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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-2012

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Overall Rank
1 Bobby Wagner LB 31
2 Luke Kuechly LB 63
3 Russell Wilson QB 109
4 Fletcher Cox DL 311
5 Demario Davis LB 366
6 Lavonte David LB 373
7 Harrison Smith DB 427
8 Kirk Cousins QB 487
9 Chandler Jones LB 626
10 Ryan Tannehill QB 695
11 David DeCastro OL 732
12 Andrew Luck QB 756
13 Stephon Gilmore DB 902
14 T.Y. Hilton WR 941
15 Lamar Miller RB 1145
16 Justin Tucker K 1290
17 Melvin Ingram DL 1325
18 Olivier Vernon DL 1401
19 Alfred Morris RB 1571
20 Marvin Jones (WR) WR 1606
21 Johnny Hekker P 1630
22 Doug Martin (RB) RB 1634
23 Dont'a Hightower LB 1702
24 Mitchell Schwartz OL 1729
25 Alshon Jeffery WR 1732
26 Brandon Brooks OL 1778
27 Kevin Zeitler OL 1871
28 Akiem Hicks DL 1873
29 Bryan Anger P 1931
30 Damon Harrison DL 2002
31 Dontari Poe DL 2152
32 Ben Jones OL 2160
33 Zach Brown LB 2207
34 Janoris Jenkins DB 2315
35 Greg Zuerlein K 2377
36 Tashaun Gipson DB 2514
37 Nick Foles QB 2523
38 Kelechi Osemele OL 2578
39 Ryan Succop K 2707
40 Malik Jackson DL 2726
41 Casey Hayward DB 2806
42 Rodney McLeod DB 2928
43 Cole Beasley WR 2978
44 Mark Barron LB 3077
45 Michael Brockers DL 3157
46 Tahir Whitehead LB 3202
47 Mohamed Sanu WR 3317
48 Whitney Mercilus LB 3344
49 Derek Wolfe DL 3352
50 Mychal Kendricks LB 3428
51 Josh Norman DB 3522
52 Blair Walsh K 3552
53 Mike Daniels DL 3649
54 Case Keenum QB 3688
55 Robert Griffin III QB 3694
56 Nigel Bradham LB 3767
57 Kelvin Beachum OL 3787
58 Randy Bullock K 3824
59 Coby Fleener TE 3997
60 Kai Forbath K 4002
61 Vontaze Burfict LB 4025
62 Brandon Bolden RB 4076
63 Michael Floyd WR 4079
64 Matt Kalil OL 4083
65 Bruce Irvin LB 4140
66 Danny Trevathan LB 4179
67 Josh Gordon WR 4311
68 Kendall Wright WR 4627
69 Bobby Massie OL 4665
70 Riley Reiff OL 4666
71 Brad Nortman P 4868
72 Jermaine Kearse WR 4953
73 Travis Benjamin WR 4999
74 Jerrell Freeman LB 5022
75 Marquette King P 5250
76 J.R. Sweezy OL 5360
77 Robert Turbin RB 5424
78 Rishard Matthews WR 5427
79 Jarius Wright WR 5568
80 Tyrone Crawford DL 5643
81 Rhett Ellison TE 5758
82 Brock Osweiler QB 6105
83 Andre Holmes WR 6470
84 Trumaine Johnson DB 6500
85 Brandon M. Marshall LB 6588
86 Jamize Olawale RB 6622
87 Cordy Glenn OL 6693
88 Dre Kirkpatrick DB 6742
89 Mike Remmers OL 6750
90 Rueben Randle WR 6759
91 Dwayne Allen TE 6900
92 Travis Benjamin (PR) PR 6990
93 Fozzy Whittaker RB 7163
94 Garrett Celek TE 7292
95 Ryan Quigley P 7520
96 Travaris Cadet RB 7525
97 Cedric Thornton DL 7539
98 Vinny Curry DL 7578
99 Andre Branch DL 7606
100 Matt Asiata RB 7613
