2018 NFL Draft: Optimum Scouting's Day 3 Best Players Available

by Eric Galko

After two days and 100 total draft picks, there's still plenty of top-end talent available for the third day of the NFL Draft.

Top quarterbacks like Kyle Lauletta and Mike White remain for teams that missed out on their early signal callers, Michigan defensive tackle Maurice Hurst is still on the board thanks to a heart condition that has clearly scared some teams away, and all eyes will be on Shaquem Griffin and which team will take the chance on the remarkable story of his career so far.

Be sure to follow along here and stay updated with who the best players remaining in the NFL Draft are all day long.

CR = Current Rank
OR = Overall Rank (Pre-Draft)
PR = Positional Rank (Pre-Draft)
Grading Scale:
10-9 = First Round Grade
9-8.5 = Fringe First Round Grade
8.5-8.0 = Second Round Grade
8.0-7.5 = Third Round Grade
7.5-7.0 = Fourth Round Grade
7.0-6.5 = Fifth to Sixth Round Grade
6.5-6.0 = Sixth to Seventh Round Grade
5.9-5.0 = Priority Free Agent

CR	OR	PR	Pos	Name	College	Grade
1	28	3	DT	Maurice Hurst	Michigan	8.5
2	36	4	QB	Kyle Lauletta	Richmond	8.3
3	38	6	QB	Mike White	Western Kentucky	8.3
4	48	5	RB	Mark Walton	Miami (FL)	8.2
5	51	7	RB	Jaylen Samuels	NC State	8.2
6	55	8	RB	Nyheim Hines	NC State	8.1
7	58	7	OT	Tyrell Crosby	Oregon	8.0
8	61	4	OLB	Jeff Holland	Auburn	8.0
9	62	6	DT	Da'Shawn Hand	Alabama	8.0
10	64	7	DT	Tim Settle	Virginia Tech	8.0
11	67	6	SAF	DeShon Elliott	Texas	8.0
12	72	5	DE	Josh Sweat	Florida State	7.9
13	73	8	OT	Will Richardson	NC State	7.9
14	75	7	SAF	Kyzir White	West Virginia	7.9
15	78	5	OLB	Ogbonnia Okoronkwo	Oklahoma	7.8
16	79	6	DE	Hercules Mata'afa	Washington State	7.8
17	81	10	WR	Equanimeous St. Brown	Notre Dame	7.8
18	82	9	CB	Christian Campbell	Penn State	7.8
19	85	11	CB	Tavarus McFadden	Florida State	7.8
20	88	3	ILB	Shaquem Griffin	UCF	7.7
21	89	4	ILB	Genard Avery	Memphis	7.7
22	90	5	OG	Wyatt Teller	Virginia Tech	7.7
23	97	6	OC	Scott Quessenberry	UCLA	7.7
24	98	8	SAF	Armani Watts	Texas A&M	7.7
25	99	5	TE	Troy Fumagalli	Wisconsin	7.7
26	101	12	CB	Quenton Meeks	Stanford	7.7
27	102	11	RB	Bo Scarbrough	Alabama	7.7
28	103	12	RB	Kalen Ballage	Arizona State	7.7
29	105	9	DE	Dorance Armstrong	Kansas	7.6
30	106	11	WR	DaeSean Hamilton	Penn State	7.6
31	107	11	OT	Jamarco Jones	Ohio State	7.6
32	108	12	WR	Keke Coutee	Texas Tech	7.6
33	109	11	DT	Andrew Brown	Virginia	7.6
34	110	10	DE	Duke Ejiofor	Wake Forest	7.6
35	111	7	OC	Coleman Shelton	Washington	7.6
