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Acme Packing Company's 2016 mock draft continues on with round two, which will be released over the course of this week. The rules were simple: seven authors were assigned four or five teams apiece, and made the picks for each of those teams whenever they came up. We will pick the first three rounds of the draft. (Also, note that our picks were made prior to the trade between the LA Rams and Tennessee Titans for the first pick.)
We have finally made it to the end of round two, and at this point the Green Bay Packers went defensive tackle and inside linebacker in our mock - a popular pair of selections at least from a positional perspective. Next week we will run down round three in quicker fashion in order to see what is left on our board when the Packers pick at number 88. For now, though, here are the final four picks of round two.
2.29 (#60 overall): New England Patriots select CB Will Redmond, Mississippi State
The Patriots' first selection in this year's draft addresses a sore spot: the secondary. Redmond is recovering from a torn ACL, but was excellent over the first half of the 2015 season. Malcolm Butler appears to be a solid starter at the very least, but New England finds a player who should be able to develop into a starter opposite him here.
2.30 (#61): New England Patriots select WR Leonte Carroo, Rutgers
New England's second of back-to-back picks seems like a perfect fit; Bill Belichick seems to love Rutgers players for some reason, and Carroo has already been in New England for an official visit. He has good size and very good hands, and all signs seem to point to him being a Patriot next season.
2.31 (#62): Carolina Panthers select S Jeremy Cash, Duke
Jon Barnett: Carolina adds an athletic safety here. With strength at cornerback, maybe the best middle linebacker in football, and a solid defensive line, Cash will be free to roam and make plays in the box. Cash made his name as a run stopping safety in the Duke defense and this is something Carolina highly values. He is a great tackler and has the ability to show he can be an asset in pass coverage too.
2.32 (#63): Denver Broncos select OL Vadal Alexander, LSU
After signing Russell Okung and Donald Stephenson, Denver's offensive tackle situation seems to be relatively stable, but the same cannot be said for the guard position. Enter Alexander, who is likely to move inside from tackle to guard in the NFL. He's used to both zone-blocking and power-blocking schemes, so it shouldn't be too difficult for him to pick up Gary Kubiak's zone system.
Mock Draft Summary
Round One
Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
1.1 | TEN | Laremy Tunsil | OT | Mississippi |
1.2 | CLE | Jared Goff | QB | California |
1.3 | SD | Jalen Ramsey | DB | Florida State |
1.4 | DAL | Joey Bosa | DE | Ohio State |
1.5 | JAX | Myles Jack | LB | UCLA |
1.6 | BAL | DeForest Buckner | DE | Oregon |
1.7 | SF | Carson Wentz | QB | North Dakota State |
1.8 | PHI (via MIA) | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | Ohio State |
1.9 | TB | Ronnie Stanley | OT | Notre Dame |
1.10 | NYG | Laquon Treadwell | WR | Mississippi |
1.11 | CHI | Vernon Hargreaves III | CB | Florida |
1.12 | NO | Sheldon Rankins | DT | Louisville |
1.13 | MIA (via PHI) | Shaq Lawson | DE | Clemson |
1.14 | OAK | Reggie Ragland | ILB | Alabama |
1.15 | LA | Paxton Lynch | QB | Memphis |
1.16 | DET | Jack Conklin | OT | Michigan State |
1.17 | ATL | Darron Lee | LB | Ohio State |
1.18 | IND | Noah Spence | OLB | Eastern Kentucky |
1.19 | BUF | Emmanuel Ogbah | DE | Oklahoma State |
1.20 | NYJ | A'Shawn Robinson | DT | Alabama |
1.21 | WAS | Cody Whitehair | OL | Kansas State |
1.22 | HOU | Josh Doctson | WR | TCU |
1.23 | MIN | Leonard Floyd | LB | Georgia |
1.24 | CIN | Corey Coleman | WR | Baylor |
1.25 | PIT | Taylor Decker | OT | Ohio State |
1.26 | SEA | William Jackson III | CB | Houston |
1.27 | GB | Andrew Billings | DT | Baylor |
1.28 | KC | Derrick Henry | RB | Alabama |
1.29 | ARI | Robert Nkemdiche | DL | Mississippi |
1.30 | CAR | Germain Ifedi | OT | Texas A&M |
1.31 | DEN | Jarran Reed | DT | Alabama |
Round Two
Pick | Team | Player | Position | College |
2.32 | CLE | Will Fuller | WR | Notre Dame |
2.33 | TEN | Mackensie Alexander | CB | Clemson |
2.34 | DAL | Eli Apple | CB | Ohio State |
2.35 | SD | Jason Spriggs | OT | Indiana |
2.36 | BAL | Kamalei Correa | OLB | Boise State |
2.37 | SF | Michael Thomas | WR | Ohio State |
2.38 | JAX | Karl Joseph | S | West Virginia |
2.39 | TB | Kendall Fuller | CB | Virginia Tech |
2.40 | NYG | Kenny Clark | DT | UCLA |
2.41 | CHI | Su'a Cravens | LB | USC |
2.42 | MIA | Jaylon Smith | LB | Notre Dame |
2.43 | LA (via PHI) | Vonn Bell | S | Ohio State |
2.44 | OAK | Keanu Neal | S | Florida |
2.45 | LA | Tyler Boyd | WR | Pittsburgh |
2.46 | DET | Vernon Butler | DT | Louisiana Tech |
2.47 | NO | Joshua Garnett | G | Stanford |
2.48 | IND | Ryan Kelly | C | Alabama |
2.49 | BUF | Sterling Shepard | WR | Oklahoma |
2.50 | ATL | Kevin Dodd | DE | Clemson |
2.51 | NYJ | Hunter Henry | TE | Arkansas |
2.52 | HOU | Jerald Hawkins | OT | LSU |
2.53 | WAS | Jonathan Bullard | DE | Florida |
2.54 | MIN | Braxton Miller | WR | Ohio State |
2.55 | CIN | Adolphus Washington | DT | Ohio State |
2.56 | SEA | Chris Jones | DT | Mississippi State |
2.57 | GB | Joshua Perry | ILB | Ohio State |
2.58 | PIT | Xavien Howard | CB | Mississippi State |
2.59 | KC | Scooby Wright III | LB | Arizona |
2.60 | NE | Will Redmond | CB | Mississippi State |
2.61 | NE (from ARI) | Leonte Carroo | WR | Rutgers |
2.62 | CAR | Jeremy Cash | S | Duke |
2.63 | DEN | Vadal Alexander | OL | LSU |