2018 NFL Draft picks: High school recruiting star rankings for first round selections
How each first round draft pick was ranked coming out of high school
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The first round of the NFL Draft is in the books, and may familiar faces from the college football landscape have fulfilled their dreams of making a living playing at the top level.
Seven former five-star recruits were selected in the first 32 picks, and only one was a quarterback (Josh Rosen). This year's class didn't feature the record-setting numbers of 2017, but it still packed in quite a bit of top-level talent. Just how realistic was the dream of reaching the NFL out of high school?
Here's how each first round draft pick was ranked as a high school prospect.
Rankings courtesy of the 247Sports Composite.
Star-ratings for first round NFL Draft picks
| NFL Team | Player | School | Stars | Rank (Year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland
| Baker Mayfield , QB | Oklahoma | 3 | 1029 (2013) |
N.Y. Giants
| Saquon Barkley , RB | Penn State | 4 | 119 (2015) |
N.Y. Jets
| Sam Darnold , QB | USC | 4 | 148 (2015) |
Cleveland
| Denzel Ward , DB | Ohio State | 4 | 278 (2015) |
Denver
| Bradley Chubb , DL | NC State | 3 | 734 (2014) |
Indianapolis
| Quenton Nelson , OL | Notre Dame | 4 | 61 (2014) |
Buffalo
| Josh Allen , QB | Wyoming | 3 | 199 (2015) |
Chicago
| Roquan Smith , LB | Georgia | 4 | 48 (2015) |
San Francisco
| Mike McGlinchey , OL | Notre Dame | 4 | 172 (2013) |
Arizona
| Josh Rosen, QB | UCLA | 5 | 11 (2015) |
Miami
| Minkah Fitzpatrick , DB | Alabama | 5 | 30 (2015) |
Tampa Bay
| Vita Vea , DL | Washington | 3 | 587 (2013) |
Washington
| Da'Ron Payne , DL | Alabama | 5 | 29 (2015) |
New Orleans
| Marcus Davenport , DL | UTSA | 2 | 2613 (2014) |
Las Vegas
| Kolton Miller , OL | UCLA | 3 | 371 (2014) |
Buffalo
| Tremaine Edmunds , LB | Virginia Tech | 3 | 441 (2015) |
L.A. Chargers
| Derwin James , DB | Florida State | 5 | 5 (2015) |
Green Bay
| Jaire Alexander , DB | Louisville | 3 | 941 (2015) |
Dallas
| Leighton Vander Esch , LB | Boise State | NR | NR (2014) |
Detroit
| Frank Ragnow | Arkansas | 4 | 324 (2014) |
Cincinnati
| Billy Price , OL | Ohio State | 4 | 211 (2013) |
Tennessee
| Rashaan Evans , LB | Alabama | 5 | 14 (2014) |
New England
| Isaiah Wynn , OL | Georgia | 4 | 110 (2014) |
Carolina
| D.J. Moore, WR | Maryland | 3 | 354 (2015) |
Baltimore
| Hayden Hurst , TE | South Carolina | NR | NR (2012) |
Atlanta
| Calvin Ridley , WR | Alabama | 5 | 12 (2015) |
Seattle
| Rashaad Penny , RB | San Diego State | 3 | 944 (2014) |
Pittsburgh
| Terrell Edmunds , DB | Virginia Tech | 3 | 1109 (2014) |
Jacksonville
| Taven Bryan , DL | Florida | 3 | 533 (2014) |
Minnesota
| Mike Hughes , DB | UCF | 3 | 421 (2015) |
New England
| Sony Michel , RB | Georgia | 5 | 20 (2015) |
Baltimore
| Lamar Jackson , QB | Louisville | 3 | 409 (2015) |
