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Buchsbaum ranks the college seniors

Player printout: Draft rankings by position

By Joel Buchsbaum, Contributing editor
As published in print Jan. 10, 2000

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Quarterbacks|Fullbacks|Running Backs
Tight ends|Wide receivers|Centers
Offensive guards|Offensive tackles|Defensive ends
Defensive/Nose tackles|Outside linebackers
Inside linebackers|Cornerbacks|Safeties
Punters|Placekickers

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Inside linebackers

Rk. Name School Grade Note
1. Rob Morris Brigham Young 5.90 X, age
2. Matt Beck California 5.60 X
3. Brandon Short Penn State 5.60  
4. Dustin Lyman Wake Forest 5.50 X
5. Marcus Bell Arizona 5.25  
6. Peter Sirmon Oregon 5.12  
7. Dhani Jones Michigan 5.10  
8. Jeff Ulbrich Hawaii 5.10  
9. Scott Zimmerman Northern Colorado 5.00  
10. T.J. Slaughter Southern Mississippi 5.00  
11. Frank Chamberlin Boston College 5.00  

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Cornerbacks

Rk. Name School Grade Note
1. Mario Edwards Florida State 5.70  
2. Rashard Anderson Jackson State 5.70  
3. Ahmed Plummer Ohio State 5.60  
4. Hank Poteat Pittsburgh 5.60  
5. Deltha O’Neal California 5.60 RS
6. Dwayne Goodrich Tennessee 5.55 X
7. Lloyd Harrison North Carolina State 5.51  
8. Ralph Brown Nebraska 5.50  
9. Jason Webster Texas A&M 5.49  
10. David Macklin Penn State 5.30  
11. Kareem Larrimore West Texas A&M 5.30 S
12. Robert Bean Mississippi State 5.25  
13. Sedrick Curry Texas A&M 5.20  
14. William Bartee Oklahoma 5.15 S
15. Michael Hawthorne Purdue 5.10 X
16. David Barrett Arkansas 5.09  
17. Evan Howell Oklahoma State 5.09  
18. David Byrd Syracuse 5.05 XXX
19. Reggie Austin Wake Forest 5.05  
20. Tony Scott North Carolina State 5.02 S
21. Mike Woods Oklahoma 5.00  
22. Anthony Midget Virginia Tech 5.00 S
23. Jeff Harris Georgia 5.00  
24. Terrance Parrish Southern Mississippi 5.00  
25. Carlos Posey Missouri 5.00  
26. Courtney Samuel North Dakota State 5.00  
27. Issac Harvin NW Oklahoma State 5.00  
28. Tarig Holman Iowa 5.00  
29. Jerard White Massachusetts 5.00 S

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Safeties

Rk. Name School Grade Note
1. Mike Brown Nebraska 5.65  
2. Aric Morris Michigan State 5.56  
3. Mark Roman Louisiana State 5.55 CB
4. Gary Berry Ohio State 5.50  
5. Todd Franz Tulsa 5.45 CB
6. Travares Tillman Georgia Tech 5.40  
7. Kenoy Kennedy Arkansas 5.40  
8. Brian Gray Brigham Young 5.30 CB
9. Ashley Cooper Mississippi State 5.25  
10. Sean Key Florida State 5.20 CB
11. Rogers Beckett Marshall 5.19  
12. Arturo Freeman South Carolina 5.15 CB
13. Lamar Chapman Kansas State 5.10 CB
14. Pedro Cirino Boston College 5.10  
15. Bobby Myers Wisconsin 5.10  
16. Tyrone Carter Minnesota 5.03  
17. John Keith Furman 5.02  
18. Rashidi Barnes Colorado 5.01  
19. Aaron Gray Florida A&M 5.00  
20. Matt Bowen Iowa 5.00  
21. George White Boston College 5.00  
22. Dwyte Smiley Youngstown (Ohio) St. 5.00 XXX
23. Rodney Smith Baylor 5.00  
24. Ainsley Battles Vanderbilt 5.00  
25. David Gibson USC 5.00  
26. Brandon Jennings Texas A&M 5.00  
27. Tommy Hendricks Michigan 5.00  

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Punters

Rk. Name School Grade Note
1. Shane Lechler Texas A&M 5.25  
2. Dan Hadenfeldt Nebraska 5.02 KO
3. Andrew Bayes East Carolina 5.01  
4. Jeff Walker Mississippi State 5.00  
5. John Baker North Texas 5.00  
6. Deone Horinek Colorado State 5.00  

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Placekickers

Rk. Name School Grade Note
1. Nathan Villegas Oregon 5.00 X
2. Paul Edinger Michigan State 5.00  
3. Vitaly Pisetsky Wisconsin 5.00 Elig.
4. Shayne Graham Virginia Tech 5.00  

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