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Pro Football Focus’s latest 2022 NFL Mock Draft includes 11 SEC stars in Round 1
By Adam Spencer
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The NFL Scouting Combine starts this week in Indianapolis. While many top prospects won’t be working out, opting to wait until their Pro Days instead, they’ll be in attendance for interviews with teams.
Ahead of the festivities, many NFL analysts are putting together their final pre-Combine mock drafts.
These are subject to change in the coming weeks once we learn what we learn from the Combine, but on Monday, Pro Football Focus’s Steve Palazzolo released his updated Round 1 projections.
Palazzolo had 11 SEC stars going in the first 32 picks, led by Georgia with 3 first-round selections:
- No. 3 — Evan Neal, OL, Alabama — Houston Texans
- No. 6 — Charles Cross, OL, Mississippi State — Carolina Panthers
- No. 7 — Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU — New York Giants
- No. 15 — Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama — Philadelphia Eagles
- No. 18 — Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas — New Orleans Saints
- No. 23 — Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia — Arizona Cardinals
- No. 24 — Devonte Wyatt, DL, Georgia — Dallas Cowboys
- No. 25 — Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn — Buffalo Bills
- No. 26 — Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia — Tennessee Titans
- No. 29 — Kenyon Green, OL, Texas A&M — Miami Dolphins
- No. 30 — Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida — Kansas City Chiefs
We’ll see what happens in Indianapolis and which former SEC standouts help or hurt their draft stock before their Pro Days come up on the calendar.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.