2008 NFL Draft Defensive End Rankings

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Offense: QB RB FB WR TE OT OG C
Defense: DT NT DE Hybrid DE/OLB OLB ILB FS SS CB
Special Teams: K P RS LS

Top Overall Draft Prospects

About Football ranks the top defensive end prospects in the 2008 NFL Draft based on their potential in the NFL. This is not necessarily a prediction of the order they will be selected, rather a prediction of which projects the best at the next level.

1. *Vernon Gholston, Ohio State
2. Chris Long, Virginia
3. *Derrick Harvey, Florida
4. *Phillip Merling, Clemson
5. Quentin Groves, Auburn
6. Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
7. Cliff Avril, Purdue
8. *Calais Campbell, Miami (FL)
9. Christopher Ellis, Virginia Tech
10. Lawrence Jackson, USC
11. Jason Jones, Eastern Michigan
12. Shawn Crable, Michigan
13. Jeremy Thompson, Wake Forest
14. Darrell Robertson, Georgia Tech
15. Tommy Blake, TCU
16. Chris Harrington, Texas A&M
17. Kendall Langford, Hampton
18. Bruce Davis, UCLA
19. Keilen Dykes, West Virginia
20. Kenny Iwebema, Iowa
21. Brian Johnston, Gardner-Webb
22.*Johnny Dingle, West Virginia
23. Wallace Gilberry, Alabama
24. Chase Ortiz, TCU
25. Adamm Oliver, Georgia Tech
26. Louis Holmes, Arizona
27. Joe Clermond, Pittsburgh
28. Rudolph Hardie, Howard

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