The 2025 NFL Draft is almost upon us.
After weeks of mock drafts and predictions, this three-day occasion will present who was proper concerning the pre-draft course of and what predictions went incorrect.
Analysts and insiders might need some intel from groups across the league, however there’s no telling how organizations will react to how the draft board performs out in actual time.
Specialists like Mel Kiper Jr. do their finest to foretell what’s going to occur, utilizing the data they purchase to place their finest guesses and mock drafts on the market for followers to research.
There was a whole lot of buzz about operating again Ashton Jeanty being taken at No. 6, the consensus prime RB off the board.
Kiper is among the many analysts who predict him to go that early, however he’s additionally enthusiastic about one other operating again who may go within the first spherical to the Denver Broncos, as he talked about in a current look on Kay Adams’ present.
“Omarion Hampton is the one I really feel very assured about at Denver at 20,” Kiper mentioned.
Mel Kiper Jr. is most assured the #Broncos will choose RB Omarion Hampton at 20.pic.twitter.com/zorWTxe1ig
— Zack Kelberman (@KelbermanNFL) April 21, 2025
Many individuals agree with Kiper that Hampton is the second-best operating again on the board, however his values appear to be everywhere in the map.
Nonetheless, as Kiper talked about, pairing Hampton with head coach Sean Payton might be a mutually-beneficial match, particularly contemplating that they’ve misplaced operating backs in free company.
Javonte Williams, for instance, has moved on to greener pastures, so it is likely to be time to attempt once more with a youthful possibility that may hopefully present a whole lot of worth to this offense, assuming they go that means within the draft.
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