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The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft will take place on Thursday night. Heading into what feels like the first event involving sports in about two years, Colin Cowherd has put out two lists; his five highest-risk prospects and five lowest-risk prospects.
Let’s see if you can pick out which of the 10 prospects he listed may be on the wrong side of things. Hint: both are on his high-risk list.
Cowherd listed both Ohio State’s Chase Young and Jeff Okudah, Alabama’s Jedrick Wills Jr. and Jerry Jeudy plus Georgia’s Andrew Thomas as his five lowest-risk prospects.
When it comes to his five highest-risk prospects, the radio host went with Louisville’s Mekhi Becton, Oklahoma’s CeeDee Lamb, Alabama’s Henry Ruggs III, Clemson’s Isaiah Simmons, and LSU’s Joe Burrow.
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— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) April 23, 2020
Burrow has been the default No. 1 pick for months on end and is fresh off of putting together one of the greatest college football seasons in the history of the sport, but Cowherd has had his worries about him for quite some time now.
Simmons is the other player that many would argue is on the wrong list. The former Clemson linebacker could very well be one of the most versatile and athletic defensive prospects the draft has had in quite some time.
Cowherd had to come up with five names to put on each list, but he certainly could have elected to go with two others for his high-risk group outside of Burrow and Simmons.
Leave it to Cowherd to stir up a bit of controversy only a few hours before the draft begins