The NationalFootballPost.com separates the underrated from the overrated by rating the talent available in the upcoming NFL draft
Tier 1 (Elite Prospects)
Michael Crabtree: WR, Texas Tech
Aaron Curry: OLB, Wake Forest
Eugene Monroe: OT, Virginia
B.J. Raji: DT, Boston College
Malcolm Jenkins: CB, Ohio State
Tier 2 (High First-Round Caliber)
Andre Smith: OT, Alabama
Jason Smith: OT, Baylor
Mark Sanchez: QB, USC
Brian Orakpo: DE/OLB, Texas
Matthew Stafford: QB, Georgia
Everette Brown: Florida State
Michael Oher: OT, Ole Miss
Knowshon Moreno: RB, Georgia
Tier 3 (First-Round Caliber)
Peria Jerry: DT, Ole Miss
D.J. Moore: CB, Vanderbilt
Chris Wells: RB Ohio State
Brian Cushing: OLB, USC
LeSean McCoy: RB, Pittsburgh
Jeremy Maclin: WR, Missouri
Brandon Pettigrew: TE, Oklahoma State
Rey Maualuga: ILB, USC
Percy Harvin: RB/WR, Florida
Alphonso Smith: CB, Wake Forest
Aaron Maybin: OLB/DE, Penn State
Clay Matthews: OLB, USC
Robert Ayers: DE, Tennessee
Tier 4 (Late First-Round/Early Second-Round Caliber)
James Laurinaitis: ILB, Ohio State
Vontae Davis: CB, Illinois
Eben Britton: OT, Arizona
William Beatty: OT, Connecticut
Darrius Heyward-Bey: WR, Maryland
Sean Smith: CB/FS, Utah
Hakeem Nicks: WR, North Carolina
Michael Johnson: DE/OLB, Georgia Tech
Josh Freeman: QB, Kansas State
Coye Francies: CB, San Jose State
Sen’Derrick Marks: DT, Auburn
Louis Delmas: FS, Western Michigan
Tier 5 (Second-Round Caliber)
Larry English: OLB/DE, Northern Illinois
Tyson Jackson: DE, LSU
Alex Mack: C, California
Shonn Greene: RB, Iowa
Max Unger: C. Oregon
Clint Sintim: OLB, Virginia
Derrick Williams: WR, Penn State
Chase Coffman: TE, Missouri
Kenny Britt: WR, Rutgers
Duke Robinson: OG, Oklahoma
James Casey: TE, Rice
Juaquin Iglesias: WR, Oklahoma
Eric Wood: C, Louisville
Jarron Gilbert: DT, San Jose State
David Veikune: DE, Hawaii
Shawn Nelson: TE, Southern Miss
Tyronne Green: OG, Auburn
Tier 6 (Second/Third-Round Caliber)
Darius Butler: CB, Connecticut
Brian Robiskie: WR, Ohio State
Patrick Chung: SS, Oregon
Paul Kruger: DE/OLB, Utah
Jairus Byrd: CB, Oregon
Donald Brown: RB, Connecticut
Herman Johnson: OG, LSU
Evander Hood: DT, Missouri
Javon Ringer: RB, Michigan State
Pat White: QB, West Virginia
Connor Barwin: DE/TE, Cincinnati
Jonathan Luigs: C, Arkansas
Jared Cook: TE, South Carolina
Darry Beckwith: ILB, LSU
Mike Mickens: CB, Cincinnati
Fili Moala: DT, USC
Asher Allen: CB, Georgia
Chip Vaughn: SS, Wake Forest
Nate Davis: QB, Ball State
Tier 7 (Third-Round Caliber)
Jamon Meredith: OT, South Carolina
Victor Harris: CB, Virginia Tech
Mitch King: DT, Iowa
Tyrone McKenzie: OLB, South Florida
Ron Brace: DT, Boston College
Troy Kropog: OT, Tulane
Derek Pegues: FS, Mississippi State
Marcus Freeman: OLB, Ohio State
Antoine Caldwell: C, Alabama
Fenuki Tupou: OT, Oregon
Jeremiah Johnson: RB, Oregon
Trevor Canfield: OG, Cincinnati
Rashad Johnson: FS, Alabama
Augustus Parrish: OT, Kent State
Vance Walker: DT, Georgia Tech
Tier 8 (Third/Fourth-Round Caliber)
William Moore: FS, Missouri
Louis Murphy: WR, Florida
Domonique Johnson: CB, Jackson State
Cody Brown: DE/OLB, Connecticut
Jarett Dillard: WR, Rice
Scott McKillop: MLB, Pittsburgh
Cary Harris: CB, USC
Andre Brown: RB, N.C. State
Zack Follett: OLB, California
Ricky Jean-Francois: DT, LSU
Sherrod Martin: FS, Troy
Corvey Irvin: DT, Georgia
Tier 9 (Fourth-Round Caliber)
Rashad Jennings: RB, Liberty
Phil Loadholt: OT, Oklahoma
Kraig Urbik: OG, Wisconsin
Michael Hamlin: SS, Clemson
Captain Munnerlyn: CB, South Carolina
Alex Magee: DT, Purdue
Rhett Bomar: QB, Sam Houston
Louie Sakoda: K, Utah
Emanuel Cook: SS, South Carolina
Travis Beckum: TE, Wisconsin
David Bruton: FS, Notre Dame
James Davis: RB, Clemson
Tier 10 (Impact Late-Round Prospects)
Mike Thomas: WR, Arizona
A.Q. Shipley: C, Penn State
Cedric Peerman: RB, Virginia
Jason Watkins: OT, Florida
Kyle Moore: DE, USC
Michael Bennett: DE, Texas A&M
Clinton McDonald: DT, Memphis
Mortty Ivy: OLB, West Virginia
Joseph Frantz: ILB, Florida Atlantic
Stephen Hodge: SS, TCU
Thomas Morstead: P, Southern Methodist
Graham Gano: K, Florida State
Kenny McKinley: WR, South Carolina
Graham Harrell: QB, Texas Tech
