NFL.com's Mayock: Margus Hunt among top 6 DEs

[PonyPride]

Defensive End
1. Bjoern Werner, Florida State
2. Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
3. Ezekiel Ansah, BYU
4. Sam Montgomery, LSU
T-5. Datone Jones, UCLA
T-5. Margus Hunt, SMU

Position-by-position rankings: Link

[WildHorse]

Top 6? He's higher than that, isn't he? I know a lot of people think Moore will be a top 5 pick, and Werner's name seems to be listed high everywhere, but after that ... are any of those other guys really a better prospect? Might be better players now, but Margus is still a relatively newborn in football, right?

[MiracleOnMockingbird]

Ansah has been playing football an even shorter time than Margus, yet (based on games I saw) makes more plays as a DL.

[East Coast Mustang]

Top 6? He's higher than that, isn't he? I know a lot of people think Moore will be a top 5 pick, and Werner's name seems to be listed high everywhere, but after that ... are any of those other guys really a better prospect? Might be better players now, but Margus is still a relatively newborn in football, right?

Yes, Ansah could be a top-ten pick and Montgomery is solid as well. Both are better than Margus IMO. Don't know much about the UCLA guy

[mrydel]

I may be very wrong but Margus is a project and I just do not see him going in an early round. Maybe 4 or 5. He is a beast but he is still so raw it will be a while before he matures into the position. Hope I am wrong for his wallet's sake but I just do not visualize him as a early rounder.

To be honest, if the right team has the right need, Zach could go before Margus and that would not surprise me a bit.