101 Brian Quick WR 7905
102 Bobby Rainey RB 7923
103 A.Q. Shipley OL 7951
104 Jared Crick DL 7978
105 Greg Van Roten OL 8237
106 Ronnie Hillman RB 8266
107 Courtney Upshaw DL 8318
108 Aldrick Robinson WR 8346
109 Tavon Wilson DB 8501
110 George Iloka DB 8670
111 Jack Crawford DL 8871
112 Deonte Thompson (KR) KR 8993
113 Nick Perry LB 9080
114 Brandon Weeden QB 9141
115 Keshawn Martin (KR) KR 9166
116 Bernard Pierce RB 9235
117 Kendall Reyes DL 9363
118 Keshawn Martin (PR) PR 9481
119 Derek Carrier TE 9593
120 Chris Givens WR 9674
121 Trent Richardson RB 9705
122 Kyle Wilber LB 10087
123 Derrick Coleman RB 10109
124 Vick Ballard RB 10161
125 Rod Streater WR 10252
126 Derrick Shelby DL 10264
127 Josh Bellamy WR 10269
128 Justin Blackmon WR 10275
129 Drew Butler P 10321
130 L.J. Fort LB 10380
131 Deonte Thompson WR 10483
132 Bryce Brown RB 10818
133 Bobby Rainey (KR) KR 10820
134 Jonathan Grimes RB 10837
135 Jeff Allen OL 10857
136 Ronald Leary OL 10874
137 Ladarius Green TE 10970
138 Cole Beasley (PR) PR 11005
139 T.Y. Hilton (PR) PR 11117
140 Will Johnson RB 11198
141 Coty Sensabaugh DB 11205
142 Shea McClellin LB 11411
143 Damaris Johnson (PR) PR 11437
144 Keenan Robinson LB 11546
145 Erik Harris DB 11549
146 Shawn Powell P 11641
147 David Wilson (KR) KR 11880
148 Fozzy Whittaker (KR) KR 11937
149 Dennis Kelly OL 11991
150 Travaris Cadet (KR) KR 12317
151 Morris Claiborne DB 12352
152 Julian Stanford LB 12363
153 Tom Compton OL 12379
154 Rueben Randle (PR) PR 12486
155 Emmanuel Lamur LB 12646
156 Joe Looney OL 13223
157 Damaris Johnson (KR) KR 13245
158 Griff Whalen (PR) PR 13305
159 Eric Page (KR) KR 13375
160 Dan Herron RB 13469
161 Senio Kelemete OL 13642
162 Austin Davis QB 13656
163 Bobby Rainey (PR) PR 13664
164 Eric Page (PR) PR 13786
165 James Hanna TE 13862
166 Brandon Bolden (KR) KR 13911
167 LaMichael James (PR) PR 13912
168 Justin Bethel DB 14002
169 Larry Donnell TE 14161
170 Billy Winn DL 14286
171 Joe Adams (PR) PR 14332
172 Quinton Coples LB 14554
173 Brandon Boykin (KR) KR 14587
174 Scott Tolzien QB 14777
175 Cory Harkey TE 14787
176 Will Hill DB 14826
177 Keshawn Martin WR 14916
178 Nathan Stupar LB 14928
179 Miles Burris LB 14955
180 Duke Ihenacho DB 15128
181 Giorgio Tavecchio K 15191
182 David Wilson RB 15249
183 Daryl Richardson RB 15252
184 Chris Givens (KR) KR 15263
185 Ryan Lindley QB 15364
186 Leonard Johnson DB 15489
187 Jaye Howard DL 15506
188 Bradley Sowell OL 15753
189 Sean Spence LB 15765
190 Stephen Hill WR 15988
191 Damaris Johnson WR 16013
192 Jarrett Boykin WR 16034
193 Ben Garland OL 16047
194 Omar Bolden (KR) KR 16056
195 Mohamed Sanu (PR) PR 16185
196 Thaddeus Lewis QB 16370
