NFL mock draft season is officially open.
We’ve seen some of the experts around the internet projecting which top college prospects are going where in the league’s annual draft later this year, and while there’s plenty of time for names to move up and down depending on the combine, individual workouts and maybe some trades, it’s a good time to start our annual consensus mock draft, even if the NFL draft order isn’t completely set.
We take a bunch of mocks — specifically, our latest mock draft from Christian D’Andrea, Draft Wire, ESPN’s Mel Kiper, NFL.com, Pro Football Focus and CBS. Then, we look at the picks each made and average out each player’s positions and match them to each of the first 31 picks (the Dolphins forfeited their pick). Anyone left out of a first-round mock was assigned the 32rd pick.
Be sure to check out D’Andrea’s first mock draft as well as the current up-to-date official draft order through divisional round. Note that some of these picks may have quirky matches to the team given that trades are made in some mocks (hence the QB pick going to the Bears! And I don’t think the Eagles will draft a quarterback!).