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First off - big, big thanks go out to everyone that participated. Honestly, it was about as painless as this community mock draft has ever gone.
Even though it didn't get officially kicked off until about a week later than originally intended, and then had an extended interlude during the middle because we (on our end) didn't quite have it together for the Steelers pick, all of the reps really came through and still allowed us to get this whole shebang done in time before the start of the draft. Thank you again for all for your great work (and for tolerating the images of cheerleaders that I ended up plastering on a bunch of your posts).
Before we breakdown the actual results of the draft, let's recap the key ground rules we had -- this community mock draft was just going to cover the 1st round, and no trades were allowed.
2013 BTSC Community Mock Draft Results
Offense/defense split:
20 defensive players selected vs. just 12 offensive players
For comparison - the 1st round of the 2012 draft featured 17 defensive players selected vs. 15 offensive players.
Not sure yet if our results are indicative more of the actual talent in this year's draft, or the simple fact that Steelers fans love defense.
Picks to note:
No. 1 - Star Lotulelei (would be first defensive player as top pick since Mario Williams in 2006, and first defensive tackle to go first overall since Dan Wilkinson in 1994)
No. 5-7 - Three offensive tackles back-to-back-to back (Eric Fisher, Luke Joeckel, Lane Johnson)
No. 9-10 - Two guards are top-10 picks (Chance Warmack, Jonathan Cooper), which means half of the top-10 selections have been offensive linemen
No. 11 - Tavon Austin is the first receiver taken
No. 17 - Steelers pick TE Tyler Eifert (readers' choice with Austin/Patterson/Jones/Vaccaro all off the board already)
No. 22 - A RB does make it into the first round (Eddie Lacy)
No. 25 - Takes until here for the first QB off the board (Geno Smith)
No. 31-32 - The Super Bowl teams each land prospects that would've gone much, much higher if they were completely healthy (Tank Carradine and D.J. Hayden)
Position totals:
7 - pass rushers (defensive ends/outside linebackers)
5 - defensive tackles
4 - offensive tackles
4 - cornerbacks
3 - wide receivers
2 - guards
2 - linebackers
2 - safeties
1 - quarterback
1 - running back
1 - tight end
Note: The Darrelle Revis trade did not occur until after the Buccaneers' pick had already come and gone, though TheCommish did address the possibility in his write up.
Team | Player | Pos | School | BTSC rep | |
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Star Lotulelei | DT | Utah | [Link to pick] |
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Dion Jordan | DE/OLB | Oregon | [Link to pick] |
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Sharrif Floyd | DT | Florida | [Link to pick] |
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Dee Milliner | CB | Alabama | [Link to pick] |
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Eric Fisher | OT | Central Michigan | [Link to pick] |
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Luke Joeckel | OT | Texas A&M | [Link to pick] |
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Lane Johnson | OT | Oklahoma | [Link to pick] |
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Barkevious Mingo | OLB | LSU | [Link to pick] |
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Chance Warmack | OG | Alabama | [Link to pick] |
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Jonathan Cooper | OG | North Carolina | [Link to pick] |
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Tavon Austin | WR | West Virginia | [Link to pick] |
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Xavier Rhodes | CB | Florida State | [Link to pick] |
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Ezekiel Ansah | DE | BYU | [Link to pick] |
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Cordarrelle Patterson | WR | Tennessee | [Link to pick] |
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Jarvis Jones | OLB | Georgia | [Link to pick] |
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Kenny Vaccaro | S | Texas | [Link to pick] |
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Tyler Eifert | TE | Notre Dame | [Link to pick] |
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Sheldon Richardson | DT | Missouri | [Link to pick] |
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Bjoern Werner | DE | Florida State | [Link to pick] |
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D.J. Fluker | OT | Alabama | [Link to pick] |
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Alec Ogletree | LB | Georgia | [Link to pick] |
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Eddie Lacy | RB | Alabama | [Link to pick] |
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Sylvester Williams | DT | North Carolina | [Link to pick] |
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Datone Jones | DE | UCLA | [Link to pick] |
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Geno Smith | QB | West Virginia | [Link to pick] |
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Johnathan Hankins | DT | Ohio State | [Link to pick] |
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Arthur Brown | LB | Kansas State | [Link to pick] |
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Matt Elam | S | Florida | [Link to pick] |
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Keenan Allen | WR | California | [Link to pick] |
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Desmond Trufant | CB | Washington | [Link to pick] |
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Cornellius Carradine | DE/OLB | Florida State | [Link to pick] |
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D.J. Hayden | CB | Houston | [Link to pick] |
Maybe you didn't like Tyler Eifert as the Steelers' top pick in this mock, but take comfort in the fact that there are still some talented prospects that would be guaranteed to be there by the time our pick comes up in the 2nd round.
(And remember - Pittsburgh currently has the 16th pick in the 2nd round because Cleveland used their selection in the supplemental draft, and New Orleans lost theirs to Bountygate.)
22 top prospects who would still be available in the 2nd round:
QB - Matt Barkley, E.J. Manuel, Ryan Nassib, Tyler Wilson
OL - Menelik Watson, Justin Pugh, Kyle Long
WR - DeAndre Hopkins, Justin Hunter, Robert Woods
TE - Zach Ertz
DT - Jesse Williams, Kawann Short
DE - Damontre Moore, Alex Okafor, Margus Hunt
LB - Manti Te'o, Kevin Minter
CB - Jamar Taylor, Johnthan Banks
S - John Cyprien, Eric Reid
Now given our ground rule of no trades, there admittedly is no way this mock is going to be super accurate at predicting what is going to transpire tonight.
But what do you think we did get right?
(Player-team pairings, top prospects off the board at each position, which guys will be 1st round picks and who will slide into Day 2, etc.)