197 Najee Goode LB 16391
198 Cyrus Gray RB 16411
199 Lance Dunbar RB 16467
200 Ty Nsekhe OL 16543
201 James-Michael Johnson LB 16891
202 John Hughes DL 17008
203 Isaiah Pead RB 17081
204 Steven Johnson LB 17118
205 Griff Whalen WR 17196
206 Donald Stephenson OL 17232
207 Kellen Moore QB 17542
208 Zach Collaros QB 17593
209 T.J. Graham WR 17613
210 Bo Levi Mitchell QB 17710
211 Sean McGrath TE 17780
212 Keith Tandy DB 17951
213 Cooper Helfet TE 18038
214 John Potter K 18042
215 Antwon Blake DB 18109
216 Brandon Boykin DB 18113
217 Brandon Bostick TE 18152
218 Joe Banyard RB 18311
219 Beau Brinkley OL 18528
220 Sam Hurl LB 18777
221 Robert Blanton DB 18868
222 Corey White DB 18894
223 Korey Toomer LB 18907
224 Tyrunn Walker DL 18981
225 Audie Cole LB 19023
226 LaMichael James RB 19059
227 Phillip Supernaw TE 19112
228 Dominique Davis QB 19128
229 Chris Rainey RB 19172
230 Chris Rainey (PR) PR 19247
231 Ed Gainey DB 19254
232 Junior Hemingway WR 19279
233 Tony Bergstrom OL 19308
234 Jermarcus Hardrick OL 19357
235 Aaron Brewer OL 19475
236 Ryan Davis DL 19496
237 Jeremy Stewart RB 19512
238 Jabar Westerman DL 19611
239 Josh Harris OL 19649
240 Johnson Bademosi DB 19669
241 Ian Wild LB 19673
242 Orson Charles TE 19750
243 Robert Golden DB 19765
244 Chris Banjo DB 19766
245 Patrick Lavoie RB 19771
246 Ryan Broyles WR 19865
247 Jonas Gray RB 19883
248 Don Barclay OL 19886
249 Josh Robinson DB 19949
250 Tank Carder LB 19954
251 DeVier Posey WR 19964
252 Austin Pasztor OL 19977
253 Mike Brown (WR) WR 19988
254 Justin Capicciotti DL 20105
255 Johnnie Troutman OL 20115
256 David Paulson TE 20297
257 Mike Filer OL 20462
258 Jake Thomas DL 20472
259 Tony Jerod-Eddie DL 20712
260 Collin Mooney RB 20733
261 Jonathan Martin OL 20806
262 Mike Adams (OL) OL 20889
263 Joel Figueroa OL 21096
264 Dan Clark OL 21111
265 Chase Ford TE 21149
266 Tyler Holmes OL 21219
267 Philip Blake OL 21249
268 LaVon Brazill WR 21267
269 Taylor Thompson TE 21289
270 Adrian Tracy LB 21313
271 Kenny Stafford WR 21319
272 Mike Harris (OL) OL 21348
273 Alex Tanney QB 21376
274 Gabriel Knapton DL 21452
275 Jeremy Lane DB 21513
276 Emanuel Davis DB 21543
277 Nate Eachus RB 21556
278 Josh Bartel P 21777
279 A.J. Jenkins WR 21780
280 Eddie Pleasant DB 21786
281 Josh Chapman DL 21806
282 Derek Dennis OL 21842
283 Nate Chandler OL 21945
284 Gino Gradkowski OL 22017
285 Neiko Thorpe DB 22098
286 Mike Martin (DL) DL 22136
287 Jonathan Massaquoi DL 22222
288 Eric Page WR 22336
289 Markus Kuhn DL 22385
290 B.J. Cunningham WR 22387
291 Peter Konz OL 22414
292 Michael Egnew TE 22422
293 Kamar Jorden WR 22492
294 Nate Ebner DB 22866
295 Dezman Moses LB 22873
