HawgBeat – Where Arkansas players are landing in NFL mock drafts

The NFL Draft set to start on Thursday night in downtown Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, and some Hogs are hoping to listen to their identify referred to as in some unspecified time in the future through the seven-round draft.

Thursday night time will function the primary spherical starting at 7 p.m. CT and Arkansas All-American linebacker Drew Sanders might be hoping to be one of many 31 gamers chosen.

After transferring in from Alabama, Sanders turned an AP First Staff All-American and First Staff All-SEC performer at Arkansas in 2022. He led the Razorbacks in tackles (103), sacks (9.5) and tackles for loss (13.5).

Sanders is usually being mocked within the second spherical, however some mock drafts nonetheless have him sneaking into the primary spherical. NFL Rookie Watch just lately reported that “a number of groups reportedly imagine Drew Sanders is the “greatest” off-ball linebacker within the draft.”

After working a 4.59 40-yard sprint and recording a formidable 37″ vertical bounce at Arkansas’ Professional Day, Sanders appeared to construct on his spectacular 2022 season. He stated the one factor professional groups are frightened about is his lack of expertise on the Mike linebacker place.

“Actually only a lack of expertise on the place,” Sanders stated. “So I imply you type of have some expertise points there, the place it’s identical to studying one thing or one thing like that.”

Whereas 9 different Razorbacks from the 2022 squad might be hoping to get a name this weekend, simply three have been listed in a choose few seven-round mock drafts. Middle Ricky Stromberg, large receiver Jadon Haselwood and receiver Matt Landers all have a shot at listening to their names referred to as.

Of the 5 seven-round mock drafts HawgBeat used, Stromberg and Haselwood each had been listed in three.

Stromberg’s draft inventory appears to be in every single place, as he was mocked within the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds.

The native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, performed 898 whole snaps final season. In keeping with Professional Soccer Focus, Stromberg did not enable a single sack on the yr and he gave up simply 4 sacks throughout his 4 seasons as a Hog. He turned the third Arkansas participant to win the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given yearly to the league’s greatest offensive lineman, and he was additionally named First-Staff All-SEC by the AP, Coaches, PFF and USA At present in 2022.

“Yeah, I feel I really feel fairly good,” Stromberg stated after Arkansas’ Professional Day. “I have been working arduous. I misplaced weight, took my physique fats down, gotten stronger. I really feel fairly assured. And now, since Professional Day is over, I am simply ready for the draft to return up subsequent and see the place it goes.”

Haselwood transferred from Oklahoma and put collectively a strong redshirt junior marketing campaign. He led the crew with 59 receptions — eighth on the all-time single-season listing at Arkansas — and he added 702 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

After working a 4.66 40-yard sprint on the NFL Mix, Haselwood improved to a 4.47 40 at Arkansas’ Professional Day on March 29.

“The mix was an extended week,” Haselwood stated. “I actually wasn’t feeling good. Most likely shouldn’t have ran it. After I left, I went straight again to work the subsequent day and people two weeks I used to be grinding and the outcomes confirmed at present.”

Landers led Arkansas with 901 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 47 receptions as a senior in 2022. After working a 4.37 40-yard sprint on the NFL Mix — third quickest of any receiver — he appeared to have earned himself extra appears to be like from NFL groups.

“I imply I felt like I simply went on the market, ran quick,” Landers stated. “You already know, I work arduous to run quick, so hopefully it helped my inventory. I’m hoping it did assist my inventory.”

The remaining Hogs that might be hoping to get a shot embrace offensive sort out Dalton Wagner, defensive again Latavious Brini, linebacker Bumper Pool, defensive sort out Terry Hampton, defensive finish Dorian Gerald and kicker Jake Bates.

Under is a have a look at the place Sanders, Stromberg, Haselwood and Landers have been mocked in seven-round mock drafts from Drafttek, Traces, WalterFootball, Professional Soccer Focus and Sporting Information.