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2020 NFL Draft: How sports bettors are betting on wide receiver prop

Which wide receiver are sports bettors heavily investing in to go first among wideouts in the NFL Draft? We break it down.

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The 2020 NFL Draft is here! The first-round kicks off in virtual format tonight and it will be a great distraction to everything the world has dealt with in recent weeks.

We’ve had a lot of coverage of NFL Draft prop bets in recent time; now it’s time to dig a little deeper and see how sports bettors are investing their money around some NFL Draft props. There is a very talented group of wide receivers in this year’s class, several of which we could argue deserves to be the No. 1 receiver drafted among their peers at the position.

But how are sports bettors investing on who will be the first wide receiver drafted?

We checked in with BetMGM sportsbook, who have the following odds on NFL Draft prospect wide receivers in regards to being the first wideout chosen this year:

Ceedee Lamb, Oklahoma: -164
Jerry Jeudy, Alabama: +175
Henry Ruggs III, Alabama: +450
Justin Jefferson, LSU: +4000
Denzel Mims, Baylor: +20000
Tee Higgins, Clemson: +25000
Laviska Shenault Jr., Colorado: +25000
Brandon Aiyuk, Arizona State: +25000
Jalen Reagor, Texas Christian: +25000
K.J. Hamler, Penn State: +25000
Michal Pitman, Jr., USC: +25000
Donovan Peoples-Jones, Michigan: +50000
Chase Claypool, Notre Dame: +50000
Gabriel Davis, UCF: +50000
K.J. Hill, Ohio State: +50000
Van Jefferson, Florida: +50000

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How are sports bettors spending their money on this wide receiver NFL Draft prop bet?

Sports bettors have narrowed it down to two players, Lamb and Jeudy, as the wideouts getting the bulk of the action around who will be the first wide receiver drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft. Its close between the two on percentage of bets, but the handle is dominated by Lamb.

Lamb has seen 45.20% of the sports bets placed on him among the receivers, while Jeudy has seen 36.48% of bets. Here’s where they separate: Sports bettors have wagered 69.01% of the handle on Lamb, whereas Jeudy has seen 18.33% of the handle.

New to sports betting? Lamb at -164 implies he has a 62.12% chance odds of being the top receiver selected in this year’s class; a $100 wager on him would return a profit of $60.98 if he is indeed selected first among his wideout peers. Jeudy at +175, on the other hand, returns a profit of $175 on that same $100 wager if he’s the No. 1 receiver taken.

Ruggs III comes in third at BetMGM, seeing 14.92% of the bets in his favor and 10.85% of the handle.

Jefferson (1.77%/1.63%) and Higgins (1.03%/0.04%) round out the top five among wide receivers.

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2020 NFL Draft: How sports bettors are betting on running back prop

Which running back are sports bettors heavily investing in to go first among running backs in the NFL Draft? We break it down.

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The 2020 NFL Draft is finally upon us, as the first-round of this year’s draft kicks off in virtual format Thursday evening.

We’ve had a lot of fun with NFL Draft prop bets in recent time, but now it’s time to dig a little deeper and see how sports bettors are investing their money with the NFL Draft here. While the running back position has generally taken a back-seat to other positions in recent years, this year there are a number of talented backs you could argue deserve to go first among their peers at the position.

We checked in with the BetMGM sportsbook, who have the following odds on NFL Draft prospect runners in regards to being the first back chosen this year:

D’andre Swift, Georgia: -200
Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin: +450
J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State: +600
Clyde Edwards-Helaire, LSU: +350
Cam Akers, Florida State: +8000
Zack Moss, Utah: +8000

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They have much longer odds on Arizona State RB Eno Benjamin (+50000), Maryland RB Anthony McFarland (+50000), Vanderbilt RB Ke’shawn Vaughn (+50000), Boston College RB A.J. Dillon (+50000), Appalachian State RB Darrynton Evans (+50000) and Florida RB Lamical Perine (+50000). Those would be nice profits, but aren’t worth investments.

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How are sports bettors spending their money on this NFL Draft prop bet?

The dominate money is being bet on Swift being the No. 1 running back. According to BetMGM, Swift had received 52.04% of the bets and a massive 75.11% of the handle as of Thursday afternoon.

New to sports betting? A $100 wager on Swift returns a profit of $50 should he be the first running back selected in the NFL Draft.

