It’s the year of the defensive lineman for NFL prospects with Chicago-area ties. Iowa’s Matt Roth from Willowbrook High School, Notre Dame’s Justin Tuck and Northwestern’s Luis Castillo all could go in the first two rounds.
RD–where they may be drafted;
FA–may go undrafted, could sign free-agent contract
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QUARTERBACKS HT WT SCHOOL (HS) RD
Josh Haldi 6-2 215 Northern Illinois 7-FA
Jon Beutjer 6-4 213 Illinois (Wheaton South) FA
Yance Vaughan 6-3 210 Illinois State FA
RUNNING BACKS
Brandon Jacobs 6-4 256 Southern Illinois 3-4
Noah Herron 5-11 224 Northwestern 6-FA
Ryan Grant 6-1 215 Notre Dame 6-FA
RECEIVERS
TE Jerome Collins 6-4 258 Notre Dame (Wheaton South) 5-6
WR Dan Sheldon 5-9 179 Northern Illinois (Burlington Cent.) 7-FA
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OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
C Duke Preston 6-5 311 Illinois 5-7
T Trai Essex 6-4 324 Northwestern 6-7
T Bucky Babcock 6-4 309 Illinois 7-FA
G Ike Ndukwe 6-3 320 Northwestern 7-FA
G Matt Ulrich 6-2 304 Northwestern (Streamwood) FA
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
DE Matt Roth 6-3 272 Iowa (Willowbrook) 1-2
DE Justin Tuck 6-5 256 Notre Dame 1-2
DT Luis Castillo 6-3 306 Northwestern 2-3
DT Greg Pauly 6-5 296 Notre Dame 6-FA
DT Jason Jefferson 6-1 306 Wisconsin (Leo) 6-FA
DE Mike O’Brien 6-5 246 Illinois (Marist) 7-FA
DE Kevin Carberry 6-4 270 Ohio University (St. Rita) FA
LINEBACKERS
Boomer Grigsby 6-0 242 Illinois State 4-6
Derek Curry 6-1 236 Notre Dame 4-6
Mike Goolsby 6-3 249 Notre Dame (Joliet Catholic) 5-7
Matt Sinclair 6-2 244 Illinois 6-FA
James Kinney 6-0 240 Missouri (Kankakee) 6-7
John Pickens 6-1 243 Northwestern 7-FA
DEFENSIVE BACKS
CB Kelvin Hayden 5-10 198 Illinois (Hubbard) 4-6
S Tyjuan Hagler 6-0 236 Cincinnati (Bishop McNamara) 6-FA
CB Dwight Ellick 5-10 182 Notre Dame 7-FA
S Rob Lee 6-1 195 Northern Illinois 7-FA
KICKERS
PK Justin Langan 5-11 180 Western Illinois FA
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