Month: April 2021

Drafted Players

• #9: Patrick Surtain Jr., CB, Alabama
• #35 (from Atlanta): Javonte Williams, RB, North Carolina
• #98 (from New Orleans): Quinn Meinerz, G, Wisconsin-Whitewater
• #105 (from New Orleans): Baron Browning, LB, Ohio State
• #152: Caden Sterns, S, Texas
• #164 (from Chicago via NY Giants): Jamar Johnson, S, Indiana
• #219 (from Atlanta): Seth Williams, WR, Auburn
• #237: Kary Vincent Jr., CB, LSU
• #239 (from New York Giants): Jonathon Cooper, EDGE, Ohio State
• #253 (from Cleveland): Marquiss Spencer, IDL, Mississippi State

Undrafted Free Agents

• Nolan Laufenberg, G, Air Force (per Mike Klis)
• Adam Prentice, FB, Colorado State (per Zac Stevens)
• Drew Himmelman, T, Illinois State (per Benjamin Allbright)
• Branden Mack, WR, Temple (per Mike Klis)
• Mac McCain, CB, North Carolina A&T (per Aaron Wilson)
• Curtis Robinson, LB, Stanford (per Justin M)
• Shaun Beyer, TE, Iowa (per Chad Leistikow)
• Warren Jackson, WR, Colorado State (per himself)
• Andre Mintze, EDGE, Vanderbilt (per Tom Pelissero)

This draft is likely to be an outlier from a defensive standpoint. Only three times since 1970 has the first defensive player off the board lasted past the fifth pick.

1995 – Kevin Carter DE – 6^th overall

1999 – Champ Bailey CB – 7^th overall

2005 – Adam Jones CB – 6^th overall

That the first defensive player might not come off the board until pick 7-10 doesn’t mean this draft is devoid of talent on that side of the ball. Fortunately, this draft appears to be strong in areas we want to address.

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