296 Glenn Love LB 22993
297 Ishmaa'ily Kitchen DL 23012
298 Trevor Robinson OL 23043
299 Kevin Elliott WR 23045
300 Brandon Thompson DL 23128
301 Brandon Rutley RB 23136
302 Chris Owusu WR 23199
303 Amini Silatolu OL 23208
304 Trevin Wade DB 23250
305 Deangelo Tyson DL 23390
306 Matt Walter RB 23559
307 Nick Toon WR 23672
308 Rory Kohlert WR 23678
309 Travis Lewis LB 23727
310 Cam Johnson LB 23753
311 Shamawd Chambers WR 23863
312 Frank Alexander DL 23918
313 Mike Benson LB 23923
314 Antonio Allen DB 23928
315 Alfonzo Dennard DB 23961
316 Kyle Knox LB 23992
317 Darius Reynolds WR 24099
318 Arnaud Gascon-Nadon DL 24177
319 Mike Brewster OL 24225
320 Aaron Crawford DL 24233
321 Julian Feoli-Gudino WR 24329
322 Chris Rainey (KR) KR 24352
323 Josh Bush DB 24355
324 Lucas Nix OL 24366
325 Kelcie McCray DB 24394
326 Brian Tyms WR 24654
327 Mike Harris (DB) DB 24669
328 Nick Taylor DB 24754
329 Andrew Tiller OL 24820
330 Jayron Hosley DB 24892
331 Ron Brooks DB 24986
332 Evan Rodriguez RB 24990
333 Josh LeRibeus OL 25001
334 Jerel Worthy DL 25068
335 Paul Cornick OL 25244
336 Devon Wylie WR 25292
337 Chandler Fenner DB 25299
338 Juron Criner WR 25371
339 Terence Moore RB 25374
340 Dan West DB 25466
341 Lamar Holmes OL 25522
342 Chris Polk RB 25533
343 Alex Hoffman-Ellis LB 25603
344 Ryan King LB 25605
345 Emmanuel Acho LB 25821
346 Derek Moye WR 25857
347 Bryce Harris OL 25870
348 Brian Folkerts OL 25911
349 Alan Boudreaux DL 25982
350 Joe Adams WR 26019
351 Hayden Smith TE 26096
352 Nathan Palmer WR 26172
353 Isaiah Frey DB 26201
354 Ifeanyi Momah TE 26259
355 Devon Still DL 26262
356 DJ Stephens WR 26429
357 Omar Bolden DB 26480
358 Matt Bucknor DB 26663
359 Louie Richardson (1985) DL 26706
360 Alex Parsons OL 26721
361 Jeremy Ebert WR 26722
362 Jamell Fleming DB 26812
363 Aston Whiteside DL 26823
364 Thomas DeMarco QB 26864
365 Jerron McMillian DB 26885
366 Jerry Franklin LB 26902
367 Khalil Paden WR 26921
368 Shane Austin QB 27020
369 Ben Heenan OL 27027
370 Joe Anderson WR 27119
371 Thiadric Hansen LB 27229
372 Adrien Robinson TE 27269
373 Danny Noble TE 27357
374 Matt Norman OL 27401
375 LaMark Brown WR 27495
376 Bill Bentley DB 27529
377 Jeff Fuller (WR) WR 27553
378 Trent Robinson DB 27677
379 Simon Charbonneau-Campeau WR 27818
380 Christo Bilukidi DL 27905
381 Nick Truesdell TE 27970
382 Adrian Robinson LB 28063
383 Paris Cotton RB 28080
384 Brandon Collins WR 28150
385 Jason Foster OL 28162
386 Harland Gunn OL 28204
387 Tysyn Hartman DB 28280
388 Levy Adcock OL 28398
389 David Lee (DL) DL 28450
390 Alonzo Lawrence DB 28546
391 Armond Armstead DL 28570
392 Victor Anderson RB 28603
393 Jarvis Jones (OL) OL 28638
