PSYCHO(thesis)DEFENSE
04-24-2015, 09:57 AM
With the draft less than a week away, here's a look at where our guys are being projected to go. I averaged 30 mock drafts to get average draft positions for 7 Mississippi State football products. Only 9 mocks went past rd 3, so Mckinney & Smith have a larger sample.
Benardrick McKinney: average draft position - 41st overall (2nd round - 9th pick)
27 mocks; Highest - 19th overall (1-19)
Lowest - 62nd overall (2-30)
Most popular picks - Green Bay (1-30), Minnesota (2-13), & San Francisco (2-14)
Mel Kiper - 46th overall to San Francisco
Preston Smith: 44th overall (2nd rd - 12th pk)
27 mocks; Highest - 19th (1-19)
Lowest - 77th (3-12)
Most popular picks - Tampa Bay (2-2), Oakland (2-3), & Cincinatti (2-21)
Mel Kiper - 35th overall to Oakland
Justin Cox: 142nd overall (5th rd - 6th pk)
5 mocks; Highest - 130th (4-30)
Lowest - 167th (5-31)
3/5 mocks that included Cox had him going to the Seahawks
Josh Robinson: 173rd overall (5th rd - 36th pk)
7 mocks; Highest - 123th (4-24)
Lowest - 220th (7-3)
Only duplicate picks to Jacksonville & Kansas City
Blaine Clausell: - 191st overall (6th rd - 14th pk)
2 mocks; Highest - 157th (5-20), Lowest - 226th (7-8)
Kaleb Eulls: 197th overall (6th rd - 20th pk)
6 mocks; Highest - 176th (5-39), Lowest - 229th (7-11)
Ben Beckwith: 215th overall (6th rd - 38th pk)
2 mocks; Highest - 184th (6-8), Lowest - 247th (7-30)
I love the draft, as it's the only time I can sit & watch tv for an entire weekend & pull for my Bulldogs & Titans in the same event. I would love to see McKinney or Smith go in the 1st. I've heard the scouts like McKinney more than the media does, & the Rams like him enough to trade up for him late in the 1st. Smith was a hot name for a while, & has slid some recently w/o as much media buzz, but I doubt he has slid any with the scouts. If McKinney slides out of the 1st, I think Smith goes ahead of him a la Darius Slay 2013. Eulls is listed in more mocks than Clausell, & I expect him to have a higher chance to go, despite averaging out lower.
I predict 5 Bulldogs get drafted. Would be ecstatic to get 6. Out of a group with a/b 17 combined stars at the most, that would be awesome, & a powerful indication of the high level of player development going on at Mississippi State under Dan Mullen.
Benardrick McKinney: average draft position - 41st overall (2nd round - 9th pick)
27 mocks; Highest - 19th overall (1-19)
Lowest - 62nd overall (2-30)
Most popular picks - Green Bay (1-30), Minnesota (2-13), & San Francisco (2-14)
Mel Kiper - 46th overall to San Francisco
Preston Smith: 44th overall (2nd rd - 12th pk)
27 mocks; Highest - 19th (1-19)
Lowest - 77th (3-12)
Most popular picks - Tampa Bay (2-2), Oakland (2-3), & Cincinatti (2-21)
Mel Kiper - 35th overall to Oakland
Justin Cox: 142nd overall (5th rd - 6th pk)
5 mocks; Highest - 130th (4-30)
Lowest - 167th (5-31)
3/5 mocks that included Cox had him going to the Seahawks
Josh Robinson: 173rd overall (5th rd - 36th pk)
7 mocks; Highest - 123th (4-24)
Lowest - 220th (7-3)
Only duplicate picks to Jacksonville & Kansas City
Blaine Clausell: - 191st overall (6th rd - 14th pk)
2 mocks; Highest - 157th (5-20), Lowest - 226th (7-8)
Kaleb Eulls: 197th overall (6th rd - 20th pk)
6 mocks; Highest - 176th (5-39), Lowest - 229th (7-11)
Ben Beckwith: 215th overall (6th rd - 38th pk)
2 mocks; Highest - 184th (6-8), Lowest - 247th (7-30)
I love the draft, as it's the only time I can sit & watch tv for an entire weekend & pull for my Bulldogs & Titans in the same event. I would love to see McKinney or Smith go in the 1st. I've heard the scouts like McKinney more than the media does, & the Rams like him enough to trade up for him late in the 1st. Smith was a hot name for a while, & has slid some recently w/o as much media buzz, but I doubt he has slid any with the scouts. If McKinney slides out of the 1st, I think Smith goes ahead of him a la Darius Slay 2013. Eulls is listed in more mocks than Clausell, & I expect him to have a higher chance to go, despite averaging out lower.
I predict 5 Bulldogs get drafted. Would be ecstatic to get 6. Out of a group with a/b 17 combined stars at the most, that would be awesome, & a powerful indication of the high level of player development going on at Mississippi State under Dan Mullen.