2015 NFL Mock Draft 3.0 – Separation Between Winston and Mariota

After the season ended and in the first versions of the mock draft, it was a solid lock on picks one and two with QBs Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota.

As the NFL Combine is complete, and team needs have become more clear, it no longer appears that the two top quarterbacks will go number one and two.

With the complete draft order not yet released, the mock draft will still be three rounds deep (first 96 picks).

First Round:

PICK	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	TB	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida State
2	TEN	Randy Gregory	OLB	Nebraska
3	JAC	Dante Fowler Jr.	DE	Florida
4	OAK	Leonard Williams	DT	USC
5	WSH	Kevin White	WR	West Virginia
6	NYJ	Amari Cooper	WR	Alabama
7	CHI	Vic Beasley	OLB	Clemson
8	ATL	Alvin Dupree	DE	Kentucky
9	NYG	Trae Waynes	CB	Michigan State
10	STL	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
11	MIN	DeVante Parker	WR	Louisville
12	CLE	Brandon Scherff	T	Iowa
13	NO	Danny Shelton	DT	Washington
14	MIA	Dorial Green-Beckham	WR	Missouri
15	SF	Arik Armstead	DE	Oregon
16	HOU	Melvin Gordon	RB	Wisconsin
17	SD	Landon Collins	SS	Alabama
18	KC	T.J. Clemmings	T	Pittsburgh
19	CLE (from BUF)	Jaelen Strong	WR	Arizona State
20	PHI	Jalen Collins	CB	LSU
21	CIN	Jake Fisher	T	Oregon
22	PIT	Shane Ray	OLB	Missouri
23	DET	Owamagbe Odighizuwa	DE	UCLA
24	ARZ	Shaq Thompson	OLB	Washington
25	CAR	Todd Gurley	RB	Georgia
26	BAL	Alex Carter	CB	Stanford
27	DAL	Jordan Phillips	DT	Oklahoma
28	DEN	Andrus Peat	T	Stanford
29	IND	Malcom Brown	DT	Texas
30	GB	Eric Kendricks	ILB	UCLA
31	SEA	Maxx Williams	TE	Minnesota
32	NE	La’el Collins	T	LSU

Second Round:

PICK	OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	33	TEN	D.J. Humphries	T	Florida
2	34	TB	Mario Edwards Jr.	DE	Florida State
3	35	OAK	Sammie Coates	WR	Auburn
4	36	JAC	Cameron Erving	C	Florida State
5	37	NYJ	Eli Harold	OLB	Virginia
6	38	WSH	Eddie Goldman	DT	Florida State
7	39	CHI	Paul Dawson	ILB	TCU
8	40	NYG	Tevin Coleman	RB	Indiana
9	41	STL	Ereck Flowers	T	Miami (FL)
10	42	ATL	A.J. Cann	G	South Carolina
11	43	CLE	Carl Davis	DE	Iowa
12	44	NO	Marcus Peters	CB	Washington
13	45	MIN	Ronald Darby	CB	Florida State
14	46	SF	Danielle Hunter	DE	LSU
15	47	MIA	Michael Bennett	DT	Ohio State
16	48	SD	Nelson Agholor	WR	USC
17	49	KC	Kevin Johnson	CB	Wake Forest
18	50	BUF	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA
19	51	HOU	Devin Smith	WR	Ohio State
20	52	PHI	Benardrick McKinney	ILB	Mississippi State
21	53	CIN	Denzel Perryman	ILB	Miami (FL)
22	54	DET	Reese Dismukes	C	Auburn
23	55	ARZ	Laken Tomlinson	G	Duke
24	56	PIT	D’Joun Smith	CB	Florida Atlantic
25	57	CAR	Nate Orchard	DE	Utah
26	58	BAL	Rashad Greene	WR	Florida State
27	59	DEN	Duke Johnson	RB	Miami (FL)
28	60	DAL	Quinten Rollins	CB	Miami (OH)
29	61	IND	Donovan Smith	T	Penn State
30	62	GB	Lorenzo Mauldin	OLB	Louisville
31	63	SEA	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	CB	Oregon
32	64	NE	Tyler Lockett	WR	Kansas State

Third Round:

