Mike Mayock’s updated 2018 NFL Draft position rankings loaded with SEC players

While the vast majority of mock drafts don’t have many, if any, former SEC players being projected to be drafted within the top 10 selections of the 2018 NFL Draft, Mike Mayock does imagine several of the league’s representatives going often and early in next week’s draft — based on his updated position rankings.

The notability absent position is of course quarterback, where the SEC does not have a single representative ranked among Mayock’s updated position rankings for the 2018 NFL Draft on NFL.com. While that is indeed the case, the positions surrounding the quarterback position and every single defensive position has at least one SEC representative on this list.

Here are the former SEC standouts currently on the top of Mayock’s radar heading into next week’s draft:

Running Backs

#2 — Sony Michel, Georgia
#3 — Derrius Guice, LSU
#4 — Nick Chubb, Georgia

Receivers

#2 — Calvin Ridley, Alabama
#4 — Christian Kirk, Texas A&M

Tight Ends

#1 — Hayden Hurst, South Carolina

Interior OL

#T-5 — Isaiah Wynn, Georgia
#T-5 — Frank Ragnow, Arkansas

Interior DL

#2 — Da’Ron Payne, Alabama
#3 — Taven Bryan, Florida

Edge Rusher

#4 — Lorenzo Carter, Georgia

Linebacker

#1 — Roquan Smith, Georgia
#3 — Rashaan Evans, Alabama

Cornerback

#T-5 — Donte Jackson, LSU

Safety

#1 — Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
#3 — Ronnie Harrison, Alabama

Michael Wayne Bratton

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com