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● By Tom Fornelli
The Super Bowl is in two days, which means we're three days away from the NFL Draft season officially beginning. Personally, I consider the official start of NFL Draft season the day my first mock draft comes out, but I'm not sure the rest of the world sees it that way. Either way, today's that day! We made it! Congrats! In all seriousness, if you're even reading this part of the article, then you'll get the context of what I'm doing here. My first mock of the season isn't anything close to a prediction of what will happen. It's ridiculous to attempt that right now. There's so much of the process left to play out, from the NFL Scouting Combine to NFL free agency. While all mock drafts are educated guesses, this one is more about how I feel about the players based on what I've seen from them in their college careers. Mix it with what are expected to be some team needs, and voila, you have a list of 32 players being selected by 32 teams.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.