Over half-dozen Ducks selected in latest 7-round mock draft from ESPN
The NFL draft is less than a month away and we can then see how accurate, or inaccurate, all of the mock drafts are.
To be fair, most are fairly accurate and in the latest mock draft from ESPN, more than a half-dozen Oregon Ducks are expected to be selected.
Writer Matt Miller has turned in his best guess of how the NFL selection process will go and the first Duck to be picked will be quarterback Bo Nix to the Las Vegas Raiders, with the No. 13 overall pick in the first round.
Miller says Nix would “give the Raiders’ offense the dual-threat aspect it needs for new coordinator Luke Getsy. The Raiders could also be in play for a right tackle or wide receiver at this spot after being quiet on the offensive side of the ball in free agency.”
Speaking of receivers, the Ducks had a good one with Troy Franklin and he would go to Detroit at pick No. 61. For an offensive-oriented team with a quarterback like Jared Goff, the Lions would be a great place for Franklin.
But before Franklin is picked in the second round, Oregon would see someone get to go on stage and shake Commissioner Roger Goodell’s hand and that would be Duck center Jackson Powers-Johnson at No. 20 to Pittsburgh. He would be snapping the ball to their new signal-caller Russell Wilson.
In the third round, defensive back Khyree Jackson would be heading to the nation’s capital and play for the Commanders as selection No. 78. Ten spots later, defensive lineman Brandon Dorlus goes to Green Bay at No. 88.
To round out the draft for Oregon, a pair of Ducks go to Baltimore. Running back Bucky Irving would be picked in the fourth round at No. 130, and defensive back Evan Williams joins him as a seventh-round selection at No. 228.
The draft gets underway less than a month from now on April 25th.
