Epenesa, Zach Baun, Terrell Lewis and Yetur Gross-Matos are all intriguing prospects, but to call them can't miss first-round picks, based on my reporting to this point, would be a stretch.Both of these guys should be off the board relatively quickly.
At least two and quite possibly four will go among the top 32 picks. Play Now Jackson played eight years in Major League Baseball and four years in the NFL.
The back end of the first round of the NFL Draft is always a crapshoot.In any given draft there are 15, 18, maybe 20 players who are considered bonafide first-round talents, more or less. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/draft/free/stories
Mayberry Jr. played seven seasons for the Phillies, Blue Jays and Mets from 2009-15. Jeremy Chinn might.
I could list, literally, at least six other kids who at least some teams believe are a first-round talent. The Oklahoma quarterback became the only player to be drafted in the first rounds of both the NFL and Major League Baseball drafts.In 2018, Murray was the No. Someone would grab any of them in the final few picks, even if there wasn't a remote need, because the value would be simply too high.Not too controversial here. But I couldn't clump them with this group of four who are deadest locks for selection.Again, more than these two will go, but that depends on a wide variety of factors. The first amateur Major League Baseball draft took place in 1965.
Too much value and too many names and no real "it" guy. Before Brandon Weeden was drafted as the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, he was a pitcher in the Dodgers farm system for two seasons. The back end of the first round of the NFL Draft is always a crapshoot.
In 1987, Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson played for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Royals, becoming the first player to play in both MLB and the NFL since the 1960s. But it's far from a certainty they do not end up all going near the top of Round 2.This is a very tough position to sort through. The first high school pitcher selected, Abel is a two-time player of the year in Oregon. No matter how wild the scenarios get, it's difficult to concoct one in which these players are not a part of the first round. 1 overall pick in last year's NFL draft, history was made. I will admit there is more guess work going on at this position. Maybe one sneaks in – though I doubt it – but even then, there would be a few names in the mix and no one set tight end.Look, maybe there are eight of these cats drafted in the first 32. I strongly believe tackles Austin Jackson and Ezra Cleveland have a good shot to go in the first round – but the teams most likely to take them could go in another direction. There will be a long run on them, and receivers, in Round 2.Not a great list, overall, and I've heard no first-round buzz about any of them. But things get very murky once all of these guys are gone by, at least, the first 14 picks. Play Now Get the latest NFL draft news, live streaming video, video highlights, draft tracker, draft history, mock drafts Mayberry's son, John Jr., was drafted in the first round twice, first out of high school by the Mariners in 2002 and again, after three years at Stanford, by the Rangers in 2005.