With all of the picks being announced at this week’s NFL Owners’ Meetings, it is time for the first complete mock draft.
Staying in line with the previous two mock drafts, QB Johnny Manziel remains the No. 1 overall pick to Houston. For a team needing a quarterback, the Texans cannot afford to pass on the electric athlete who has always played his home games in Texas.
This is much the same reason why Jacksonville should take UCF QB Blake Bortles at No. 3. Bortles is also from the state of Florida, and it is as important of a business decision to select him.
The undisputed top available athlete, DE Jadeveon Clowney, slips to Atlanta at No. 6. Clowney is very impressive on the field, but closer review of game tape and the questioning of his dedication to the game will play a role on draft day.
This mock draft does not account for trades. If it did, if Clowney is still available through three picks, someone will trade. Moreover, Houston might be in a position to take Manziel, while trading away the top pick.
Lastly, any likenesses to the professionals who earn money making mock drafts is purely coincidental. If you share, please give credit to where credit is due. The next mock draft will come up closer to the NFL Draft.
Round 1:
PICK | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | HOU | Johnny Manziel | QB | Texas A&M |
2 | STL (from WSH) | Jake Matthews | OT | Texas A&M |
3 | JAX | Blake Bortles | QB | UCF |
4 | CLE | Sammy Watkins | WR | Clemson |
5 | OAK | Darqueze Dennard | CB | Michigan State |
6 | ATL | Jadeveon Clowney | DE | South Carolina |
7 | TB | Greg Robinson | OT | Auburn |
8 | MIN | Teddy Bridgewater | QB | Louisville |
9 | BUF | Taylor Lewan | OT | Michigan |
10 | DET | Hasean Clinton-Dix | FS | Alabama |
11 | TEN | Khalil Mack | OLB | Buffalo |
12 | NYG | Anthony Barr | OLB | UCLA |
13 | STL | Mike Evans | WR | Texas A&M |
14 | CHI | Aaron Donald | DT | Pittsburgh |
15 | PIT | Justin Gilbert | CB | Oklahoma State |
16 | DAL | Kony Ealy | DE | Missouri |
17 | BAL | Zack Martin | OT | Notre Dame |
18 | NYJ | Marqise Lee | WR | Southern California |
19 | MIA | Xavier Su’a-Filo | OG | UCLA |
20 | ARZ | Eric Ebron | TE | North Carolina |
21 | GB | Louis Nix | DT | Notre Dame |
22 | PHI | Calvin Pryor | FS | Louisville |
23 | KC | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR | LSU |
24 | CIN | Jason Verrett | CB | TCU |
25 | SD | Timmy Jernigan | DT | Florida State |
26 | CLE (from IND) | C.J. Mosley | ILB | Alabama |
27 | NO | Kyle Fuller | CB | Virginia Tech |
28 | CAR | Brandin Cooks | WR | Oregon State |
29 | NE | Bradley Roby | CB | Ohio State |
30 | SF | Kelvin Benjamin | WR | Florida State |
31 | DEN | Allen Robinson | WR | Penn State |
32 | SEA | RaShede Hageman | DT | Minnesota |
Round 2:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 33 | HOU | Ryan Shazier | OLB | Ohio State |
2 | 34 | WSH | David Yankey | OG | Stanford |
3 | 35 | CLE | Derek Carr | QB | Fresno State |
