Sports Illustrated’s Peter King wrote Monday that one NFL personnel man told him that Drake at least has the potential to go that high in the draft: “I asked a few guys which first-round pick will shock the world on April 28. And one evaluator said he wasn’t positive this player would go in the first round, but said he definitely has first-round talent: Alabama back Kenyan Drake, who backed up Heisman winner Derrick Henry. Great straight-line speed.”
Drake, who most draft experts tab as a mid-round pick, served as a versatile, change-of-pace backup for four seasons with the Crimson Tide, most recently behind Henry, who won the Heisman in 2015.