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Reading the coverage ... Some final mock drafts from smart and informed people: Mike Mayock of NFL Network, Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Peter King of Sports Illustrated, Greg Bedard of the Boston Globe, Lance Zierlein of the Hous...

Mel Kiper Jr. has the third edition of his Insider mock draft and it has some surprising picks for the NFC South. At No. 13, he has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking Utah's Star Lotulelei. A lot of people have been talking about him as the potential...

With the No. 5 pick in the Blogger Mock Draft Live, I just selected LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lots of people are assuming this will come down to a choice between Claiborne and Alabama running back Trent Richards...

ESPN.com asks readers to make the best selection at each spot in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft.

Four new names are on the Big Board this week, including LaMichael James and Lavonte David.

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2012

Kirk Cousins is one of the sharpest college football players I've ever covered. People often mock the term student-athlete -- they're justified, in many cases -- but Cousins, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection who has been Michigan State's s...

MIAMI -- It's quite popular across the country for people to mock the Heat's usual late-arriving crowd, which is accentuated by the empty red seats in view of the television cameras. But the people of Miami know when to arrive for a party, and missin...

Upon the release of his first mock draft, Chad Ford highlights some NBA draft hopefuls who've been garnering buzz recently from both stat geeks and scouts alike and quickly shooting up team draft boards.

Blog | Conversation | May 06, 2010

With the draft hours away we let you know who the Cowboys might select. Well, not us, we take a look at some mock drafts from people we trust. Here goes. Scouts Inc. has the Cowboys taking cornerback Kyle Wilson. Mel Kiper of ESPN thinks Dal...

What's something Bill Simmons had never done? Write an NFL mock draft column. Cross another one off the bucket list.

Reading through my first and possibly last 2010 NFL mock draft should clear up any confusion over how I spend my fall Saturdays. That would be traveling, not watching college games. I do know quite a few NFL personnel people, including a few wh...

I've been toying with various first-round mock draft scenarios and have pretty much promised a few people I'd join the fun at some point. My first-round mock is tentatively scheduled to run during the second round. There's a good chance I'll mo...

ESPN NFL draft Insider Mel Kiper Jr. ranks the top 25 pro prospects on Dec. 16, 2009. Biggest news: Jake Locker of the Washington Huskies is off the board after deciding to return to school.

Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Mike Sando did his magic with Todd McShay's seven-round mock. I had a request for the AFC South picks, but have heard from more people who are mocked out. John Czarnecki looks at the best and worst draft dec...

Most people who have read my column over the past few years know that I'm not a fan of mock drafts, especially this early in the process. A mock draft is just really our best guess at what a team will do with the pick. Considering there's still fiv...

Blog | Conversation | May 24, 2006

And now he's in the top spot, for the moment, in DraftExpress's mock draft. ESPN's Chad Ford writes that most basketball people still think Tyrus Thomas would go number one, but I like the DraftExpress version of events, because it has Thomas going...