4 | 36 | OAK | Dee Ford | DE | Auburn |
5 | 37 | ATL | Stephon Tuitt | DT | Notre Dame |
6 | 38 | TB | Jace Amaro | TE | Texas Tech |
7 | 39 | JAX | Trent Murphy | DE | Stanford |
8 | 40 | MIN | Kyle Van Noy | OLB | Brigham Young |
9 | 41 | BUF | Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TE | Washington |
10 | 42 | TEN | Cyrus Kouandjio | OT | Alabama |
11 | 43 | NYG | Marcus Roberson | CB | Florida |
12 | 44 | STL | Gabe Jackson | OG | Mississippi State |
13 | 45 | DET | Davante Adams | WR | Fresno State |
14 | 46 | PIT | Scott Crichton | DE | Oregon State |
15 | 47 | DAL | Dominique Easley | DT | Florida |
16 | 48 | BAL | Tre Mason | RB | Auburn |
17 | 49 | NYJ | Carl Bradford | OLB | Arizona State |
18 | 50 | MIA | Morgan Moses | OT | Virginia |
19 | 51 | CHI | Jimmie Ward | SS | Northern Illinois |
20 | 52 | ARZ | Kareem Martin | DE | North Carolina |
21 | 53 | GB | Troy Niklas | TE | Notre Dame |
22 | 54 | PHI | Lamarcus Joyner | CB | Florida State |
23 | 55 | CIN | Antonio Richardson | OT | Tennessee |
24 | 56 | SF (from KC) | Marcus Martin | C | Southern California |
25 | 57 | SD | Jordan Matthews | WR | Vanderbilt |
26 | 58 | NO | Ka’Deem Carey | RB | Arizona |
27 | 59 | IND | Paul Richardson | WR | Colorado |
28 | 60 | CAR | Jack Mewhort | OT | Ohio State |
29 | 61 | SF | Jaylen Watkins | CB | Florida |
30 | 62 | NE | Will Sutton | DT | Arizona State |
31 | 63 | DEN | Brandon Thomas | OG | Clemson |
32 | 64 | SEA | Donte Moncrief | WR | Ole Miss |
Round 3:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 65 | HOU | Marcus Smith | DE | Louisville |
2 | 66 | WSH | Terrence Brooks | FS | Florida State |
3 | 67 | OAK | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB | Eastern Illinois |
4 | 68 | ATL | Carlos Hyde | RB | Ohio State |
5 | 69 | TB | Jeremiah Attaochu | OLB | Georgia Tech |
6 | 70 | JAX | Bishop Sankey | RB | Washington |
7 | 71 | CLE | Jeremy Hill | RB | LSU |
8 | 72 | MIN | Kelcy Quarles | DT | South Carolina |
9 | 73 | BUF | Pierre Desir | CB | Lindenwood |
10 | 74 | NYG | Ego Ferguson | DT | LSU |
11 | 75 | STL | Trevor Reilly | OLB | Utah |
12 | 76 | DET | Bashaud Breeland | CB | Clemson |
13 | 77 | SF (from TEN) | Deone Bucannon | SS | Washington State |
14 | 78 | DAL | Martavis Bryant | WR | Clemson |
15 | 79 | BAL | Jarvis Landry | WR | LSU |
16 | 80 | NYJ | Billy Turner | OT | North Dakota State |
17 | 81 | MIA | DaQuan Jones | DT | Penn State |
18 | 82 | CHI | Weston Richburg | C | Colorado State |
19 | 83 | CLE (from PIT) | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | CB | Nebraska |
20 | 84 | ARZ | Telvin Smith | OLB | Florida State |
21 | 85 | GB | Chris Borland | ILB | Wisconsin |
22 | 86 | PHI | Jackson Jeffcoat | DE | Texas |
23 | 87 | KC | Keith McGill | CB | Utah |
24 | 88 | CIN | Demarcus Lawrence | DE | Boise State |
25 | 89 | SD | Dakota Dozier | OG | Furman |
26 | 90 | IND | Louchiez Purifoy | CB | Florida |
27 | 91 | NO | Christian Kirksey | OLB | Iowa |
