Unlike most mock drafts, where most look straight for what their team of choice is projected to do, this mock draft strips out the team element. The projections here are strictly player and draft slot.
The picks here reflect the approximate draft range for the players. There are obvious influences with several picks, but others are situations where it’s a lot easier to forecast the player than the team. This accounts for the inevitable trades.
My goal with these is for the player to be drafted within one slot in either direction for the first 10 picks, within 2 slots in picks 11-30 and within 3 slots beyond that.
This also serves as my entry in the Huddle Report top 100 board contest, though the picks here do not reflect my personal rankings. For that, check the What I Would Do mock from last week.
1. Myles Garrett, Edge, Texas A&M
2. Mitchell Trubisky, QB, North Carolina
3. Deshaun Watson, QB, Clemson
4. Leonard Fournette, RB, LSU
5. Mike Williams, WR, Clemson
6. Jamal Adams, S, LSU
7. Solomon Thomas, Edge, Stanford
8. Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford
9. Derek Barnett, Edge, Tennessee
10. Marshon Lattimore, CB, Ohio State
11. Garett Bolles, OT, Utah
12. O.J. Howard, TE, Alabama
13. Haason Reddick, LB, Temple
14. Gareon Conley, CB, Ohio State
15. Malik Hooker, S, Ohio State
16. Johnathan Allen, DT, Alabama
17. John Ross, WR, Washington
18. Charles Harris, Edge, Missouri
19. David Njoku, TE, Miami FL
20. Cam Robinson, OT, Alabama
21. Jarrad Davis, LB, Florida
22. Marlon Humphrey, CB, Alabama
23. Adoree Jackson, CB, USC
24. Corey Davis, WR, Western Michigan
25. Patrick Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech
26. Forrest Lamp, OL, Western Kentucky
27. Ryan Ramczyk, OT, Wisconsin
28. Chidobe Awuzie, CB, Colorado
29. Jordan Willis, Edge, Kansas State
30. Takkarist McKinley, Edge, UCLA
31. Taco Charlton, Edge, Michigan
32. Josh Jones, S, North Carolina State
33. Kevin King, CB, Washington
34. Evan Engram, TE, Ole Miss
35. Malik McDowell, DT, Michigan State
36. Dalvin Cook, RB, Florida State
37. Obi Melifonwu, S, UConn
38. Jabrill Peppers, S, Michigan
39. Quincy Wilson, CB, Florida
40. Curtis Samuel, WR, Ohio State
41. Juju Smith-Schuster, WR, USC
42. Davis Webb, QB, California
43. Dion Dawkins, OT, Temple
44. Joe Mixon, RB, Oklahoma
45. Raekwon McMillan, LB, Ohio State
46. Reuben Foster, LB, Alabama
47. Deshone Kizer, QB, Notre Dame
48. Marcus Maye, S, Florida
49. Chris Wormley, DE, Michigan
50. Tyus Bowser, LB, Houston
It’s at this point where I remind you to not interject the team onto the slot. This is all about player/draft slot.
51. Josh Dobbs, QB, Tennessee
52. Tarell Basham, Edge, Ohio
53. T.J. Watt, LB, Wisconsin
54. Tim Williams, Edge, Alabama
55. Dan Feeney, OG, Indiana
56. Chris Godwin, WR, Penn State
57. Nathan Peterman, QB, Pittsburgh
58. Marcus Williams, S, Utah
59. Alvin Kamara, RB, Tenneseee
60. Zach Cunningham, LB, Vanderbilt
61. Tedric Thompson, S, Colorado
62. Carl Lawson, Edge, Auburn
63. Adam Shaheen, TE, Ashland
64. Tre’Davious White, CB, LSU
65. Zay Jones, WR, East Carolina
66. Davon Godchaux, DT, LSU
67. Pat Elflein, C, Ohio State
68. Jourdan Lewis, CB, Michigan
69. Budda Baker, S, Washington
70. Tanoh Kpassagnon, Edge, Villanova
71. Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, Alabama
72. Dorian Johnson, G, Pittsburgh
73. Ryan Anderson, LB, Alabama
74. Cam Sutton, CB, Tennessee
75. Ethan Pocic, C, LSU
76. Gerald Everett, TE, South Alabama
77. Derek Rivers, Edge, Youngstown State
78. Sidney Jones, CB, Washington
79. Taylor Moton, OT, Western Michigan
80. Desmond King, S, Iowa
81. Cooper Kupp, WR, Eastern Washington
82. Samaje Perine, RB, Oklahoma
83. Alex Anzalone, LB, Florida
84. Fadol Brown, Edge, Mississippi State
85. Josh Reynolds, WR, Texas A&M
86. D’Onta Foreman, RB, Texas
87. Amara Darboh, WR, Michigan
88. Will Holden, OT, Vanderbilt
89. Roderick Johnson, OT, Florida State
90. Ahkello Witherspoon, CB, Colorado
91. Vincent Taylor, DT, Oklahoma State
92. Duke Riley, LB, LSU
93. ArDarius Stewart, WR, Alabama
94. Shaquil Griffin, CB, Central Florida
95. Rayshawn Jenkins, S, Miami FL
96. Trey Hendrickson, Edge, Florida Atlantic
97. Larry Ogunjobi, DT, Charlotte
98. Shelton Gibson, WR, West Virginia
99. Jermaine Eluemunor, G, Texas A&M
100. Bucky Hodges, TE, Virginia Tech