As a lifelong fan of the NFL, I’ve watched more than my fair share of drafts over the years, and have formulated my own view on how each team operates in their selection process. Obviously, I’m not privy to what goes on in the war rooms around the league, but I feel pretty confident in my ability to project how things will play out, at least in round one that is.

This year, I made the decision to take my mock draft and my top 100 prospect list to the fine folks over at the Huddle Report, and enter it into their annual contest to see who’s opinion is the most accurate. Throughout the years, many top notch pundits covering the comings and goings around the league have made their name well known with their draft prognostications, including Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News), Gil Brant (NFL.com), and even Mel Kiper, Jr (ESPN).

While I would have liked to have done better in the final standings, I can’t say I finished all that poorly, given the competition, and I think things went pretty well overall. NFLNR finished tied for 31st in the top 100 contest, with 78/100 prospects correctly predicted.

In the mock draft contest, NFLNR came up a bit short, but not horrible overall, finishing tied for 81st. We correctly matched four players to their actual teams and predicted 25/32 prospects in round one.

Thanks as always for supporting us here at NFLNR. We’ll be putting in even more time this year in researching the 2011 draft class, and should be able to improve upon our showing from this year.

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