Here is my top-50 list for the 2012 NFL Draft, not taking positional scarcity into account (it's not necessarily how I would draft the players, in other words).
Conventional thought would probably say that these rankings are ridiculous, but I'd be happy to explain the thinking behind them.
- Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU (5-11, 188)
- Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama (5-9, 228)
- Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford (6-4, 234)
- Matt Kalil, OT, USC (6-7, 306)
- Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State (6-4, 298)
- Robert Griffin, QB, Baylor (6-2, 223)
- David DeCastro, G, Stanford (6-5, 316)
- Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State (6-1, 207)
- David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech (5-10, 206)
- Doug Martin, RB, Boise State (5-9, 223)
- Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor (5-10, 196)
- Shea McClellin, DE/OLB, Boise State (6-3, 260)
- Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina (6-1, 190)
- Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah State (6-0, 241)
- Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama (6-2, 186)
- Mark Barron, S, Alabama (6-1, 213)
- Cordy Glenn, G, Georgia (6-5, 345)
- Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame (6-3, 220)
- Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma (5-10, 192)
- Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (FL) (5-11, 212)
- Dontari Poe, (3-4) NT, Memphis (6-4, 346)
- Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa (6-5, 313)
- Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati (5-10, 197)
- Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College (6-3, 242)
- Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin (6-4, 314)
- Rueben Randle, WR, LSU (6-3, 210)
- Michael Brockers, (3-4) DE, LSU (6-5, 320)
- Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford (6-6, 247)
- Peter Konz, C/G, Wisconsin (6-5, 314)
- Nick Perry, DE, USC (6-3, 271)
- Amini Silatolu, G/OT, Midwestern State (6-4, 311)
- Derek Wolfe, DT/DE, Cincinnati (6-5, 295)
- Kelechi Osemele, G, Iowa State (6-6, 333)
- Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina (6-3, 216)
- Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State (6-4, 221)
- Devon Still, DT, Penn State (6-5, 303)
- Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson (6-2, 314)
- Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech (6-4, 210)
- Bobby Massie, OT, Mississippi (6-6, 316)
- T.Y. Hilton, WR, Florida International (5-10, 183)
- Melvin Ingram, (3-4) ILB, South Carolina (6-1, 264)
- Mychal Kendricks, LB, California (5-11, 240)
- Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse (6-5, 266)
- Harrison Smith, S, Notre Dame (6-2, 213)
- Jared Crick, DT/DE, Nebraska (6-4, 279)
- Andre Branch, DE/OLB, Clemson (6-4, 259)
- Courtney Upshaw, DE/OLB, Alabama (6-2, 272)
- Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut (6-4, 299)
- Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson (6-3, 255)
- Whitney Mercilus, DE/OLB, Illinois (6-4, 261)