Mock Draft Consensus on Washington Huskies Football NFL Prospects – 2.0
We’re back with another 2021 Mock Draft Consensus. PNWS lets you know where former Washington Huskies stars Levi Onwuzurike, Joe Tryon, will go in the NFL Draft.
The NFL draft is an important time for the Washington Huskies football program. It always hurts to lose good players, but the Dawgs and their fans can celebrate UW alumni headed to play at the highest level of professional football.
Putting players in the NFL is some of the best advertising Washington Head Coach Jimmy Lake has when recruiting. A pair of Huskies went in last year’s NFL Draft; quarterback Jacob Eason (fourth round, 122nd overall, Indianapolis) and center Nick Harris (fifth round, 160th overall, Cleveland). In 2020, there were 34 Washington Huskies alumni either on NFL rosters or practice squads.
Due to COVID-19, the NFL changed this year’s pre-draft process. The standard combine where NFL hopefuls spend three days in Indianapolis is out the window. Instead, all player measurements and evaluations occur at each college’s pro day. Washington had their pro day on March 30.
This year at least four Huskies will be drafted. Pacific Northwest Sports audited 41 different mock drafts to see where the quartet might go in the draft, including ESPN, USA Today, NFL, CBS Sports, Walter Football, Pro Football Focus, FOX Sports, and more. Twenty-Five of the mocks went two rounds; seven of them covered through Round 4.
This edition combines our previous mocks on Levi Onwuzurike, Joe Tryon, Elijah Molden, and Keith Taylor into one article. All four played for the Huskies in 2019. Onwuzurike and Tryon opted out of the 2020 season, so they had some extra work to do to impress the scouts.
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