2008 NFL Draft Outside Linebacker Rankings

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Top Overall Draft Prospects

About Football ranks the top outside linebacker 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. Keith Rivers, USC
2. *Jerod Mayo, Tennessee
3. Daniel Connor, Penn State
4. Cliff Avril, Purdue
5. *Erin Henderson, Maryland
6. Christopher Ellis, Virginia Tech
7. Xavier Adibi, Virginia Tech
8. Phillip Wheeler, Georgia Tech
9. Wesley Woodyard, Kentucky
10. *Geno Hayes, Florida State
11. Shawn Crable, Michigan
12. Jeremy Thompson, Wake Forest
13. Darrell Robertson, Georgia Tech
14. Marcus Howard, Georgia
15. Ezra Butler-Beaton, Nevada
16. Bryan Kehl, BYU
17. Jordon Dizon, Colorado
18. Ali Highsmith, LSU
19. Bruce Davis, UCLA
20. Curtis Gatewood, Vanderbilt
21. Stanford Keglar, Purdue
23. Titus Brown, Mississippi State
24. Gary Guyton, Georgia Tech
25. David Vobora, Idaho
26. Mike Humpal, Iowa
27. Larry Grant, Ohio State
28. Alvin Bowen, Iowa State
29. Steve Octavien, Nebraska
30. William Thomas, USC
31. Durrell Mapp, North Carolina
32. Robert James, Arizona State
33. Nick Watkins, Clemson
34. Ace Brown, Iowa State
35. Curtis Johnson, Clark Atlanta
36. Angelo Craig, Cincinnati

* - indicates underclassman

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