April 19, 2023 By Noonefromtampa Draft Time We are now less than a week before the draft. Well, the pick is in from the mock draft experts and the Washington Commanders, with their first selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, select Jayden Daniels, quarterback from LSU. Daniels rose from third place with just 8.43% of the selections in my first draft article back in January to first place with almost 53% of the selections. Now, we just have to wait for the real event next Thursday to see if that really happens. Maybe Adam Peters has a big surprise in store for Commanders fans. Draft Data The mock draft count is 361 this week, up 37 from last week. The Commanders will have the 2nd overall pick in the first round. The freshness distribution of the mock draft data is that 53% of the mocks tracked have updated in the last three weeks. The position picked by descending frequency is: Position Picked Count Picked % Last Week % % Change QB 348 96.40% 95.99% 0.41% OT 7 1.94% 2.16% -0.22% Edge 3 0.83% 0.93% -0.09% WR 3 0.83% 0.93% -0.09% CB 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% TE 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% IOL 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% DL 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% LB 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% RB 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% S 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Grand Total 361 100% The players mock picked to the Commanders at the 2nd pick are, in descending frequency: Player Position School Picked Count Picked % Jayden Daniels QB LSU 192 53.19% Drake Maye QB North Carolina 127 34.90% Caleb Williams QB USC 17 4.71% J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan 13 3.60% Joe Alt OT Notre Dame 5 1.39% Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Ohio State 3 0.83% Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State 2 0.55% Dallas Turner Edge Alabama 2 0.55% Laiatu Latu Edge UCLA 1 0.28% Grand Total 361 100.00% This week Jayden Daniels moved over 18% ahead of Drake Maye, his largest lead of draft season. Accurate Mockers and Famous Dudes Site Author Player Position School CBS Sports Chris Trapasso Jayden Daniels QB LSU CBS Sports Ryan Wilson Jayden Daniels QB LSU Draft Countdown Shane Hallam Jayden Daniels QB LSU ESPN Mel Kiper Jayden Daniels QB LSU NFL.com Daniel Jeremiah Drake Maye QB North Carolina NFL.com Lance Zierlein Jayden Daniels QB LSU San Diego Union Tribune Eddie Brown Drake Maye QB North Carolina Sharp Football Analysis Brendan Donahue Jayden Daniels QB LSU Sharp Football Analysis Ryan McCrystal Jayden Daniels QB LSU Sporting News Vinne Iyer Jayden Daniels QB LSU Sporting News Tyler Forness Jayden Daniels QB LSU The Athletic Ben Standig Jayden Daniels QB LSU The Athletic Dane Brugler Jayden Daniels QB LSU Brendan Donahue, Eddie Brown, Shane Hallam, Ben Standig, and Lance Zierlein have been some of the more accurate mockers over the last five years. On the other hand, you have Mel Kiper; he still has hair. Next week on draft day, we will have the official Noone Mock Draft to lead into the real draft. As always, I hope you had some fun reading these columns and they will return next year. Maybe we will have a lower round one draft pick to argue over. Who knows… Sources: nflmockdraftdatabase.com, nfldraftbuzz.com, overthecap.com, sports-reference.com
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