Okwara projected into NFL Draft’s First Round

Notre Dame’s DE Julian Okwara has been projected as a first round pick in the NFL Draft.

Now that the college football season is officially over with the conclusion of the Senior Bowl, multiple outlets will be posting their mock drafts and that’s exactly what SB Nations Dan Kadar did yesterday. Kader had only one former Golden Domer in his mock, DE Julian Okwara being selected 27th overall by the Seattle Seahawks.

Kader, however, wasn’t sure if Seattle would even be in that spot to select Okwara: “Chances are the Seahawks won’t be picking here on draft weekend considering general manager John Schneider’s usual transactional gymnastics. If the Seahawks happen to stay at No. 27, they could target a pass rusher. Okwara should test off the charts with the analytics community, and good coaching will take advantage of his traits.”

Many of these are just best guesses as the current moment, as the NFL’s version of a job hunt, the underwear Olympics, AKA the NFL combine won’t start until February 23rd and concludes on March 2nd. Pro day’s will be after that, then the big day, the NFL Draft on April 23-25, held on water. Yes, you read that right, it’s going to be on water this year, with the possibility that Okwara could be ferried out to the stage in the Fountain of Bellagio.