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Mock Draft: The Calm Before The Storm
This week, our operations team put their thoughts on paper by releasing their version of the projected selections, using traditional scouting and analytics in conjunction with the NFL Draft Website.
You can click the link to see the full seven rounds of selections, with their first round picks below
They used traditional scouting and analytics in conjunction with the NFL Draft Website, You can click the link to see the full seven rounds of selections. Their first round picks are below.
Pick | Team | Player | College |
1 | LV | QB Fernando Mendoza | Indiana |
2 | NYJ | EDGE Arvell Reese | Ohio State |
3 | ARI | OT Francis Mauigoa | Miami FL |
4 | TEN | RB Jeremiyah Love | Notre Dame |
5 | NYG | LB Sonny Styles | Ohio State |
6 | CLE | WR Carnell Tate | Ohio State |
7 | WAS | S Caleb Downs | Ohio State |
8 | NO | EDGE David Bailey | Texas Tech |
9 | KC | EDGE Rueben Bain Jr. | Miami FL |
10 | CIN | CB Mansoor Delane | LSU |
11 | MIA | OT Spencer Fano | Utah |
12 | DAL | CB Jermod McCoy | Tennessee |
13 | LAR | WR Jordyn Tyson | Arizona State |
14 | BAL | OG Olaivavega Ioane | Penn State |
15 | TB | TE Kenyon Sadiq | Oregon |
16 | NYJ | WR Makai Lemon | USC |
17 | DET | OT Kadyn Proctor | Alabama |
18 | MIN | S Dillon Thieneman | Oregon |
19 | CAR | WR Omar Cooper Jr. | Indiana |
20 | DAL | EDGE Akheem Mesidor | Miami FL |
21 | PIT | OT Caleb Lomu | Utah |
22 | LAC | EDGE T.J. Parker | Clemson |
23 | PHI | OT Monroe Freeling | Georgia |
24 | CLE | OT Blake Miller | Clemson |
25 | CHI | S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren | Toledo |
26 | BUF | LB CJ Allen | Georgia |
27 | SF | OT Max Iheanachor | Arizona State |
28 | HOU | DT Caleb Banks | Florida |
29 | KC | CB Avieon Terrell | Clemson |
30 | MIA | CB Chris Johnson | San Diego State |
31 | NE | EDGE Cashius Howell | Texas A&M |
32 | SEA | OG Emmanuel Pregnon | Oregon |

The NFL Draft Website is your best friend and the perfect second screen during the Draft. We’ve got scouting reports on more than 400 of the top players, with many more to come. With that, we’ve got ratings and rankings. It’s basically everything a GM would want to know.
Our statistical information package includes Total Points, our proprietary metric that values everything that happens on the field, as well as position-specific performance data in the form of raw totals, averages, and percentile rankings. And we explain our stats in our glossary.
And check out our NFL Draft Matrix, where you can see all our rankings at a glance …
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