By Dave-Te Thomas, The NFL Draft Report Editor
The NFL Draft Report staff bases their rankings according to professional projections, and not where they might be selected in the draft. Here is an early look on who we feel is the best, most underrated and most overrated at each position among draft eligible players;
| THE OFFENSE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| POSITION | CREAM OF THE CROP | MOST UNDERRATED | MOST OVERRATED |
| QUARTERBACK | Teddy Bridgewater | Brett Smith | Johnny Manziel |
| Louisville | Wyoming | Texas A&M | |
| WIDE RECEIVER | Sammy Watkins | Odell Beckham | Mike Evans |
| Clemson | Louisiana State | Texas A&M | |
| Marqise Lee | Jordan Matthews | Donte Moncrief | |
| Southern California | Vanderbilt | Mississippi | |
| TIGHT END | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | Joe Don Duncan | Colt Lyerla |
| Washington | Dixie State | Oregon | |
| TAILBACK | Bishop Sankey | Charles Sims | De’Anthony Thomas |
| Washington | West Virginia | Oregon | |
| FULLBACK | J.C. Copeland | Nikita Whitlock (DT) | Chris Coyle |
| Louisiana State | Wake Forest | Arizona State | |
| CENTER | Travis Swanson | Gabe Ikard | Russell Bodine |
| Arkansas | Oklahoma | North Carolina | |
| OFFENSIVE TACKLE | Jake Matthews | Billy Turner | Taylor Lewan |
| Texas A&M | North Dakota State | Michigan | |
| Greg Robinson | Wesley Johnson | Antonio Richardson | |
| Auburn | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | |
| OFFENSIVE GUARD | Xavier Su’a-Filo | Joel Bitonio (OT) | Chris Watt |
| UCLA | Nevada | Notre Dame | |
| Cyril Richardson | Brandon Thomas (OT) | Anthony Steen | |
| Baylor | Clemson | Alabama | |
| PLACEKICKER | Chris Boswell | Nate Freese | Cody Parkey |
| Rice | Boston College | Auburn | |
| THE DEFENSE | |||
| POSITION | CREAM OF THE CROP | MOST UNDERRATED | MOST OVERRATED |
| DEFENSIVE END | Jadeveon Clowney | Chris Smith | Jadeveon Clowney |
| South Carolina | Arkansas | South Carolina | |
| Stephon Tuitt | James Gayle | Aaron Lynch | |
| Notre Dame | Virginia Tech | ]South Florida | |
| DEFENSIVE TACKLE | RaShede Hageman | Will Sutton | Dominique Easley |
| Minnesota | Arizona State | Florida | |
| Timmy Jernigan | Ego Ferguson | Anthony Johnson | |
| Florida State | Louisiana State | Louisiana State | |
| NOSE GUARD | Louis Nix III | Ryan Carrethers | Daniel McCullers |
| Notre Dame | Arkansas State | Tennessee | |
| INSIDE LINEBACKER | C.J. Mosley | Chris Borland | A.J. Johnson |
| Alabama | Wisconson | Tennessee | |
| Shane Skov | Yawin Smallwood | Andrew Jackson | |
| Stanford | Connecticut | Western Kentucky | |
| OUTSIDE LINEBACKER | Trent Murphy | Carl Bradford | Kyle Van Noy |
| Stanford | Arizona State | Brigham Young | |
| Anthony Barr | Denicos Allen | Morgan Breslin | |
| UCLA | Michigan State | Southern California | |
| CORNERBACK | Darqueze Dennard | Lamarcus Joyner | Jason Verrett |
| Michigan State | Florida State | Texas Christian | |
| Ifo Ekpre-Olomu | Pierre Desir | Marcus Roberson | |
| Oregon | Lindenwood (Mo.) | Florida | |
| FREE SAFETY | Kenny Ladler | Calvin Pryor | Hasean Clinton-Dix |
| Vanderbilt | Louisville | Alabama | |
| STRONG SAFETY | Deone Bucannon | Isaiah Lewis | Craig Losten |
| Washington State | Michigan State | Louisiana State | |
| PUNTER | Kirby Van Der Kamp | Cody Webster | Tyler Campbell |
| Iowa State | Purdue | Mississippi | |
| LONG SNAPPER | Trevor Gillette | Andrew Suter | Philip Doumar |
| Rice | Oklahoma State | Florida State | |
