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Mike Mayock's position rankings for 2014 NFL Draft

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Mike Mayock
NFL Media draft analyst

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Mike Mayock's fourth edition of his position-by-position prospect rankings for the 2014 NFL Draft:

Quarterback

  1. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
  2. Blake Bortles, Central Florida
  3. Derek Carr, Fresno State
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Illinois
    T-5. Zach Mettenberger, LSU
    T-5. Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville

New entry: Mettenberger
Rise: Carr (4), Garoppolo (T-5)
Fall: Bridgewater (3)
Out:AJ McCarron, Alabama (T-5)

Running back

  1. Bishop Sankey, Washington
  2. Carlos Hyde, Ohio State
  3. Jeremy Hill, LSU
  4. Tre Mason, Auburn
  5. Andre Williams, Boston College

Wide receiver

  1. Sammy Watkins, Clemson
  2. Mike Evans, Texas A&M
  3. Odell Beckham Jr., LSU
  4. Brandin Cooks, Oregon State
    T-5. Kelvin Benjamin, Florida State
    T-5. Marqise Lee, USC

Rise: Beckham Jr. (T-5)
Fall: Lee (3)
Out:Jarvis Landry, LSU (T-5)

Tight end

  1. Eric Ebron, North Carolina
  2. Jace Amaro, Texas Tech
  3. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington
  4. Troy Niklas, Notre Dame
  5. C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa

Rise: Amaro (3)
Fall: Seferian-Jenkins (2)

Center

  1. Marcus Martin, USC
  2. Weston Richburg, Colorado State
  3. Travis Swanson, Arkansas
  4. Bryan Stork, Florida State
  5. Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma

Guard

  1. Xavier Su'a-Filo, UCLA
  2. David Yankey, Stanford
  3. Trai Turner, LSU
  4. Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State
  5. Chris Watt, Notre Dame

New entry: Watt
Rise: Su'a-Filo (2), Turner (4), Jackson (5)
Fall: Yankey (1)
Out:Brandon Thomas (injury), Clemson (3)

Offensive tackle

  1. Greg Robinson, Auburn
  2. Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
  3. Taylor Lewan, Michigan
  4. Zack Martin, Notre Dame
    T-5. Joel Bitonio, Nevada
    T-5. Cyrus Kouandjio, Alabama

New entry: Kouandjio

Defensive tackle

  1. Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh
  2. Ra'Shede Hageman, Minnesota
  3. Timmy Jernigan, Florida State
  4. Louis Nix, Notre Dame
  5. Dominique Easley, Florida

New entry: Easley
Rise: Hageman (4)
Fall: Jernigan (2), Nix (3)
Out:Daniel McCullers, Tennessee (5)

Defensive end

  1. Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
  2. Kony Ealy, Missouri
  3. Dee Ford, Auburn
  4. Scott Crichton, Oregon State
  5. Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame

Outside linebacker

  1. Khalil Mack, Buffalo
  2. Anthony Barr, UCLA
  3. Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
  4. Demarcus Lawrence, Boise St.
  5. Kyle Van Noy, BYU

New entry: Lawrence, Van Noy
Out:Trent Murphy, Stanford (4); Marcus Smith, Louisville (5)

Inside linebacker

  1. C.J. Mosley, Alabama
  2. Chris Borland, Wisconsin
  3. Preston Brown, Louisville
  4. Max Bullough, Michigan State
  5. Shayne Skov, Stanford

Rise: Brown (5)
Fall: Skov (3)

Cornerback

  1. Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech
  2. Darqueze Dennard, Michigan State
  3. Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State
  4. Bradley Roby, Ohio State
  5. Jason Verrett, TCU

Rise: Fuller (2)
Fall: Dennard (1)

Safety

  1. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Alabama
  2. Calvin Pryor, Louisville
  3. Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois
  4. Deone Bucannon, Washington State
  5. Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State