The 2021 NFL Draft will begin on Thursday, April 29, and draft speculation is, as always, at a fever pitch. Below is The UCSD Guardian’s first-round mock draft, completed by Sports Staff Writer Donovan Perez-Schipper, and Features Editor Nelson Espinal. We’ll use the simplifying assumption that there are no new trades, even if there almost certainly will be, so that both mocks pick for the same teams at the same time.
BYU
Oregon
Florida
Alabama
LSU
USC
Michigan
Georgia
Texas
Purdue
Missouri
Tulsa
Clemson
North Dakota State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
TCU
South Carolina
Florida State
Mississippi