According to Tony Pauline of DraftInsider.net, Texas A&M WR Mike Evans is the “player moving quickest” up first-round draft boards.
- Pauline addsย that Evans could go as early as No. 5 toย the Raiders or possibly even higher than that.
Pauline previously reported that Evans is a “lock” to be a top-ten pick, so this isn’t the first time we’ve heard that Evans could go higher than some think.
However, a team who isn’t drafting in the top-ten shared their top-ten players with Peter Kingย on Monday and didn’t have Evans in this group.
According to King’s source, his top-ten includes:ย Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles, Greg Robinson, Jake Matthews, Taylor Lewan, Zack Martin,ย Aaron Donald, Jadeveon Clowney, Khalil Mackย andย Sammy Watkins.
There has even been talk that a team like theย 49ersย could trade up for Evans, which was an idea suggested byย Chris Mortensen of ESPNย last week.
Mortensen reported San Francisco could beย “ready to do something big” in this year’s draft and that Evans could be their target.
“The 49ers are a team people are starting to talk about as someone who could be very aggressive in this draft,” said Mortensen.
We have Evans going to the Buccaneers at No. 7 overall in ourย most recentย 2014 NFL Mock Draft.
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