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On their big board published yesterday, Jerome Watson and Kyle Posey identified 25 players as having first round grades. 21 of those players were selected in the first 32 picks last night, including Jason Verrett by the San Diego Chargers. Who are the four first round caliber players left on the board?
Morgan Moses, OT, Virginia
Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG, UCLA
Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State
Kyle Van Noy, OLB, BYU
All four would be instant upgrades to the Chargers roster, and if they slip much further are candidates for trading up to acquire (especially XSF and KVN).
Okay, but what about players that should make it past the first 10 picks tonight? Well, our big board had 24 players with second round grades and five of them were selected in the first round. That leaves us with 19 players we could be reasonably happy with at 57. They are:
OFFENSE
Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
Joel Bitonio, OG, Nevada
Gabe Jackson, OG, Mississippi State
Dakota Dozier, OG, Furman
Marcus Martin, OG, USC
Weston Richburg, OG, Colorado State
Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana
Marqise Lee, WR, USC
Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina
DEFENSE
Zach Kerr, DL, Delaware
Will Sutton, DL, Arizona State
Louis Nix, DT, Notre Dame
Telvin Smith, LB, Florida State
DeMarcus Lawrence, OLB, Boise State
Scott Cricthon, OLB, Oregon State
Aaron Lynch, OLB, South Florida
Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State
Phillip Gaines, CB, Rice
LaMarcus Joyner, S, Florida State
Terrence Brooks, S, Florida State
So, that's a lot of names. At least one of them still has to be there at 57, right? Right? Round 3 is tonight, too. Here are the 27 players still available with third round grades (two were taken in round 1):
OFFENSE
Cameron Fleming, OT, Stanford
Trai Turner, OG, LSU
Brandon Thomas, OG, Clemson
Corey Linsley, C, Ohio State
Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State
Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
Josh Huff, WR, Oregon
Donte Moncrief, WR, Ole Miss
Jarvis Landry, WR, LSU
Kevin Norwood, WR, Alabama
Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt
DEFENSE
Stephon Tuitt, DL, Notre Dame
Ra'shede Hageman, DL, Minnesota
Kony Ealy, DL, Missouri
DaQuan Jones, DT, Penn State
Justin Ellis, DT, Louisiana Tech
Christian Kirksey, LB, Iowa
Jeremiah Attaochu, OLB, Georgia Tech
Kareem Martin, OLB, North Carolina
Carl Bradford, OLB, Arizona State
Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska
Bashaud Breeland, CB, Clemson
Dexter McDougle, CB, Maryland
Terrance Mitchell, CB, Oregon
Victor Hampton, CB, South Carolina
Dion Bailey, S, USC
Brock Vereen, S, Minnesota
There. That ought to get us through the evening!