The Draft Network

● By Drae Harris
It seems to me that the world is a much happier place when it's football season. Make no mistake about it, the college football season started with a bang and continues to be wild week after week. Next year's draft is seemingly top-heavy with defensive prospects. This is certainly a fluid process and we can expect dark-horse candidates to emerge and throw their proverbial names into the ring even this late in the season. In the meantime, here is my updated Top 50 Big Board now that we're into November:

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.