2016 NFL Mock Draft: 1st-Round Predictions for Fastest-Rising Prospects

October 21, 2015   ·   Joe Pantorno   ·   Jump to comments

The later it gets in the college football season, the more speculation begins to swirl around the game's best prospects that will be eligible for the NFL draft. 
Six weeks into the NFL season, a number of teams are already priming themselves for the top spots of the upcoming selection process in April. 
Here is my third first-round mock draft. The draft order was organized by predicting where each NFL team will finish at the end of the season, and each player was chosen based on the team's positional needs.
Christian Hackenberg QB, Penn State
There is a 100 percent chance you will be scratching your head on this. I was too as I attempted to deduce how this could happen.
But it would have to be a perfect storm to see Christian Hackenberg in the NFL draft, let alone the first round. If Hackenberg does decide to forgo his senior year at Penn State, he could go within the top half of the first round depending on where one team ends up. 
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