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| Prospect-Central: 2013 NFL Mock Draft |
Written by: Prospect-Central
Why are high school athletes ranked? A number of reasons, but it's basically the same reason future pro's are ranked right before they're drafted; to find out who the best of the best are. High school rankings don't always emulate how future drafts play out, but it's still a helpful tool in predicting the unknown.
Obviously rankings aren't an exact science. There's always a number of players drafted each year that were never ranked during high school. Now that these players are about to become professional athletes however, the only rankings that matter are on NFL Draft Boards.
Creating Mock Drafts for the NFL as opposed to the NBA couldn't be more different. First of all, the NFL has 7 rounds, while the NBA only has 2. With more rounds comes more players to analyze, which in turn leads to more uncertainty. There's also more positions to fill in the NFL, so they tend to draft for need, while the NBA usually drafts the best players available.
Which brings us to Prospect-Central's Final 2013 NFL Mock Draft. Even though PC focuses more on basketball rather than football, last years NFL Mock Draft was actually pretty successful. PC missed only 3 players in the entire first round, and got nearly half the picks exactly right. Hopefully this years Mock can be just as successful, but I'm having my doubts. There's just too much uncertainty with the draft this year. Be that as it may, here's Prospect-Central's final attempt to predict the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Actual Pick: Eric Fisher OT
Actual Pick: Luke Joeckel OT
Actual Pick: Dion Jordan OLB * Traded to Miami Dolphins
Actual Pick: Lane Johnson OT
Actual Pick: Ezekiel Ansah DE
Actual Pick: Barkevious Mingo DE
Actual Pick: Jonathan Cooper OG
Actual Pick: Tavon Austin WR * Traded to St. Louis Rams
Actual Pick: DeMarcus Milliner CB
Actual Pick: Chance Warmack OG
Actual Pick: D.J. Fluker OT
Actual Pick: D.J. Hayden CB * Traded to Oakland Raiders
Actual Pick: Sheldon Richardson DT
Actual Pick: Star Lotulelei DT
Actual Pick: Kenny Vaccaro FS
Actual Pick: E.J. Manuel QB * Traded to Buffalo Bills
Actual Pick: Jarvis Jones OLB
Actual Pick: Eric Reid FS * Traded to San Francisco 49ers
Actual Pick: Justin Pugh OT
Actual Pick: Kyle Long OG
Actual Pick: Tyler Eifert TE
Actual Pick: Desmond Trufant CB * Traded to Atlanta Falcons
Actual Pick: Sharrif Floyd DT
Actual Pick: Bjoern Werner DE
Actual Pick: Xavier Rhodes CB
Actual Pick: Datone Jones DE
Actual Pick: DeAndre Hopkins WR
Actual Pick: Sylvester Williams DT
Actual Pick: Cordarrelle Patterson WR * Traded to Minnesota Vikings
Actual Pick: Alec Ogletree ILB * Traded to St. Louis Rams
Actual Pick: Travis Frederick C * Traded to Dallas Cowboys
Actual Pick: Matt Elam SS
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