Sporting News

● By Bill Bender
It's never too early to look at the 2022 NFL Draft, no matter what the mock draft detractors say. Sporting News built its first Top 50 Big Board for next season, and that list is heavy on quarterbacks and receivers. A total of six quarterbacks and seven receivers cracked the top 50, a nod to the importance of those two positions on the last two national championship teams at Alabama and LSU.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 50 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up on this big board.