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In the hours immediately preceding the 2018 NFL Draft, mock drafts have coalesced around Penn State running back Saquon Barkley as the likely choice for the New York Giants Thursday evening.
Barkley was the choice in 23 of the 31 mocks in our final tracker.
This is what tends to happen as many of the NFL’s most well-connected insiders put together their final mock drafts. The picture becomes clearer. As I have been saying all day, at this point it will be a stunning turn of events if the pick for the Giants at No. 2 is anyone other than Barkley.
Here are the results.
2018 Mock Drafts
| Mock | Player | Position | School | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mock | Player | Position | School | Date |
| NFL.com (Jeremiah) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| NFL.com (Brooks) | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/26 |
| NFL.com (Casserly) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| Draft Analyst (Pauline) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| Draft Countdown | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| ESPN (Kiper} | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| ESPN (McShay) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| Draft Site | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| Draft Tek | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| NFL Draft Scout (Rang) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| NFL Draft Scout (Brugler) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/26 |
| Walter Football (Charlie) | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/25 |
| NFL.com (Mayock) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
| Walter Football | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
| Washington Post | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
| NDT Scouting (Tuls) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
| San Diego Union-Tribune | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/25 |
| CBS Sports (Trapasso) | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/24 |
| Draft Wire (Easterling) | Josh Rosen | QB | UCLA | 4/24 |
| Pro Football Focus | Sam Darnold | QB | USC | 4/24 |
| Pro Football Weekly | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/24 |
| Rotoworld | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/24 |
| Ourlads | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/23 |
| SB Nation | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/23 |
| Newsday (Glauber) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/21 |
| Detroit Free-Press (Birkett) | Bradley Chubb | DE | N.C. State | 4/20 |
| Tony Grossi (ESPN Cleveland) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
| Houston Chronicle (McClain) | Josh Allen | QB | Wyoming | 4/20 |
| Houston Chronicle (Wilson) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |
| Sporting News (Iyer) | Saquon Barkley | RB | Penn State | 4/20 |