Mel Kiper Jr. releases 2016 NFL mock draft
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With the 2008 NFL draft now completed, Mel Kiper Jr. and his worthless profession of predicting draft picks and grading team’s drafts all year long has just got more ridiculous.
Kiper has released him mock draft for the NFL draft in 2016. In an interview on ESPN’s NFL Live Kiper explained the process.
“I’ve been reviewing film on these kids for awhile now, and based on what I’ve seen this is where they will go in the draft,” he said.
When asked how he can predict where teams will be drafting that year Kiper Jr. laughingly explained, “that’s just ridiculous, there’s no way to know how good the teams are going to be eight years from now. I just based my predictions of this year’s draft order.”
Kiper’s 2016 mock draft features middle school and high school athletes ranging from seventh to ninth grade.
“I used a basic logarithm to predict height and weight when these athletes will be ready to enter the draft. I don’t want to give away my secret but I look at how big their parents are, their diets, shoe size, etc.,” Kiper said.
Kiper’s choice for the first pick in the 2016 draft is 4’11” 104 lb. QB, DeJimjohndre Fulton of West Palm Beach Middle School in West Palm Beach, Florida. Kiper believes Fulton, or D double J as he goes by, will enter the draft after his sophomore year of college. The seventh grader has a “better-than-alright arm” and “runs kind of fast.” Kiper believes that in 2016 the Miami Dolphins will still be looking for Dan Marino’s replacement therefore choosing a quarterback.
The other big highlight of the first round is the first ever woman selected in the draft. Kiper has Wendy McDonald going to the Atlanta Falcons with pick No. 21 in the draft. McDonald is an eighth grader from Arlington North Middle School, in Arlington, Texas. While McDonald refused to give out her actual weight, Kiper list’s her at 6’1” 315 lbs. McDonald is a dominant left tackle for the Arlington North Pink Panthers, and Kiper believes she still has plenty of growing to do.
Kiper said he will be starting work on the 2017 mock draft as soon as 2008 middle school football starts in September.
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