Are you ready for Draft Day?! Domenic Buccini has been for some time, and he would like to share all his resources and final mock draft.  He does a comprehensive breakdown of the first round, giving predictions to how each pick will shake out, and also envisioning a few crazy trades going down.   This could shake out to be one of the heaviest Day 1 quarterback drafts in recent memory.  He also includes updated final positional rankings, and concludes with two lists of who he perceives as the most overrated and  underrated players of this draft.

 

FINAL MOCK DRAFT

 

1. Browns

Baker Mayfield

QB

Oklahoma

 

2. Giants

Saquon Barkley

RB

Penn State

 

3. Jets

Sam Darnold

QB

USC

 

4.*Bills

Josh Rosen

QB

UCLA

 

5.*Cardinals

Josh Allen

QB

Wyoming

 

6. Colts

Bradley Chubb

DE

NC State

 

7. Buccaneers

Derwin James

S

Florida State

 

8. Bears

Quenton Nelson

OG

Notre Dame

 

9.*Packers

Denzel Ward

CB

Ohio State

 

10. Raiders

Roquan Smith

LB

Georgia

 

11. Dolphins

Tremaine Edmunds

LB

Virginia Tech

 

12.*Browns

Minkah Fitzpatrick

CB/S

Alabama

 

13. Redskins

Vita Vea

DT

Washington

 

14.*49ers

DJ Moore

WR

Maryland

 

15.*Broncos

Marcus Davenport

DE

UTEP

 

16.*Patriots

Lamar Jackson

QB

Louisville

 

17. Chargers

Mike McGlinchey

OT

Notre Dame

 

18. Seahawks

Jaire Alexander

CB

Louisville

 

19. Cowboys

Courtland Sutton

WR

SMU

 

20. Lions

Derrius Guice

RB

LSU

 

21. Bengals

Joshua Jackson

CB

Iowa

 

22.*Browns

Connor Williams

OT

Texas

 

23.*Ravens

Hayden Hurst

TE

South Carolina

 

24. Panthers

Justin Reid

S

Stanford

 

25. Titans

Harold Landry

DE/LB

Boston College

 

26. Falcons

Da’Ron Payne

DT

Alabama

 

27. Saints

Rashaan Evans

LB

Alabama

 

28. Steelers

Mike Hughes

CB

UCF

 

29. Jaguars

Calvin Ridley

WR

Alabama

 

30. Vikings

Will Hernandez

OG

UTEP

 

31. Patriots

Leighton Vander Esch

LB

Boise State

 

32.*Buccaneers

Ronald Jones II

RB

USC

 

 

Browns trade the 4th overall pick to the Bills for the 12th overall pick, 22nd overall pick and others

 

Broncos trade the 5th overall pick to the Cardinals for the 15th overall pick and others

 

49ers trade the 9th overall pick to the Packers for the 14th overall pick and others

 

Ravens trade the 16th overall pick to the Patriots for the 23rd overall pick and others

 

Eagles trade the 32nd overall pick to the Buccaneers for other picks

 

FINAL POSITION RANKINGS

Offensive

Quarterbacks

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Sam Darnold	USC	220	6’3’
2	Baker Mayfield	Oklahoma	215	6’1’
3	Josh Allen	Wyoming	226	6’5’
4	Josh Rosen	Oklahoma	226	6’4’
5	Lamar Jackson	Louisville	200	6’3’
6	Luke Falk	Washington State	225	6’4’
7	Mason Rudolph	Oklahoma State	235	6’5’
8	Kyle Allen	Houston	210	6’3’
9	Kyle Lauletta	Richmond	215	6’3’
10	Mike White	Western Kentucky	225	6’4’

 

 

