Predicting the 5 worst value picks from the 2022 NFL Draft
The 2022 NFL Draft is just days away. Like every year, college football prospects will be selected by NFL teams based on team needs and the perceived value of each prospect.
It's always hard to predict exactly how a prospect's skillset will translate to the NFL level, resulting in several busts each year based on the draft position. However, sometimes a player's skillset is overvalued by teams, resulting in them not performing at the level expected and ending up a draft bust.
Here are five potential busts by value in the 2022 NFL Draft.
5 prospects from the 2022 NFL Draft who could be valued too high
#5 - Travon Walker, DL, Georgia Bulldogs
Travon Walker is an exceptional athlete with all of the tools to potentially be a dominant pass rusher. The only issue is that he was never exactly dominant during his college football career. He recorded just 9.5 sacks in three years at Georgia, with 6.5 of them coming during his final season.
While Walker looks like an excellent prospect, he is being scouted as an edge rusher, where he only played part-time in college. He was more of a hybrid between a defensive tackle and a defensive end rather than playing as a traditional edge rusher.
Walker is projected to be a top-five pick and could even be the first overall player selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. That could be a bit too high.
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#4 - Drake London, WR, USC Trojans
Standing at 6'5 tall and 215 pounds, Drake London is one of the most physically imposing wide receivers in the 2022 draft class. He did most of his damage in college football by overpowering defenders, including making a ton of contested catches and breaking tackles after the catch.
The problem with his game is that he may not be able to do that as well in the NFL, when all of the defenders are bigger and stronger than in college football.
Most forced missed tackles in a season by a Pac-12 WR since 2015:
Laviska Shenault (2018) - 29
Drake London (2021) - 22 ✌️ https://t.co/i2veA4Z6wZ
Drake London is projected to be a top-15 pick and could even be the first wide receiver selected in the 2022 NFL Draft. While his athleticism is impressive, he may not be the best value.