The 2022 NFL mock draft is never too early.
Although the quarterback went to the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Football Team and Detroit Lions, the top 10 in the draft enjoys a wealth of full guards and offensive tackles. There are also 5 cornerbacks who withdrew to four wides after the top 10 draft.
If I take over as the general manager of all 32 NFL teams, the first round of the NFL Draft in 2022 will look like this.
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Size, athleticism and production capacity-Aidan Hutchinson has it all. In the PFF college era (2014-21), only Chase Young and Josh Allen had a higher PFF rushing score in a single season than Hutchinson's 93.6 points in 2021. He also leads all the top five guards in total pressure (73), including Ohio State's offensive line scoring a staggering 15 points in the competition for the Joe Moore Award before they head to Ann Arbor in November.
The 6-foot-6-inch, 265-pound Michigan genius should only continue to cause a sensation in the 2022 NFL Scouting United team in Indianapolis. According to reports, Hutchinson ranked second on Bruce Feldman’s 2021 college football freak list. He timed a 6.54-second triple cone, a 36-inch vertical, a 4.07-second short-range shuttle and a 4.64-second Sprint for 40 yards.
"When he goes to the combine harvester, his test will be very good," a source told Feldman. "He has a huge stack on his shoulder, which can be the same as Kwity (in those agility stats), 4.6 seconds lower, with a mid-thirties vertical, but he has already surpassed 6-6, and he will be (225) at 30 Years."
The Hutchinson-Thibodeaux discussion will continue until late April, but I am now riding with Jim Harbaugh.
Jim Harbaugh said Aidan Hutchinson will be the No. 1 pick in the draft? ? ? pic.twitter.com/LnCToNYCPC
Hutchinson and Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon should be ranked first and second no matter who is selected. Thibodeau, who is 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 260 pounds, scored 91.3 PFF in rushing points, ranking fourth among all the top five full-backs in 2021, second only to Hutchinson (93.6) and Kings of South Carolina. Leigh Ennabal (92.5) and Nick Bonito of Oklahoma (92.5). ). Thibodeaux is a top player with a good position-if he can be ranked second, then his needs will be ruled out.
Because of his rare combination of size and athleticism, Evan Neal will be compared with Tristan Welles throughout the pre-draft process. The 6-foot-7-inch, 350-pound behemoth ranked first on Bruce Feldman's list of college football freaks, and received an ridiculously high price for his explosive power.
"With his size, he is the most impressive lower body strength athlete we have ever seen," Alabama Sports Science Director Mattrea told Feldman. "His jumping power is the top one percent of what we measured. At 350 pounds, he often jumped at 48 inches."
Always looking for a self! @MattRheaPhD @UA_CoachBallou pic.twitter.com/mEkce64Eqy
— Evan Neal (@ENeal73) July 12, 2021
This should be a sprint situation for the Houston team that desperately needs blue-chip talents for senior positions.
The Jets’ cornerback room lacks talent, and Derek Stingley Jr. is an excellent cornerback prospect-if he can be ranked 4th, then New York’s Brass should have no problem handing over this early. Cards.
What Stingley did at the age of 18 in the LSU 2019 season will be one of the most impressive real freshman seasons in the history of college football. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound player received a PFF score of 91.7 and should have won the Jim Thorpe award for the best defensive guard of the season. Since then, he has struggled with injuries every season, but when he reports to Indianapolis in full health and performs the world test in the NFL Boy Scouts joint trial in 2022, he will eliminate any sway Doubts not to go.
Security is not an important position, so it is relatively low on the position value chart, but Kyle Hamilton is different. Hamilton, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, has all the range, size and skills from the sideline to the sideline for granted, and can be a game changer, regardless of the next level of plans or roles. Pair him with Xavier McKinney of New York and watch the Giants defense start to turn around in 2022.
Ekwonu, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 320 pounds, has the versatility of defensive tackles, but after a wonderful game with the Wolves left tackle in 2021, he won a legal shot and started his NFL offensive tackle. Forward career. This season, he scored 91.6 points and 93.8 running points in more than 800 offensive steals. The latter ranked sixth in the top five steals in all single seasons since 2014. After the first 10 picks in the April draft, the improved polish and footwork in pass protection should not still be available.
The 2022 NFL draft class has a wealth of offensive tackle talent, and Charles Cross is an important contributor to the class's strength. PFF chief draft analyst Mike Renner (Mike Renner) before Tailgate’s 2021 college football season identified Cross, who is 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 310 pounds, as a potential riser, and the big man did stand up out.
After earning only a PFF score of 64.4 in 2020, Cross has made more than 900 offensive steals from Mississippi State University's left tackle this season, with an overall score of 86.7, a pass block score of 84.9, and a running block score of 87.2. He is a smooth mover with great mobility in this position. New York should chase all the characteristics at the top of the draft, even if they are already on the offensive line of Maki Beckton and Alija Villa-Tucker. Made an investment on it.