28 | 92 | CAR | Victor Hampton | CB | South Carolina |
29 | 93 | NE | Travis Swanson | C | Arkansas |
30 | 94 | SF | Anthony Johnson | DT | LSU |
31 | 95 | DEN | Yawin Smallwood | ILB | Connecticut |
32 | 96 | MIN (from SEA) | Will Clarke | DE | West Virginia |
33 | 97 | PIT* | Devonta Freeman | RB | Florida State |
34 | 98 | GB* | Bruce Ellington | WR | South Carolina |
35 | 99 | BAL* | Daniel McCullers | DT | Tennessee |
36 | 100 | SF* | Chris Smith | DE | Arkansas |
Round 4:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 101 | HOU | Robert Herron | WR | Wyoming |
2 | 102 | WSH | Joel Bitonio | OT | Nevada |
3 | 103 | ATL | C.J. Fiedorowicz | TE | Iowa |
4 | 104 | NYJ (from TB) | Charles Sims | RB | West Virginia |
5 | 105 | JAX | Jordan Zumwalt | OLB | UCLA |
6 | 106 | CLE | Ed Reynolds | FS | Stanford |
7 | 107 | OAK | Lache Seastrunk | RB | Baylor |
8 | 108 | MIN | E.J. Gaines | CB | Missouri |
9 | 109 | BUF | Shayne Skov | ILB | Stanford |
10 | 110 | STL | Rashaad Reynolds | CB | Oregon State |
11 | 111 | DET | James Gayle | DE | Virginia Tech |
12 | 112 | TEN | A.J. McCarron | QB | Alabama |
13 | 113 | NYG | JaWuan James | OT | Tennessee |
14 | 114 | JAX (from BAL) | Jared Abbrederis | WR | Wisconsin |
15 | 115 | NYJ | Zach Mettenberger | QB | LSU |
16 | 116 | MIA | Chris Davis | CB | Auburn |
17 | 117 | CHI | Nevin Lawson | CB | Utah State |
18 | 118 | PIT | Josh Huff | WR | Oregon |
19 | 119 | DAL | Christian Jones | ILB | Florida State |
20 | 120 | ARZ | Cameron Fleming | OT | Stanford |
21 | 121 | GB | Craig Loston | SS | LSU |
22 | 122 | PHI | Jordan Tripp | OLB | Montana |
23 | 123 | CIN | Terrance West | RB | Towson |
24 | 124 | KC | Dion Bailey | FS | Southern California |
25 | 125 | SD | Deion Belue | CB | Alabama |
26 | 126 | NO | Mike Davis | WR | Texas |
27 | 127 | CLE (from IND) | Cyril Richardson | OG | Baylor |
28 | 128 | CAR | Anthony Steen | OG | Alabama |
29 | 129 | SF | Ryan Grant | WR | Tulane |
30 | 130 | NE | Arthur Lynch | TE | Georgia |
31 | 131 | DEN | Josh Mauro | DE | Stanford |
32 | 132 | SEA | Antone Exum | CB | Virginia Tech |
33 | 133 | DET* | Lamin Barrow | ILB | LSU |
34 | 134 | BAL* | Adrian Hubbard | OLB | Alabama |
35 | 135 | HOU* | Andre Williams | RB | Boston College |
36 | 136 | DET* | Bryan Stork | C | Florida State |
37 | 137 | NYJ* | Crockett Gillmore | TE | Colorado State |
38 | 138 | BAL* | Ahmad Dixon | SS | Baylor |
39 | 139 | ATL* | Prince Shembo | OLB | Notre Dame |
40 | 140 | NE* | TJ Jones | WR | Notre Dame |
Round 5:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 141 | HOU | Phillip Gaines | CB | Rice |
2 | 142 | WSH | Devin Street | WR | Pittsburgh |
3 | 143 | TB | Aaron Murray | QB | Georgia |
4 | 144 | JAX | George Uko | DT | Southern California |
5 | 145 | CLE | James Hurst | OT | North Carolina |
6 | 146 | SEA (from OAK) | Jon Halapio | OG | Florida |
7 | 147 | ATL | Ricardo Allen | CB | Purdue |
8 | 148 | MIN | Tyler Gaffney | RB | Stanford |
