LSU left tackle [autotag]Will Campbell[/autotag] anchors one of the best college offensive lines in the country, and he’s sure to find himself playing on Sundays in 2025.
Campbell entered the year viewed as one of the top tackles in the draft and a likely top-10 pick, and nothing has changed on that front. In fact, some prognosticators have become even higher on him, and in the latest mock draft from Yahoo! Sports’ Charles McDonald and Nate Tice, they have the Jacksonville Jaguars taking Campbell with the first overall pick.
The Jaguars have struggled to protect young quarterback Trevor Lawrence early in his career, and that’s part of the reason the offense has sputtered this fall as Jacksonville is the only winless team in the NFL through four weeks.
Here’s Tice’s breakdown.
Campbell is a technician on the left side who constantly stays balanced and in a winning position. His upright stance looks funky, but he’s a good athlete with light feet who can move in space and has the core strength to bring pop in the run game. Campbell is a consistent and smart player for a franchise desperately needing some of that.
If this prediction ultimately held true, Campbell would be the fourth LSU player to be taken first overall and just the second non-quarterback after [autotag]Billy Cannon[/autotag] was taken with the first pick all the way back in 1960.
He’s one of four LSU players projected to go in the first round in this mock, joining [autotag]Garrett Nussmeier[/autotag] (10th overall, New York Giants), [autotag]Emery Jones Jr.[/autotag] (15th overall, Chicago Bears) and [autotag]Harold Perkins Jr.[/autotag] (30th overall, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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