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Published Apr 20, 2020

Where Gamecocks sit in the final mock draft

Collyn Taylor • GamecockScoop

Beat Writer

@collyntaylor

It's officially draft week for hundreds of potential NFL picks, which means time's running out for mock drafts to get filed.

Chad Reuter of NFL.com released its final seven-round mock draft ahead of Thursday's main event with a handful of Gamecocks expected to hear their names called in the annual event.

Javon Kinlaw, the premier piece of the team's draft class, is still a projected top 20 pick with Reuter projecting him to go No. 17 overall to the Dallas Cowboys.

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Kinlaw, who is arguably the best interior defensive lineman in the draft, has been predicted in the 10-20 pick range on night one of the draft. It's not a matter of if Kinlaw gets picked in the first round, but when.

After Kinlaw, there's a little bit of a drought before the next Gamecock comes with the NFL having the next Gamecock off the board Bryan Edwards in the fourth round.

Reuter projects Edwards, who ended one of the most decorated receivers statistically at South Carolina, to go No. 108 overall to the Washington Redskins.

Edwards, according to NFL.com, isn't the only fourth-rounder from South Carolina, with D.J. Wonnum going a little over 30 picks later, No. 139 overall to Tampa Bay.

After that, Reuter goes a little unorthodox with school-record holder and punter Joseph Charlton going No. 182 overall to Detroit in the sixth round, straying a little away from convention considering punters don't typically get drafted.

The last Gamecock to get plucked in the NFL's eyes is Rico Dowdle, who's predicted to go to the New York Giants with the final pick of the entire draft, No. 255 overall in the seventh round.

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If that happens, it would mean Dowdle is Mr. Irrelevant and would get a week in California where he'd get to go to Disneyland and other fun perks that come with being the final pick in the draft.

The draft starts Thursday night (8 p.m. on ABC/ESPN/NFL Network) with the first round that night before rounds 2-3 Friday (7 p.m.) and the final four rounds starting at noon on Saturday.