A look at how the draft could unfold for the Purple
With hours to go until it finally gets real the decision was made to flip this in a new way. Instead of picking which selections could go where and whether trades will be made & how I ran the first round simulator five times and recorded the outcomes below.
Some are very predictable, others are about a 1% chance of happening but that demonstrates why the announcing of names is discussed & dissected the way that it is.
Without further adieu, here's how the runs went!
1. Jayden Daniels (QB LSU) ~ Williams ~ Williams ~ Williams ~ Williams
2. Caleb Williams (QB USC) ~ Daniels ~ Maye ~ Maye ~ Maye
3. Drake Maye (QB UNC) ~ Maye ~ Daniels ~ McCarthy ~ Harrison Jr.
4. Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR OSU) ~ Alt ~ Nabers ~ Harrison Jr. ~ Nabers
5. Rome Odunze (WR Washington) ~ Harrison Jr. ~ Harrison Jr. ~ Nabers ~ Odunze
6. Malik Nabers (WR LSU) ~ Nabers ~ Odunze ~ Daniels ~ McCarthy
7. Joe Alt (OT Notre Dame) ~ Fashanu ~ Alt ~ Alt ~ Alt
8. Terrion Arnold (CB Alabama) ~ Latu ~ Latu ~ Odunze ~ Turner
9. Olumuyiwa Fashanu (OT Penn. St.) ~ Turner ~ Turner ~ Turner ~ Latu
10. Brock Bowers (TE Georgia) ~ Bowers ~ Arnold ~ Latu ~ Fuaga
11. J.J. McCarthy (QB Michigan) ~ McCarthy ~ Mitchell ~ Arnold ~ Daniels
12. Laiatu Latu (Edge UCLA) ~ Odunze ~ Fashanu ~ Fashanu ~ Fashanu
13. Taliese Fuaga (OT Oregon St.) ~ Fuaga ~ Fuaga ~ Fuaga ~ Fautanu
14. Amarius Mims (OT Georgia) ~ Fautanu ~ Latham ~ Fautanu ~ Bowers
15. Brian Thomas Jr. (WR LSU) ~ Mitchell ~ Bowers ~ Bowers ~ Arnold
16. Quinyon Mitchell (CB Toledo) ~ Verse ~ Fautanu*** ~ Verse ~ Verse
***Traded to SF
17. Troy Fautanu (OT Washington) ~ Chop ~ Thomas Jr. ~ Wiggins ~ Mitchell
18. Jared Verse (Edge FSU) ~ Mims ~ Mims*** ~ Thomas Jr. ~ Mims
***Traded to Pittsburgh
19. Dallas Turner (Edge Alabama) ~ Arnold ~ Verse ~ Mitchell ~ Latham
20. Kool-aid McKinstry (CB Alabama) ~ Wiggins ~ Wiggins*** ~ McKinstry ~ Murphy II
***Traded to Cincinnati
21. Johnny Newton (DT Illinois) ~ Latham ~ Newton ~ Latham ~ Thomas Jr.
22. Byron Murphy II (DT Texas)* ~ Brian Thomas Jr. ~ Murphy ~ Mims ~ McKinstry
*Traded to Houston
23. Nate Wiggins (CB Clemson)* ~ Worthy ~ McCarthy ~ Penix Jr. ~ Wiggins
*Traded to Tampa Bay
24. JC Latham (OT Alabama) ~ Newton ~ Guyton ~ Guyton ~ Barton
25. Tyler Guyton (OT Oklahoma) ~ Cooper DeJean (S Iowa) ~ DeJean ~ Barton ~ DeJean
26. Xavier Worthy (WR Texas)* ~ McKinstry ~ McKinstry ~ Robinson ~ Robinson
*Traded to Minnesota
27. Tyler Nubin (S Minnesota) ~ Keon Coleman (WR FSU) ~ Barton*** ~ DeJean ~ Haynes
***Traded to Seattle
28. Adonai Mitchell (WR Texas) ~ Barton ~ Mitchell ~ Worthy ~ Worthy
29. Chop Robinson (Edge Penn St.) ~ Murphy II ~ Robinson ~ Newton ~ Newton
30. Jackson Powers-Johnson (OC Oregon) ~ Mitchell ~ Worthy ~ Jordan Morgan (OT Arizona) ~ Mitchell
31. Christian Haynes (G UConn) ~ Michael Penix Jr.** ~ Haynes*** ~ Kingsley Suamataia (OT BYU) ~ Guyton
**Traded to Las Vegas ***Traded to Arizona
32. Graham Barton (C/G Duke) ~ Ladd McConkey ~ Bo Nix (QB Oregon)*** ~ Powers-Johnson ~ Coleman
***Traded to Las Vegas
So yeah, if you wadded through all that you'll notice how little consensus there still is. That's what makes it must-see-TV!
Not too much longer and the speculation can finally, mercifully be done!!