36	112	6	TE	Ian Thomas	Indiana	7.6
37	113	13	WR	Marcell Ateman	Oklahoma State	7.6
38	115	6	OG	Dejon Allen	Hawaii	7.5
39	116	7	OLB	Skai Moore	South Carolina	7.5
40	117	8	OC	Bradley Bozeman	Alabama	7.5
41	118	9	SAF	Quin Blanding	Virginia	7.5
42	119	12	DT	RJ McIntosh	Miami (FL)	7.5
43	122	13	CB	Kameron Kelly	San Diego State	7.5
44	123	14	WR	Allen Lazard	Iowa State	7.5
45	124	15	WR	Deon Cain	Clemson	7.5
46	125	6	ILB	Josey Jewell	Iowa	7.4
47	126	8	OLB	Ja'Von Rolland Jones	Arkansas State	7.4
48	127	9	OLB	Matthew Thomas	Florida State	7.4
49	129	10	SAF	Jordan Whitehead	Pittsburgh	7.4
50	131	11	SAF	Marcus Allen	Penn State	7.4
51	133	15	CB	Parry Nickerson	Tulane	7.4
52	134	16	WR	Auden Tate	Florida State	7.4
53	135	7	TE	Chris Herndon	Miami (FL)	7.3
54	136	7	ILB	Micah Kaiser	Virginia	7.3
55	137	8	TE	Tyler Conklin	Central Michigan	7.3
56	138	9	OC	Will Clapp	LSU	7.3
57	139	10	OC	Brian Allen	Michigan State	7.3
58	143	13	DE	Kentavius Street	NC State	7.3
59	144	14	DT	Lowell Lotulelei	Utah	7.3
60	146	16	CB	Greg Stroman	Virginia Tech	7.3
61	147	17	WR	Deontay Burnett	USC	7.3
62	148	8	ILB	Jawhaun Bentley	Purdue	7.2
63	150	12	OLB	Joel Iyiegbuniwe	Western Kentucky	7.2
64	151	16	DT	Poona Ford	Texas	7.2
65	152	17	DT	Trenton Thompson	Georgia	7.2
66	154	18	CB	JC Jackson	Maryland	7.2
67	155	9	TE	Dalton Schultz	Stanford	7.1
68	157	13	SAF	Damon Webb	Ohio State	7.1
69	158	18	WR	Jordan Lasley	UCLA	7.1
70	159	18	DT	Reginald McKenzie	Tennessee	7.1
71	160	9	QB	Chase Litton	Marshall	7.0
72	161	10	ILB	Tre' Williams	Auburn	7.0
73	163	13	OLB	Christian Sam	Arizona State	7.0
74	164	14	DE	Jaylen Holmes	Ohio State	7.0
75	165	19	WR	Korey Robertson	Southern Miss	7.0
76	166	19	CB	Kevin Toliver	LSU	7.0
77	167	20	CB	Jamarcus King	South Carolina	7.0
78	168	21	CB	Dane Cruikshank	Arizona	7.0
79	169	11	ILB	Chris Covington	Indiana	6.9
80	170	14	RB	John Kelly	Tennessee	6.9
81	171	15	DE	Marquis Haynes	Ole Miss	6.9
82	172	16	DE	Justin Lawler	SMU	6.9
83	173	20	WR	Darren Carrington	Utah	6.9
84	175	22	WR	Trey Quinn	SMU	6.9
85	176	14	OLB	Garrett Dooley	Wisconsin	6.8
86	177	15	RB	Jordan Wilkins	Ole Miss	6.8
87	178	17	DE	Ade Aruna	Tulane	6.8
88	179	22	CB	Darius Phillips	Western Michigan	6.8
89	180	23	WR	Thomas Owens	Florida International	6.8
90	181	23	CB	Josh Kalu	Nebraska	6.8
91	182	24	CB	DJ Reed	Kansas State	6.8
92	183	25	CB	Kamrin Moore	Boston College	6.8
93	184	26	CB	Brandon Facyson	Virginia Tech	6.8
94	185	7	OG	Tony Adams	NC State	6.7
95	186	11	OC	Jake Bennett	Colorado State	6.7
96	187	12	ILB	Nick DeLuca	North Dakota State	6.7
