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Mac Jones goes in top 5, 13 SEC stars included in Round 1 of CBS Sports' latest 2021 NFL Mock Draft
The 2021 NFL Draft is coming up in a couple of months, and there will once again be several SEC players in contention for Round 1 consideration.
Alabama has a number of picks Round 1 picks, but other schools also have elite draft prospects.
On Tuesday, CBS Sports analyst Ryan Wilson updated his first-round mock draft, and as you can see below, Alabama QB Mac Jones is projected to go No. 4 overall. Here’s where the 13 SEC stars are projected to go:
- No. 4 — Mac Jones, QB, Alabama — Atlanta Falcons
- No. 6 — DeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama — Philadelphia Eagles
- No. 7 — Ja’Marr Chase, WR, LSU — Detroit Lions
- No. 8 — Jaylen Waddle, WR, Alabama — Miami Dolphins
- No. 12 — Patrick Surtain II, CB, Alabama — San Francisco 49ers
- No. 13 — Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida — Los Angeles Chargers
- No. 20 — Kadarius Toney, WR, Florida — Chicago Bears
- No. 23 — Najee Harris, RB, Alabama — New York Jets
- No. 24 — Jaycee Horn, CB, South Carolina — Dallas Cowboys
- No. 25 — Christian Barmore, DL, Alabama — Jacksonville Jaguars
- No. 26 — Azeez Ojulari, LB, Georgia — Cleveland Browns
- No. 28 — Tyson Campbell, CB, Georgia — New Orleans Saints
- No. 31 — Nick Bolton, LB, Mizzou — Green Bay Packers
With no NFL Combine this year, we’ll see which players remain in the first round picture and which new names become contenders for those spots.
Wow Toney is high and Pitts a little lower than expected. I think Pitts will go to the Cowboys at 9th
I would hate it for him if he went to the bears. There’s no way they would know how to use him properly.
It really doesn’t speak to one being better or worse than the other. It really is about an offense that uses TEs like Pitts in a way that maximizes their potential. If used mostly for blocking in a particular offense, there are TEs that fit into that better than Pitts.
love this prediction of pitts getting scooped up by the cowboys. i haven’t seen this mentioned elsewhere and this seems like a certain move by jones.
Patrick Surtain wouldn’t get past the Giants at 11
NFL teams usually reach for QB’s but Jones in the top 5 is a mega reach.
No way the Falcons are taking Mac Jones at #4. This guy has one year of tape and had all day to throw to great receivers that were usually wide open. Tua is failing miserably and this guy couldn’t beat out Tua. Hmmm.
Tua is failing? Speaking of only 1 year of tape. He has half a season in the NFL on a team that is rebuilding. Probably need more of a sample size to say failing. Draft is about needs usually. Players go when they are needed by the teams.
If the Falcons take Mac Jones at 4 over Penei Sewell I will scream
Good success with Bama receivers in the past. Just sayin.
If they are drafting him to play receiver I will also scream.
I agree that the falcons shouldn’t take mac that early…and while they need other things as well I do think mac will be very efficient in the nfl. More so than tua or hurts either one…that being said the falcons could trade back for a mid round pic and a 3rd round pick or something similar and still pick Jones up more than likely and I’d think that would be the smart call
By the way…I meant pic mac up with the mid round pick if that you wasn’t clear
If be shocked if Mac Jones went in the first round. Not a knock on Mac but I don’t see him doing well in the NFL. Great College qb but I think playing for Bama actually hurt him a bit in terms of preparing him for the NFL. Same with Tua.
When you have elite running backs, Oline, and receivers it makes a QBs job way easier. Mac won’t have the luxury of having 5+ seconds to throw the ball and recievers 10 yds open.