NFL draft: What the experts think about Michael Mayer’s value

As high as No. 9 overall for Mayer? One analyst says so…

The 88th NFL draft is nearing as the NFL scouting combine has wound down. The next step before the big three days in Kansas City this April will be pro days across college campuses. Although they don’t have a player vying for a top-five selection, Notre Dame has a player almost everyone sees as a first-round pick: tight end [autotag]Michael Mayer[/autotag].

In just three seasons on campus, Mayer set just about every tight end record to be had in the Notre Dame record book. So how do NFL scouts and analysts view him with less than two months until the draft?

Here are the projections and opinions of roughly a dozen different experts in their most-recent NFL mock drafts that all featured Mayer.