Our colleagues at the Draft Wire have released their latest mock draft. Luke Easterling has one Texas Longhorn in his latest three-round mock that has the Las Vegas Raiders landing safety Brandon Jones. Jones has frequently been the highest rated former Longhorn mocked through various media outlets.
80. Las Vegas Raiders: Brandon Jones
The addition of Jones would help bolster a defensive backfield that has added former Dallas Cowboy Jeff Heath and former Cleveland Brown Damarious Randall. While Randall has starter capability, Heath is more of a depth and special teams specialist for the Raiders. Brandon Jones would immediately get an opportunity to start for Paul Guenther’s defense.
Devin Duvernay and Collin Johnson could sneak their way into day two of the NFL Draft during the compensatory part of round three. Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller actually mocked Duvernay to the Tennessee Titans with his latest mock draft at pick 93 in the third round.
The full breakdown of Miller’s mock for the Longhorns:
93: Tennessee Titans- Devin Duvernay
109: Detroit Lions- Brandon Jones
130: New Orleans Saints- Collin Johnson
241: New England Patriots- Malcolm Roach