When the 2017 NFL draft ended, ESPN’s Adam Schefter, relaying information he’d gathered from an anonymous team’s personnel director, predicted Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen would be the first player selected the following year.
Nine months later, Schefter’s colleague, draft guru Mel Kiper Jr., is following suit. In his first mock version of this year’s draft, which begins April 26 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Kiper on Thursday predicted the Cleveland Browns will grab Allen with the top overall pick.
The 2018 draft is stacked with quarterback talent, from Allen and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield to UCLA’s Josh Rosen and USC’s Sam Darnold, who Kiper predicted the Broncos, in need of a long-term answer at the position, will select at No.