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● By Colton Edwards
Throughout the 2024 College Football Playoff and bowl games, plenty of prospects have made significant impressions on NFL front offices. Edge rusher Abdul Carter of Penn State stamped himself as a likely top five pick with a dominant run in his final few games as a Nittany Lion. Several players, including Cam Skattebo, TreVeyon Henderson, Will Howard and Derrick Harmon are rising up draft boards in recent weeks. A few other big named like Carson Beck, Drew Allar and Evan Stewart have announced they will return for another college season since our last mock draft was released. You could probably predict the top five prospects to be selected: Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter, Mason Graham and Abdul Carter. But the NFL Draft is forever unpredictable. Here's what we're thinking as the Draft slowly approaches.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 32 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.