Who rose, who fell in Daniel Jeremiah's updated prospect rankings
The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off today at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
A total of 324 prospects in this year's draft were invited to Indy to meet with teams and showcase their skillsets. Before the festivities kick off, NFL Network's lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah released his updated prospect rankings for this year's draft class. Jeremiah had seven new players in his top 50 prospect rankings from one month ago, along with numerous players who either rose or fell somewhat drastically over the last four weeks.
Biggest Risers
Jermaine Johnson II, EDGE, Florida State: No. 11 (previously No. 19)
Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia: No. 29 (previously No. 38)
Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa: No. 30 (previously unranked)
Boye Mafe, EDGE, Minnesota: No. 33 (previously unranked)
Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor: No. 38 (previously unranked)
Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut: No. 39 (previously unranked)
Zion Johnson, IOL, Boston College: No. 41 (previously unranked)
Other newcomers to Jeremiah's top 50: Perrion Winfrey, DT, Oklahoma (No. 45), Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA (No. 46)
Biggest Fallers
Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh: No. 28 (previously No. 18)
Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan: No. 37 (previously No. 28)
Quay Walker, LB, Georgia: No. 40 (previously No. 31)
Arnold Ebiketie, EDGE, Penn State: No. 42 (previously No. 24)
Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina: No. 47 (previously No. 36)
Daniel Faalele, OT, Minnesota: No. 49 (previously No. 41)
Other players to drop out of Jeremiah's top 50: Phidarian Mathis, DT, Alabama (previously No. 37), Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State (previously No. 42), Jalen Tolbert, WR, South Alabama (previously No. 43), Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn (previously No. 45), Isaiah Likely, TE, Coastal Carolina (previously No. 46), Max Mitchell, OT, Louisiana (previously No. 48), Lewis Cine, S, Georgia (previously No. 50)
NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah released his final edition of the top 50 prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft.
No. 50 Logan Hall, DT, Houston
No. 49 David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan
No. 48 Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina
No. 47 Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida
No. 46 Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State
No. 45 Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan
No. 44 Nik Bonitto, EDGE, Oklahoma
No. 43 Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan
No. 42 Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa
No. 41 Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor
No. 40 Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi
No. 39 Lewis Cine, S, Georgia
No. 38 Christian Harris, LB, Alabama
No. 37 Travis Jones, DT, Connecticut
No. 36 Kenyon Green, G, Texas A&M
No. 35 Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington
No. 34 Arnold Ebiketie, EDGE, Penn State
No. 33 Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State
No. 32 Andrew Booth Jr., CB, Clemson
No. 31 Boye Mafe, EDGE, Minnesota
No. 30 Zion Johnson, IOL, Boston College
No. 29 Quay Walker, LB, Georgia
No. 28 Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State
No. 27 Tyler Linderbaum, IOL, Iowa
No. 26 Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
No. 25 Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State
No. 24 Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh
No. 23 Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia
No. 22 Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
No. 21 Dax Hill, S, Michigan
No. 20 Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa
No. 19 Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
No. 18 George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue
No. 17 Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
No. 16 Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama
No. 15 Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
No. 14 Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington
No. 13 Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah
No. 12 Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU
No. 11 Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia
No. 10 Kayvon Thibodeaux, EDGE, Oregon
No. 9 Jermaine Johnson II, EDGE, Florida State
No. 8 Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
No. 7 Drake London, WR, Southern California
No. 6 Travon Walker, EDGE, Georgia
No. 5 Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame
No. 4 Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
No. 3 Ickey Ekwonu, OT, North Carolina State
No. 2 Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, CB, Cincinnati
No. 1 Aidan Hutchinson, EDGE, Michigan
2022 NFL Scouting Combine Guide: Interview & drill schedules
Media Interviews
Tuesday, March 1: GM Joe Schoen (1:30 p.m. ET), HC Brian Daboll (2 p.m.)
Wednesday, March 2: QB, WR, TE
Thursday, March 3: OL, RB
Friday, March 4: DL, LB
Saturday, March 5: DB, Specialists
Workouts
Thursday, March 3: QB, WR, TE
Friday, March 4: OL, RB
Saturday, March 5: DL, LB
Sunday, March 6: DB, Specialists
This year, NFL Network coverage of the combine again extends into primetime beginning Thursday, March 3 with seven hours of live coverage of the quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends starting at 4 p.m. and continuing until 11 p.m.
Coverage continues with six hours of live coverage of the running backs, offensive linemen and special teams on Friday, March 4 at 4 p.m., and five hours of live coverage of the defensive linemen and linebackers on Saturday, March 5 at 4 p.m. Coverage concludes with five hours of live coverage of the defensive backs on Sunday, March 6 starting at 2 p.m.
Giants Huddle | Bleacher Report's Connor Rogers
John Schmeelk is joined by the lead draft analyst for Bleacher Report and co-host of the PFF Stock Exchange Podcast, Connor Rogers, to preview the NFL Combine and talk NFL Draft.
Check out the video below to view Schmeelk's conversation with Connor Rogers.
