Khalil Mack highest rated rookie first round pick

By Levi Damien@LeviDamien Oct 22, 2014, 12:02pm PDT

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Raiders rookie linebacker Khalil Mack continues to impress the folks over at Pro Football Focus. He was already the top rated run stopping linebacker in all the NFL (not just among rookies). Now they have gone through and collected all their grades of this year's first round picks and Mack is the top rated among them.

Here is the entire list of first round picks:

Pick	Position	Player	Team	Grade
5	LB	Khalil Mack	Raiders	16.6
13	DT	Aaron Donald	Rams	15.5
17	LB	CJ Mosley	Ravens	8.2
25	CB	Jason Verrett	Chargers	8.2
16	OG	Zack Martin	Cowboys	7
11	OT	Taylor Lewan	Titans	6.9
9	LB	Anthony Barr	Vikings	3.4
12	WR	Odell Beckham	Giants	3.2
18	S	Calvin Pryor	Jets	2.9
2	OG	Greg Robinson	Rams	2.1
10	TE	Eric Ebron	Lions	1.5
14	CB	Kyle Fuller	Bears	1.5
7	WR	Mike Evans	Buccaneers	1
23	DE	Dee Ford	Chiefs	1
21	S	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	Packers	0.9
1	OLB	Jadeveon Clowney	Texans	0.7
22	QB	Johnny Manziel	Browns	0
4	WR	Sammy Watkins	Bills	-0.2
24	CB	Darqueze Dennard	Bengals	-0.6
26	LB	Marcus Smith	Eagles	-1
31	S	Bradley Roby	Broncos	-1.5
19	OT	Ja'Wuan James	Dolphins	-2.3
20	WR	Brandin Cooks	Saints	-2.8
15	LB	Ryan Shazier	Steelers	-2.9
28	WR	Kelvin Benjamin	Panthers	-2.9
8	CB	Justin Gilbert	Browns	-4.1
30	S	Jimmie Ward	49ers	-4.3
32	QB	Teddy Bridgewater	Vikings	-5.3
29	DT	Dominique Easley	Patriots	-5.6
27	S	Deone Bucannon	Cardinals	-7.7
3	QB	Blake Bortles	Jaguars	-12.5
6	OT	Jake Matthews	Falcons	-27.8

See the original article here.

As you can see, the closest player to Mack's grade of +16.6 is Rams defensive tackle, Aaron Donald. No one else has even half of Mack's grade.

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