2015 NFL Mock Draft 2.0

Here’s Mock Draft 2.0, ready to be dissected by you. I’ve made a couple, well quite a few changes since last week. Gotta love the NFL and it's ever churning rumor mill. This is my final list and I’m sticking with it. Take a look.

Pick #	Team	Player	School	Position
1	Tampa Bay	Jameis Winston	Florida State	QB
2	Tennessee	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	QB
3	Jacksonville	Leonard Williams	USC	DE
4	Oakland	Kevin White	West Virginia	WR
5	Washington	Dante Fowler, Jr.	Florida	DE/OLB
6	NY Jets	Amari Cooper	Alabama	WR
7	Chicago	Vic Beasley	Clemson	DE/OLB
8	Atlanta	Brandon Scherff	Iowa	OG
9	NY Giants	Bud Dupree	Kentucky	DE/OLB
10	St. Louis	Andrus Peat	Stanford	OT
11	Minnesota	Erick Flowers	Miami	OT
12	Cleveland	DeVante Parker	Louisville	WR
13	New Orleans	Malcom Brown	Texas	DT
14	Miami	D.J. Humphries	Florida	OT
15	San Francisco	Arik Armstead	Oregon	DE
16	Houston	Breshad Perriman	UCF	WR
17	San Diego	Melvin Gordon	Wisconsin	RB
18	Kansas City	Trae Waynes	Michigan St.	CB
19	Cleveland	Danny Shelton	Washington	NT
20	Philadelphia	Dorial Green-Beckham	Missouri	WR
21	Cincinnati	Phillip Dorsett	Miami	WR
22	Pittsburgh	Randy Gregory	Nebraska	DE/OLB
23	Detroit	Kevin Johnson	Wake Forest	CB
24	Arizona	Todd Gurley	Georgia	RB
25	Carolina	La’El Collins	LSU	OT
26	Baltimore	Tevin Coleman	Indiana	RB
27	Dallas	Byron Jones	Connecticut	CB
28	Denver	T.J. Clemmings	Pittsburgh	OT
29	Indianapolis	Damarious Randall	Arizona St.	FS
30	Green Bay	Eddie Goldman	Florida State	DT
31	New Orleans	Shane Ray	Missouri	DE/OLB
32	New England	Devin Smith	Ohio State	WR

Feel free to post your thoughts in the comments section or just throw them my way on twitter @geoffrey_craig. We’ll see how this Mock Draft stacks up against the real one on April 29.

TCU Pro Day

TCU Pro Day was today and the Frogs had 14 players participating. Over 25 NFL Scouts were on hand to see the likes of Paul Dawson, Kevin White, Chris Hackett, and BJ Catalon work out. There were many questions going into today for Dawson, Hackett, and White, who all had sub-par 40 yard dash times at the NFL Combine last month in Indianapolis. BJ Catalon looked to show had better hands and quickness than he had shown in Indy. While each of these players had been invited to Indianapolis last month the other players working out today may have been the most inpressive. Here are the winners from today’s TCU Pro Day.

Chucky Hunter – Defensive Tackle  

Few expected him to run a sub 5-second 40-yard dash, but he did. Chucky drew some smiles with his 4.90 40-yard dash time. He drew a crowd of scouts from the Ravens, Lions, Cowboys, Eagles, Texans, Broncos, and Steelers during his position drills. He was impressive and scouts took a definite notice to his physicality as you could hear the thud of his hands driving the dummies out of his way.

David Porter III – Wide Receiver 

David played mostly in the slot for the Frogs in 2014 and had always shown good hands since arriving in 2011, but what nobody expected today was for him to run a blazing 4.35 unofficial 40-yard dash. If there is one thing scouts love it’s speed and David showed that he has better speed then most expected. He then went out to catch every pass thrown in his direction during receiving drills while running crisp routes.  He definitely showed that he is worthy of a late round draft pick next month.

Jonathan Anderson – Linebacker 

Jonathan started his career at TCU as a 200 pound safety and leaves as a chiseled 230 pound linebacker.  He showed that he was a physical freak by having the Pro Days highest reps on the 225 pound bench press with 26 and a 10’2” Broad Jump. To cap it off he ran an unofficial 4.55 40-yard dash. He very much looked the part of a NFL linebacker today in drills. His special teams play had teams looking but after today, he will be on an NFL roster this Fall.

Now, this doesn’t mean that the bigger names weren’t good. All of the players involved today only improved their draft stock.  Here are some notes from others involved today.

BJ Catalon III – Running Back 

The Paul Hornung Award finalist showed good speed by running a 4.53 unofficial 40-yard dash. He improved on his 4.57 from the NFL Combine. He displayed quick feet in his position drills and good hands running routes out of the backfield and the slot. He can really help a team as a kick returner and receiver. His NFL comparison is Darren Sproles.

Chris Hackett – Safety 

Chris improved on his NFL combine time of 4.81 by running a 4.71 at Pro Day today. The tape shows his tackling ability and willingness to do so. Today he showed good, fluid hips and great ball skills during drills.  The 49ers seemed VERY interested in Chris after workouts ended. Looks to be a solid mid round pick.

Kevin White – Cornerback 

Kevin had a lot of things he wanted to improve on after a hamstring limited his participation in Indianapolis last month. He ended up running a 4.63 40-yard dash and was limited in on-field drills. Today he was healthy and showed what most of the Senior Bowl scouts had seen on tape. He ran a 4.55 unofficial 40-yard dash and good acceleration on deep throws during passing drills. According to Charean Williams, White has a private workout with the Buccaneers on April 10^th.

Paul Dawson – Linebacker 

The player with the most to prove today was without a doubt Paul Dawson. After running a slow 4.91 40-yard dash and performing poorly in position drills at the Combine last month, Paul ran a 4.78 unofficial 40-yard dash, a 9’8” Broad Jump, and 30” vertical today. Dawson bounced back and solidified his status as the top linebacker in the draft after solid performances in his position drills. Scouts from the Vikings, Cowboys, Saints, and Rams were keeping an eye on Dawson. Both the rams and Saints had private meetings with Dawson after the events wrapped up.

Todays TCU Pro Day looked to be a success for all of those involved. Out of the fourteen players participating, there could be as many as ten drafted in the upcoming draft. A few others may have earned themselves a chance in the CFL.

Also on hand today were a handful of current NFL former Frogs, notably Andy Dalton, David Hawthorne, Jerry Hughes, and Marcus Cannon.

Let’s see where these guys go in the NFL Draft on April 30 - May 2.

Geoff Craig

@geoffrey_craig