EARLY BIRD 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
RELEASED DECEMBER 2008

 

TOP 15 PLAYER RANKINGS AT EACH POSITION FOR 2009
OFFENSE

QUARTERBACK

1. Tim Tebow - Florida
2. Sam Bradford - Oklahoma
3. Colt McCoy - Texas
4. Matthew Stafford - Georgia
5. Max Hall - Brigham Young
6. Todd Reesing - Kansas
7. Nate Davis - Ball State
8. Mark Sanchez - Southern California
9. Zac Robinson - Oklahoma State
10. Case Keenum - Houston
11. Darryl Clark - Penn State
12. Juice Williams - Illinois
13. Colin Kaepernick - Nevada
14. Josh Freeman - Kansas State
15. Dan LeFevour - Central Michigan

RUNNING BACK

1. Shonn Greene - Iowa
2. Chris "Beanie" Wells - Ohio State
3. Knowshon Moreno - Georgia
4. Donald Brown - Connecticut
5. Kendall Hunter - Oklahoma State
6. Evan Royster - Penn State
7. LeSean McCoy - Pittsburgh
8. Glen Coffee - Alabama
9. DeMarco Murray - Oklahoma
10. P.J. Hill - Wisconsin
11. Jonathan Dwyer - Georgia Tech
12. Charles Scott - Louisiana State
13. MiQuale Lewis - Ball State
14. Jaquizz Rodgers - Oregon State
15. Jahvid Best - California

RECEIVER

1. Michael Crabtree - Texas Tech
2. Dez Bryant - Oklahoma State
3. Percy Harvin - Florida
4. Jeremy Maclin - Missouri
5. Austin Collie - Brigham Young
6. Arrelious Benn - Illinois
7. Brandon LaFell - Louisiana State
8. Hakeem Nicks - North Carolina
9. A.J. Green - Georgia
10. Antonio Brown - Central Michigan
11. Julio Jones - Alabama
12. Kenny Britt - Rutgers
13. Eric Decker - Minnesota
14. Darrius Heyward-Bey - Maryland
15. Marty Gilyard - Cincinnati

TIGHT END

1. Jermaine Gresham - Oklahoma
2. James Casey - Rice
3. Dennis Pitta - Brigham Young
4. D.J. Williams - Arkansas
5. Rob Gronkowski - Arizona
6. Garrett Graham - Wisconsin
7. Jared Cook - South Carolina
8. Ed Dickson - Oregon
9. Ryan Moya - UCLA
10. Cameron Morrah - California
11. Nate Byham - Pittsburgh
12. Cody Slate - Marshall
13. Jamari Grant - Florida Atlantic
14. Michael Hoomanawanui - Illinois
15. Anthony McCoy - Southern California

OFFENSIVE LINE

1. Andre Smith - Alabama
2. Eben Britton - Arizona
3. Russell Okung - Oklahoma State
4. Trent Williams - Oklahoma
5. Ciron Black - Louisiana State
6. Adam Ulatoski - Texas
7. Kristofer O'Dowd - Southern California
8. Sam Young - Notre Dame
9. Clint Boling - Georgia
10. John Estes - Hawai'i
11. Rodney Hudson - Florida State
12. Mike Johnson - Alabama
13. Sergio Render - Virginia Tech
14. Zane Beadles - Utah
15. Mike Pouncey - Florida

KICKER

1. Josh Arauco - Arkansas State
2. Brett Swenson - Michigan State
3. Kai Forbath - UCLA
4. Thomas Weber - Arizona State
5. Matt Bosher - Miami FL

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE

1. Jerry Hughes - TCU
2. Everett Brown - Florida State
3. Aaron Maybin - Penn State
4. George Selvie - South Florida
5. Terrence Cody - Alabama
6. Gerald McCoy - Oklahoma
7. Jammie Kirlew - Indiana
8. Paul Kruger - Utah
9. Alex Carrington - Arkansas State
10. Jan Jorgensen - Brigham Young
11. Brandon Williams - Texas Tech
12. Antonio Coleman - Auburn
13. Malcolm Sheppard - Arkansas
14. Jermaine Cunningham - Florida
15. Arthur Jones - Syracuse

LINEBACKER

1. Mark Herzlich - Boston College
2. Brandon Spikes - Florida
3. Sean Weatherspoon - Missouri
4. Navorro Bowman - Penn State
5. Rolando McClain - Alabama
6. Jordan Norwood - South Carolina
7. Joe Pawelek - Baylor
8. Gerald McRath - Southern Miss
9. Sergio Kindle - Texas
10. Rennie Curran - Georgia
11. Greg Jones - Michigan State
12. Patrick Benoist - Vanderbilt
13. Pat Angerer - Iowa
14. Micah Johnson - Kentucky
15. Rico McCoy - Tennessee

 

DEFENSIVE BACK

1. Eric Berry - Tennessee
2. Taylor Mays - Southern California
3. D.J. Moore - Vanderbilt
4. Vontae Davis - Illinois
5. Darrell Stuckey - Kansas
6. Syd'Quan Thompson - California
7. Trevard Lindley - Kentucky
8. Jairus Byrd - Oregon
9. Jordan Lake - Baylor
10. Morgan Burnett - Georgia Tech
11. Kyle Wilson - Boise State
12. Sean Smith - Utah
13. Joe Haden - Florida
14. Reshad Jones - Georgia
15. Javier Arenas - Alabama

PUNTER

1. Zoltan Mesko - Michigan
2. Bryan Anger - California
3. Ross Thevenot - Tulane
4. Kyle Peterson - UTEP
5. Keenyn Crier - Arizona