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Hesiman Winner Also Number 1 Pick

 

The NFL draft is only a few days away now, and the tension is growing for the number one pick. Since the season has ended Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. have gone back and forth on who they think will go number one. More often than not they never had the same person going number one. But recently in Kipers mock draft 4.0 and McShay’s mock draft 5.0 both of them have Cam Newton going number one.

Mel Kiper has stated numerous times that this is one of the most unpredictable drafts he has ever seen. The clear number one decided to stay in school, labor agreements are still being discussed, and then the high chance of trades makes it difficult to choose the true number one pick. Also it doesn’t help that Carolina is so depleted that just one player can’t fix them. But to start Mel Kiper Jr. believes Cam Newton is the way to go. Carolina has already brought him in for interviews and numerous sources have stated that Carolina was very high on him. Everyone knows the potential Cam has it’s just a risky pick because if he doesn’t become the franchise quarterback like Carolina hopes they will be set back another two three years. But Kiper believes that whoever they choose with the number one pick is risky so you might as well pick the guy who was best in college, and that was clearly Cam Newton who won the SEC championship, National Championship, and the Heisman Trophy.

Todd McShay is more hesitant when putting Cam Newton number one because on his big board he believes Marcel Dareus is the best player but from sources very close to Carolina, McShay heard they want to go quarterback with the first pick. So that leaves two clear standouts Cam Newton and Blaine Gabbert. Blaine Gabbert had a great college career and many people would take him before Cam but because of Cam’s incredible size and physical tools Carolina believes he is the next big quarterback. McShay believes Carolina can’t trade this pick because the upside of a number one pick is too much to give up on so he believes Carolina will live and die with the number 1 pick in the up and coming draft.

People will continue to predict who will go number one but until the draft actually starts and Carolina comes up to the stage and announces who they are taking but until than no one truly knows. There is will a week to go and a lot can happen within that week. So as of right now Cam Newton is the projected number one but in a week it can be someone else.

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