The NFL Draft is getting closer, with it being in just over a month in late April. Free agency is nearing its conclusion, making team needs for the NFL draft a bit more clear. That makes now as great a time as ever to make a mock draft.

Quarterbacks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders figure to be among the top picks in next month’s NFL draft, though there’s no current consensus that either player will be the No. 1 overall selection.

It wouldn't shock a single person who follows the NFL closely if the Carolina Panthers picked a defensive player with the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. It would, however, be quite the surprise if it weren't Georgia LB Jalon Walker,