Running Backs

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Saquon Barkley	Penn State	233	6’0’
2	Derrius Guice	LSU	212	5’10’
3	Sony Michel	Georgia	220	5’11’
4	Ronald Jones II	USC	200	5’11’
5	Kerryon Johnson	Auburn	212	6’0’
6	Rashaad Penny	San Diego State	220	5’11’
7	Nick Chubb	Georgia	228	5’11’
8	Royce Freeman	Oregon	234	5’11’
9	Mark Walton	Miami-Florida	188	5’10’
10	Kalen Ballage	Arizona State	227	6’1’

 

 

Wide Receivers

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Courtland Sutton	SMU	218	6’3’
2	DJ Moore	Maryland	210	6’0’
3	Calvin Ridley	Alabama	189	6’0’
4	Anthony Miller	Memphis	190	5’11’
5	Christian Kirk	Texas A&M	210	5’10’
6	Marcell Ateman	Oklahoma State	220	6’4’
7	Equanimeous St Brown	Notre Dame	203	6’5’
8	Michael Gallup	Colorado State	205	6’0’
9	James Washington	Oklahoma State	205	6’1’
10	Keke Coutee	Texas Tech	180	5’11’

 

 

Tight Ends

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Hayden Hurst	South Carolina	250	6’4’
2	Dallas Goedert	South Dakota State	255	6’5’
3	Mark Andrews	Oklahoma	256	6’5’
4	Mike Gesicki	Penn State	247	6’5’
5	Dalton Schultz	Stanford	242	6’6’
6	Troy Fumagalli	Wisconsin	248	6’6’
7	Ian Thomas	Indiana	248	6’5’
8	Durham Smythe	Notre Dame	257	6’5’
9	Tyler Conklin	Western Michigan	240	6’4’
10	Ryan Izzo	Florida State	250	6’5’

 

 

Offensive Tackles

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Mike McGlinchey	Notre Dame	312	6’8’
2	Connor Williams	Texas	320	6’5’
3	Kolton Miller	UCLA	310	6’9’
4	Orlando Brown	Oklahoma	360	6’8’
5	Brian O’Neill	Pittsburgh	305	6’7’
6	Tyrell Crosby	Oregon	325	6’5’
7	Martinas Rankin	Mississippi State	305	6’5’
8	Brandon Parker	North Carolina A&T	314	6’7’
9	Chukwuma Okorafor	Western Michigan	330	6’6’
10	Will Richardson	NC State	304	6’6’

 

 

Offensive Line Interior

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Quenton Nelson	Notre Dame	329	6’5’
2	Will Hernandez	UTEP	348	6’2’
3	Frank Ragnow	Arkansas	295309	6’5’
4	Isaiah Wynn	Georgia	300	6’2’
5	Billy Price	Ohio State	312	6’4’
6	James Daniels	Iowa	295	6’3’
7	Branden Smith	Auburn	303	6’6’
8	Austin Corbett	Nevada	305	6’4’
9	Mason Cole	Michigan	305	6’4’
10	Toby Weathersby	LSU	308	6’6’

 

 

 

Defense

 

Defensive Ends

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Bradley Chubb	NC State	269	6’4’
2	Harold Landry	Boston College	252	6’3’
3	Marcus Davenport	UTSA	264	6’6’
4	Dorance Armstrong	Kansas	246	6’4’
5	Sam Hubbard	Ohio State	270	6’5’
6	Rasheem Green	USC	275	6’5’
7	Josh Sweat	Florida State	250	6’5’
8	Da’Shawn Hand	Alabama	288	6’4’
9	Arden Key	LSU	265	6’6’
10	Chad Thomas	Miami-Florida	277	6’5’

 

Defensive Tackles

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Vita Vea	Washington	340	6’5’
2	Da’Ron Payne	Alabama	308	6’2’
3	Taven Bryan	Florida	291	6’4’
4	Harrison Phillips	Stanford	295	6’4’
5	Maurice Hurst	Michigan	280	6’2’
6	Nathan Shepherd	Fort Hays State	310	6’3’
7	Andrew Brown	Virginia	294	6’3’
8	Deadrin Senat	USF	300	6’0’
9	Trenton Thompson	Georgia	288	6’3’
10	Tim Settle	Virginia Tech	329	6’3’

