As we get close and closer to the 2020 NFL Draft, we continue to get more and more mock drafts coming out. One of the guys that we’ll see a lot of over the next couple of months is ESPN’s draft guru Todd McShay. He had a mock draft released at the tail-end of the year, but now he’s revised it a bit in his latest release of the top 32 players.
If you’ve been following any projections, you probably know at this point that both Chase Young and Jeff Okudah appear to be locks to go early in the first round, and it’s no different with McShay’s latest mock. In fact, he has both Young and Okudah going in the same slot, and to the same teams as what his sparring partner Mel Kiper does. Both have Young going second overall to the Washington Redskins, and Okudah right after him at the No. 3 spot to the Detroit Lions.
But there’s a new entrant to the first round for Ohio State — running back J.K. Dobbins. McShay didn’t have him as a potential late first-round pick a couple of months ago, but now has him being taken by the Kansas City Chiefs as the last pick in the round at No. 32 overall.
— Todd McShay (@McShay13) February 4, 2020
There’s no denying that Dobbins has first-round type talent, but running backs don’t have the appeal they used to prior to the lean towards big-time quarterbacks and defensive players.
It’ll be close on the all-time single-season rushing leader in Ohio State history going in round one. If he doesn’t, he might just be the steal of the draft.