PICK	OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	65	TB	Devin Funchess	TE	Michigan
2	66	TEN	Xavier Cooper	DE	Washington State
3	67	JAC	Rob Havenstein	T	Wisconsin
4	68	OAK	Ameer Abdullah	RB	Nebraska
5	69	WSH	Henry Anderson	DE	Stanford
6	70	NYJ	Ali Marpet	G	Hobart
7	71	CHI	Anthony Harris	SS	Virginia
8	72	STL	Gabe Wright	DT	Auburn
9	73	ATL	Clive Walford	TE	Miami (FL)
10	74	NYG	Chris Hackett	FS	TCU
11	75	NO	Hroniss Grasu	C	Oregon
12	76	MIN	Jay Ajayi	RB	Boise State
13	77	CLE	Hau’oli Kikaha	OLB	Washington
14	78	MIA	Phillip Dorsett	WR	Miami (FL)
15	79	SF	Breshad Perriman	WR	Central Florida
16	80	KC	Tre’ Jackson	G	Florida State
17	81	BUF	Jeremy Langford	RB	Michigan State
18	82	HOU	Bryce Petty	QB	Baylor
19	83	SD	Jacoby Glenn	CB	Central Florida
20	84	PHI	Mitch Morse	T	Missouri
21	85	CIN	Kevin White	CB	TCU
22	86	ARZ	Stephone Anthony	ILB	Clemson
23	87	PIT	Arie Kouandjio	G	Alabama
24	88	DET	T.J. Yeldon	RB	Alabama
25	89	CAR	Gerod Holliman	FS	Louisville
26	90	BAL	Travis Raciti	DE	San Jose State
27	91	DAL	Markus Golden	DE	Missouri
28	92	DEN	Cody Prewitt	FS	Ole Miss
29	93	IND	Josh Shaw	CB	USC
30	94	GB	Joey Mbu	DT	Houston
31	95	SEA	Preston Smith	DE	Mississippi State
32	96	NE	Grady Jarrett	DT	Clemson

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First 2015 NFL Mock Draft

With the NFL taking the week off before Super Bowl XLIX (the Pro Bowl does not count), it is time for the first Mock Draft of the season.

Believe it or not, all but two teams are looking ahead to the 2015 NFL Draft.  Even with that, New England and Seattle probably have one eye towards it too.

This mock draft is the first of several that will come out.  This first one covers the first 96 picks.  The only picks not definite are the last two, which depend on the outcome of the Super Bowl.  You can take a sneak peek at who I am picking for it too.

Florida State QB Jameis Winston is my number one pick, going to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  While his off-the-field behavior is not as great as Oregon QB Marcus Mariota, Winston is better suited to being plugged into a pro-style offense.

First Round:

PICK	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	TB	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida State
2	TEN	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
3	JAC	Randy Gregory	DE	Nebraska
4	OAK	Leonard Williams	DT	Southern California
5	WSH	Dante Fowler Jr.	OLB	Florida
6	NYJ	Amari Cooper	WR	Alabama
7	CHI	Brandon Scherff	OT	Iowa
8	ATL	Vic Beasley	OLB	Clemson
9	NYG	Danny Shelton	DT	Washington
10	STL	T.J. Clemmings	OT	Pittsburgh
11	MIN	Kevin White	WR	West Virginia
12	CLE	La’el Collins	OT	LSU
13	NO	Andrus Peat	OT	Stanford
14	MIA	DeVante Parker	WR	Louisville
15	SF	Shane Ray	DE	Missouri
16	HOU	Trae Waynes	CB	Michigan State
17	SD	Landon Collins	SS	Alabama
18	KC	Dorial Green-Beckham	WR	Oklahoma
19	CLE (from BUF)	Malcom Brown	DT	Texas
20	PHI	Jaelen Strong	WR	Arizona State
21	CIN	Eddie Goldman	DT	Florida State
22	PIT	Marcus Peters	CB	Washington
23	DET	Cameron Erving	C	Florida State
24	ARZ	Shaq Thompson	OLB	Washington
25	CAR	Alvin Dupree	DE	Kentucky
26	BAL	Melvin Gordon	RB	Wisconsin
27	DAL	Sammie Coates	WR	Auburn
28	DEN	Ereck Flowers	OT	Miami (Fla.)
29	IND	Benardrick McKinney	ILB	Mississippi State
30	GB	Devin Funchess	TE	Michigan
31	SEA	Todd Gurley	RB	Georgia
32	NE	Jordan Phillips	DT	Oklahoma

Second Round:

PICK	OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	33	TEN	Eli Harold	OLB	Virginia
2	34	TB	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	CB	Oregon
3	35	OAK	Ty Sambrailo	OT	Colorado State
4	36	JAC	Maxx Williams	TE	Minnesota
5	37	NYJ	Brett Hundley	QB	UCLA
6	38	WSH	Quinten Rollins	CB	Miami (Ohio)
7	39	CHI	Paul Dawson	OLB	TCU
8	40	NYG	A.J. Cann	G	South Carolina
9	41	STL	P.J. Williams	CB	Florida State
10	42	ATL	Ameer Abdullah	RB	Nebraska
11	43	CLE	Arik Armstead	DE	Oregon
12	44	NO	Nate Orchard	OLB	Utah
13	45	MIN	Tevin Coleman	RB	Indiana
14	46	SF	Josh Harper	WR	Fresno State
15	47	MIA	Michael Bennett	DT	Ohio State
16	48	SD	Jeremiah Poutasi	OT	Utah
17	49	KC	Markus Golden	OLB	Missouri
18	50	BUF	Tre’ Jackson	G	Florida State
19	51	HOU	Cody Prewitt	FS	Ole Miss
20	52	PHI	D’Joun Smith	CB	Florida Atlantic
21	53	CIN	Jalen Collins	CB	LSU
22	54	DET	Owamagbe Odighizuwa	DE	UCLA
23	55	ARZ	Reese Dismukes	C	Auburn
24	56	PIT	Duke Johnson	RB	Miami (Fla.)
25	57	CAR	Nelson Agholor	WR	Southern California
26	58	BAL	Justin Hardy	WR	East Carolina
27	59	DEN	Eric Kendricks	ILB	UCLA
28	60	DAL	Danielle Hunter	DE	LSU
29	61	IND	Arie Kouandjio	G	Alabama
30	62	GB	Mario Edwards Jr.	DE	Florida State
31	63	SEA	Xavier Cooper	DT	Washington State
32	64	NE	Anthony Harris	SS	Virginia