9 | 149 | BUF | Kenny Ladler | FS | Vanderbilt |
10 | 150 | JAX (from DET) | Jay Prosch | FB | Auburn |
11 | 151 | TEN | Caraun Reid | DT | Princeton |
12 | 152 | NYG | Trai Turner | OG | LSU |
13 | 153 | STL | Jerick McKinnon | RB | Georgia Southern |
14 | 154 | NYJ | Brandon Coleman | WR | Rutgers |
15 | 155 | MIA | Isaiah Lewis | SS | Michigan State |
16 | 156 | CHI | Ed Stinson | DE | Alabama |
17 | 157 | PIT | Morgan Breslin | OLB | Southern California |
18 | 158 | DAL | Charles Leno | OT | Boise State |
19 | 159 | JAX (from BAL) | Terrance Mitchell | CB | Oregon |
20 | 160 | ARZ | Jalen Saunders | WR | Oklahoma |
21 | 161 | GB | Ronald Powell | OLB | Florida |
22 | 162 | PHI | Justin Ellis | DT | Louisiana Tech |
23 | 163 | KC | Xavier Grimble | TE | Southern California |
24 | 164 | CIN | Kevin Pierre-Louis | OLB | Boston College |
25 | 165 | SD | Brent Urban | DE | Virginia |
26 | 166 | IND | Michael Schofield | OT | Michigan |
27 | 167 | NO | Kirby Van Der Kamp | P | Iowa State |
28 | 168 | CAR | Nat Berhe | SS | San Diego State |
29 | 169 | NO (from NE, PHI) | Preston Brown | ILB | Louisville |
30 | 170 | SF | Chris Watt | OG | Notre Dame |
31 | 171 | DEN | Bennett Jackson | CB | Notre Dame |
32 | 172 | SEA | Joe Don Duncan | TE | Dixie State |
33 | 173 | PIT* | Dontae Johnson | FS | North Carolina State |
34 | 174 | NYG* | James White | RB | Wisconsin |
35 | 175 | BAL* | Tyler Larsen | C | Utah State |
36 | 176 | GB* | Michael Sam | DE | Missouri |
Round 6:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 177 | HOU | Ryan Carrethers | DT | Arkansas State |
2 | 178 | WSH | Cassius Marsh | DE | UCLA |
3 | 179 | TB | Cody Latimer | WR | Indiana |
4 | 180 | CLE | Devon Kennard | OLB | Southern California |
5 | 181 | HOU (from OAK) | David Fales | QB | San Jose State |
6 | 182 | ATL | Avery Williamson | ILB | Kentuky |
7 | 183 | CHI (from TB) | Storm Johnson | RB | UCF |
8 | 184 | MIN | Kevin Norwood | WR | Alabama |
9 | 185 | BUF | Dri Archer | WR | Kent State |
10 | 186 | TEN | Isaiah Crowell | RB | Alabama State |
11 | 187 | NYG | Brett Smith | QB | Wyoming |
12 | 188 | STL | Shamar Stephen | DT | Connecticut |
13 | 189 | DET | Chris Boswell | K | Rice |
14 | 190 | MIA | James Wilder Jr. | RB | Florida State |
15 | 191 | CHI | Tyler Starr | OLB | South Dakota |
16 | 192 | PIT | Seantrel Henderson | OT | Miami (Fla.) |
17 | 193 | KC (from DAL) | Matt Patchan | OT | Boston College |
18 | 194 | BAL | A.C. Leonard | TE | Tennessee State |
19 | 195 | NYJ | Ross Cockrell | CB | Duke |
20 | 196 | ARZ | Russell Bodine | OG | North Carolina |
21 | 197 | GB | Marqueston Huff | FS | Wyoming |
22 | 198 | NE (from PHI) | Khairi Fortt | OLB | California |
23 | 199 | CIN | Vinnie Sunseri | SS | Alabama |
24 | 200 | KC | Deandre Coleman | DT | California |
25 | 201 | SD | J.C. Copeland | FB | LSU |
26 | 202 | NO | Anthony Fera | K | Texas |
27 | 203 | IND | Aaron Lynch | DE | South Florida |
