According to his coach, he isn’t even playing his best position.

The former twiggy looking recruit South Florida coach Jim Levitt offered a scholarship to was brought on to play center. 

Now he’s a potential NFL 1st round pick and one of the most productive defensive ends in college football history.

All because of his discipline, great motor, and humble nature.

With the Super Bowl only a few days away, I thought I’d take the Super Bowl hype for a little 2010 NFL Draft spin. 

We’ll take a look at some Super Bowl starters that remind me of some current NFL prospects. Guys like Pierre Garcon have their Division III counterparts, while stars like Reggie Bush have their clones as well.

So, let’s take a look at hour some Super Bowl XLVI compare to some NFL prospects.

On the field and in the stat book, Mardy Gilyard looks like an outstanding athlete and an amazing player. And he is. But his performance on the football field is not what NFL draft evaluators find fascinating about Gilyard; it’s his story.

The All-American wide receiver who was an instrumental part of bringing Cincinnati to it’s first two BCS games in the past two seasons, has been one of the most prolific offensive weapons in the country over the past two seasons.

And at the most recent bowl game, against the Florida Gators in which the Bearcats lost, Gilyard had a story to tell about his New Orleans experience, and it happened before the opening kickoff. Gilyard had a chance to talk to a homeless person in the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

He looks to this encounter as a way to show how he’s overcome his downfalls, and how his redemption still hasn’t been completed quite yet.

Of course, following the Senior Bowl, everyone is talking about Tim Tebow, which really isn’t unexpected. However, there are a few prospects that, following their senior seasons and post season All-Star games, should be talked about as well.

As the draft season goes into full swing after the Super Bowl, knowing these soon be to risers in the draft is a must-do for any draft follower for the 2010 NFL draft.

Although the deadline has long since passes, we take a look at the decisions of the underclassmen now. The reasoning behind looking at it now is that with the Senior Bowl and East-West game behind us, we now have a much better idea of the position rankings.

So, let’s take a look at each underclassmen that declared for the 2010 draft and grade each decision. The grading scale is below and keep in mind that the scale is based off of staying for their senior season, not where they will be drafted.

With the National Championship in the bag, we have finally produced our 1^st round mock draft. Keep in mind the players at the end of the mock draft have not been included because they are unlikely to declare, yet would be possible 1^st round picks if they were to declare.

Three things are constant every December. The thirty-one day countdown to the New Year begins, the Holiday season engulfs our minds and wallets, and the Cowboys will find a way to go from a Super Bowl contender to a playoff maybe. While the common stat of "the Cowboys haven't had a winning record in December since 2000" just doesn't do enough justice for how bad the Cowboys really are in this final month of the year.

While the final standings would indicate a lackluster, surprise-less season for the most part, the Heisman Trophy was anything but predictable. The top three from last season all returned, so it looked like a 3 way race form season’s start. But, after Sam Bradford got injured early on, the Gators didn’t look as dominating as usual, and Colt McCoy had an up and down season, especially down vs. Nebraska, things have been shaken up since the pre-season.

Last Updated: December 7th

In our best attempt to rank the top players for the NFL Draft, we have made our list of the top 100 best draft eligible players.

1. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska

2. Eric Berry, S, Tennessee*

3. Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State

4. Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma*

5. Taylor Mays, S, USC

By: Mark Dulgarian

One of the best stories in college football this year has to be Stanford running back Toby Gerhart.  He was absolutely dominant all season.  For starters, if you like numbers Gerhart definitely caught your attention.  The former Gatorade High School Player of the Year amassed 1736 yards and 26 touchdowns through 12 games this year.  With only two games rushing for under 100 yards (82, 96), the senior running back is atop many Heisman lists.