2011 NFL Draft: Examining Wes Bunting’s Tier Rankings of the Top Prospects

March 22, 2011   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

When NFL Draft season comes around, fans will eat up any and all analysis of the prospects coming out of college into the NFL.
That's why it's always refreshing to see something other than a big board or a mock draft.
Wes Bunting of National Football Post ranked the prospects into tiers—different groups which indicate a player's expected level of production for their rookie year and their career, otherwise known as their "ceiling."
Bunting describes his rankings by saying:
"Tier rankings is a tool used by decision makers come draft day to keep them from reaching on need over talent. It allows them to stay focused on the best prospects available, easily cluing them in on just how much of a talent drop there would be between the best player on their board and the best player at the position(s) they need."
What's most interesting about these tiers is how they divide the prospects up in ways that don't correlate much—if at all—to the run-of-...

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