Mike Mayock recently released his final rankings and a Top 100 Big Board ahead of the 2018 NFL Draft, and the list includes four FCS players who could all hear their name called before the end of the night Friday.
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The four players on Mayock's Top 100 are:
No. 62. Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State
No. 66. Kyle Lauletta, QB, Richmond
No. 87. Darius Leonard, LB, South Carolina State
No. 94. Daurice Fountain, WR, Northern Iowa
Goedert is Mayock's No. 3 tight end, Lauletta is his 7th quarterback, Leonard is his No. 10 linebacker and Fountain is his 14th-ranked wide receiver prospect.
Picks 62 and 64 are at the end of the second round, and picks 87 and 94 are at the end of the third round (with compensatory picks, the third round will end Friday night after pick No. 100).
That means Mayock thinks there's a realistic chance four FCS players are drafted on Days 1 and 2. Last year five FCS prospects went in the first three rounds:
Kansas City Chiefs, 2 (59): Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE — Villanova
Los Angeles Rams, 3 (69): Cooper Kupp, WR — Eastern Washington
New England Patriots, 3 (83): Derek Rivers, DE — Youngstown State
Arizona Cardinals, 3 (98): Chad Williams, WR — Grambling
Denver Broncos, 3 (101): Brendan Langley, CB — Lamar
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