The 2023 NFL draft is ten months away with a full football season to be played, but that doesn’t stop the analysts and prognosticators from making their predictions.
On Tuesday, ESPN’s Matt Miller released a very early mock draft, and among the 32 players in his first round, there were two Aggies.
First was Antonio Johnson, who Miller placed 26th overall to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
Predicting what Tampa will do almost a year out is impossible without knowing if it will be rebuilding or reloading for another run with quarterback Tom Brady. Either way, one strength of this team during the Super Bowl run in 2020 was a young secondary that attacked offenses. Coach Todd Bowles could invest in the defensive backfield, and the versatile Johnson is exactly the kind of player Bowles has liked in his career. Johnson was Texas A&M’s second-leading tackler (79) last season, and he also had a sack and an interception.
The last pick of the round according to Miller, Layden Robinson to the Buffalo Bills:
Let’s be honest: The Bills don’t have many needs on a Super Bowl-caliber roster. One area in which there could be a future opening is along the interior of the offensive line. Robinson is the top interior prospect in this class. A second-team All-SEC player in 2021, his dominance in the run game could make him the Bills’ Week 1 starter at right guard in 2023.
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