2022 NFL Mock Draft: Malik Willis first QB taken

The 2022 NFL Draft heads to Las Vegas this year where college football’s best prospects will find out who will select them to be the cornerstones of their franchises going forward.

The draft process works with the team with the worst record last year picking first, followed by the second-worst and so on, across three days in Sin City as they hope to build a side that will help them raise the Lombardi Trophy in the future.

Here, GiveMeSport give our predictions for how the first-round of the draft will go.

Travon Walker, Defensive End, Georgia

Whilst the Jaguars already have a pair of decent pass rushers in Josh Allen and Dawuane Smoot, both of whom put up decent numbers last year, this could give them a chance to really become one of the premier defensive fronts in the NFL and bringing them back to the ‘Sacksonville’ days that made them contenders back in 2017.

It really is a toss-up between Walker and the next best contender in Aidan Hutchinson, but given the talk that has gone on in recent days and how far up draft boards he appears to have shot up, it seems like he might just sneak edge out the Wolverine for this one.

Aidan Hutchinson, Defensive End, Michigan

With the 3rd fewest sacks in the league in 2021 with 30, the Lions need help in getting to the passer, something that Hutchinson found with ease last year as he racked up 14, the 3rd most in the nation.

Plus given he played for the Wolverines and was born in nearby Plymouth, having a hometown boy on the team should give the Lions fans a major emotional boost too. 

Tyler Linderbaum, Centre, Iowa

With a lot of signs pointing to the idea that Davis Mills will be the quarterback for next season, the focus for the Texans should be on keeping him upright rather than