Sentence examples for draft ranking from inspiring English sources

Yet the player who was projected as a top-five pick out of Ohio State just a year ago was red-flagged as a future injury concern by doctors who have examined his back, leading to a precipitous fall in his draft ranking.

The sense of anti-climax, a tough schedule the following season, a low draft ranking – many factors count against Super Bowl runners-up.

When he was drafted in the fifth round last year, Hayes appeared to be more polished, more advanced than Laveranues Coles, who had the extraordinary speed that boosted him up the draft ranking.

Overall, teams seem to have prioritised high-schoolers over college players in 2012: of the 46 high-school players selected in the first four rounds, 36 were chosen at a higher position than their pre-draft ranking by Baseball America, a magazine that focuses on prospects.

Malone, whose potential was not recognized by most scouts when the Utah Jazz selected him as their 13th pick in the 1985 draft, now ranks second all-time in points scored behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Abdul-Jabbar wandnamed one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History".

In ranking the draft, the Rangers rated Tyutin as the 10th-best player available, Renney said.

His performance made him a top prospect for the 2003 National Hockey League NHLL) Entry Draft; the NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked Getzlaf as the fifth best North American skater in the draft and he was taken in the first round, 19th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Entering the draft, analysts pegged Jefferson as a late-round pick, though NFL.com draft analyst Mike Mayock ranked him as the No. 87 prospect in the field.

The draft order for non-playoff teams is determined by regular season record; among playoff teams, teams are first ranked by the furthest round of the playoffs they reached, and then are ranked by regular season record.

Turris was the third overall pick in last summer's NHL entry draft and is ranked as Phoenix's top prospect by hockeysfuture.com.com

Going into the draft, Baseball America had ranked him as the 14th best prospect overall.