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July 20, 2008

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Player rankings for outside linebackers

April 10, 2008

Updated Wednesday, April 23

Rk.	No.	Player	School	Grade	Height	Weight	Speed	Notes
1.	55	Keith Rivers	USC	6.25	6022	232	4.61
2.	32	Cliff Avril	Purdue	5.75	6027	253	4.62	DE
3.	54	Quentin Groves	Auburn	5.70	6030	259	4.56	DE, Ch., X
4.	44	Jordon Dizon	Colorado	5.59	5117	229	4.73	ILB
5.	11	Xavier Adibi	Virginia Tech	5.55	6016	232	4.71
6.	41	Bryan Kehl	Brigham Young	5.50	6023	237	4.64
7.	7	Ali Highsmith	LSU	5.50	6000	221	4.76
8.	52	Tavares Gooden	Miami (Fla.)	5.45	6012	232	4.62	X, ILB
9.	41	Philip Wheeler	Georgia Tech	5.40	6017	240	4.74
10.	10	Geno Hayes	Florida State	5.39	6007	226	4.67	Jr., Ch.
11.	48	Curtis Gatewood	Vanderbilt	5.37	6020	248	4.77	DE
12.	38	Marcus Howard	Georgia	5.33	6004	237	4.45	DE
13.	58	Gary Guyton	Georgia Tech	5.30	6015	245	4.57	ILB
14.	1	Curtis Johnson	Clark Atlanta	5.30	6025	242	4.77	DE
15.	59	Stanford Keglar	Purdue	5.25	6022	235	4.53
16.	16	Wesley Woodyard	Kentucky	5.25	6003	227	4.53
17.	44	Mike Humpal	Iowa	5.23	6024	244	4.84	X
18.	56	Ezra Butler	Nevada	5.20	6014	240	4.58	Ch.
19.	15	Alvin Bowen	Iowa State	5.20	6011	225	4.78
20.	44	Bruce Davis	UCLA	5.20	6025	247	4.81	DE
21.	1	Erin Henderson	Maryland	5.20	6026	244	4.81	Jr., X
22.	29	Robert James	Arizona State	5.17	5105	226	4.68	X, S
23.	54	Titus Brown	Mississippi State	5.15	6025	247	4.91	DE
24.	6	Larry Grant	Ohio State	5.10	6011	235	4.68
25.	41	Thomas Williams	USC	5.10	6007	225	4.75	FB
26.	22	Lamar Myles	Louisville	5.09	5112	230	4.69	Jr.
27.	15	Steve Octavien	Nebraska	5.09	6007	238	4.73	X
28.	48	Durell Mapp	North Carolina	5.09	6010	226	4.74	X
29.	40	David Vobora	Idaho	5.09	6012	234	4.76
30.	53	Kroy Biermann	Montana	5.09	6027	246	4.78	DE
31.	24	Marcus Buggs	Vanderbilt	5.09	5102	224	4.81
32.	26	Marcus Richardson	Troy	5.09	6001	236	4.53
33.	12	Anthony Hoke	Cincinnati	5.05	6002	238	4.74	DE
34.	1	Steve Allen	West Texas A&M	5.05	6004	242	4.82	ILB, Ch.
35.	35	Matt Castelo	San Jose State	5.00	5103	224	4.66	ILB
36.	9	Shane Simmons	Western Washington	5.00	6012	239	4.74	X, ILB
37.	32	Nick Watkins	Clemson	5.00	6004	226	4.92
38.	51	Bo Ruud	Nebraska	4.95	6033	234	4.64
39.	31	Marcus Riley	Fresno State	4.95	5105	224	4.66	XX
40.	41	Brian Bradford	Towson	4.95	6020	232	4.72	ILB
41.	46	Kelly Poppinga	Brigham Young	4.95	6013	240	4.79	ILB, Age
42.	90	Vincent Redd II	Liberty	4.90	6057	262	4.67
43.	35	Luke Sanders	LSU	4.90	6042	244	4.74
44.	6	Jeremy Jones	UTEP	4.85	6004	246	5.03	X
45.	11	Malik Jackson	Louisville	4.80	6021	230	4.69	Ch.
46.	25	Shonda Faulkner	Indiana State	4.70	5114	224	4.51
47.	40	Robert Killebrew	Texas	4.70	6005	223	4.54
48.	16	Jon Banks	Iowa State	4.70	6017	233	4.58
49.	23	Henti Baird	Hampton	4.70	6015	210	4.66	S
50.	47	Brandon Renkart	Rutgers	4.70	6016	236	4.67
51.	39	Brannon Carter	Northern Iowa	4.70	6016	228	4.76
52.	8	Donovan Woods	Oklahoma State	4.70	6016	230	4.78	SS
53.	94	Jonal Saint-Dic	Michigan State	4.70	6001	247	4.85	DE
54.	5	Ernest Jones	North Carolina State	4.70	6020	231	4.91
55.	5	Brandon Ogletree	Idaho	4.65	6023	227	4.62
56.	3	Brendan Pahulu	Houston	4.65	6020	235	4.71
57.	40	Lance Brandenburgh	Nebraska	4.65	6007	232	4.72
58.	52	Le Rue Rumph	North Carolina State	4.65	6005	251	4.84
59.	43	Erik Walden	Middle Tennessee St.	4.65	6022	237	4.75e	DE, PRS
60.	55	Curtis Terry	Ohio State	4.65	6004	230	4.75e	X
61.	84	Patrick Bailey	Duke	4.65	6040e	230e	4.8e	DE, X
62.	33	Scott Derry	Texas	4.60	6025	221	4.94
63.	84	Rico Brooks	Eastern Arizona	4.60	6010e	220e	4.75e	Soph-3
64.	4	Drew Kelson	Texas	4.50	6006	216	4.47	S
65.	27	Sir Darean Adams	Michigan State	4.50	6000	238	4.62	Ch.
66.	32	Chris Chamberlain	Tulsa	4.50	6015	226	4.71
67.	44	Nick Moore	Baylor	4.50	6012	224	4.72
68.	34	Dan Howell	Washington	4.50	6003	241	4.75e
69.	10	Karl Noa	Hawaii	4.40	6035	250	4.89	DE
70.	48	Tyronne Pruitt	Boston College	4.30	5111	231	4.66	X
71.	9	John Rabold	Air Force	4.30	6026	225	4.75e
72.	49	Ronnie McCullough	Bethun Cookman	4.30	5112	222	4.75e
73.	4	Derrick Ray	North Carolina Central	4.30	5106	217	4.8e
74.	42	Joey LaRocque	Oregon State	4.20	6014	237	4.72
75.	46	David Hawthorne	Texas Christian	4.20	6000	240	4.74
76.	8	Chris Hemphill	Central Washington	4.20	6043	229	4.77	S
77.	93	Kai Brown	Brown	4.20	6027	244	4.97	DE
78.	37	Ronnie Pentz	San Diego	4.10	6022	229	4.72	LS
79.	33	A.J. Raebel	Wisconsin-Whitewater	4.10	6033	227	4.89
80.	6	Kye Stewart	Illinois State	4.10	5106	209	4.63
81.	30	Quinton McCrary	Memphis	4.10	6014e	225e	4.85e
82.	39	Ryan Karl	Tennessee	4.00	5106	204	4.76
83.	36	Markell Staffier	Brigham Young	4.00	6023	235	4.79	LS
84.	45	Cergile Sincere	Florida Atlantic	4.00	5114	217	4.84
85.	48	Paul Williams	Texas Tech	4.00	6002	214	4.79

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