In the many laziness analyses of this draft season, Karlaftis will be labeled as just a high-energy lunch bucket type, but he is much more than that. The 6-foot-4, 275-pound player has performed very well at Purdue University this season, and his exercise test on the combine harvester should surprise many people. According to reports, another Feldman freak roster member Kalavtis completed a 10-foot-1 long jump, a 375-inch vertical jump, and a 40-yard sprint in 4.69 seconds with a weight of more than 270 pounds this offseason. . Boiler manufacturer head coach Jeff Brom also praised Karlaftis for his hard work on and off the court in an interview with Tailgate before the season.
McCreary has played more than 2,200 defensive fast breaks in his Auburn career, and he will become one of the more experienced cornerbacks participating in the 2022 NFL Draft. In the Tigers' career, he has improved his PFF performance every year. Throughout the 2021 season, he allowed more than 90 yards in just one game and ended the year with an impressive 89.9 PFF score.
The Ohio State University duo will find their suitors in the April draft, but Williams will be the favorite of every team that wants to increase the peculiar high-end speed in this position. As a finalist for the 2021 Fred Biletnikoff Award, Williams completed 67 of 102 goals in the Alabama game this season, completed 1,434 yards and 15 touchdowns. He has only lost 6 passes throughout the year, and the average distance north of each route is 3.1 yards at an ridiculously high average target depth of 15.2 yards. He is the number one deep threat in the class and the perfect partner for Philadelphia's Devonta Smith.
Don't overreact, Eagles fans. JALEN HURTS has been very stable this year. This does not mean that Philadelphia has given up JALEN HURTS.
If you have done this, a big fan of the Eagles, I applaud you for passing CMND+F "Hawks" and listening to my opinions. Hurts ranks 11th among all quarterbacks in PFF rating (80.0) this season. He played well and exceeded many people's expectations-so much so that the Philadelphia executives should feel they can keep him in their plans, at least in the near future.
However, the Eagles do have three first-round picks in 2022, so there is a chance to increase talent around Hertz and increase competition in the most important position of football. Give Hertz a starting opportunity in 2022 (obviously) and reward him if he continues to improve and lead the Philadelphia team to success in the playoffs. In a league that traded Sam Danold and Carson Wentz for second-round picks on the open market, Corral still has obvious value. If this does not happen to Hurts in 2022, please hand the reins to Corral and start looking for future quarterbacks as early as possible.
Elam's PFF rating is not that impressive, but a large part of it is due to some costly penalties. This season he still only allowed 19 catches, scored 34 goals and reached 191 yards, while also fighting alongside some of the top SEC receiver geniuses.
Trent McDuffie's lack of body size (5 feet 11 inches, 195 pounds), he made up for in short areas with speed and polish. In 2021, he allowed only 16 targets out of 36 targets of 111 yards, and achieved zero touchdowns in 296 coverage snapshots, achieving an impressive 88.7 PFF coverage rating in the process.
Las Vegas needs help everywhere-this is an old story. However, regardless of whether Derek Carr is the quarterback of the Raiders in 2022, the offensive end desperately needs to have a separator in the catcher position outside of the slot machine superstar Hunter Renfro. Garrett Wilson's career at Ohio State University improved every season. In the process of reaching 84.1 PFF in 2021, he completed 1,058 yards and 12 touchdowns on 70 of 102 goals. And there is no ball in his hands.
The unanimous blow to Kenny Pickett would be that he is a senior and one of the older quarterback prospects in the 2022 class, but that shouldn’t stop him from becoming a draft in the April draft. Top 20. As Heisman's finalist, Pickett completed 499 attempts this season, 334 attempts, 4,308 yards, 42 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He received a career-high 92.3 PFF score and ranked among the top five quarterbacks in 2021. His PFF passing score while keeping clean is also among the best in all college football games with 94.3.
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All "Twitter drafts" will fall in love with Devin Lloyd. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound Utah ball-free linebacker is Utes’ hot-seeking missile and a batter. As one of the top defenders of the country's college football team in 2021, he won a PFF score of 91.1.
Dean possesses many of the characteristics that NFL defense looks for in modern off-ball linebackers. He is an insanely explosive long-range athlete who has shown himself in blitzkriegs and in-range passing games. As a key part of Georgia's top defense in 2021, he received a fast pass score of 91.6 and a coverage score of 90.5.
Walker is far from being a finished product, but he doesn't have to leave the board at the beginning of the 2022 NFL draft. The 6-foot-5, 275-pound defensive winger has rare physical tools that the NFL team will hope to develop into a higher level of high-end products.
During his stay in Chapel Hill, Howell witnessed his top receivers and top running backs entering the NFL, and in 2021 still received a PFF score of 90.0. The decline in the talents of his support lineup gave UNC a chance to stay competitive in the ACC, but Howell still showed one of the top signal callers in college football. He has a rocket arm and has extra maneuverability in this position, enough for Washington to trigger his talent in the 18th overall ranking, if not earlier.