Taylor comes in second, with 25.51% of the bets and 12.13% of the handle wagered. Taylor, at +450 odds, would return a profit of $450 on a $100 wager if he is taken first among the running backs.

Rounding out the top five, Edwards-Helaire is at 13.78% of bets and 10.13% of handle. Dobbins is at 7.14% of bets and 2.27% of wagers, while Akers is 1.53% of bets and 0.35% of handle.

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NFL Draft 2020: How Many SEC Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round? Could It Really Be Half Of The Top 32?

NFL Draft 2020: How many SEC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many SEC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: SEC

It’s borderline obnoxious, but hardly unexpected.

As much as fans of other college football conferences might want to argue and complain, yeah, the SEC is usually just better.

And why? This isn’t hard. The league has better players than everyone else.

The SEC has owned the recruiting rankings by 85 miles ever since the beginning of the internet, and it comes across year after year in the NFL Draft.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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Last year, nine SEC players were selected in the first round. Granted it was still 28% of the first 32 picks, but it was still a tad light for the league that handed over ten of its finest players in the 2018 first round, and 12 in 2017.

But is it even possible to for a conference to own half of a first round by accounting for 16 picks?

11 SEC players were selected in 2014 first round, 12 got the call in 2013, and let’s just cheat a little bit and give a little boost to the league in 2011, considering Missouri and Texas A&M were making the move from the Big 12 to the SEC. With the newcomers added, the current SEC programs accounted for the first seven picks of the 2011 NFL Draft and 13 of the first 32.

It took a big bend of the criteria and the SEC still wasn’t even close to getting up to 16 first round picks.

By the way, the BetMGM line for total SEC players drafted in the first round is set at a ridiculous 15.5.

Is it even possible? Helped by Alabama and LSU, yeah.

LSU QB Joe Burrow, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa, Bama receivers Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs, fellow Tide star OT Jedrick Wills, Auburn DT Derrick Brown, Florida CB CJ Henderson, Georgia OT Andrew Thomas, LSU edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson. That gets you to nine.

South Carolina DT Javon Kinlaw will go in the first round, as will LSU LB Patrick Queen. That’s 11, and a long, long, long way to go to get to 16 and the over.

There are others like LSU WR Justin Jefferson and Alabama S Xavier McKinney, who both have a shot of going in the top 32. There’s a chance RB D’Andre Swift and OT Isaiah Wilson from Georgia are both going early, and DE Terrell Lewis and CB Trevon Diggs from Alabama also could get the Day One call.

It’s not entirely insane to make a call that more than half of your 2020 NFL Draft first round will be made up of SEC players.

Let’s try this a different way.

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How Many SEC Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

How many players outside of the SEC are guaranteed to go in the first round?

Rapid-fire – Chase Young, Jeff Okudah, Isaiah Simmons, Justin Herbert, Tristan Wirfs, Mekhi Becton, CeeDee Lamb, Kenneth Murray, Jordan Love, AJ Terrell. That’s ten, and then it’s all hit-or-miss from a pool of around 15 players who could slide into the top 32.

But SEC players are in that same bucket of first round tweeners.

How crazy do you want to get? Is this really going to be one of the most historic drafts ever in a chest-puffing moment for the It Just Means More league?

Yeah. There are more than enough SEC players to get to 16, and that’s where the value is – minimal as it is.

Prediction: Over
BetMGM line: 15.5, Over +115, Under -141
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Jedrick Wills now the odds-on favorite to be 1st OT drafted

Will either Wills or Wirfs last to the Browns at No. 10?

Who will be the first offensive tackle taken, and how does it impact the Cleveland Browns and their apparently desire to land a tackle at the No. 10 overall pick?

These are questions on the lips of nearly every Browns fan these days. Tristan Wirfs, Andrew Thomas, Jedrick Wills, Mekhi Becton. Maybe even Josh Jones or Ezra Cleveland. All are in the potential mix at No. 10…if they last that long. And some NFL draft wagering odds can help figure out which might be available for the Browns.

BetMGM updated the odds for the first lineman to come off the board, and now it’s Wills as the favorite. Wirfs is close behind, but Wills is the only player with a greater than 50 percent chance according to the odds. Thomas, Becton and the others trail into the distance.

