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When the football world is roughly a month out from the NFL draft—as it is now—it's not difficult to ascertain who the top draft picks are likely to be. Determining which underrated prospect could become future stars is a little trickier, though.
Take the 2017 draft, for example. Pass-rusher Myles Garrett was viewed as a can't-miss prospect and likely No. 1 pick at the very beginning of the predraft process. Texas A&M quarterback Patrick Mahomes, on the other hand, was viewed as a boom-or-bust candidate and a risky Round 1 selection.
"Mahomes will be a work in progress, but he's a high ceiling, low floor prospect," NFL Media's Lance Zierlein wrote before the draft.