There is no doubt that the campaign of Michigan full-back David Ojabo in 2021 is ridiculous. After playing only 26 defensive fast breaks for the Wolverines in previous years and starting his football career in 2017, Ojabo has a total of 41 pressure and 88.2 pass sprints this season. He is an original prospect and needs to be tested on the roof of the combine harvester to enter the first round of April, but this is entirely possible for the young superstar.
The NFL team that selected DeMarvin Leal in the first 50 drafts of the 2022 NFL Draft will select him based on the players he can become, not his current players. The 6-foot-4 and 290-pound player has a rare size and athleticism, and if he can hone his skills, this should translate into the next level of legal success. After earning an 88.3 PFF score as a real sophomore in 2020, he is mainly a full-back. He played inside in 2021 and only scored 70.3 PFF in 698 defensive fast breaks.
Lindbaum became the PFF's highest-rated inside offensive linebacker at the end of the 2021 season, and is also the top inside offensive linebacker expected to enter the 2022 NFL Draft. He may slip and fall in the first round due to position value, but I doubt whether he can surpass Miami.
Booth is 6 feet tall and weighs 195 pounds. He is an active tackler and smooth athlete. The former five-star recruit has improved his PFF rating every year in Clemson's career, and ended the 2021 season with a PFF coverage of 78.7, and allowed only 29 catches for 312 yards and 46 goals. . He also allowed only two total touchdowns, while recording three defensive passes and three draft picks.
Detroit is fortunate to have two first-round picks, and the quarterback level in 2022 is much weaker than in recent years. After drafting Hutchinson with the first overall pick, the Lions can add the Liberty's Malik Willis with their subsequent first-round picks to upgrade the quarterback room that clearly needs to be upgraded.
Considering the disaster of the free offensive line, Willis's 2021 campaign is a bit like a roller coaster, but it is also extremely difficult to assess. However, he still got a PFF score of 90.9, and flashed many high-end features. If even an ordinary supporting role can get a fair chance of development, these features will play a role in the next level.
In the 2021 season alone, Green played right tackle, right back, left tackle and left back at different times at Texas A&M, and still scored 79.8 points and 83.6 block-run ratings. He is likely to settle down in any guard position in the NFL and will soon become an influential player in that position.
Ahmed Gardner of Cincinnati is an excellent screen cornerback. His season is one of the most impressive college cornerbacks we have ever seen. He played 448 times to cover fast breaks and allowed only 17 of the 36 goals with 117 yards and zero touchdowns.
Unfortunately, due to his fractured right ankle in the 9th week against Arizona, London's outstanding performance in 2021 was interrupted. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound player will not be a burner by any means, but he is an excellent ball handler who has achieved crazy success in and after receiving the ball in controversial situations. . He will play a role in the next level of inside and outside, and should play a very productive role early in his NFL career.
Burks is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds, just like a taller running back. He dominates after receiving the ball, whether he has the ball or no ball in his hands, his speed will surprise defensive guards. He is likely to play an open role in the next level, but he will still attract a lot of attention and cause serious damage to the inside. He achieved an acceptance score of 88.0 or higher in the back-to-back season, ending his career in Arkansas.
Enagbare did not get enough love at all in the 2022 course. After deciding to return to South Carolina to spend his senior season, the 6-foot-4 and 265-pound player has achieved a total score of 88.5 and a pass score of 92.5 in more than 550 defenses. He is a prolific fringe player. He may not have the high-end athleticism that others have at this level, but it is still enough to ensure that he is selected in the top 50 in April.
The Pirates will not regret investing a lot of draft money in the second league, especially after their injury-stricken 2021 season. Martin Emerson is likely to leave the board when Bucs starts timing, but if he is free, he should be a valuable option for the back end of the first round. In 2021, he received a PFF score of 78.4 at Mississippi State University and allowed only 29 catches for 358 yards and 3 touchdowns in 375 coverage captures.
Even after the addition of Jonu Smith, Hunter Henry, Kendrick Byrne and Nelson Agrol in the past offseason, the Patriots still need the help of the receiver. Ohio State University's Chris Olave (Chris Olave) was a high school track and field star, has a stable straight line speed and smooth route running ability. In the 2019 and 2020 campaigns, he ran an average distance of more than 3.00 yards per route, and the crowded 2021 Buckeye reception room reduced his target share.
As one of the biggest risers since the 2021 college football season, Bernhard Rainmann, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 305 pounds, won an overall score of 94.6 and a pass of 88.7 in Central Michigan this year. Ball blocking score and running blocking score of 94.6. In any previous season, his PFF score has not exceeded 75.1. Looking forward to his 2021 campaign and a powerful Senior Bowl will bring him to the first round.
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