It seems quite doubtful the Browns will be the first team to select an offensive tackle in the draft. They might not be the second, either. On that rationale and probability, the likelihood seems low that Wills and Wirfs will be available at No. 10.

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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Big 12 Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big 12 players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big 12 players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: Big 12

Outside of Oklahoma taking over the No. 1 overall pick lately, it’s been a lonely time for the Big 12 in the first round of the NFL Draft.

After Kyler Murray went to Arizona to kick things off last year, the next Big 12 pick was fellow Sooner Marquise Brown to Baltimore at the 25. TCU LJ Collier went to Seattle at the 29.

The year before, Baker Mayfield was selected first by Cleveland, and then … nothing. The Big 12 was shutout in the rest of the round. In 2017, that Patrick Mahomes guy turned out to be okay for Kansas City at the 10, but that was it.

This year the line is 3.5. It’s going to take some effort to get there.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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Part of the problem is that it’s going to take a little while to get this thing going.

Jalen Hurts won’t go first overall like the last two Oklahoma quarterbacks, and he’s not likely to be picked at all in the first round. However, his top target last year will go in the top 15.

WR CeeDee Lamb is a possible top ten overall pick, but he’ll likely go in the 12-to-15 range. But that just one Big 12 player and half the draft will probably be over before there’s another one taken.

Sooner LB Kenneth Murray will go somewhere in the top 25, and then it starts to get interesting.

TCU DT Ross Blacklock should go somewhere in the final 5-to-7 picks, but that’s getting a bit risky. It’s a deep class with at least 40 players who could end up finding their way into the top 32.

And you still need one more for the over.

Texas Tech LB Jordan Brooks is a possibility, but that’s a flier. Oklahoma DT Neville Gallimore will be on the radar, as will Baylor WR Denzel Mims and TCU CB Jeff Gladney.

That’s why …

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How Many Big 12 Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

Go with the over on the 3.5.

Lamb, Murray and Blacklock will go in the top 32, and there are more than enough options who’ll at least be on the radar late.

All it takes is one team to like Mims’ combination of speed and size, Gladney’s ball skills, or Gallimore’s athleticism for the position. Brooks is a little more of a long shot, but he’s at least in the mix.

Best of all, there isn’t much value in the under, and the over is the better call.

Prediction: Over
BetMGM line: 3.5, Over +135, Under -164
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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Big Ten Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big Ten players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big Ten players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: Big Ten

The Big Ten is always able to carry its share of the load in the first rounds of NFL Drafts, but the bulk usually depends on what Ohio State is bringing.

Six Big Ten players went in the first round last year, but just four were taken in 2018. Seven were selected on Day One in 2017, but the first Big Tener wasn’t picked until the 11.

Six were picked in 2016, but five of them were Buckeyes. Ohio State brought back a ton of talent the year before and didn’t send anyone to the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft, and it showed with just three Big Ten players being selected.

Two Ohio State players might go in the first three picks this year.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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The BetMGM line for the total Big Ten players drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is 5.5 – a solid number that keeps in line with what the conference normally does.

Unless something crazy happens. Ohio State DE Chase Young and CB Jeff Okudah will go at the 2-3 to Washington and Detroit, respectively.

Expect something crazy to happen – someone is going to trade up into the top three to grab a quarterback – but it doesn’t matter. Of course Young and Okudah are first rounders

Iowa OT Tristan Wirfs is a possible top ten overall pick, and then it might be a while before the Big Ten gets back on the board.

And then it gets really, really dicey.

If the line is 5.5, and you’re looking for six players to get drafted, you need the Big Ten to bring whole lot of funk – and surprises – to the back-half of the first round.

Iowa DE AJ Epenesa is a top ten talent who’ll drop, but he’s almost certain to go in the first round. The same goes for Penn State pass rushing star Yetur Gross-Matos to get it to five. After that, how much do you believe in the Badgers?

Wisconsin LB Zach Baun seemed like a sure-thing to go in the 20s, but a wonky urine test at the combine might have pushed him down a bit. He’s still a strong option, though, as is RB Jonathan Taylor to just about anyone over the last seven first round picks.

Could Michigan edge rusher Josh Uche or center/guard Cesar Ruiz slip into the top 32? Is there an outside shot that Ohio State RB JK Dobbins can be a late first-rounder?