28 | 204 | CAR | Kasim Edebali | OLB | Boston College |
29 | 205 | JAX (from SF) | Jeff Janis | WR | Saginaw Valley |
30 | 206 | NE | Tom Hornsey | P | Memphis |
31 | 207 | DEN | Rajion Neal | RB | Tennessee |
32 | 208 | SEA | Howard Jones | OLB | Shepherd |
33 | 209 | NYJ* | Tre Boston | FS | North Carolina |
34 | 210 | NYJ* | Max Bullough | ILB | Michigan State |
35 | 211 | HOU* | Colt Lyerla | TE | Oregon |
36 | 212 | CIN* | Connor Shaw | QB | South Carolina |
37 | 213 | NYJ* | Walt Aikens | CB | Liberty |
38 | 214 | STL* | Rob Blanchflower | TE | Massachusetts |
39 | 215 | PIT* | Michael Campanaro | WR | Wake Forest |
Round 7:
PICK | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
1 | 216 | HOU | Kadeem Edwards | OG | Tennessee State |
2 | 217 | WSH | Bene Benwikere | CB | San Jose State |
3 | 218 | CLE | Calvin Barnett | DT | Oklahoma State |
4 | 219 | OAK | Kerry Hyder | DT | Texas Tech |
5 | 220 | ATL | Ryan Hewitt | FB | Stanford |
6 | 221 | TB | Taylor Hart | DE | Oregon |
7 | 222 | JAX | John Urschel | OG | Penn State |
8 | 223 | MIN | Jeremiah George | ILB | Iowa State |
9 | 224 | BUF | Ethan Westbrooks | DE | West Texas A&M |
10 | 225 | CAR (from NYG) | Cody Hoffman | WR | Brigham Young |
11 | 226 | STL | Marion Grice | RB | Arizona State |
12 | 227 | DET | Jonathan Newsome | OLB | Ball State |
13 | 228 | TEN | Andre Hal | CB | Vanderbilt |
14 | 229 | DAL (from CHI) | Aaron Colvin | CB | Oklahoma |
15 | 230 | PIT | Corey Linsley | C | Ohio State |
16 | 231 | DAL | Spencer Long | OG | Nebraska |
17 | 232 | IND (from BAL) | Jay Bromley | DT | Syracuse |
18 | 233 | NYJ | Alden Darby | SS | Arizona State |
19 | 234 | MIA | Logan Thomas | QB | Virginia Tech |
20 | 235 | OAK (from ARZ) | John Brown | WR | Pittsburg State |
21 | 236 | GB | Justin Britt | OT | Missouri |
22 | 237 | PHI | L’Damian Washington | WR | Missouri |
23 | 238 | DAL (from KC) | Jemea Thomas | FS | Georgia Tech |
24 | 239 | CIN | Austin Franklin | WR | New Mexico State |
25 | 240 | SD | Wesley Johnson | OT | Vanderbilt |
26 | 241 | STL (from IND) | Andrew Jackson | ILB | Western Kentucky |
27 | 242 | SF (from NO) | De’Anthony Thomas | RB | Oregon |
28 | 243 | SF (from CAR) | Richard Rodgers | TE | California |
29 | 244 | NE | Larry Webster | DE | Bloomsburg |
30 | 245 | SF | Lavelle Westbrooks | CB | Georgia Southern |
31 | 246 | DEN | Dezmen Southward | SS | Wisconsin |
32 | 247 | SEA | Cornelius Lucas | OT | Kansas State |
33 | 248 | DAL* | Trey Millard | FB | Oklahoma |
34 | 249 | STL* | Christian Bryant | FS | Ohio State |
35 | 250 | STL* | Tom Savage | QB | Pittsburgh |
36 | 251 | DAL* | Derrell Johnson | OLB | East Carolina |
37 | 252 | CIN* | Eathyn Manumaleuna | DT | Brigham Young |
38 | 253 | ATL* | Ryan Groy | OG | Wisconsin |
39 | 254 | DAL* | Marcel Jensen | TE | Fresno State |
40 | 255 | ATL* | Trey Burton | WR | Florida |
41 | 256 | HOU* | Devekeyan Lattimore | ILB | South Florida |
* denotes Compensatory selection