97	188	13	ILB	Mike McCray	Michigan	6.7
98	189	14	SAF	Tray Matthews	Auburn	6.7
99	190	16	RB	Chase Edmonds	Fordham	6.7
100	191	17	RB	Josh Adams	Notre Dame	6.7
101	192	18	DE	Ola Adeniyi	Toledo	6.7
102	193	19	DT	Greg Gilmore	LSU	6.7
103	194	24	WR	J'Mon Moore	Missouri	6.7
104	195	25	WR	Cedrick Wilson	Boise State	6.7
105	196	26	WR	John Diarse	TCU	6.7
106	197	27	CB	Anthony Averett	Alabama	6.7
107	198	28	CB	Nick Nelson	Wisconsin	6.7
108	199	29	CB	Danny Johnson	Southern	6.7
109	200	30	CB	Siran Neal	Jacksonville State	6.7
110	202	14	ILB	Shaun Dion Hamilton	Alabama	6.6
111	204	15	SAF	Troy Apke	Penn State	6.6
112	205	20	DT	Foley Fatukasi	UConn	6.6
113	206	27	WR	Steve Ishmael	Syracuse	6.6
114	207	28	WR	Byron Pringle	Kansas State	6.6
115	208	29	WR	Javon Wims	Georgia	6.6
116	209	30	WR	Justin Watson	Penn	6.6
117	210	10	QB	Luke Falk	Washington State	6.5
118	211	8	OG	Cole Madison	Washington State	6.5
119	213	11	TE	Deon Yelder	Western Kentucky	6.5
120	214	12	TE	Ethan Wolf	Tennessee	6.5
121	215	15	OLB	Davin Bellamy	Georgia	6.5
122	216	16	OLB	Kenny Young	UCLA	6.5
123	218	16	SAF	Jeremy Reaves	South Alabama	6.5
124	219	18	RB	Darrell Williams	LSU	6.5
125	220	19	RB	Jordan Chunn	Troy	6.5
126	221	19	DE	Chad Thomas	Miami (FL)	6.5
127	223	31	CB	Levi Wallace	Alabama	6.5
128	224	12	OC	Austin Golson	Auburn	6.4
129	225	15	OT	Zachary Crabtree	Oklahoma State	6.4
130	226	17	ILB	Jack Cichy	Wisconsin	6.4
131	227	17	SAF	Trayvon Henderson	Hawaii	6.4
132	228	18	ILB	Tegray Scales	Indiana	6.4
133	231	31	WR	Richie James	Middle Tennessee St	6.4
134	232	32	CB	Holton Hill	Texas	6.4
135	233	33	CB	Avonte Maddox	Pittsburgh	6.4
136	234	34	CB	Grant Haley	Penn State	6.4
137	235	11	QB	Riley Ferguson	Memphis	6.3
138	236	9	OG	Salesi Uhatafe	Utah	6.3
139	237	13	TE	Jordan Thomas	Mississippi State	6.3
140	238	14	TE	Ryan Izzo	Florida State	6.3
141	239	15	TE	Durham Smyhe	Notre Dame	6.3
142	240	16	OT	Nick Gates	Nebraska	6.3
143	241	19	SAF	Stephen Roberts	Auburn	6.3
144	242	20	RB	Lavon Coleman	Washington	6.3
145	243	20	DE	Marcell Frazier	Missouri	6.3
146	244	21	RB	Akrum Wadley	Iowa	6.3
147	245	21	DE	James Hearns	Louisville	6.3
148	246	22	RB	Ito Smith	Southern Miss	6.3
149	247	23	RB	Ryan Nall	Oregon State	6.3
150	248	23	DT	Bilal Nicholas	Delaware	6.3
151	249	24	DT	Kendrick Norton	MiamI (FL)	6.3
152	250	32	WR	Jake Wieneke	South Dakota	6.3
153	251	12	QB	Kurt Benkert	Virginia	6.2
154	252	13	QB	JT Barrett	Ohio State	6.2
155	253	10	OG	Sam Jones	Arizona State	6.2
156	254	17	OT	Toby Weathersby	LSU	6.2
