performances at the NFL Scouting Combine and respective pro days.
The players with links are those we've done a prospect breakdown on, as they're players who fit the Bears' needs and could realistically be available when Chicago chooses with the No. 7 and No. 39 overall picks.
1. DT/DE Leonard Williams, USC
2. QB Jameis Winston, Florida State
3. OLB/DE Dante Fowler Jr., Florida
4. WR Amari Cooper, Alabama
5. QB Marcus Mariota, Oregon
6. OLB/DE Vic Beasley, Clemson
7. WR Kevin White, West Virginia
8. OT/OG Brandon Scherff, Iowa
9. RB Todd Gurley, Georgia
10. CB Trae Waynes, Michigan State
11. OT Andrus Peat, Stanford
12. DE/OLB Shane Ray, Missouri
13. NT/DT Danny Shelton, Washington
14. WR DeVante Parker, Louisville
15. DE/OLB Randy Gregory, Nebraska
16. OLB/DE Bud Dupree, Kentucky
17. DE Arik Armstead, Oregon
18. OT T.J. Clemmings, Pittsburgh
19. DT Malcom Brown, Texas
20. OT Ereck Flowers, Miami (Fla.)
21. S Landon Collins, Alabama
22. RB Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
23. CB Marcus Peters, Washington
24. WR Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri
25. DT Eddie Goldman, Florida State
26. WR Breshad Perriman, Central Florida
27. CB Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest
28. OT D.J. Humphries, Florida
29. OG/OT La'el Collins, LSU
30. CB Jalen Collins, LSU
31. WR Jaelen Strong, Arizona State
32. OC/OT Cameron Erving, Florida State
33. DE/OLB Mario Edwards Jr., Florida State
34. WR/RS Nelson Agholor, USC
35. TE Maxx Williams, Minnesota
36. CB Ronald Darby, Florida State
37. OLB/DE Eli Harold, Virginia
38. RB/KR Tevin Coleman, Indiana
39. CB/FS Byron Jones, Connecticut
40. WR/RS Devin Smith, Ohio State
41. ILB Eric Kendricks, UCLA
42. DT Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma
43. RB Jay Ajayi, Boise State
44. OT Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M
45. OLB/RB Shaq Thompson, Washington
46. OLB/DE Hau'Oli Kikaha, Washington
47. OG/OT Donovan Smith, Penn State
48. DT/DE Carl Davis, Iowa
49. CB P.J. Williams, Florida State
50. ILB Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State
51. ILB Paul Dawson, TCU
52. CB Eric Rowe, Utah
53. DE Owa Odighizuwa, UCLA
54. OG A.J. Cann, South Carolina
55. ILB Stephone Anthony, Clemson
56. WR Devin Funchess, Michigan
57. OT Jake Fisher, Oregon
58. CB Quentin Rollins, Miami (Ohio)
59. DT Michael Bennett, Ohio State
60. RB Duke Johnson, Miami
61. OG Laken Tomlinson, Duke
62. WR Tyler Lockett, Kansas State
63. FS Damarious Randall, Arizona State
64. C Hroniss Grasu, Oregon
Dan Durkin covers the Bears for CBSChicago.com and is a frequent contributor to 670 The Score. Follow him on Twitter at @djdurkin.
