Behind The Steel Curtain

● By Roy Countryman
With my work away from this site, being a scouting intern at a agency run by a former NFL Scout, I have been scouring tons of tape, and with the NFL Scouting Combine finally here, I figured it’s about time to put out my initial Top-128 Big Board of players for this year’s 2018 NFL Draft. Why 128? Well the NFL Draft consists of seven “Titled Rounds,” but there are actually eight rounds each year with the inclusion of the total compensatory picks awarded. So, in total, each year there are 256 draft picks, and I figured I’d try something different and put out a big board with half of the total players to be selected.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 100 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up on this big board.