157	255	17	OLB	Jacob Pugh	Florida State	6.2
158	256	18	OT	Matt Diaz	Wagner	6.2
159	257	19	ILB	Andrew Motuapuaka	Virginia Tech	6.2
160	258	20	ILB	Chris Worley	Ohio State	6.2
161	259	22	DE	Trevon Young	Louisville	6.2
162	260	23	DE	Kylie Fitts	Utah	6.2
163	261	33	WR	Ray-Ray McCloud	Clemson	6.2
164	262	34	WR	Antonio Callaway	Florida	6.2
165	263	11	OG	Sean Welsh	Iowa	6.1
166	264	12	OG	Taylor Hearn	Clemson	6.1
167	265	19	OT	Desmond Harrison	West Georgia	6.1
168	266	20	SAF	Godwin Igwebuike	Northwestern	6.1
169	267	24	RB	Jarvion Frankin	Western Michigan	6.1
170	268	24	DE	Joe Ostman	Central Michigan	6.1
171	269	25	RB	Dimitri Flowers	Oklahoma	6.1
172	270	35	WR	Simmie Cobbs	Indiana	6.1
173	271	35	CB	Chandon Sullivan	Georgia State	6.1
174	272	36	WR	Jeff Badet	Oklahoma	6.1
175	273	37	WR	Quadree Henderson	Pittsburgh	6.1
176	274	38	WR	Jester Weah	Pittsburgh	6.1
177	275	39	WR	Jaleel Scott	New Mexico State	6.1
178	276	13	OG	Colby Gossett	Appalachian State	6.0
179	277	14	OG	Cody O'Connell	Washington State	6.0
180	278	15	OG	Cory Helms	South Carolina	6.0
181	279	20	OT	KC McDermott	Miami (FL)	6.0
182	280	21	OT	Brett Toth	Army	6.0
183	281	25	DE	Bunmi Rotimi	Old Dominion	6.0
184	282	26	RB	Ralph Webb	Vanderbilt	6.0
185	283	27	RB	Larry Rose	New Mexico State	6.0
186	284	28	RB	Phillip Lindsay	Colorado	6.0
187	285	37	CB	Tremon Smith	Central Arkansas	6.0
188	286	40	WR	Tavares Martin	Washington State	6.0
189	287	41	WR	Braxton Berrios	Miami (FL)	6.0
190	288	42	WR	Cam Phillips	Virginia Tech	6.0
191	289	43	WR	Marquez Valdes-Scanting	South Florida	6.0
192	290	14	QB	Nic Shimonek	Texas Tech	5.9
193	291	15	QB	Tanner Lee	Nebraska	5.9
194	292	13	OC	Brad Lundblade	Oklahoma State	5.9
195	293	16	OG	Skyler Phillips	Idaho State	5.9
196	294	17	OG	Rod Taylor	Ole Miss	5.9
197	295	21	SAF	Natrell Jamerson	Wisconsin	5.9
198	296	22	OT	Greg Senat	Wagner	5.9
199	297	22	SAF	Afolabi Laguda	Colorado	5.9
200	298	29	RB	Martez Carter	Grambling	5.9
201	299	30	RB	Justin Jackson	Northwestern	5.9
202	300	36	CB	Jordan Thomas	Oklahoma	5.9
203	301	38	CB	Malik Reaves	Villanova	5.9
204	302	39	CB	Taron Johnson	Weber State	5.9
205	303	40	CB	Michael Joseph	Dubuque	5.9
206	304	41	CB	Henre' Toliver	Arkansas	5.9
207	305	44	WR	Steven Dunbar	Houston	5.9
208	306	45	WR	Karaun White	West Virginia	5.9
209	307	46	WR	Donald Gray	Mississippi State	5.9
210	308	16	QB	Danny Etling	LSU	5.8
211	309	17	QB	Nick Stevens	Colorado State	5.8
212	310	18	OG	Aaron Stinnie	James Madison	5.8
213	311	18	OLB	Joel Lanning	Iowa State	5.8
214	312	23	OT	David Bright	Stanford	5.8
