Duke offensive lineman Graham Barton was mocked to go 25th overall to the Green Bay Packers in Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz’s latest USA TODAY Sports’ NFL mock draft, which was released on Monday morning.
Barton played four seasons with the Duke Blue Devils, starting at center as a freshman before moving to tackle for the final three years. He earned All-American honors in 2022 and 2023. Barton was also named a First-Team All-ACC honoree the past two seasons.
Barton, who is 6-foot-5 and 313 pounds, will likely return to the interior as a guard in the NFL. His combine and pro day measurables gave him one of the highest relative athletic scores in the history of guard prospects.
If he does go in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, he would be the third Duke player to be selected in the first round since 1988, joining quarterback Daniel Jones (No. 6 overall to the New York Giants in 2019) and offensive lineman Laken Tomlinson (No. 28 overall to the Detroit Lions in 2015).