2016 NFL Draft Tracker and Grades, Third Round

By Vincent Frank on Saturday, April 30th 2016
2016 NFL Draft Tracker and Grades, Third Round

Day 2 of the 2016 NFL Draft brought us a bunch of surprises. From quarterbacks dropping to the middle rounds to other signal callers being drafted much earlier than most anticipated, that was a rather interesting aspect of the day's events. 

Here are your full grades from the third round with explanations for the best and worst picks. 

 

Check out Round 1 grades here

Check out Round 2 grades here. 

 

Best Picks

71. New York Giants: Darian Thompson, Safety, Boise State

An in-the-box safety at the next level, Thompson could potentially find himself as the Giants starting strong safety out of the gate. Thompson's physicality is his best assets, something that will come in handy should New York use him correctly and not ask him to play coverage too often. 

75. Oakland Raiders: Shilique Calhoun, EDGE, Michigan State

Productivity was huge for Calhoun against elite-level talent in the Big 10. While there are some technique issues in terms of meeting blockers at the point of contact, Calhoun's elite-level athleticism makes him a perfect fit as a pass-rush only option early in his career. With Aldon Smith and Khalil Mack in Oakland, he shouldn't have asked for a better situation. 

85. Houston Texans: Braxton Miller, Wide Receiver, Ohio State

While we questioned Houston's selection of Will Fuller in the first round, Miller made a ton of sense on Day 2. He might be a bit raw with route running and actually reading coverage assignments on him, but this isn't too surprising considering the quarterback-turned-receiver only played one season outside of signal caller at Ohio State. He has the size and athleticism to be a dynamic threat. 

 

Worst Picks

91. New England Patriots: Jacoby Brissett, Quarterback, North Carolina State

If the Patriots were going to go quarterback here, there were much better options. We get the idea of going developmental for your third-string quarterback, but Cardale Jones would have been a better fit in that situation. Considering this was the Pats second pick of the draft, it was a major miss. 

93. Cleveland Browns: Cody Kessler, Quarterback, Southern California

Lacking the functional arm strength to be a starter-caliber quarterback in the NFL, this was a major reach for a Browns team that needs to find that quarterback of the future. It came after putting up a solid early part of the draft, so we can't question what Cleveland is doing too much. With that said, both Cardale Jones and Connor Cook would have been better picks. 

 

Third Round
Pick Team Player Position School Grade
64 Tennessee Kevin Byard S MTSU B
65 Cleveland Carl Nassib DE Penn State B
66 San Diego Max Tuerk C USC A
67 Dallas Maliek Collins DT Nebraska A
68 San Francisco Will Redmond CB Mississippi St. A-
69 Jacksonville Yannick Ngakoue LB Maryland C+
70 Baltimore Bronson Kaufusi DE BYU B
71 New York (G) Darian Thompson S Boise State A+
72 Chicago Jonathan Bullard DE Florida A
73 Miami Kenyan Drake RB Alabama C
74 Kansas City KeiVerae Russell CB Notre Dame B
75 Oakland Shilique Calhoun EDGE Michigan State A+
76 Cleveland Shon Coleman OT Auburn A
77 Carolina Daryl Worley CB West Virginia A
78 New England Joe Thuney G NC State C+
79 Philadelphia Isaac Seumalo G Oregon State C
80 Buffalo Adolphus Washington DT Ohio State A
81 Atlanta Austin Hooper TE Stanford A
82 Indianapolis Le'Raven Clark OT Texas Tech A
83 New York (J) Jordan Jenkins EDGE Georgia B
84 Washington Kendall Fuller CB Virginia Tech B-
85 Houston Braxton Miller WR Ohio State A
86 Miami Leonte Carroo WR Rutgers C+
87 Cincinnati  Nick Vigil LB Utah State B
88 Green Bay Kyler Fackrell LB/EDGE Utah State A
89 Pittsburgh Javon Hargrave DL South Carolina St. B
90 Seattle C.J. Prosise RB Notre Dame A
91 New England Jacoby Brissett QB North Carolina St. D
92 Arizona Brandon Williams CB Texas A&M D
93 Cleveland Cody Kessler QB USC D
94 Seattle Nick Vannett TE Ohio State A
95 Detroit Graham Glasgow C Michigan B
96 New England Vincent Valentine DT Nebraska B+
97 Seattle Rees Odhiambo G Boise State INC
98 Denver Justin Simmons S Boston College A

 

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