Mock Draft Update - 3/20/2009

My 2009 NFL Mock Draft
Here is the 6th version of my 2009 NFL mock draft. There were some minor changes in rounds one and two. There remain a few teams that I am up in the air about, primarily Jacksonville, Buffalo, Houston, and Minnesota. Again, my "previous mock", "also will consider", and "commentary" columns are only available via PDF download (link below). A plain text version is below.

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RD.	OVERALL PICK	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	COLLEGE
ROUND 1
1	1	Lions	Eugene Monroe	OT	Virginia
1	2	Rams	Jason Smith	OT	Baylor
1	3	Chiefs	Aaron Curry	ILB/OLB	Wake Forest
1	4	Seahawks	Matthew Stafford	QB	Georgia
1	5	Browns	Everrette Brown	DE/OLB	Florida State
1	6	Bengals	Brian Orakpo	DE/OLB	Texas
1	7	Raiders	Michael Crabtree	WR	Texas Tech
1	8	Jaguars	Vontae Davis	CB	Illinois
1	9	Packers	B.J. Raji	DT	Boston College
1	10	49ers	Aaron Maybin	DE/OLB	Penn State
1	11	Bills	Brian Cushing	ILB/OLB	USC
1	12	Broncos	Rey Maualuga	ILB	USC
1	13	Redskins	Michael Oher	OT	Ole Miss
1	14	Saints	Clay Matthews	DE/OLB	USC
1	15	Texans	Peria Jerry	DT	Ole Miss
1	16	Chargers	Tyson Jackson	DE	LSU
1	17	Jets	Darrius Heyward-Bey	WR	Maryland
1	18	Bears	Andre Smith	OT	Alabama
1	19	Buccaneers	Mark Sanchez	QB	USC
1	20	Lions	Evander Hood	DT/DE	Missouri
1	21	Eagles	Malcolm Jenkins	CB/S	Ohio State
1	22	Vikings	Jeremy Maclin	WR	Missouri
1	23	Patriots	Larry English	DE/OLB	Northern Illinois
1	24	Falcons	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Oklahoma State
1	25	Dolphins	Darius Butler	CB	Connecticut
1	26	Ravens	Alphonso Smith	CB	Wake Forest
1	27	Colts	Chris Wells	RB	Ohio State
1	28	Eagles	Eben Britton	OT	Arizona
1	29	Giants	James Laurinaitis	ILB	Ohio State
1	30	Titans	Percy Harvin	WR	Florida
1	31	Cardinals	Clint Sintim	OLB	Virginia
1	32	Steelers	Sean Smith	CB/S	Utah
ROUND 2
2	33	Lions	Duke Robinson	OG	Oklahoma
2	34	Patriots	Louis Delmas	FS	Western Michigan
2	35	Rams	Kenny Britt	WR	Rutgers
2	36	Browns	D.J. Moore	CB	Vanderbilt
2	37	Seahawks	William Beatty	OT	Connecticut
2	38	Bengals	Alex Mack	OC	California
2	39	Jaguars	Knowshon Moreno	RB	Georgia
2	40	Raiders	Max Unger	OC	Oregon
2	41	Packers	Connor Barwin	DE/OLB	Cincinnati
2	42	Bills	Jared Cook	TE	South Carolina
2	43	49ers	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
2	44	Dolphins	Ron Brace	DT	Boston College
2	45	Giants	Rashad Johnson	FS	Alabama
2	46	Texans	Patrick Chung	SS	Oregon
2	47	Patriots	Jamon Meredith	OT	South Carolina
2	48	Broncos	Robert Ayers	DE/OLB	Tennessee
2	49	Bears	Michael Johnson	DE/OLB	Georgia Tech
2	50	Browns	Phil Loadholt	OT	Oklahoma
2	51	Cowboys	Coye Francies	CB	San Jose State
2	52	Jets	Josh Freeman	QB	Kansas State
2	53	Eagles	Donald Brown	RB	Connecticut
2	54	Vikings	Eric Wood	OC	Louisville
2	55	Falcons	Jairus Byrd	CB	Oregon
2	56	Dolphins	Brian Robiskie	WR	Utah
2	57	Ravens	Juaquin Iglesias	WR	Oklahoma
2	58	Patriots	LeSean McCoy	RB	Pittsburgh
2	59	Panthers	Lawrence Sidbury	DE/OLB	Richmond
2	60	Giants	Shawn Nelson	TE	Southern Miss.
2	61	Colts	Fili Moala	DT	USC
2	62	Titans	Victor Harris	CB	Virginia Tech
2	63	Cardinals	Rashad Jennings	RB	Liberty
2	64	Steelers	Herman Johnson	OG	LSU

MOCK COMPARISONS

The "usual suspects" have updated again but so did Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk. For the first time this year, no new prospects were added to any of the eight mocks I compare. ADP, as usual, will be out a little later. There have been some changes! The comparisons image is below. Let me know if anyone would be interested in those in PDF format.

Click to enlarge comparisons for 3/20/2009.

PROSPECT UPDATES

• Penn State's Pro Day seems to have done wonders for their prospects. DE/OLB Aaron Maybin, WR Derrick Williams, OC A.Q. Shipley, WR Deon Butler, and CB Tony Davis all had great workouts. Each improved in tests and drills and their stock has risen. Sporting News Today's Russ Lande believes Maybin is a Top 15 prospect, Williams is a late 2nd/early 3rd rounder, Butler could actually leapfrog him, and Davis is definitely in the cross hairs of all 32 teams now. Shipley remains a 4th or 5th round option at center.
• Though West Virginia QB Pat White had no requests to participate in WR drills at the Mountaineers Pro Day, the Patriots and Broncos each had him workout privately at the position. According to NFL.com, only two teams consider White a possible QB. Whit has been impressive at positional drills but apparently teams aren't sold yet.
• RB Chris Wells is in a close race with Georgia RB Knowshon Moreno to be the first back taken. Wells has interest from Cincinnati and Denver but it is unlikely they take him at 6 or 12, respectively. They may be looking to trade back into the 1st to take him between 18 and 28.
• Though he won't be taken by the Lions at #1, Oklahoma State TE Brandon Pettigrew is an option at 33 if he falls out of the first round. Pettigrew's stock took a slight hit when he was underwhelming at the combine. However he seems to have steadies himself and should go between picks 21 and 28. Detroit may also be interested in other TEs, such as Jared Cook (South Carolina), James Casey (Rice), Chase Coffman (Missouri), and Cornelius Ingram (Florida).
• Upcoming Pro Days of Note: Arizona State (today), Rutgers & Wake Forest (Monday, March 23), Clemson (Tuesday, March 24), South Carolina, Texas, & Connecticut (Wednesday, March 25), and Ole Miss & USC (Wednesday, April 1)