We'll start getting all kind of 2009 draft lists very soon, but as teams start putting together their boards, here's a sneak peek at one man's draft board. CBS Insider Charlie Casserly, a former general manager, surveyed over half of the league's scouting departments to put together a list of the college seniors who are rated as having first-round grades.As Casserly explained, there's not a lot of depth in the senior class this year, although rumors of a rookie pay scale becoming part of a new collective bargaining agreement will ensure that a record number of juniors and red-shirt sophomores will help improve the class' talent.
The depth in the senior class is at offensive tackle and linebacker, with Casserly saying that Virginia's Eugene Monroe carries superior grades to former Virginia top-10 picks Branden Albert and D'Brickshaw Ferguson.
Here's Casserly's complete list of seniors who carry first round grades, as he revealed on CBS:
-- Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
-- Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
-- Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
-- Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State
-- Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
-- Rey Maualuga, LB, Southern California
-- James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
-- Brian Cushing, LB, Southern California
-- Tyson Jackson, DE, Louisiana State
-- B.J. Raji, DT, Boston College
-- Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
-- William Moore, S, Missouri
Players like Alabama junior tackle Andre Smith will add even more depth to the second straight solid offensive line class. We'll be getting to know these players a lot better between now and the NFL draft, but this is a nice cheat sheet of guys to pay attention to during the bowl games.
