Top Player Lists
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 315
- Graded
- 74
- Average accuracy
- 56.9
- Pundits
- 118
23% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
74 / 315
graded
241 still pending
By season
- 20221 of 1 graded
- 202314 of 16 graded
- 202416 of 24 graded
- 202543 of 64 graded
- 20260 of 210 graded
Who is good at top player lists
- Jason Cabinda100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Danny G100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Mike Mayock95 accuracy · 1 graded+90.0
- Kyle Crabbs86 accuracy · 1 graded+72.1
- Daniel Jeremiah84 accuracy · 2 graded+68.8
- Matt Harmon80 accuracy · 2 graded+60.2
- John Middlekauff75 accuracy · 1 graded+50.0
- Robert Smith83 accuracy · 1 graded+33.0
- Marcus Mosher78 accuracy · 1 graded+28.3
- Kyle Brandt75 accuracy · 4 graded+25.0
- Bucky Brooks73 accuracy · 1 graded+23.0
- Charles McDonald61 accuracy · 1 graded+22.4
- Nick Wright58 accuracy · 4 graded+20.8
- Nick Shook60 accuracy · 1 graded+20.0
- Jordan Vanek63 accuracy · 1 graded+19.8
- Patrick Claybon58 accuracy · 2 graded+15.2
- Chad Millman57 accuracy · 1 graded+13.7
- Logan Ryan56 accuracy · 1 graded+11.9
- Peter Schrager52 accuracy · 2 graded+10.4
- Isaiah Stanback55 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Chad Ochocinco Johnson55 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Connor Livesay60 accuracy · 1 graded+10.0
- Simon Hunter55 accuracy · 1 graded+9.9
- Kevin Riley55 accuracy · 1 graded+7.0
- Jeremy Fowler52 accuracy · 2 graded+4.2
- Gregg Rosenthal55 accuracy · 6 graded+3.2
- Manti Te'o50 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Danny Parkins48 accuracy · 2 graded-4.2
- ESPN44 accuracy · 1 graded-11.5
- Chris Simms40 accuracy · 1 graded-20.0
- Rich Eisen40 accuracy · 1 graded-20.0
- Dan Patrick20 accuracy · 2 graded-30.0
- Shannon Sharpe25 accuracy · 1 graded-34.8
- Justin Penik15 accuracy · 2 graded-35.0
- Colin Cowherd29 accuracy · 2 graded-42.5
- Jamie Erdahl0 accuracy · 2 graded-50.0
provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
By publisher
- The 33rd Team75.1 · 21 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)68.8 · 1 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)65.5 · 12 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)62.4 · 4 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)61.4 · 14 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)62.5 · 11 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)30.9 · 5 graded
- Nightcap (podcast)33.8 · 4 graded
- First Things First (podcast)0.0 · 1 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)0.0 · 1 graded
Every top player lists take
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That's the list right now. Omar Cooper junior, Makai Lemon, Casey Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Skyler Bell, Ted Hurst, Zachariah Branch, Caleb Douglas, Chris Bell, Chris Brasel, Jeremy Bernard, Malachi Fields... That's how Croc ranks them today.
Carnell Tait is my sixth player in Monroe. Freeling is my twentieth player.
Arbel Rees is my number one edge, followed by Bailey and Bain. All of them very, very tight because Reiss is such a projection.
for ME i Have tate number, One lemon, Two tyson, three but they are so tightly bunched in my rankings
Top fifty review... I got Mendoza one. Jeremiah loved two styles... Bailey stayed at my top edge. He's four. Five is rvel Reese... and we finish it up with Antonio Williams receiver from Clemson, Chase Pisantis interior lineman from A and M, and then the last but not least, Jeremy Bernard from Alabama.
he's my second player. There's only one more spot for him to go... I probably just stick with the quarterback at this point in time with Mendoza... I had him as my fortieth player come out of the combine.
- PendingDLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)Top Player Lists2026 season
Because I would take Delaine at twelve. Terrell at twenty, we both would say absolutely... I have him as my third corner... that's my three players.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Mar 3, 2026 - PendingDLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)Top Player Lists2026 season
That's my stack real quick. Okay. Let's see. Best players in the draft. Sonny Styles, Caleb Downs, Jeremiah Love, Ruben Bain, David Bailey, Mansour Delaine, Francis, Maui Noah, Jermoud McCoy. Joe well, we'll talk about Jordan. Yeah. We might have to move Jordan Tyson a little ... Just tear down the first nine.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Mar 3, 2026 Who's your number one? Terrell Terrell. Avion Terrell.
So he has Mendoza one, which is aggressive, but fine. Jeremiah Love is two. Reese is third. Bailey's four. Tate's five. Downs, Styles, Tyson, Bane. K. First tackle, Malagua, 10. Fano, 12. Freeling, 19, Lomu out of Utah, 21, and Procter's not even on this thing.
He was number five on my top five list at tight ends. ... Your number two tight end, right, Dallen Bentley from Utah
he's my second overall player... I think he's my fifth overall player.
He is my number one defensive tackle in this league... The other guy was Lee Hunter. My number one and number two tackles at this point.
I think the good players avam is Malinoi's my twelfth player, Final is my fourteenth player.
If Jeremiah loves there, I think the second best player in the draft a chance to get a cheap, blue chip caliber player.
Jeremiah Love's my number one overall player. He's a running back.
Fernando Mendoza perceived number one overall pick, number one player in this draft from DJ's Top fifty ranking... one of which was Zion Young, who debuts at number forty seven on this list... Omar Cooper... debuts at number nineteen
Carnel Tait is still the top dude for me, Bucky, and then I think at this point I've got like Jordan Tyson up there, and then probably Omar and then mackay Lemon is kind of the way that I'm I'm viewing it right now.
You put out your, top 50 draft prospects ... you've got Fernando Mendoza one, and Jeremiah Love is your second best prospect ... Why do you have, Reese three and David Bailey four?
Rosenthal reads out his entire top 101 free agents of 2026 list, from Malik Willis at No. 1 down to Jadeveon Clowney at No. 101.
Jalen Watson is a guy who's just steadily improved... I ended up putting him on the top.
I have four guys in my top ten overall right now. I have Jalen Phillips actually ahead of Trey Hendrickson... Phillips I have third overall. Hendrickson's just behind them
I have him as my top safety head of cam Curl, Kobe Bryant of the Seahawks, and Nick Kross, who's a good player for the Colts.
So I think I go lemon. Then I go carnal Tate... Jordan Tyson is the smoothest, prettiest route runner... But I think that's how I'd stack them right now.
So I gave you Ruben Bane is, like, my number one. Yeah. My number two is, I think, who the best player best football player in this draft is. It's Jeremiah Love.
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