2013 NFL Mock Draft: Defensive Ends

The college football season is headed to bowl season and that means that the NFL draft will be coming up sooner than we think. Earlier this month KrisZ took a look at an early first round mock draft and Zach previewed the QB, RB, WR/TE and OL positions by giving his rankings. Now let's take a look as Zach ranks some of the most important players on the team, the defensive linemen.

4-3 Defensive Ends

Name

College

Height

Weight

Round Projection

Alex Okafor

Texas

6'4

260 LBs

Top 20

Bjoern Werner

Florida State

6'4

255 LBs

Top 20

Sam Montgomery

LSU

6'5

260 LBs

Top 25

Tank Carradine

Florida State

6'5

265 LBs

Late 1st-Early 2nd

Ziggy Ansah

BYU

6'6

270 LBs

Early-Mid 2nd

John Simon

Ohio State

6'2

263 LBs

Mid-Late 2nd

Corey Lemonier

Auburn

6'4

246 LBs

Mid 2nd-Early 3rd

Datone Jones

UCLA

6'4

275 LBs

Late 2nd-Mid 3rd

Margus Hunt

SMU

6'8

280 LBs

Early-Late 3rd

Brandon Jenkins

Florida State

6'3

260 LBs

Mid-Late 3rd

William Gholston

Michigan State

6'7

278 LBs

Mid 3rd-Early 4th

Quanterus Smith

WKU

6'5

249 LBs

Early-Mid 4th

Michael Buchanan

Illinois

6'7 

240 LBs

Mid-Late 4th

Devin Taylor

South Carolina

6'8

267 LBs

Late 4th-Early 5th

Wes Horton

USC

6'5

260 LBs

Early-Mid 5th

Lavar Edwards

LSU

6'5

258 LBs

Mid-Late 5th

Craig Roh

Michigan

6'4

280  LBs

Late 5th-Early 6th

Brad Madison

Missouri

6'4

265 LBs

Mid-Late 6th

Malliciah Goodman

Clemson

6'4

280 LBs

Mid 6th-Early 7th

Cornelius Washington

Georgia

6'4

268 LBs

Late 6th-Mid 7th

Travis Johnson

San Jose State

6'3

245 LBs

Early 7th-UDFA

Meshak Williams

Kansas State

6'2

245 LBs

Early 7th-UDFA

3-4 Defensive Ends

Name

College

Height

Weight

Round Projection

Star Lotulelei

Utah

6'4

325 LBs

Top 15

Sheldon Richardson

Missouri

6'4

295 LBs

Top 20

Kawann Short

Purdue

6'3

315 LBs

1st Round

Bennie Logan

LSU

6'3

287 LBs

Late 1st-Early 2nd

Sharrif Floyd

Florida

6'3

301 LBs

Early-Mid 2nd

Sylvester Williams

North Carolina

6'3

320 LBs

Mid-Late 2nd

Cassius Marsh

UCLA

6'3

290 LBs

Late 2nd-Early 3rd

Margus Hunt

SMU

6'8

280 LBs

Early-Mid 3rd

William Gholston

Michigan State

6'7

278 LBs

Mid-Late 3rd

Dominique Easley

Florida

6'2

282 LBs

Early-Mid 4th

Jordan Hill

Penn State

6'1

291 LBs

Late 4th-Early 5th

Joe Vellano

Maryland

6'1

285 LBs

Early-Mid 5th

Baker Steinkuhler

Nebraska

6'6

290 LBs

Mid 5th-Early 6th

Damion Square

Alabama

6'3

286 LBs

Early-Late 6th

Omar Hunter

Florida

6'2

290 LBs

Early 7th-UDFA

Zach Kidd writes for Bloguin's Atlanta Falcons blog The Grits Blitz and Scar Draft. Follow him on Twitter @GBBZach if you are a fan of college or NFL football.

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