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The top 50 prospects in the 2013 NFL Draft (from the Miami Dolphins' perspective)

The NFL Combine is here, and with it an entire weekend of 40-yard dashes, gauntlets and the question of whether hand and arm length should actually affect one's draft stock. And with all of the draft madness currently taking place in Indianapolis, now is as good a time as ever to identify the top 50 prospects who make sense for the Dolphins this spring.

FSU's Bjoern Werner: organized, efficient and ruthless.
FSU's Bjoern Werner: organized, efficient and ruthless.
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We're still a day away from on-field workouts at this year's NFL Combine, but the Dolphins' vantage point on the incoming draft class is already pretty clear. Here's my own view of how this group stacks up for the Dolphins.

(Note: Prospects who are projected as top 10 locks--Luke Jockel, Eric Fisher, Cordarrelle Patterson, Jarvis Jones--are largely absent from this list.)

1. Bjoern Werner, DE FSU
2. Damontre Moore, DE Texas A&M
3. DeMarcus Milliner, CB Alabama
4. Dion Jordan, DE Oregon
5. Desmond Trufant, CB Washington
6. Chance Warmack, G Alabama
7. Sheldon Richardson, DT Mizzou
8. Sharrif Floyd, DT Florida
9. Kenny Vaccaro, S Texas
10. Barkevious Mingo, DE LSU
11. Ezekiel Ansah, DE BYU
12. Jonathan Cooper, G North Carolina
13. Lane Johnson, OT Oklahoma
14. Alec Ogletree, ILB Georgia
15. Tyler Eifert, TE Notre Dame
16. Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB UCONN
17. Alex Okafor, DE Texas
18. Matt Elam, S Florida
19. Xavier Rhodes, CB Florida State
20. Zach Ertz, TE Stanford
21. DeAndre Hopkins, WR Clemson
22. Kevin Minter, ILB Louisiana State
23. Menelik Watson, OT Florida State
24. Jordan Poyer, CB Oregon State
25. Eric Reid, S Louisiana State
26. Markus Wheaton, WR Oregon State
27. Datone Jones, DE UCLA
28. Robert Woods, WR USC
29. Cornelius (Tank) Carradine, DE Florida State
30. Gavin Escobar, TE San Diego State
31. Quinton Patton, WR Louisiana Tech
32. Jamar Taylor, CB Boise State
33. Aaron Dobson, WR Marshall
34. Brian Winters, G Kent State
35. Logan Ryan, CB Rutgers
36. Jordan Reed, TE Florida
37. Justin Hunter, WR Tennessee
38. Phillip (Michael) Thomas, S Fresno State
39. Stedman Bailey, WR West Virginia
40. Travis Kelce, TE Cincinnati
41. Johnathan Cyprien, S Florida International
42. Joseph Fauria, TE UCLA
43. Andre Ellington, RB Clemson
44. Kiko Alonso, OLB Oregon
45. Knile Davis, RB Arkansas
46. Kenny Stills, WR Oklahoma
47. Cornelius Washington, DE Georgia
48. Mike Gillislee, RB Florida
49. Vance McDonald, TE Rice
50. Mike James, RB Miami

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