NFL Draft projections for Iowa, Iowa State and UNI football players

It is NFL Draft week. And this 12 months’s class ought to characteristic gamers from Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa drafted throughout the first two rounds.

Northern Iowa offensive deal with Trevor Penning, Iowa heart Tyler Linderbaum and Iowa State working again Breece Corridor have all been in consideration for first- or second-round alternatives.

Ought to Penning go in Spherical 1, it could be historic, as no Northern Iowa soccer participant has ever gone within the first spherical. It will be the very best number of a Panther ever; heart Brad Meester went within the second spherical of the 2000 NFL Draft.

This is a take a look at what to anticipate within the 2022 NFL Draft, together with the place Penning, Linderbaum, Corridor and their teammates are projected to go.

What to anticipate within the first spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft

Penning appears to be the closest to a first-round lock out of the trio talked about above. USA TODAY initiatives the New Orleans Saints to draft him with the sixteenth total choose. He is projected at No. 17 to the Los Angeles Chargers by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, No. 18 to the Chicago Bears (through dreamt-up commerce) by CBS Sports activities and No. 21 to the Dallas Cowboys by NFL.com’s Chad Reuter.

In line with Brugler, Penning is the fourth-best offensive deal with on this upcoming draft however may have fast affect on no matter groups selects the three-year Panther starter.

“Along with his traits, (Penning) is usually a rookie NFL starter as he works out the kinks,” Brugler wrote in his 2022 NFL Draft information.

Linderbaum has been projected as excessive because the twenty sixth total choose by CBS Sports activities. The Athletic, USA TODAY and CBS Sports activities all have the Cincinnati Bengals choosing him at No. 31, whereas NFL.com views him as a second spherical choose, going to the Jacksonville Jaguars at choose No. 33. Ought to Linderbaum go in Spherical 1, he’d be the eighth Hawkeye drafted within the first spherical since 2010. Tristan Wirfs was the final in 2020.

The Hawkeye heart was projected by many as a first-round lock (if not a excessive choice) however dimension and arm-length issues might be a purpose for a later projection.

“His dimension will make block ending considerably hit and miss and he’ll need assistance in opposition to a number of the larger defenders lining up throughout from him,” NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wrote in his profile on Linderbaum. “Groups with sure dimension requirements would possibly go on him however his tenacity and expertise make him a can’t-miss prospect if matched in the suitable scheme.”

In the meantime, a first-round choice for Corridor is much more of a query. Thought to be one of many prime working backs within the 2022 class after amassing 1,774 yards from scrimmage and 23 touchdowns final season for the Cyclones, he might discover himself jockeying with Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III as the primary working again taken off the board. Nevertheless, neither are projected as excessive picks, because of how NFL groups method the bottom sport. In 2021, simply two working backs notched greater than 300 carries — a pointy decline from the seven working backs that completed that feat in 2010.

Since 2019, simply 4 working backs have been taking within the first spherical of the final three NFL Drafts. None have been chosen earlier than the twenty fourth choose. The NFL Community’s Maurice Jones-Drew (a former NFL working again) predicted Corridor going to the Buffalo Payments at choose No. 25 within the first spherical. Ought to Corridor go in Spherical 1, he’d be the primary Cyclone chosen within the first spherical since George Amundson in 1973.

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Find out how to watch the primary spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft

When: 7 p.m. CT Thursday 

The place: Las Vegas

TV: ABC, ESPN and the NFL Community

Livestream: Watch ESPN (with cable supplier login)

What channel is ESPN? What channel is the NFL Community?

ESPN is channel 206 for DirecTV customers. It is channel 140 on DISH.

The NFL Community is channel 212 on DirecTV. On DISH, it is channel 154.

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What to anticipate from the 2022 NFL Draft’s second and third rounds

If Corridor would not go within the first spherical, he is probably going to be picked throughout the subsequent two. Reuter’s mock draft for NFL.com initiatives Corridor going within the second spherical to the Texans at choose No. 37. The Athletic predicts the Atlanta Falcons will take him with the forty third choose in that spherical, whereas USA TODAY believes the Payments will use their 57th-overall choice within the second spherical to pounce on the Iowa State star. CBS Sports activities thinks Corridor may go at No. 50 to the New England Patriots after a hypothetical commerce.

Fellow Cyclone Charlie Kolar has been projected by NFL.com and The Athletic as a Day Two choice, as properly. Reuter has him at No. 81 to the New York Giants. Brugler predicts him at No. 103 to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Kolar is slated to grow to be simply the second Iowa State tight finish drafted since 2002.

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Find out how to watch the second and third rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft

When: 6 p.m. CT Friday

TV: ABC, ESPN and the NFL Community

Livestream: Watch ESPN (with cable supplier login)

What to anticipate on the 2022 NFL Draft’s last day

This is the place issues get fascinating.

Iowa working again Tyler Goodson is projected to go within the fourth spherical on Saturday by each NFL.com and CBS Sports activities. Hawkeye defensive again Dane Belton, who led Iowa with 5 interceptions final 12 months, can also be projected by NFL.com and The Athletic as a fifth-round choice. The Hawkeyes have seen a minimum of one defensive again be drafted in 4 of the previous 5 NFL Drafts.

For the Cyclones, Kolar seems within the fourth spherical of CBS Sports activities’ mock draft. Quarterback Brock Purdy is considered as a sixth-round choice (NFL.com and CBS Sports activities). Defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike is projected within the fifth (The Athletic) and sixth rounds (NFL.com and CBS Sports activities). Linebacker Mike Rose is predicted as excessive because the fifth spherical (The Athletic) and as little as the seventh spherical NFL.com and CBS Sports activities). The Athletic additionally initiatives linebacker Jake Hummel as a seventh-round alternative.

Northern Iowa may see a second participant chosen on this draft, too. Wideout Isaiah Weston is tabbed by The Athletic as a seventh-round choose. The Panthers have solely seen two gamers go in the identical NFL Draft twice because it condensed to seven spherical: 2021 and 2008.

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Find out how to watch the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft

When: 11 a.m. CT Saturday

TV: ABC, ESPN and the NFL Community

Livestream: Watch EPSN (with cable supplier login)

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Adam Hensley is a digital producer with the USA TODAYday Community. You may comply with him on Twitter @A_Hens83 or attain him at ahensley@gannett.com.