There are options, but …

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How Many Big Ten Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

There isn’t enough value on the under to go wild, but it might just be the right call.

Again, Young, Okudah, Wirfs, Epenesa and Gross-Matos are almost-certain locks to go in the first round. Dobbins, Uche and Ruiz are second rounders, and Baun is going to drop a bit. If he doesn’t, then there you go – you’ve got the over.

It’s going to come down to Taylor.

There’s a big question about whether or not any running backs will go at all in the first round, but Georgia’s D’Andre Swift will likely go somewhere in the late 20s.

Taylor is a top 15 overall talent, but value-wise he might fall to around the 40s.

You’ll have to be holding your breath for the last 90 minutes of the first round, but go with the slightly better value with the under.

Prediction: Under
BetMGM line: 5.5, Over -136, Under +115
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NFL Draft 2020: How Many ACC Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many ACC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many ACC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: ACC

The ACC and the NFL Draft haven’t had a great relationship over the last several years when it comes to sending bulk talent to the next level, but it has been fantastic in the first round.

Clemson has done its part, and Florida State has been a decent feeder from time to time, but last year it was Duke’s Daniel Jones who made the most noise at the sixth overall pick. In all, seven ACC players were selected on Day One last year, and just three of them were from Clemson.

Six were selected early in 2018 – highlighted by Lamar Jackson being picked at the 32 by Baltimore – and four went in the first round in 2017.

The league has done okay to showcase itself, but this year should be a bit of an issue.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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The line for the total ACC players drafted in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is just 3.5.

The last time the ACC had fewer than four players selected early was 2003, but that was the last year Miami was in the Big East. If you want to count all the current ACC programs, it’s been a long, long time since there weren’t been four players picked in the first.

This year, start with the obvious. Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons will likely go in the top five – top ten, at worst – and Louisville’s Mekhi Becton will be one of the first offensive tackles off the board.

And then it all dries up in a huge hurry.

Can Clemson CB AJ Terrell find his way in? That’s not a given.

Will Tiger WR Tee Higgins make it into the first round? Ehhhhhh, it’s possible, but hardly a sure thing. Terrell has a better shot than Higgins.

So set the bar at three. Outside of Higgins, there isn’t another ACC player who’ll likely be sniffing the top 32. Florida State RB Cam Akers and Virginia CB Bryce Hall are some of the only other ACC players who’ll be in the mix for the second round, much less the first.

So …

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How Many ACC Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

It’s going to be a historically weak first round for the ACC.

With Miami not holding up its end of the bargain, and with Florida State a bit down in the NFL talent department, it’s up to Clemson to send its superstars to the next level, but the tsunami is coming in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Do you feel like sticking with the side of history and go with the hope that Higgins is a first rounder? He’s got top 32 talent, and it’s not a crazy call. Best of all, the over is where all the value is. The ACC will definitely get three players drafted in the first round, but …

That’s it. Expect the under on the 3.5.

Prediction: Under
BetMGM line: 3.5, Over +225, Under -286
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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Oklahoma Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Oklahoma players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Oklahoma players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
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NFL Draft 2020: Oklahoma

Has it really been more than ten years since Oklahoma owned the first round of the NFL Draft?

In 2010, QB Sam Bradford went No. 1 overall to the St. Louis Rams. DT Gerald McCoy went No. 3 to Tampa Bay, OT Trent Williams went fourth to Washington, and TE Jermaine Gresham was taken 21st by Cincinnati.

After that, though, OT Lane Johnson to Philadelphia in 2013 was the only Sooner to be selected in the first from 2011 to 2017.

And then Oklahoma gave the NFL Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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For such a powerhouse of a program, 2019 – WR Marquise Brown went to Baltimore with the 25th pick – was the last time since that 2010 run when OU had two players selected in the first round.

The line is set at 2.5.

In the long and glorious history of Oklahoma football, it’s had two players taken in the first round several times, but 2010 was the only time it had more.

To win on the over, you’re asking for the second-best Oklahoma first round ever.

It’ll be a mild upset if any OU player is selected in the top ten, but WR CeeDee Lamb should be close. He’s one guaranteed first rounder, and LB Kenneth Murray should be a lock somewhere around the 20s.

And then there’s …. uhhhhhhh ….

Can Jalen Hurts possibly be a late first round flier? That’s a major stretch – he’ll be a third rounder.

