The National Football League will conclude its 2020-21 season on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers clash in Super Bowl LV, and with the college football season well in the rearview mirror, we enter a special time of year when mock drafts rule the discourse.
Over the past couple of weeks, the media has been trickling out its takes on who will go where when the NFL draft kicks off on April 29. Fans of the Florida Gators have kept a watchful eye on these prognostications, hoping that their favorite players in the Orange and Blue find a home in the professional ranks where they can flourish and make the Gator Nation proud.
On Sunday, ESPN released its latest 2021 NFL mock draft which featured two former Gators who have remained in the first-round discussion. Unsurprisingly, star tight end Kyle Pitts is expected to be selected in the first half of the opening round while receiver and all-around athlete Kadarius Toney is slotted at several picks later.
Here is a look at where ESPN football analyst Mel Kiper Jr. expects the two to be picked and an explanation for his projections.