Syracuse Football Mock Draft 2019: Final Mock Draft, SU 1st round history

Here’s the latest buzz with 2019 mock drafts. Plus here’s the recent history of Syracuse football players going in the 1st round.

Right off the bat, I’ve got some bad news, no Syracuse football player is expected to be taken in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

That would be the sixth straight year that a former member of the Orange has NOT heard his name called in primetime.

In fact, since 2003 there have only been two Syracuse football players taken in the opening round:

• Justin Pugh, 19th overall, 2013 NFL Draft.
• Chandler Jones, 21st overall, 2012 NFL Draft.

Projecting forward for a second, there does appear to be some optimism that drought will end sooner rather than later over the next couple of years with talented current Syracuse players like:

• Andre Cisco
  • Led all of college football in interceptions in 2018 (seven interceptions), his first year in Orange. If Cisco accomplishes this feat, he’d be the first defensive back at Syracuse to be taken in the first round since Will Allen back in the 2001 draft (he went 22nd overall to the New York Giants).
• Tommy DeVito
  • Quarterbacks always have a chance to be taken in the first round. If Tommy lives up to the hype he could be the first Syracuse quarterback selected in the first round since Donovan McNabb went second overall back to the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1999 NFL Draft.
• Alton Robinson
  • Robinson had 10 sacks for the Orange in 2018 and will look to build upon that in 2019 his final season with Syracuse. We don’t have to go back far to find the last pass rusher to be taken in the first that was the aforementioned Chandler Jones in 2012 to the New England Patriots.
• Kendall Coleman
  • Speaking of double-digit sack seasons, Kendall also had one of those last year with 10. Prior to Chandler being taken in the first round, the last edge rusher to come off the board on the opening night was future Hall of Famer Dwight Freeney back in 2001 to the Indianapolis Colts (11th overall).

But we’ll discuss that in more detail later, let’s get to this year’s NFL Draft. Over the last several Monday’s Paul ‘Boy Green’ Esden has been revealing his updated version of his “Mock Draft Monday”.

Earlier this week he revealed his FINAL mock draft:

Here are a few interesting nuggets from this 2019 FINAL Mock Draft:

• Four quarterbacks went in the top-15. Many pundits have suggested overall this is a weaker quarterback class than we saw in 2018.
• Six members of the ACC were taken in the first round:
  • Christian Wilkins, Clemson Tigers (ninth overall to the Buffalo Bills).
  • Daniel Jones, Duke (12th overall to the New York Giants who traded up with the Green Bay Packers).
  • Brian Burns, Florida State (ironically enough the Packers who traded back grab Brian here at 17th overall).
  • Garrett Bradbury, NC State, is taken 23rd overall to protect another former member of the ACC in Clemson’s Deshaun Watson.
  • Speaking of Clemson the last two former Tigers are taken 29th (Clelin Ferrell, Seattle Seahawks) and 31st overall (Dexter Lawrence, Los Angeles Rams) respectively.
• Only two offensive players are taken in the top-10 of this 2019 FINAL mock draft.

What were your big takeaways? Share your thoughts and mock drafts in the comments below! Syracuse football is slowly making its’ comeback to the top of the mountain!