2009 NFL Mock Draft, Version 1.0

Alright, here it is, my first stab at a mock draft. The 2009 NFL draft is more than 7 months away but it is never too early to look ahead. Four weeks of the college season and three of the NFL season are finished. Players are proving their worth and teams are proving if they belong. The draft order was based on current team records. In case of a tie I went to point differential (points for minus points against). The draft order and player stock will change A LOT from now until the end of April. But it is always fun to look at the college talent and project what holes the NFL teams need filled. Here we go...

Pick	Team	Player, Position, College
1	St. Louis	Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
2	Detroit	Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
3	Kansas City	Matt Stafford, QB, Georgia
4	Cleveland	Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
5	Cincinnati	Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
6	Houston	Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia
7	NY Jets	James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
8	Indianapolis	Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
9	Oakland	Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
10	Jacksonville	Duke Robinson, OG, Oklahoma
11	Seattle	William Moore, FS, Missouri
12	New Orleans	Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
13	Miami	Mike Mickens, CB, Cincinnati
14	Minnesota	Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
15	Chicago	Cullen Harper, QB, Clemson
16	San Diego	Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida
17	New England	Alphonso Smith, CB, Wake Forest
18	Philadelphia (from Carolina)	Taylor Mays, FS, USC
19	Washington	Herman Johnson, OG, LSU
20	San Francisco	Brian Robiskie, WR, Ohio State
21	Tampa Bay	Chris Wells, RB, Ohio State
22	Pittsburgh	Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
23	Green Bay	Darius Butler, CB, Connecticut
24	Atlanta	Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
25	Arizona	James Davis, RB, Clemson
26	Philadelphia	Alex Mack, OC/OG, California
27	Baltimore	Brian Cushing, LB, USC
28	Buffalo	Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois
29	Denver	Dannell Ellerbe, LB, Georgia
30	Dallas	Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
31	NY Giants	Marcus Freeman, LB, Ohio State
32	Tennessee	Terrance Taylor, DT, Michigan

So there you have it. There were a few teams that were hard to predict, starting at the top. The one player omitted from this mock is Tim Tebow. He may have all the athletic talent in the world. But, mark my words, just as Vince Young and Reggie Bush have failed to live up to hype and college accolades, Tebow will too. He is an amazing talent but definitely not worthy of a 1st round pick as of now. It has been proven many times that QBs must act like a QB first, not a RB. Tebow will get picked apart in the NFL. Tebow is most likely a 2nd-4th round pick. I'll be updating this mock about once a month until the winter, then it'll be every other week. Enjoy!