Chances Dorsey falls to ten, and If so...
There's been a lot of talk on sports shows recently about Ellis' stock moving up after the Senior Bowl, and some have even suggested he will be the first DT picked.
I don't buy it. I still think NFL teams are smart enough to know that Dorsey is the slam dunk pick of this draft.
Just compare stats the two from last year:
Dorsey, hobbled for 5 games and missing the rest of the Auburn game after the cheap shot, still posted 69 tackles, including 12.5 TFL and 7 sacks. This against the vaunted offensive lines of the SEC - and he was a disruptive monster for three quarters against tOSU in the Championship game (after he and the rest of the team woke up at the end of the first quarter).
Ellis, starting all 13 games, had 58 tackles, including 12.5 TFL and 8.5 sacks. Also impressive numbers, but he was fully healthy and didn't face the quality opponents that Dorsey did.
I'm not trying to downplay Ellis here. I think he will be a star in the NFL for many years to come and I will dance in the aisles if he falls to the Saints at #10 or we trade up a couple to grab him, but I don't see how anyone can grade him higher than Dorsey.