Pre-draft ranking – Top 20: Linebackers | Touchdown Actu (NFL Actu)
Four days before the start of the NFL draft, Touchdown Actu continues its daily round-up of the best players at each position, with current projections for them. In the spotlight today, the linebackers.
1. Micah Parsons, Penn State
Screening: 1st round.
1m91, 111 kilos. Stats 2019: 109 tackles, including 14 for loss, 5 sacks, 5 defended passes, 4 forced fumbles.
2. Zaven Collins, Tulsa
Screening: 1st round.
1m96, 117 kilos. Stats 2020: 54 tackles, including 7 and a half for loss, 4 sacks, 2 defended assists, 4 interceptions, 2 Pick-6, 2 forced fumbles.
3. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
Screening: 1st round.
1m87, 100 kilos. Stats 2020: 62 tackles, including 11 for loss, a sack and a half, 3 defended passes, an interception, 3 forced fumbles, 2 covered fumbles.
4. Jabril Cox, LSU
Projection: 2nd round.
1m91, 105 kilos. Stats 2020: 58 tackles, including 6 and a half for loss, a sack, 5 defended passes, 3 interceptions, a touchdown.
5. Nick Bolton, Missouri
Projection: 2nd round.
1m81, 107 kilos. 2020 stats: 95 tackles, including 8 for loss, 2 sacks, 5 assists defended.
6. Jamin Davis, Kentucky
Projection: 2nd round.
1m92, 106 kilos. Stats 2020: 102 tackles, including 4 for loss, a sack and a half, 2 defended passes, 3 interceptions, a touchdown.
7. Cameron McGrone, Michigan
Projection: 2nd-3rd round.
1m86, 106 kilos. Stats 2020: 26 tackles, including 2 for loss.
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8. Baron Browning, Ohio State
Projection: 2nd-3rd round.
1m91, 111 kilos. Stats 2020: 29 tackles, including 3 for loss, a sack, 2 defended passes, 2 forced fumbles, 2 covered fumbles.
9. Dylan Moses, Alabama
Projection: 3rd round.
1m85, 102 kilos. Stats 2020: 76 tackles, including 6 for loss, a sack, 3 defended passes, an interception.
10. Chazz Surratt, North Carolina
Projection: 3rd round.
1m88, 104 kilos. Stats 2020: 91 tackles, including 7 and a half for loss, 6 sacks, 3 defended passes, one interception.
11. Pete Werner, Ohio State
Projection: 4th round.
1m90, 108 kilos. Stats 2020: 54 tackles, including 2 and a half for loss, a sack, a defended pass, 2 forced fumbles.
12. Monty Rice, Georgia
Projection: 4th-5th round.
1m83, 105 kilos. Stats 2020: 49 tackles, including 4 for loss, a sack, a defended pass, 2 forced fumbles, a touchdown.
(* number 32)
13. Charles Snowden, Virginia
Projection: 4th-5th round.
1m98, 110 kilos. Stats 2020: 44 tackles, including 10 for loss, 6 sacks, 3 defended assists.
14. Justin Hilliard, Ohio State
Projection: 4th-5th round.
1m84, 104 kilos. Stats 2020: 33 tackles, including 5 for loss, one pass forbidden, one interception, 3 covered fumbles.
15. Garret Wallow, TCU
Projection: 5th round.
1m88, 100 kilos. Stats 2020: 90 tackles, including 9 for loss, 2 sacks, one pass defended, 3 forced fumbles.
16. KJ Britt, Auburn
Projection: 5th round.
1m84, 106 kilos. Stats 2020: 23 tackles, including one for a loss.
17. Tony Fields, West Virginia
Projection: 5th-6th round.
1m83, 100 kilos. Stats 2020: 88 tackles, including 4 for loss, a sack, 2 defended passes, an interception.
18. Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
Projection: 5th-6th round.
1m91, 109 kilos. Stats 2020: 86 tackles, including 4 and a half for loss, 2 defended passes, one interception.
19. Derrick Barnes, Purdue
Projection: 5th-6th round.
1m83, 108 kilos. Stats 2020: 54 tackles, including 5 and a half for loss, one pass forbidden, one interception.
20. Ernest Jones, South Carolina
Projection: 5th-6th round.
1m87, 104 kilos. Stats 2020: 86 tackles, including 5 for loss, one sack.