394 Greg Scruggs DL 28694
395 Jonte Green DB 28882
396 Antonio Fenelus DB 28890
397 Warren Smith QB 29192
398 Noah Keller LB 29250
399 Scott Solomon DL 29251
400 Josh Samuda OL 29353
401 Kheeston Randall DL 29354
402 Alameda Ta'amu DL 29425
403 Tydreke Powell DL 29586
404 Derrius Brooks DB 29649
405 Chad Kilgore LB 29684
406 Nate Potter OL 29685
407 Jake Byrne TE 29830
408 Jordan Verdone LB 29940
409 Buddy Jackson DB 29943
410 Keenan MacDougall DB 30053
411 Darius Fleming LB 30060
412 Mike Ball RB 30102
413 Brandon Mosley OL 30222
414 Jamaar Jarrett DL 30264
415 Shawn Asiata RB 30386
416 Herve Tonye-Tonye LB 30446
417 David Molk OL 30487
418 Janzen Jackson DB 30515
419 Phillip-Keith Manley OL 30596
420 Brandon Kinnie WR 30644
421 Nick Saenz DB 30645
422 Wallace Miles WR 30738
423 Aaron Pflugrad WR 30774
424 Alex Gottlieb TE 31145
425 William Green (DL) DL 31146
426 J.T. Gilmore DL 31263
427 Sean Richardson DB 31270
428 Trevor Guyton DL 31286
429 Wayne Dorsey DL 31287
430 Brandon Jordan DL 31381
431 Abraham Kromah LB 31406
432 Lionel Smith DB 31407
433 Tommie Draheim OL 31512
434 Anthony Jacobs DL 31535
435 Brandon Akpunku LB 31681
436 Clint Mower OL 31682
437 Gershom Jordan OL 31683
438 Grant Garner OL 31684
439 Joe Gibbs OL 31685
440 Kyle Stelter OL 31686
441 Matt Cleveland OL 31687
442 Mike Caputo OL 31688
443 Scott Wedige OL 31689
444 Terence Brown OL 31690
445 Tray Allen OL 31691
446 Tyrone Novikoff OL 31692
447 Zack Nash LB 31693
448 G.J. Kinne QB 31808
449 Wesley Mauia RB 31825
450 Winston Guy DB 31839
451 Justin Francis DL 31965
452 Marcus Dowtin LB 31966
453 Ronnell Lewis LB 31967
454 Adam Gettis OL 32107
455 Brian Banks LB 32108
456 Eddie Whitley DB 32109
457 Luke Black DL 32110
458 Matt Coates WR 32186
459 A.J. Guyton WR 32234
460 Darius Nall LB 32235
461 J.K. Schaffer LB 32357
462 Terrell Manning LB 32358
463 Arthur Hobbs DB 32456
464 Brandon Peguese DL 32457
465 Travian Robertson DL 32536
466 Bo Adebayo DL 32538
467 Kaelin Burnett LB 32763
468 Matt Conrath DL 32814
469 Tom Gilson WR 32878
470 Jamar Howard WR 32910
471 Chris Lewis-Harris DB 32916
472 Delano Johnson DL 33002
473 Brandon Rutley (KR) KR 33012
474 James Harrell (DB) DB 33064
475 Anthony Miller (TE) TE 33188
476 Rene Stephan LB 33367
477 Brandon Washington OL 33372
478 Aaron Pflugrad (PR) PR 33826
479 Brandon Collier DL 33827
480 Andre Caroll DL 33988
481 Janzen Jackson (PR) PR 34303
482 Tyron Carrier (KR) KR 34304
483 Tyron Carrier (PR) PR 34305
484 James Brown (1988) OL 34455
485 Justin Hilton WR 34583
486 Craig Ray DB 34616
487 DaJohn Harris DL 34617
488 Philippe Dubuisson-Lebon LB 34618
489 Bryn Roy LB 34765
490 Mick Williams DL 34766
