If there are any questions about where North Carolina DE Robert Quinn projects in the upcoming NFL Draft, NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock doesn’t share them.

Defensive ends Robert Quinn and Da’Quan Bowers are at the top of Mike Mayock‘s draft board for their position. Both have questions going against them. Quinn missed the entire 2010 season because of NCAA rules violation. Bowers is coming off a knee injury that would not allow him to workout at the combine or Clemson’s pro day (but will have his own pro day on April 1).

Robert Quinn expected it. He knew it was coming. So when he got to combine and faced questions about the NCAA suspension for receiving illegal benefits that wiped out his season, he was prepared for it.

North Carolina defensive linemen Robert Quinn and Marvin Austin garnered attention for all the wrong reason last season, as NCAA rules violations wiped out their seasons and disrupted their draft status heading into this week’s NFL Scouting Combine. Now they’re trying to repair their images and maintain top-prospect status.

North Carolina DE Robert Quinn is a dark horse, of sorts, among NFL Draft prospects after missing all of last season due to an NCAA suspension. NFL.com analyst Bucky Brooks says Quinn will ultimately be a top-10 pick.