NFL Draft 2015: Mock Draft and Potential Surprise 1st-Round Picks to Watch

April 18, 2015   ·   Chris Roling   ·   Jump to comments

An aura of team need and varying evaluations tends to make the NFL draft one of the most unpredictable events in sports.
The first round exemplifies this, where the old adage "it only takes one team to take a Marcus Smith at No. 26" rings true each year.
All right, the second half of the adage is extreme, but each year, there are a few of those prospects such as Smith who sneak into the first round. Not that they aren't deserving, but a lack of depth in the class or pro evaluations differing from public perception in a big way creates the surprise factor.
In what many consider one of the most unpredictable classes in recent memory, a few Smiths are bound to slip through the cracks.
 
2015 NFL Mock Draft
 
Potential Surprise 1st-Round Picks to Watch
Byron Jones, CB, UConn 
Most of the globe didn't know about Byron Jones before the NFL Scouting Combine. 
He made sure to wake everyone up, posting top-tier numbers in the...

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