I combined ten NFL mock drafts into one ultimate NFL Mock Draft 2016. Essentially, this is a mock draft on steroids. No surprise that all ten mocks had either Goff or Wentz going No. 1 or No. 2, but surprisingly, all the way at pick No. 23, six mock drafts agreed on Laquon Treadwell going at that spot to the Minnesota Vikings. Enjoy this mock draft and enjoy the real NFL Draft come Thursday. I know I’ll be on the edge of my seat with multiple TV screens and have both Instagram and Twitter going at the same time. Description of how I arrived to these numbers, what they mean and links to the sources I used, can be found at the bottom of this post.
1. Los Angeles Rams
Jared Goff QB California
Average Pick: 1.2
2. Philadelphia Eagles
Carson Wentz QB North Dakota State
Average Pick: 1.8
3. San Diego Chargers
Laremy Tunsil OT Ole Miss
Average Pick: 4.6
4. Dallas Cowboys
Jalen Ramsey FS Florida State
Average Pick: 3.5
5. Jacksonville Jaguars
Myles Jack OLB UCLA
Average Pick: 7.6
6. Baltimore Ravens
Joey Bosa DE Ohio State
Average Pick: 5.1
7. San Francisco 49ers
DeForest Buckner DE Oregon
Average Pick: 7.0
8. Cleveland Browns
Ezekiel Elliott RB Ohio State
Average Pick: 7.3
9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Vernon Hargreaves III CB Florida
Average Pick: 10.7
10. New York Giants
Ronnie Stanley OT Notre Dame
Average Pick: 9.3
11. Chicago Bears
Leonard Floyd OLB Georgia
Average Pick: 15.1
12. New Orleans Saints
Sheldon Rankins DT Louisville
Average Pick: 13.9
13. Miami Dolphins
Shaq Lawson DE Clemson
Average Pick: 14.5
14. Oakland Raiders
William Jackson III CB Houston
Average Pick: 19.7
15. Tennessee Titans
Jack Conklin OT Michigan State
Average Pick: 12.8
16. Detroit Lions
Jarran Reed DT Alabama
Average Pick: 15.1
Standard Deviation: 10.21
17. Atlanta Falcons
Darron Lee OLB Ohio State
Average Pick: 15.7
18. Indianapolis Colts
Taylor Decker OT Ohio State
Average Pick: 19.0
19. Buffalo Bills
Reggie Ragland ILB Alabama
Average Pick: 19.9
20. New York Jets
Paxton Lynch QB Memphis
Average Pick: 18.1
21. Washington Redskins
A’Shawn Robinson DT Alabama
Average Pick: 19.0
22. Houston Texans
Corey Coleman WR Baylor
Average Pick: 18.8
23. Minnesota Vikings
Laquon Treadwell WR Ole Miss
Average Pick: 19.7
24. Cincinnati Bengals
Josh Doctson WR TCU
Average Pick: 22.3
25. Pittsburgh Steelers
Artie Burns CB Miami (Fla.)
Average Pick: 25.8
26. Seattle Seahawks
Robert Nkemdiche DT Ole Miss
Average Pick: 14.1
27. Green Bay Packers
Andrew Billings DT Baylor
Average Pick: 23.0
28. Kansas City Chiefs
Eli Apple CB Ohio State
Average Pick: 20.5
29. Arizona Cardinals
Ryan Kelly C Alabama
Average Pick: 25.4
30. Carolina Panthers
Kevin Dodd DE Clemson
Average Pick: 20.7
31. Denver Broncos
Chris Jones DT Mississippi St.
Average Pick: 25.5
The top priority when picking which players were going to be drafted at a given position, was popularity (the mode). At a given draft position, the most popular player who was projected to go at that spot was where I put them in my NFL mock draft. The tiebreaker was the average projected draft position (the mean). This is fairly straight forward and important because it indicates that a player is in higher demand to go earlier, or simply, is a better player.
10 NFL Mock Drafts used:
- NFL.com – Daniel Jeremiah, Charles Davis, Charley Casserly and Curtis Conway
- The MMQB – Robert Klemko
- ESPN – Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr.
- Sports Illustrated – Chris Burke
- WalterFootball – Walter Cherepinsky
- USA Today – Nate Davis