491 Thomas Mayo WR 34767
492 Marc-Antoine Fortin DL 34830
493 Anthony Alix P 34857
494 Sederrik Cunningham (PR) PR 34858
495 Andrew McDonald OL 34963
496 Luke Collis QB 34966
497 Darron Thomas QB 35047
498 James Rodgers (PR) PR 35091
499 Pascal Baillargeon OL 35092
500 David Snow OL 35206
501 Terrell Parker LB 35207
502 Terrence Frederick DB 35208
503 Julian Talley WR 35241
504 Brian Reader QB 35256
505 Drew Nowak OL 35287
506 Quinton Pointer DB 35403
507 Hebron Fangupo DL 35416
508 James Rodgers WR 35417
509 Ameet Pall DL 35462
510 Jake Bequette DL 35517
511 Sederrik Cunningham (KR) KR 35518
512 Tyson Pencer OL 35519
513 Victor Anderson (KR) KR 35520
514 Wondell Rutledge OL 35595
515 Brock Campbell DB 35625
516 Markelle Martin DB 35626
517 Isaiah Green DB 35661
518 Dan Knapp OL 35707
519 Sederrik Cunningham WR 35708
520 Shaun Prater DB 35763
521 Jabari Fletcher DL 35798
522 Jacory Harris QB 35799
523 Devon Wylie (KR) KR 35875
524 Ronnell Brown DL 36077
525 Tyron Carrier WR 36281
526 Phil Bates WR 36370
527 Ryan White (OL) OL 36371
528 Chris Jamison OL 36447
529 Ryan Miller OL 36564
530 Gerald Young WR 36595
531 LaVon Brazill (KR) KR 36622
532 Mark Asper OL 36623
533 Tracy Robertson DL 36624
534 Jabin Sambrano WR 36743
535 Corbin Louks WR 37001
536 Brandon Rutley (PR) PR 37135
537 James Rodgers (KR) KR 37136
538 Lance Milton DB 37442
539 Richard Crawford DB 37443
540 Steven Doege DL 37444
541 Eddie Elder DB 37520
542 Asa Jackson DB 37633
543 Ben Wells DB 37634
544 A.J. Guyton (PR) PR 37686
545 Michael Ward RB 37687
546 DeJay Lester WR 37777
547 Bret Manning RB 37797
548 Delano Howell DB 37862
549 Tristan Purifoy WR 37891
550 Darrion Weems OL 37972
551 Conred Collins RB 38001
552 James Shaw WR 38030
553 Julian Williams WR 38065
554 D.J. Campbell DB 38093
555 BJ Coleman QB 38134
556 Jordan Jefferson QB 38135
557 Jose Gumbs DB 38180
558 Ron Brooks (PR) PR 38181
559 Bryant Moniz QB 38226
560 Charles Mitchell DB 38411
561 Chase Minnifield DB 38412
562 Christian Thompson DB 38413
563 Micah Pellerin DB 38414
564 Sean Baker DB 38415
565 Terrance Parks DB 38467
566 Lee Chapple QB 38477
567 AJ Jackson WR 38672
568 Terrence Ebagua WR 38730
569 Mike Willie WR 38862
570 Samuel Charles WR 38923
571 Tyler Hansen QB 38936
572 Charles Gilbert WR 38960
573 DJ Woods WR 38967
574 Carl Moore WR 38989
575 Zach Frazer QB 39017
576 Josh Cooper (WR) WR 39100
577 Cody Pearcy WR 39120
578 Royce Pollard WR 39139
579 Dale Moss WR 39155
580 Landon Cox WR 39168
581 Chris Summers WR 39178
582 De'Cody Fagg WR 39179
583 Paul Cox WR 39233
584 Anthony Nelson (1989) WR 39273
585 Chad Rusinkovich WR 39318

 


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