215	313	23	SAF	Raven Greene	James Madison	5.8
216	314	24	OT	AT Hall	Stanford	5.8
217	315	25	OT	Aaron Evans	UCF	5.8
218	316	26	DE	Matt Boesen	TCU	5.8
219	317	31	RB	Jeffery Wilson	Tulane	5.8
220	318	32	RB	Justin Crawford	West Virginia	5.8
221	319	42	CB	Van Smith	Clemson	5.8
222	320	43	CB	Dee Delaney	Miami (FL)	5.8
223	321	47	WR	Malik Turner	Illinois	5.8
224	322	18	QB	Logan Woodside	Toledo	5.7
225	323	19	QB	Matt Linehan	Idaho	5.7
226	324	16	TE	Cam Serigne	Wake Frest	5.7
227	325	17	TE	Donnie Ernsberger	Western Michigan	5.7
228	326	19	OG	Maea Teuhema	SE Louisiana	5.7
229	327	20	OG	Gabe Kuhn	Memphis	5.7
230	328	24	SAF	Secdrick Cooper	Louisiana Tech	5.7
231	329	27	DE	James Looney	California	5.7
232	330	44	CB	D'montre Wade	Murray State	5.7
233	331	48	WR	Janarion Grant	Rutgers	5.7
234	332	49	WR	Daurice Fountain	Northern Iowa	5.7
235	333	20	QB	Jeremiah Briscoe	Sam Houston State	5.6
236	334	14	OC	Evan Brown	SMU	5.6
237	335	19	OLB	Patrick Afriye	Colgate	5.6
238	336	26	OT	Jamar McGloster	Syracuse	5.6
239	337	28	DE	Jalen Wilkerson	Florida State	5.6
240	338	50	WR	Chris Lacy	Oklahoma State	5.6
241	339	21	QB	Austin Allen	Arkansas	5.5
242	340	22	QB	Chris Streveler	South Dakota	5.5
243	341	23	QB	Dalton Sturm	UTSA	5.5
244	342	24	QB	Quinton Flowers	South Florida	5.5
245	343	15	OC	Austin Kuhnert	North Dakota State	5.5
246	344	18	TE	Garrett Hudson	Richmond	5.5
247	345	19	TE	David Wells	San Diego State	5.5
248	346	20	TE	DeAndre Goolsby	Florida	5.5
249	347	20	OLB	Dewey Jarvis	Brown	5.5
250	348	21	OG	Jacob Alsaek	Arizona	5.5
251	349	21	ILB	Azeem Victor	Washington	5.5
252	350	22	ILB	Quentin Poling	Ohio	5.5
253	351	25	DT	Du'Vonta Lampkin	Oklahoma	5.5
254	352	25	SAF	Jamar Summers	UConn	5.5
255	353	26	SAF	Jaleel Wadood	UCLA	5.5
256	354	27	OT	Kory Cunningham	Northern Illinois	5.5
257	355	27	SAF	Marcell Harris	Virginia	5.5
258	356	28	OT	Timon Parris	Stony Brook	5.5
259	357	29	DE	Marcus Martin	Slippery Rock	5.5
260	358	30	DE	Drew Bailey	Louisville	5.5
261	359	33	RB	Kamryn Pettway	Auburn	5.5
262	360	45	CB	Tyrin Hollway	Western Illinois	5.5
263	361	46	CB	Rashard Fant	Indiana	5.5
264	362	47	CB	Amari Coleman	Central Michigan	5.5
265	363	48	CB	Sean Chandler	Temple	5.5
266	364	51	WR	Russell Gage	LSU	5.5
267	365	52	WR	Jordan Gandy	Murray State	5.5
268	366	21	OLB	Ty Schwab	Boston College	5.4
269	367	22	OG	Jaryd Jones-Smith	Pittsburgh	5.4
270	368	23	OG	Kyle Bosch	West Virginia	5.4
271	369	23	ILB	Jaylyin Minor	Cincinnati	5.4
272	370	24	OG	Dareus James	Auburn	5.4
