Will someone jump up and grab Cole Kmet at the end of the first round next Thursday as the NFL Draft kicks off? That remains to be seen but we are getting what appears to be clarity on how much better of a prospect he’s viewed as compared to the rest of the class.
We’ve long been on-board with Notre Dame’s Kmet as the best tight end prospect in the nation since October but others took their time to join us in that thinking. One outlet that does see him the same way as us is BetMGM.
BetMGM lists Kmet as a runaway favorite to be the first tight end off the board as they list him as a -286 moneyline favorite, or almost 1:3 odds. For comparison, Adam Trautman of Dayton checks in with the second best odds at 7:1. Brycen Hopkins of Purdue is 9:1 and Thaddeus Moss of LSU closest the top four at 11:1.
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Kmet is far from a perfect tight end prospect as Jeff Feyerer wrote about a week or so ago. Compared to the rest of the class though he’s the best tight end prospect in this class and if he can stay on the field, has potential to do some work in the NFL.
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