Ourlads 6th Annual Laddie Awards

[MrClean]

This is a thing Ourlads does where they pick the best player overall at each position and also the best for more specific categories. Take it for what it's worth. :)
QB
Cream of the Crop: Charlie Frye (Akron)
Arm strength: Kyle Orton (Purdue)
Accuracy: Stephan LeFors (Louisville)
Touch: Aaron Rodgers (California)
David Greene (Georgia)
Mobility: Alex Smith (Utah)
Jason Campbell (Auburn)
Underappreciated: Frye
Combine King: Matt Jones (Arkansas)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Frye & Lefors
Free Agent Find: Alvin Cowan (Yale)

WR
Cream of the Crop: Braylon Edwards (Michigan)
Hands: Mark Clayton (Oklahoma)
Fastest: Jerome Mathis (Hampton)
Routes: Clayton
Blocker: Mike Williams (USC)
Run After Catch: Edwards
Return Man: Roscoe Parrish (Miami)
Leaper: Reggie Brown (Georgia)
Underappreciated: Roydell Williams (Tulane)
Combine King: Brown
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Taylor Stubblefield (Purdue)
Free Agent Find: Chris Jones (Jackson State)

TE
Cream of the Crop: Heath Miller (Virginia)
Hands: Miller
Blocker: Miller
Fastest: Jerome Collins (Notre Dame)
Strongest: Alex Smith (Stanford)
Underappreciated: Joel Dreessen (Colorado State)
Combine King: Adam Bergen (Lehigh)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Smith
Free Agent Find: Kelly Griffeth (Fort Hays State)

RB
Cream of the Crop: Ronnie Brown (Auburn)
Fastest: Brown
Hands: Brown
Blocker: Brown
Moves: Carnell Williams (Auburn)
Power: Brown
Cedric Benson (Texas)
Toughest: Darren Sproles (Kansas State)
Underappreciated: JJ Arrington (California)
Cedric Houston (Tennessee)
Combine King: Arrington
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Brandon Jacobs (Southern Illinois)
Free Agent Find: Decori Birmingham (Arkansas)

OL
Cream of the Crop: Alex Barron (Florida State)
Feet: Khalif Barnes (Washington)
Pass Blocker: Barron
Run Blocker: Jammal Brown (Oklahoma)
Strongest: Scott Young (BYU)
Toughest: Richie Incognito (Nebraska)
Underappreciated: Ray Willis (Florida State)
Combine King: Evan Mathis (Alabama)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Doug Nienhuis (Oregon State)
Free Agent Find: Joe Berger (Michigan Tech)

DL
Cream of the Crop: Shawne Merriman (Maryland)
Run Stopper: Antajj Hawthorne (Wisconsin)
Pass Rusher: Merriman
Fastest: Luis Castillo (Northwestern)
David McMillan (Kansas)
Strongest: Tim Bulman (Boston College)
Toughest: Matt Roth (Iowa)
Underappreciated: Jonathan Babineaux (Iowa)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Bill Swancutt (Oregon State)
Free Agent Find: Carlos Williams (Arizona)

LB
Cream of the Crop: Derrick Johnson (Texas)
Run Defender: Barrett Ruud (Nebraska)
Pass Coverage: Kevin Burnett (Tennessee)
Pass Rusher: Demarcus Ware (Troy)
Fastest: Robert McCune (Louisville)
Strongest: Liam Ezekial (Northeastern)
Toughest: Matt McCoy (San Diego State)
Underappreciated: Chris Laskowski (Florida Atlantic)
Combine King: Ware
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Leroy Hill (Clemson)
Free Agent Find: Russ Rabe (Minnesota-Duluth)

DB
Cream of the Crop: Antrel Rolle (Miami)
Carlos Rogers (Auburn)
Coverage: Rolle
Rogers
Toughest: Marlin Jackson (Michigan)
Fastest: Fabian Washington (Nebraska)
Playmaker: Thomas Davis (Georgia)
Return Man: Adam Jones (West Virginia - punts)
Justin Miller (Clemson - kickoffs)
Leaper: Chris McKenzie (Arizona State)
Underappreciated: Ellis Hobbs (Iowa State)
Combine King: Stanford Routt (Houston)
Best All-Star Bowl Performance: Alex Green (Duke)
Free Agent Find: Gabriel Helms (Northwest Missouri)

PK
Cream of the Crop: Mike Nugent (Ohio State)
Free Agent Find: Tyler Jones (Boise State)

Punters
Cream of the Crop: Dustin Colquitt (Tennessee)
Free Agent Find: Bryce Benekos (UTEP)

Special Teams
Best Long Snapper: Kyle Andrews (Ohio State)

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[ih8brady]

Alex Smith is a much better QB prospect than Frye IMO.

 

[LostInPatsLand]

Why are they so high on Frye?

 

[coach72]

See I told you Mark Clayton is the best reciever overall in this draft.

 

[Stitches]

Because Frye is sweet. If you look at his numbers, and considering the lack of talent around him, he did an amazing job.

 

[coach72]

I totally agree with frye too.

 

[Jaj]

Yes but Frye also faced just as bad a lack of talent against him. The league is just looking for another Mac QB. He's nowhere close to Leftwich or Roethlisberger, or even Pennington.

 

[coach72]

And let me just say that the toughest, best hands, and rout running reciever in this draft is Mark Clayton hands down.

 

[LostInPatsLand]

And let me just say that the toughest, best hands, and rout running reciever in this draft is Mark Clayton hands down.

Yeah, I like him too. And it would be sweet to have another Mark Clayton. Would you give 'im '83?

 

[coach72]

Sure I think he will be better than Mark Clayton of the Mark's brothers. That reminds me, is this years Mark Clayton related to him.:)