273	371	26	DT	Taylor Stallworth	South Carolina	5.4
274	372	27	DT	DeAsian Richardson	Louisville	5.4
275	373	28	SAF	Mason McKendrick	John Carroll	5.4
276	374	29	OT	Anthony Coyle	Fordham	5.4
277	375	29	SAF	Trey Marshall	Florida State	5.4
278	376	30	OT	Dwayne Orso-Bacchus	Oklahoma	5.4
279	377	31	OT	Jamil Demby	Maine	5.4
280	378	34	RB	Ray Lawry	Old Dominion	5.4
281	379	35	RB	Chris Warren	Texas	5.4
282	380	36	RB	James Butler	Nevada	5.4
283	381	49	CB	Aarion Springs	Oregon	5.4
284	382	53	WR	Kent Shelby	McNeese State	5.4
285	383	25	QB	Brandon Silvers	Troy	5.3
286	384	16	OC	Jacob Ohnesorge	South Dakota State	5.3
287	385	22	OLB	Jason Cabinda	Penn State	5.3
288	386	24	ILB	Zaire Franklin	Syracuse	5.3
289	387	25	OG	Brenan Mahon	Penn State	5.3
290	388	26	OG	Marcus Oliver	Houston	5.3
291	389	27	OG	Matt Gono	Wesley	5.3
292	390	28	DT	Will Geary	Kansas State	5.3
293	391	29	DT	Courtel Jenkins	Miami (FL)	5.3
294	392	30	DT	Abdullah Anderson	Bucknell	5.3
295	393	30	SAF	Terrell Williams	Houston	5.3
296	394	31	DT	Curtis Cothran	Penn State	5.3
297	395	31	DE	Xavier Thigpen	Southern Miss	5.3
298	396	31	SAF	Chucky Williams	Louisville	5.3
299	397	32	OT	Tyler Howell	Missouri	5.3
300	398	33	OT	Trent Scott	Grambling State	5.3
301	399	37	RB	Vic Enwere	California	5.3
302	400	50	CB	Mike Jones	Temple	5.3
303	401	51	CB	Omari Williams	Samford	5.3
304	402	54	WR	Robert Foster	Alabama	5.3
305	403	55	WR	Josh Crockett	Central Oklahoma	5.3
306	404	26	QB	Alex McGough	Florida International	5.2
307	405	27	QB	Chad Kanoff	Princeton	5.2
308	406	25	ILB	Auggie Sanchez	South Florida	5.2
309	407	28	OG	Phillip Norman	Bethune Cookman	5.2
310	408	32	DT	Tony Guerad	Central Florida	5.2
311	409	32	SAF	Donovan Wilson	Texas A&M	5.2
312	410	33	DT	Christian LaCouture	LSU	5.2
313	411	33	SAF	Chris Hawkins	USC	5.2
314	412	34	OT	Bentley Spain	North Carolina	5.2
315	413	34	SAF	Todd Kelly	Tennessee	5.2
316	414	35	OT	Evan Lisle	Duke	5.2
317	415	38	RB	De'Lance Turner	Alcorn State	5.2
318	416	52	CB	Davontae Harris	Illinois State	5.2
319	417	28	QB	Luis Perez	Texas A&M Commerce	5.1
320	418	29	QB	Richard Lagow	Indiana	5.1
321	419	21	TE	Austin Roberts	UCLA	5.1
322	420	22	TE	Ryan Smith	MIami (OH)	5.1
323	421	23	TE	Marcus Baugh	Ohio State	5.1
324	422	23	OLB	Brett Taylor	Western Illinois	5.1
325	423	24	OLB	Andre Smith	North Carolina	5.1
326	424	25	OLB	Josh Ealy	Valdosta State	5.1
327	425	26	ILB	Jerod Fernandez	NC State	5.1
328	426	32	DE	Ebenezer Ogundeko	Tennessee State	5.1
329	427	34	DT	Lyndon Johnson	Cincinnati	5.1
330	428	35	DT	John Atkins	Georgia	5.1