Mock Draft 1.0. From 1 To 54. Browns Select A Receiver

The Browns latched on to Oregon WR Troy Franklin at the NFL Combine, and then invited him to their facility for a 30 visit. (TheLandOnDemand)

The Browns latched on to Oregon WR Troy Franklin at the NFL Combine, and then invited him to their facility for a 30 visit. (TheLandOnDemand)


Mock draft 1.0. From 1 to 54. Browns select a receiver

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Editor's note: Tony Grossi is a Cleveland Browns analyst for TheLandOnDemand.com and 850 ESPN Cleveland. He has covered the Browns since 1984.

It’s impossible to project an educated pick for the Browns at No. 54 in the coming NFL draft without knowing which players already have been taken.

You can’t choose your favorite receiver or defensive tackle and mock him for the Browns. Otherwise, OK, let’s mock Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Browns. Great pick, no?

You have to go through the process of projecting all 53 picks ahead of them and then choose the best player for the Browns – not necessarily the best player available.

Our first mock draft tries to narrow down the list of players that would be available to the Browns.

Now, about trades …

Surely, Browns GM Andrew Berry could move down -- or up --from No. 54. More likely down. Even without a first-round pick in the previous two drafts because of the Deshaun Watson trade, Berry traded his second-round pick on each occasion. He won’t deny it can happen again.

Even more surely, there will be trades from other teams that disrupt the flow of everyone’s mock draft. I won't begin to predict trades in a two-round mock.

But if every team kept its place in the draft order, this is the way I see the board falling.

At this point, I plan on updating things only one time. Mock draft 2.0 – my official predictions of 1 through 54 – will be posted prior to the first round on April 25.

First round

1. Chicago (from Carolina)

QB Caleb Williams, USC  

2. Washington

QB Jayden Daniels, Louisiana State 

3. New England

QB Drake Maye, North Carolina 

4. Arizona

WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State 

5. Los Angeles Chargers

WR Malik Nabers, LSU 

6. New York Giants

WR Rome Odunze, Washington 

7. Tennessee

OT Joe Alt, Notre Dame 

8. Atlanta

DE Dallas Turner, Alabama 

9. Chicago

OT Olu Fashanu, Penn State 

10. New York Jets

TE Brock Bowers, Georgia 

11. Minnesota

QB J.J. McCarthy, Michigan 

12. Denver

QB Bo Nix, Oregon 

13. Las Vegas Raiders

OT Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State

14. New Orleans

CB Terrion Arnold, Alabama 

15. Indianapolis

CB Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo 

16. Seattle

QB Michael Penix, Washington 

17. Jacksonville

DE Jared Verse, Florida State 

18. Cincinnati

WR Brian Thomas, LSU 

Comment: One of best receiver-drafting teams snags another LSU gem.

19. Los Angeles Rams

DT Byron Murphy, Texas 

20. Pittsburgh

OT JC Latham, Alabama 

Comment: Imagine the Steelers with a strong offensive line.

21. Miami

DT Jer'Zhan Newton, Illinois 

22. Philadelphia

OG Troy Fautanu, Washington 

23. Minnesota (from Houston and Cleveland)

CB Nate Wiggins, Clemson 

24. Dallas

OT Taliese Fuaga, Oregon 

25. Green Bay

OT Amarius Mims, Georgia 

26. Tampa Bay

DE Laiatu Latu, UCLA 

27. Arizona (from Houston)

DE Chop Robinson, Penn State 

28. Buffalo

WR Adonai Mitchell, Texas 

29. Detroit

CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama 

30. Baltimore

OT Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma 

Comment: Highly-rated tackle falls to them.

31. San Francisco

OT Kingsley Suamataia, Brigham Young 

32. Kansas City

CB Cooper DeJean, Iowa 

Second round

33. Carolina

WR Xavier Leggette, South Carolina 

34. New England

WR Xavier Worthy, Texas  

35. Arizona

C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon 

36. Washington

WR Ladd McConkey, Georgia 

37. Los Angeles Chargers

C Zach Frazier, West Virginia 

38. Tennessee

DE Darius Robinson, Missouri 

39. Carolina (from NY Giants)

CB T.J. Tampa, Iowa State 

40. Washington (from Chicago)

OG Graham Barton, Duke 

41. Green Bay (from NY Jets)

LB Junior Colson, Michigan 

42. Houston (from Minnesota)

LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M 

43. Atlanta

CB Kamari Lassiter, Georgia 

44. Las Vegas

WR Keon Coleman, Florida State 

45. New Orleans (from Denver)

OT Patrick Paul, Houston 

46. Indianapolis

WR Roman Wilson, Michigan 

47. New York Giants (from Seattle)

CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr., Missouri 

48. Jacksonville

S Jaden Hicks, Washington 

49. Cincinnati

OT Kiran Amegadjie, Yale

Comment: A Yalie tackle comes off the board.

50. Philadelphia (from New Orleans)

DT T'Vondre Sweat, Texas 

51. Pittsburgh

WR Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky 

Comment: They’re pretty good at picking receivers.

52. Los Angeles Rams

DT Braden Fiske, Florida State 

53. Philadelphia

OG Jordan Morgan, Arizona 

54. Cleveland

WR Troy Franklin, Oregon 

Comment: Lanky, big-play receiver reportedly has visited Berea.