USA TODAY Sports’ Nate Davis released an updated NFL mock draft on Monday morning, and he forecasted Duke offensive lineman Graham Barton would end up in his most likely landing spot.
Davis had Barton go 21st overall to the Miami Dolphins, an AFC wild-card team during the 2023 season.
At 6-foot-5 and 315 pounds with shorter arms, Barton seems better suited for the interior in the NFL. However, since he started both at left tackle and center in Durham, his versatility is frequently praised by scouts.
Davis, however, just thinks Miami needs all the help it can get on the inside. The Dolphins lost starting guard Robert Hunt to the Panthers and center Connor Williams remains a free agent and seems unlikely to return.
Barton was the fifth of 10 offensive linemen drafted in Davis’s first 32 selections. He was one of three guard prospects to go in the first round alongside Washington’s Troy Fautanu (No. 18 to the Cincinnati Bengals) and Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson (No. 24 to the Dallas Cowboys).