 

Linebackers

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Roquan Smith	Georgia	236	6’1’
2	Tremaine Edmunds	Virginia Tech	236	6’5’
3	Rashaan Evans	Alabama	232	6’2’
4	Leighton Vander Esch	Boise State	256	6’4’
5	Christian Sam	Arizona State	244	6’1’
6	Malik Jefferson	Texas	236	6’2’
7	Lorenzo Carter	Georgia	250	6’5’
8	Darius Leonard	South Carolina State	229	6’2’
9	Shaquem Griffin	UCF	223	6’1’
10	Josey Jewell	Iowa	234	6’1’
11	Oren Burks	Vanderbilt	228	6’2’
12	Uchenna Nwosu	USC	251	6’2’
13	Genard Avery	Memphis	248	6’0’
14	Jerome Baker	Ohio State	229	6’1’
15	Micah Kiser	Virginia	236	6’0’

 

 

Cornerbacks

 

 

Ranking	Player	School	Weight	Height
1	Denzel Ward	Ohio State	183	5’10’
2	Joshua Jackson	Iowa	196	6’0’
3	Mike Hughes	UCF	189	5’10’
4	Isaiah Oliver	Colorado	201	6’0’
5	Jaire Alexander	Louisville	196	5’10’
6	Donte Jackson	LSU	178	5’10’
7	Duke Dawson	Florida	197	5’10
8	Carlton Davis	Auburn	206	6’1’
9	Parry Nickerson	Tulane	182	5’10’
10	Quenton Meeks	Stanford	195	6’1’

 

 

TOP  15 Underrated Players in 2018 NFL Draft

 

 

Player	School	Position	Projected pick
Donte Jackson	LSU	CB	2nd-3rd Round
Anthony Miller	Memphis	WR	2nd-3rd Round
Shaquem Griffin	UCF	LB	3rd-6th Round
Luke Falk	Washington State	QB	2nd-3rd Round
Royce Freeman	Oregon	RB	3rd-5th Round
Marcus Allen	Penn State	S	3rd-6th Round
Nathan Shepherd	Fort Hays State	DT	4th-6th Round
Marcel Ateman	Oklahoma State	WR	3rd-5th Round
Sam Christian	Arizona State	LB	2nd-4th Round
Javon Wims	Georgia	WR	5th-7th Round
Parry Nickerson	Tulane	CB	3rd-4th Round
Braden Smith	Auburn	OG	2nd-4th Round
Duke Dawson	Florida	CB	2nd-4th Round
Tyquan Lewis	Ohio State	DE	3rd-5th Round
Dalton Schultz	Stanford	TE	3rd-4th Round

 

 

Top 15 Overrated Players in NFL Draft

 

 

Player	School	Position	Projected Pick
Jaire Alexander	Louisville	CB	1st-2nd Round
Maurice Hurst	Michigan	DT	2nd-3rd Round
Mason Rudolph	Oklahoma State	QB	1st-2nd Round
Nick Chubb	Georgia	RB	2nd-3rd Round
Jerome Baker	Ohio State	LB	2nd-4th Round
DJ Chark	LSU	WR	2nd-3rd Round
Geron Christian	Louisville	OT	2nd-4th Round
Mike Gesicki	Penn State	TE	2nd-3rd Round
Arden Key	LSU	DE	1st-3rd Round
Terrell Edmunds	Virginia Tech	S	2nd-4th Round
Auden Tate	Florida State	WR	2nd-4th Round
Kyle Lauletta	Richmond	QB	3rd-5th Round
Anthony Averett	Alabama	CB	2nd-3rd Round
Jaylen Samuels	NC State	RB	3rd-4th Round
Austin Corbett	Nevada	C/OT	2nd-4th Round

 

 

Written by Domenic Buccini