Selected No. 110

The Minnesota Vikings seem to have the right tackle of their franchise in Phil Loadholt, but they now have a great backup investment. T.J. Clemmings of Pittsburgh was one of the top right tackle prospects heading into the weekend, but he slipped all the way to the fourth round due to a stress fracture in his right foot.

After receiving basketball scholarships coming out of high school, he committed to Pittsburgh as a defensive lineman. Later on in his college career, he converted to the right bookend, showing rare athleticism and power. His footwork needs refining—that’s probably why he didn’t play on the left side of the offensive line even in college—but he’s a great developmental player.

If his foot doesn’t cause him an issue down the line, he should be the type of player to give a team a 10-year veteran presence. He may never make a Pro Bowl, but the offensive line is about consistency, not flash.

Selected No. 147

While there was late buzz around passers like Garrett Grayson and Bryce Petty, both of whom were drafted before this quarterback, Brett Hundley has the third-best NFL skill set in the draft class.

Hundley’s tools once had him in preseason draft conversations with Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota as to who was going to be a higher draft selection. Neither Grayson nor Petty was ever thought of on that level.

If Hundley can learn to play in a constricted pocket rather than dropping his eyes immediately against pressure, he will develop into a starting-level passer in the NFL. He has the good traits of Jason Campbell and Jake Locker, which doesn’t sound like a compliment at first, but both of those prospects were drafted in the first round.

You can’t always count on passers to develop, but Hundley matched up with head coach Mike McCarthy is a great tandem. In a few years, McCarthy might be able to flip Hundley for a first-round pick—if everything goes smoothly.

Selected No. 137

Two undertackles really fell down boards on draft day. Those two were Michael Bennett of Ohio State and Grady Jarrett of Clemson. Bennett was taken in the sixth round by the Jacksonville Jaguars, while Jarrett was a fifth-round pick by the Atlanta Falcons.

The Falcons have done a tremendous job at bringing in explosive athletes to their front seven over the past two years. Ra’Shede Hageman, Brooks Reed, Vic Beasley, Adrian Clayborn and now Jarrett are each all-world specimens. As far as 3-technique players—also known as pass-rushing defensive tackles—I’m not sure there was a better one in the draft than Jarrett.

Jarrett got into the backfield like a Mike Daniels or Geno Atkins while at Clemson. Joining his teammate in that front with Atlanta, he and Beasley should do the same at the next level.

When you look back at this pick in three years, you’re going to scratch your head and wonder how another Daniels or Atkins lasted until Day 3 of the draft.

Selected No. 18

Two cornerbacks went off the board before Marcus Peters of Washington was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs, and that was two too many. Kevin Johnson of Wake Forest is a good zone prospect, and Trae Waynes of Michigan State is an upside prospect who has all the tools one would want, but there was no player better in press-man coverage than Peters in this class.

Peters had the strongest chuck in college football last year, knocking any receiver he wanted out of balance early on in a play. On top of that, he continued to be physical downfield, refusing to give an inch without contact or redirection. He would throw his hands at a target, drop him to the ground and then look in the air for an interception while his man was lying on the turf.

He was dismissed from the University of Washington football team, but if he can keep his issues behind him, he can be a Charles Woodson clone at the next level. He plays with a fiery mean streak that few possess, but a streak that the elite corners have.

Selected No. 40

The first order of business in Tennessee was to put talent around Marcus Mariota. One thing we’ve seen with spread quarterbacks heading into the NFL is that they typically throw high against pressure. To combat that, some teams have tried to pair taller receivers with said quarterbacks to make their professional transition easier.

For example, the Carolina Panthers have done so in back-to-back years with Kelvin Benjamin and Devin Funchess. If Mariota throws high off his back foot, as Cam Newton does, then the addition of Dorial Green-Beckham to the Titans is going to be a huge plus for him down the road.

Green-Beckham has multiple documented drug issues in his past, along with an alleged domestic violence incident. Nothing is going to erase that from his record. If he has put that behind him, though, he might be the most talented pass-catcher of the class.

Few large-body players can run speed outs like he did at Missouri, before he transferred to Oklahoma. He’s a clone of Plaxico Burress and should produce well in the red zone.