Your only realistic hope for the over is for DT Neville Gallimore to find his way into the low 30s – and it’s possible. He’s a rising prospect in the process who should be taken early on Day Two, but it’s not all that far from around the 38 to 31st or 32nd.

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How Many Oklahoma Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

Part of the problem is that Oklahoma just doesn’t have a whole lot of draftable options. Lamb, Murray, Gallimore and Hurts are the only Sooners likely to be selected.

That means to get the over, you 1) need three of the four viable prospects to be picked in the top 32, and 2) you’re asking the gods for history to be made.

That +310 on the over is just so enticing – really, Hurts or Gallimore can’t get in there? – but don’t do it.

It’s no fun, but expect only two Sooners to go on Day One.

Prediction: Under
BetMGM line: 2.5, Over +310, Under -400
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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Ohio State Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Ohio State players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Ohio State players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: Ohio State

Ohio State is really, really good at the whole sending-players-to-the-NFL thing.

The program has had 12 players taken in the first round and 35 players total in the last four years alone. At least ten Buckeyes should be selected this season, and a whole slew of them should go in the top 100.

But how many will be picked in the first round this year?

Nick Bosa and Dwayne Haskins went in the top 15 last season, two Buckeyes were taken in the first round in 2018, three were selected on Day One in 2017, and a whopping five were taken early in 2016 – and that was before Michael Thomas was picked in the second round.

At least two Ohio State players have been picked in the first round in five of the last six drafts.

The over/under line this year on how many Buckeyes will go in Round 1 is 2.5. Considering two Ohio State players should go in the top three, this seems like it should be an easy over.

It isn’t.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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Of course, edge rushing superstar Chase Young will be gone right away, likely at the No. 2. If CB Jeff Okudah doesn’t go third to Detroit, he’s almost certainly not slipping out of the top five.

There’s two. Where’s the third guy?

There isn’t one, but there are a whole lot of Buckeyes who have the upside to go early in the second round. All you might need is one of them to slip into the top 32.

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How Many Ohio State Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

It’ll be a long, long, LONG night if you take the under on the 2.5.

Young and Okudah will be gone before you get settled in, and then …

Crickets.

Could RB JK Dobbins slip into the top 32? It’s not crazy, but it’s unlikely. Expect him to go in the 40s.

Could LB Malik Harrison, DT DaVon Hamilton, CB Damon Arnette and/or S Jordan Fuller be a flier by someone in the first? None of them are likely to go in the second.

There’s absolutely no value or fun whatsoever in the under, but that’s what it’s going to be.

If you want to have fun, go over and root for JK All Day to become JK Thursday.

Sorry.

Prediction: Under
BetMGM line: 2.5, Over +370, Under -500
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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Georgia Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Georgia players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Georgia players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: Georgia

Georgia can boast a first round pick in five of the last seven seasons, but 2018 was the recent big run with three going on Day One – Roquan Smith, Isaiah Wynn and Sony Michel – and Nick Chubb being selected with the 35th overall pick.

That was a bit of an aberration.

The Bulldogs have no problems getting players drafted, but considering all the elite recruiting classes Kirby Smart has brought in, the high-end NFL talent is a bit light.

Just ten Bulldogs have been selected in the first two rounds of the last ten drafts. By comparison, Alabama has had 15 go in just the last three drafts.

This should be a terrific draft for Georgia with about ten players expected to be taken, but there won’t be too many going on Thursday.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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The line on first round draft picks coming from Georgia is a paltry 1.5 – and there’s no value in it at -182.

OT Andrew Thomas is the sure-thing to go in the first, and possibly the top ten, but if you want that over you’re going to have to sweat it out in a big, big way.

There’s a shot that no running backs are selected in the first round, and that includes D’Andre Swift. There’s a possibility that run-blocking blaster Isaiah Wilson could slip into the last few picks on Thursday, but …

How Many Georgia Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

This is one of the more fun calls of the bunch if you don’t like the running backs.

Just how much do you believe in Swift going in the first round? If you think he’s going to slide, then there’s nice value in going with the under – but not enough to go crazy considering you have to freak out about Wilson going between 30-to-32.

Since there are two possible options to slide into the late parts of the first round, the over is the call.

But the world will respect and love you more for taking the shot at the under.

Prediction: Over
BetMGM line: 1.5, Over -182 Under +145
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