Predictions: 1st Round Surprises

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Who will be this year's recipient of the Alan Branch award, an honor bestowed upon the draftee whose stock is highly overvalued by the fans, experts and prognosticators? To clarify the "ground rules," nominations for this award should not be based upon whether you think the nominee will be be a bust. Rather, the nominee should be someone who most mocks predict will be drafted in in the first round but, for whatever reason, will drop out of the first round.

Who will be this year's recipient of the Logan Mankins award, an honor bestowed upon the draftee whose stock is highly undervalued by the fans, analysts and prognosticators? The nominations for this award should be given to those draft prospects that most mock drafts predict will be drafted in the second round or third round but, for whatever reason, will be end up getting drafted in the first round.

I'd also like to propose a Tyler Brayton/Jason Babin/Anthony Spencer/ Craig Davis award for the player who becomes a 1st round pick that nobody knows about and then ends up justifying why nobody knows about him. Also I'd like to propose renaming the Logan Mankins award after Nnamdi Asomugha or Nick Barnett

However for the Jason Babin award I nominate Cliff Avril the DE out of Purdue.

For the Logan Mankins award I nominate Tyrell Johnson the S out of Arkansas State

and for the Alan Branch award I nominate Kentwan Balmer.