NFL Draft will be here before we know it and there are a few Michigan football players who have a shot to become first-round draft selections. Most notably, both defensive tackle Mason Graham and cornerback Will Johnson are potential top-10 picks while tight end Colston Loveland and defensive tackle Kenneth Grant are first-round hopefuls.

After the Pittsburgh Steelers lost five straight games to end the 2024 NFL season, fans are hungry for changes. While many supporters are calling for major coaching staff shake-ups, the Steelers are more likely to focus on improving their roster rather than making significant changes on the sidelines.

Now that Ben Johnson is hired, the Bears can focus on building out their roster. Mel Kiper has the perfect pick for Chicago at No. 10.

With the college football season ... Notre Dame in the National Championship, many NFL draft analysts have begun releasing their first of many mock drafts for the upcoming draft. Perhaps the most well-known among them is Mel Kiper Jr., who has been a ...

In his initial 2025 first-round NFL mock draft, esteemed ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. projects San Francisco to address the offensive side of the football. Kiper’s initial projection sees the 49ers scooping up talented Texas Longhorns offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with the No. 11 pick.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – AUGUST 31: Colston Loveland #18 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a second half touchdown with Tyler Morris #8 while playing the Fresno State Bulldogs at Michigan Stadium on August 31, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Should Kiper’s projection hold true, it would be the first time since the 2018 NFL Draft that the SEC failed to produce a top-5 pick. Oklahoma (then in the Big 12) produced the No. 1 overall pick in Baker Mayfield while Georgia’s Roquan Smith was the league’s top selection at No. 8 overall.

Michigan football set a program record with 13 NFL draft picks last season and this year could lead all NCAA teams in first round selections.

In the latest mock from our Christian D’Andrea — a top-five mini-mock — he had the Browns taking Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders at quarterback. But in Mel Kiper Jr.’s first mock of the year for ESPN, he had Sanders’ teammate Travis Hunter going to Cleveland and Sanders going to the New York Giants at No. 3.

The New York Jets have tapped Aaron Glenn as their next head coach, and despite questions needing to be answer on the offense, the team goes to Glenn's side of the ball in the first mock dropped by ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr.

Etienne is ranked as the No. 12 running back and No. 133 prospect in the NFL draft, but ESPN's Field Yates thinks Etienne should be ranked higher. Yates has Etienne as his fifth-ranked running back. NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. is also higher on Etienne than most.

Rich Eisen says the Ravens ‘are going to be in it every year.’ Former Orioles great Jim Palmer is among those showing support for Mark Andrews. Kyle Van Noy says the Bills’ conservative approach paid off.