NFL Mock Draft: Wolverines & Notables
https://www.draftcountdown.com/nfl-mock-draft/2023-7-round-mock-draft-rounds-1-3-shane-12-0/
With only one day to go before the NFL Draft starts, I wanted to look at where some of the Michigan upperclassmen who entered might go.
Looking through the link above, I found 8 Wolverines getting drafted this year!
In the table below, I have listed the player, his round, how many other players at this position were taken before him, and the names that jumped out at me of those players, and their round. Below that, are some names that popped even though they aren't directly competing with a Wolverine.
Something to argue about for a day or so! [my takes: Olu too low? No Gemon Green?]
Michigan Rd #board Other notables Round
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DL Mazi Smith 2 3 DL J. Carter (Geo), Bresee (Clem), 1st, 2nd
CB DJ Turner 2 8 CB D. Witherspoon (Io), D. Banks (MD) 1st, 1st
TE L. Schoonmaker 3 5 TE M. Mayer (ND), S. LaPorta (Io) 1st, 3rd
OL Olu Oluwatimi 5 14 iOL JM Schmitz (Minn), Sidy Sow (EMU) 2nd, 5th
EDGE Mike Morris 5 18 EDGE VanNess (Iowa), Z. Harrison (OSU) 1st, 3rd,
K Jake Moody 6 1 P Barringer (MSU), K Ryland (MD) 7th, 7th
OT Ryan Hayes 6 - OT D. Jones, OT J. Duncan (MD) 2nd, 3rd
TE Joel Honigford 7 -
QB DTR (Ucla), QB Max Duggan 7th, 7th
RB Zach Charbonnet 2nd
April 26th, 2023 at 10:51 AM ^
3 times and you get to make a wish
April 26th, 2023 at 11:16 AM ^
Still getting the hang of previewing & fixing the formatting multiple times without hitting publish.
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April 26th, 2023 at 11:07 AM ^
I like the early 80s TRS80 look of the name chart better on your 1st post.
April 26th, 2023 at 11:13 AM ^
I am reminiscing 80s Unix system outputs that used to print in those big ass printers. Good times ;)
Olu is too low. If he falls that far, it is a steal.
April 26th, 2023 at 11:15 AM ^
I don't know anything about the draft, but I'm finding season 3 of the Wu-Tang series a bit disappointing.
April 26th, 2023 at 11:46 AM ^
I've never heard of this site. Are its guesses more notable/credible than the others?
April 26th, 2023 at 12:30 PM ^
No, their guesses are not more credible. Plus it’s over a week old. That’s ages ago when it comes to the draft. CJ Stroud going number 1? That hasn’t been predicted for weeks.
I think its funny and odd that most on here had him rated above Young in a thread about a week or 2 ago.
April 26th, 2023 at 11:49 AM ^
I have to believe both Morris and Olu will have NFL careers that exceed that of a typical 5th rounder
April 26th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
No Ronnie Bell?
Watch for Ronnie to get paired up with DPJ here in Cleveland. One thing our FO does a lot of is interview players they project will be UFAs so they can move quickly on them once the draft ends in unclaimed or available late.
Bell has had two, maybe three meetings with the Browns already.
April 26th, 2023 at 12:05 PM ^
They've got 3 Buckeyes in the first twelve picks......Uggh.
That seems a little high for Schoonmaker and a little low for Morris. If teams leave Olu on the board that long they'd be fools.
Olu in the 5th round is an absolute steal
Also, I know Morris didn't perform well at the combine but Zach Harrison in the 3rd round and Morris in the 5th is laughable
Yeah, Harrison has bust written all over him. With his physical gifts/size, one would have expected big things from him against college competition. Didn’t happen. Why would anyone expect him to magically transform to effective playing against guys his physical equal? Just seems as if something is missing.
Yeah, I'd be surprised if Harrison went in the 3rd round. He's a plus athlete but not a freak and his actual production on the field wasn't good enough that teams are likely to think "he's just a coach away" from being a beast. Morris has a lower athletic ceiling but he's been a better player and has, in my opinion, more positional flexibility since he could slot in at either end or tackle depending on your defensive alignment. Harrison's weakness as a run stopper locks in more as an edge rusher with limited production in that role.
If Morris and Olu don't go until the fifth round, I will eat a hat.
Olu was the best center in college football. That doesn't make you a first rounder necessarily, but it darn sure doesn't make you a fifth rounder unless you are woefully undersized. Which Olu doesn't appear to be.
Why are our OL guys rated so low? Is it just a size thing?
I tried to do a mock draft giving the Packers all guys from MSU, but I ran out of candidates before they ran out of picks.
Tony Mandarich set such a fine foundation for Spartan picks by the Packers.
Mazi to the Steelers with the first pick of the 2nd round sounds good to me!!
Go Blue!!!!