Third Round:

PICK	OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS.	SCHOOL
1	65	TB	Jay Ajayi	RB	Boise State
2	66	TEN	Derron Smith	FS	Fresno State
3	67	JAC	T.J. Yeldon	RB	Alabama
4	68	OAK	Jake Fisher	OT	Oregon
5	69	WSH	Hroniss Grasu	C	Oregon
6	70	NYJ	Senquez Golson	CB	Ole Miss
7	71	CHI	Denzel Perryman	ILB	Miami (Fla.)
8	72	STL	Rashad Greene	WR	Florida State
9	73	ATL	Clive Walford	TE	Miami (Fla.)
10	74	NYG	Tyler Lockett	WR	Kansas State
11	75	NO	Josue Matias	G	Florida State
12	76	MIN	Nick O’Leary	TE	Florida State
13	77	CLE	Hauoli Kikaha	OLB	Washington
14	78	MIA	Alex Carter	CB	Stanford
15	79	SF	Carl Davis	DE	Iowa
16	80	KC	Kevin Johnson	CB	Wake Forest
17	81	BUF	Cameron Artis-Payne	RB	Auburn
18	82	HOU	Tony Lippett	WR	Michigan State
19	83	SD	John Miller	G	Louisville
20	84	PHI	Jaquiski Tartt	SS	Samford
21	85	CIN	Kurtis Drummond	FS	Michigan State
22	86	ARZ	Bryce Petty	QB	Baylor
23	87	PIT	Zach Hodges	OLB	Harvard
24	88	DET	Gerod Holliman	FS	Louisville
25	89	CAR	Mike Davis	RB	South Carolina
26	90	BAL	Za’Darius Smith	OLB	Kentucky
27	91	DAL	Doran Grant	CB	Ohio State
28	92	DEN	Trey Flowers	DE	Arkansas
29	93	IND	Devin Smith	WR	Ohio State
30	94	GB	Josh Shaw	CB	Southern California
31	95	SEA	Laken Tomlinson	G	Duke
32	96	NE	Breshad Perriman	WR	UCF

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2014 NFL Mock Draft 3.0: Predictions for all 7 Rounds

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

2014 NFL Mock Draft: Manziel goes No. 1

Here it is, as promised, the first NFL mock draft.  This first edition is only the first round, but as picks in further rounds get finalized, the mock draft will grow to include all seven rounds.

Presently, Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel is my number one pick, going to the Houston Texans.  Houston needs a quarterback, plus it would be a huge boost to select a dynamic talent like Manziel, who was born in, and went to school in Texas.

A couple of notes:

• Picks 16 and 17 are subject to a coin flip at a later date.
• This mock draft was not copied from anywhere, and is created on my own.  Any likenesses to mock drafts done by the professionals, is purely coincidental.
• Finally, if you care to share, please give credit to where credit is due.

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	Teddy Bridgewater	QB	Louisville
5	OAK	Darqueze Dennard	CB	Michigan State
6	ATL	Jadeveon Clowney	DE	South Carolina
7	TB	Mike Evans	WR	Texas A&M
8	MIN	Khalil Mack	OLB	Buffalo
9	BUF	Sammy Watkins	WR	Clemson
10	DET	Anthony Barr	OLB	UCLA
11	TEN	Greg Robinson	OT	Auburn
12	NYG	Taylor Lewan	OT	Michigan
13	STL	Hasean Clinton-Dix	FS	Alabama
14	CHI	C.J. Mosley	ILB	Alabama
15	PIT	Marqise Lee	WR	Southern California
16	BAL (coin flip)	Zack Martin	OT	Notre Dame
17	DAL (coin flip)	Kony Ealy	DE	Missouri
18	NYJ	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
19	MIA	Cyrus Kouandjio	OT	Alabama
20	ARZ	Louis Nix	DT	Notre Dame
21	GB	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	Florida State
22	PHI	Justin Gilbert	CB	Oklahoma State
23	KC	Calvin Pryor	FS	Louisville
24	CIN	Travis Swanson	C	Arkansas
25	SD	Dee Ford	DE	Auburn
26	CLE (from IND)	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	LSU
27	NO	David Yankey	G	Stanford
28	CAR	Jason Verrett	CB	TCU
29	NE	RaShede Hageman	DT	Minnesota
30	SF	Timmy Jernigan	DT	Florida State
31	DEN	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh
32	SEA	Jace Amaro	TE	Texas Tech