It’s draft season in the NFL. While we do not know how long the COVID-19 outbreak will affect sports such as hockey, basketball, and baseball, we do know that the NFL Draft will take place as scheduled. Therefore, with every other major sport on pause, I decided to create an NFL Mock, Draft, which is the most exciting off-season event of any sport. Although many of the features that make the draft a spectacle will not be taking place, there is still much anticipation toward the first day of the draft—April 23rd. This is my first mock draft, and it may change drastically depending on what happens between now and the draft. I don’t think ANYBODY thought the Texans would trade DeAndre Hopkins, and yet they did so in one of the worst NFL (and possibly even sports) trades in recent memory. So, inevitably, there will be a transaction that affects my mock. However, I will not be making mock trades. 

1. Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow (QB), LSU
2. Washington Redskins: Chase Young (DE), Ohio St.
3. Detroit Lions: Jeff Okudah (CB), Ohio St.
4. New York Giants: Tristan Wirfs (OT), Iowa
5. Miami Dolphins: Tua Tagovailoa (QB), Alabama
6. Los Angeles Chargers: Justin Herbert (QB), Oregon
7. Carolina Panthers: Isaiah Simmons (LB), Clemson
8. Arizona Cardinals: Jedrick Wills (OT), Alabama
9. Jacksonville Jaguars: Mekhi Becton (OT), Louisville
10. Cleveland Browns: Andrew Thomas (OT), Georgia
11. New York Jets: Jerry Jeudy (WR), Alabama
12. Las Vegas Raiders: CeeDee Lamb (WR), Oklahoma
13. San Francisco 49ers: Henry Ruggs (WR), Alabama
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: CJ Henderson (CB), Florida
15. Denver Broncos: Justin Jefferson (WR), LSU
16. Atlanta Falcons: Derrick Brown (DT), Auburn
17. Dallas Cowboys: Trevon Diggs (CB), Alabama
18. Miami Dolphins: Javon Kinlaw (DT), South Carolina
19. Las Vegas Raiders: Kenneth Murrary (LB), Oklahoma
20. Jacksonville Jaguars: Kristian Fulton (CB), LSU
21. Philadelphia Eagles: Tee Higgins (WR), Clemson
22. Minnesota Vikings: Xavier McKinney (S), Alabama
23. New England Patriots: Jordan Love (QB), Utah State
24. New Orleans Saints: Patrick Queen (LB), LSU
25.  Minnesota Vikings: Laviska Shenault (WR), Colorado
26. Miami Dolphins: Joshua Jones (OT), Houston
27. Seattle Seahawks: AJ Epenesa (DE), Iowa
28. Baltimore Ravens: Yetur Gross-Matos (DE), Penn State
29. Tennessee Titans: Damon Arnette (CB), Ohio St.
30. Green Bay Packers: Chase Claypool (WR), Notre Dame
31. San Francisco 49ers: Ross Blacklock (DT), TCU
32. Kansas City Chiefs: Cameron Dantzler (CB), Mississippi St.

So, three QB’s will go in the first 6 picks; Ohio State players make up two of the top three choices and mighty Alabama notches two of the top ten draftees.   Let’s see how this plays out!