re: What defensive position would u want to be the best in the nation?

My thoughts also, even tho the best edge rusher would be great, I see so many of them over-rush and the runner goes right thru the hole they left. But, still its a close decision.

I looked at the last six NFL drafts to see which positions the NFL values most highly; it wont necessarily be a 1:1 correlation with college football value but it gives a picture of what the teams with the most resources committed are thinking.

In four of the six drafts the first defensive player taken was a defensive end. The other two years it was a cornerback. The top five picks over all six years had 12 defensive players taken; 7 of the 12 were defensive ends, 3 cornerbacks, 1 defensive tackle, and 1 inside linebacker. The earliest a safety was taken was 6th, and the earliest an outside linebacker was taken was 7th.

The first player at each position taken in each draft breaks down as follows:
DE - 3, 1, 5, 2, 2, 21
DT - 13, 35, 12, 3, 7, 38
ILB - 41, 21, 16, 10, 8, 16
OLB - 9, 13, 19, 7, 27, 12
CB - 5, 11, 4, 30, 3, 8
S - 14, 6, 11, 21, 36, 36

To me it seems pretty clear that the top two in order in terms of the NFL are DE then CB. Then there is a big gap, and the other four positions are fairly close in NFL valuation. The order looks like it would be DT, ILB, OLB, S, but it's so close that I wouldn't feel very confident making that statement definitively.