JoeyP’s NFL 2021 First-Round Mock Draft

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Here it is …my one (and only) mock draft. Trades and other surprises will no doubt shake up this order, but it’s my best possible projection. Last year, I wasn’t far off. 


1. Jacksonville Jaguars – QB Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
2. New York Jets – QB Zach Wilson, Brigham Young
3. San Francisco 49ers (from Houston through Miami) – QB Mac Jones, Alabama
4. Atlanta Falcons – TE Kyle Pitts, Florida
5. Cincinnati Bengals – T Penei Sewell, Oregon

6. Miami Dolphins (from Philadelphia) – WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
7. Detroit Lions – WR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
8. Carolina Panthers – WR Ja’Marr Chase, Louisiana State
9. Denver Broncos – QB Justin Fields, Ohio State
10. Dallas Cowboys – CB Patrick Surtain II, Alabama

11. New York Giants – LB Micah Parsons, Penn State
12. Philadelphia Eagles (from San Francisco through Miami) – WR Kadarius Toney, Florida
13. Los Angeles Chargers – T Rashawn Slater, Northwestern
14. Minnesota Vikings – OL Alijah Vera-Tucker, USC
15. New England Patriots – QB Trey Lance, North Dakota State

16. Arizona Cardinals – CB Jaycee Horn, South Carolina
17. Las Vegas Raiders – LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame
18. Miami Dolphins – T Samuel Cosmi, Texas
19. Washington – T Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State
20. Chicago Bears – CB Greg Newsome II, Northwestern

21. Indianapolis Colts – DE/LB Kwity Paye, Michigan
22. Tennessee Titans – DE/LB Jaelan Phillips, Miami
23. New York Jets (from Seattle) – DE/LB Gregory Rosseau, Miami
24. Pittsburgh Steelers – RB Najee Harris, Alabama
25. Jacksonville Jaguars (from Los Angeles Rams) – S Trevon Mohrig, TCU

26. Cleveland Browns – LB Jamin Davis, Kentucky
27. Baltimore Ravens – WR Terrace Marshall, Jr., LSU
28. New Orleans Saints – WR Rashod Bateman, Minnesota
29. Green Bay Packers – LB Zaven Collins, Tulsa
30. Buffalo Bills – DT Christian Barmore, Alabama

31. Kansas City Chiefs – T Christian Darrisaw, Virginia Tech
32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – DE/LB Jayson Oweh, Penn State

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About Joe Platania

Veteran Ravens correspondent Joe Platania is in his 45th year in sports media (including two CFL seasons when Batlimore had a CFL team) in a career that extends across parts of six decades. Platania covers sports with insight, humor, and a highly prescient eye, and that is why he has made his mark on television, radio, print, online, and in the podcast world. He can be heard frequently on WJZ-FM’s “Vinny And Haynie” show, alongside ex-Washington general manager Vinny Cerrato and Bob Haynie. A former longtime member in good standing of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the Pro Football Writers of America, Platania manned the CFL Stallions beat for The Avenue Newspaper Group of Essex (1994 and ’95) and the Ravens beat since the team’s inception — one of only three local writers to do so — for PressBox, The Avenue, and other local publications and radio stations. A sought-after contributor and host on talk radio and TV, he made numerous appearances on “Inside PressBox” (10:30 a.m. Sundays), and he was heard weekly for eight seasons on the “Purple Pride Report,” WQLL-AM (1370). He has also appeared on WMAR-TV’s “Good Morning Maryland” (2009), Comcast SportsNet’s “Washington Post Live” (2004-06), and WJZ-TV’s “Football Talk” postgame show — with legend Marty Bass (2002-04). Platania is the only sports journalist in Maryland history to have been a finalist for both the annual Sportscaster of the Year award (1998, which he won) and Sportswriter of the Year (2010). He is also a four-time Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association award winner. Platania is a graduate of St. Joseph’s (Cockeysville), Calvert Hall College High School, and Towson University, where he earned a degree in Mass Communications. He lives in Cockeysville, MD.



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