The NFL features many of the best athletes in the world competing on the highest level of professional football. The standard for playing certain positions is higher than others based on the supply of elite playmakers.
Quarterback and safety are two positions that stand out the most as lacking quality.
Rarely do teams have the chance to acquire a top-end talent at safety. The last elite free safety prospects to come out of college were University of Tennessee's Eric Berry in 2010, when he was selected fifth overall by the Kansas City Chiefs and Earl Thomas out of the University of Texas at Austin, who went 14th overall to the Seattle Seahawks.