Selected No. 74

Owamagbe Odighizuwa was a blue-chip recruit while playing high school football in the Portland, Oregon, area, but his college career didn’t go exactly as planned. At first, he was behind multiple first-rounders like Datone Jones and Anthony Barr on the Bruins’ depth chart, and then the health of his hips stalled his development in Los Angeles.

While at UCLA, he had two hip surgeries, which hindered his ability to break out in the national spotlight until his final season. The medical checks on his hips must have kept him down boards, as he fell into the third round, but he has first-round talent. He’s not an edge defender, but he’s an amazing speed-to-power athlete.

A clone of Brian Orakpo, he’s a Pro Bowl-level player when he’s healthy. Several seasons ago, the New York Giants drafted an injured defensive end in the third round. His name was Justin Tuck. If his hips stay out of the way of his progression, Odighizuwa should be that type of a talent, too.

Selected No. 22

Many thought that Alvin Dupree of Kentucky was in the mix for the sixth overall pick owned by the New York Jets. When Leonard Williams, a projected top-four pick, fell to the Jets, though, Dupree started to slip down the draft. Dupree had rare jumps at the combine, which typically translate to NFL production for edge defenders.

Names at the top of the vertical- and broad-jump lists include the likes of Mario Williams, the former first overall pick of the Houston Texans, and Cameron Wake, who went from undrafted to Pro Bowl status. It’s safe to say that Dupree has all the tools to win, and he just needs a coaching staff to tighten up portions of his game.

Instead of going in the top 10, Dupree fell into the late first round, where the Pittsburgh Steelers took him with the 22nd overall selection. Just years after Jarvis Jones of Georgia was drafted as an edge player, Dupree might overtake him as the future plan of the franchise’s top pass-rushing role.

Selected No. 6

I think everyone can agree that one of the biggest shocks of Day 1 was that Leonard Williams of USC was still on the board after the first four picks. Williams was labeled as a safe talent at just 20 years old who could develop into a J.J. Watt-level player.

Williams was considered to be the top defender in the class by most and the top overall player by some.

When the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Dante Fowler, I would have assumed a team would have traded up to nab him, but this first round had a stunningly low amount of trades early on. The Raiders then passed Williams up for Amari Cooper, a receiver to pair with their second-year quarterback Derek Carr.

The Redskins had the fifth overall pick, but their strength was their defensive line. Again, he fell another spot. The Jets, too, have the strength of their team based around their front three, but they must have felt as though the value was too much to pass up.

With the sixth pick, the Jets took the player who nearly everyone was calling a can’t-miss prospect.

Selected No. 60

Randy Gregory is the only player whom we as the public know failed the combine drug test. Admitting he failed for marijuana, teams won’t care much that he smokes, but they will care that he is in the program and that he thought it was OK to fail the test.

The test is largely viewed as a way to measure if a player can be counted on. If he can’t get a simple task done, like pass a scheduled drug test that he knows about months ahead of time, then how will the team be able to assume he won’t get in trouble when he’s out of sight?

With that being said, Gregory and Vic Beasley were the best pass-rushers in the draft class, and Beasley was drafted eighth overall with just that skill set in place. The fact that Gregory was still there in the late second round for the Cowboys to select is amazing.

Gregory needs to take this opportunity to make the best of his situation, and if he does, Dallas will have an All-Pro talent.

Selected No. 241

One year ago, most draft writers had Ifo Ekpre-Olomu as their top cornerback in the 2014 NFL draft class. Ekpre-Olomu decided to return to Oregon for one last year, and during that year, he notched his third All-Pac-12 nod. Everything was going well until one practice leading up to a postseason game, when he tore his ACL in a non-contact fashion.

Cedric Ogbuehi of Texas A&M, a left tackle prospect, tore his ACL in the bowl game of his senior year, but he was still drafted in the first round. Todd Gurley, a running back coming off an ACL tear, was taken in the top 10. For some reason, though, Ekpre-Olomu’s knee must have been deemed worse, as he fell not just to the second day of the draft, but to the seventh round.

The Browns, who have stockpiled cornerbacks the last two years, selected Ekpre-Olomu with the 241st pick. They now have a player with a Brandon Flowers skill set on cheap contract for four years.

If Ekpre-Olomu just needs time to recover, he might be the steal of the draft, earning a potential Pro Bowl as a seventh-round investment.