The consensus right now seems to be that McFadden will be one of the best, if not the best, players available should he opt to leave school after his junior season for the 2008 NFL Draft. I am not yet prepared to jump on the bandwagon and proclaim him the best running back prospect ever or even say he is better than Reggie Bush or Adrian Peterson this early in the process but the potential is definitely there for him to ultimately land in that elite category.

    Not only does McFadden possess ideal size (6-2, 215) and legit 4.4 speed but he is just a great all-around football player and athlete, even enjoying success throwing the ball out of the Razorbacks "Wildcat" package. Despite sharing time in the backfield with Felix Jones, who is a very good running back in his own right, McFadden was still able to run for 1,647 yards last year and ended up finishing second in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a sophomore.

    This will be a big year for McFadden as all eyes will be on him and the expectations will be huge but he sure looks like a future Top 5-10 overall pick, whether it be in 2008 or 2009. But will he be a #1 overall pick, especially considering the position he plays? We'll still have to see about that but at this point he is probably the front-runner, although as I said it's still early.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

     It wasn't very long ago that the term tweener had negative connotations and undersized college defensive ends usually ended up slipping to the mid-rounds of the NFL Draft but, as Dylan said, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and with so many NFL teams now running a 3-4 defensive scheme those guys have become valuable commodities on Draft Day. This senior crop actually features a number of good 3-4 outside linebacker prospects, with Quentin Groves of Auburn, Tommy Blake of T.C.U., and Bruce Davis of UCLA heading the list. That is just the tip of the iceberg though and there should be pretty solid value throughout the draft. While I'm not sure there is a Merriman or Ware in this draft Groves probably has the best chance to be that kind of impact player and he could potentially come off the board pretty early.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

     Ginn and Jackson certainly share a lot of similarities when it comes to their speed, return ability and dynamic playmaking skills so it's easy to see why people would draw comparisons between the two. Personally however I think Jackson is going to end up being the superior pro prospect, although he may not ultimately go quite as high as Ginn did (#9) on Draft Day.

     For me the deciding factor in separating the two is that while Ginn more often than not dominated with his pure speed Jackson has a little more wiggle and elusiveness to go along with great jets. There have already been strong indications that Jackson is leaning towards going pro after his junior season and while it's still very early he sure looks like a future first round pick to me and he could even be in the mix to be the first wideout chosen.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

     That's an easy one: Chad Henne.

     While Mike Hart is a terrific college football player and quite possibly the Wolverines most valuable player the fact remains that he is just not a great pro prospect and is probably more of a late Day One or early Day Two type due to his lack of ideal size and speed.

     Henne on the other hand is the next in a long line of great Michigan signal callers, many of whom have found success at the next level, and he is very much in the first round conversation right now. In fact, look for Henne to battle Andre' Woodson of Kentucky and Colt Brennan of Hawaii to see who will be the second quarterback drafted behind Brian Brohm next April.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

     At this stage it looks like Colt Brennan could be this year's most controversial player and the debate over just how good of a pro prospect he is will likely rage on right up until Draft Day.

     From a statistical standpoint Brennan's numbers are nothing short of mind-boggling ('06: 5,549 yds., 73%, 58 TD's, 12 INT's) and his accuracy is phenomenal but is he really that good or is he simply a product of the Warrior's wide-open system? Then when you factor in concerns about his size (190 lbs.), unconventional delivery and some serious off-the-field transgressions from early in his college career there are just a lot of question marks on Brennan right now.

     In doing my initial positional rankings the quandary over where to place Brennan is what I struggled with the most but ultimately I opted to put him fourth among the quarterbacks behind Brian Brohm, Andre' Woodson, and Chad Henne. Right now, conservatively, I think Brennan is a late first or early second round pick but he could very easily end up going much higher, maybe even in the Top 10 overall. Personally I hope Brennan plays in the Senior Bowl because that would be a great opportunity for him to showcase himself in a more traditional offense and alleviate a lot of those concerns that scouts have about him.

     Honestly, there might not be a right or wrong answer when debating Brennan's pro potential and we probably won't get any true answers until he gets to the NFL but I am definitely leaning more towards thinking that he is the real deal. One way or another Brennan is going to be a very interesting player to watch over the next 8 months or so and it's the intrigue of prospects like him that make the NFL Draft so much fun.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown