Rick Gosselin ranks the top 10 players on the draft board coming out of the scouting combine.

1. Matt Ryan, QB

Boston College

There's no clear-cut first overall choice for the $65 million that looms at the top of the NFL draft. But someone has to be selected there. The Miami Dolphins need a quarterback, and the position worthy of that type of money.

2. Darren McFadden, HB

Arkansas

The rookie performance of Adrian Peterson will drive McFadden's stock up. The NFL let the best running back in the 2007 draft slide to seventh, and Peterson wound up winning NFL Rookie of the Year honors with his league-runner-up 1,341 yards.

3. Chris Long, DE

Virginia

His father Howie played the same position and has been enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame. Chris finished third in the NCAA in sacks with 14 last season, and the Cavaliers retired his jersey number in his final home game.

4. Glenn Dorsey, DT

LSU

The most decorated player in this draft, Dorsey won the Outland, Lombardi, Nagurski and Lott Awards in 2007 for the national champion Tigers. He's 6-1, 297 pounds and provides a push up the middle with his seven sacks in 2007.

5. Jake Long, OT

Michigan

A four-year starter, Long started his first two seasons on the right side and his last two seasons on the left. The two-time All-America allowed only two sacks in his career. Long also was penalized just once in 2007 for a false start.

6. Vernon Gholston, DE

Ohio State

It was Gholston who had the one sack against Long in 2007. It was one of many for Gholston, who broke Mike Vrabel's school season record with 14 sacks. Gholston skipped his senior season to become a potential top-10 pick in this draft.

7. Sedrick Ellis, DT

Southern Cal

Dorsey replaced Mike Patterson at nose tackle in 2005 after Patterson became a first-round NFL draft pick. Ellis is bigger and better than Paterson, winning the Morris Trophy the last two years as the top defensive lineman in the Pac-10.

8. Derrick Harvey, DE

Florida

If Harvey could have come out after his sophomore season in 2006 when he had 11 sacks, he would have. But the NFL makes underclassmen wait until they've spent three years on campus. So Harvey enters the 2008 draft coming off an 8›-sack season.

9. Rashard Mendenhall, RB

Illinois

The fourth underclassmen listed in this top 10, Mendenhall leaves Illinois as the Big Ten's most valuable player. He set school season records with his 1,681 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns. He also caught 59 career passes.

10. Keith Rivers, LB

Southern Cal

Ellis and Rivers played quietly in the shadows of Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush and Dwayne Jarrett in recent seasons. Now the defense starts showing up on the draft board with Ellis, Rivers, Lawrence Jackson and Terrell Thomas.