The 2012 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft came to a close on Monday. I'd like to thank everybody who participated in the mock either by making picks or simply voting on them. Just like always, it will be interesting to see which picks come true when the actual draft happens later this week.
As we wrap up the 2012 POD Mock Draft, I want to take a moment to examine some stats from each round. Today, we examine the first round.
- The highest approval ratings of the first round involved the first three picks of the draft. BtotheLT's pick of Robert Griffin III for the Washington Redskins netted a 94 percent approval rating. Lionsfan_772's pick of Andrew Luck for the Indianapolis Colts and Dave Marshall's pick of Matt Kalil for the Minnesota Vikings were just behind at 93 and 92 percent, respectively.
- Just like last year, five of the picks in the first round received approval ratings in the 80s: Riley Reiff going to the Arizona Cardinals with the 13th pick (80 percent), Courtney Upshaw going to the San Diego Chargers with the 18th pick (82 percent), Whitney Mercilus going to the Tennessee Titans with the 20th pick (80 percent), Nick Perry going to the New England Patriots with the 27th pick (80 percent) and Dont'a Hightower going to the Baltimore Ravens with the 29th pick (86 percent).
- The lowest approval rating of the first round was for the 25th pick, which was Brandon Thompson going to the Denver Broncos. It received an approval rating of 31 percent.
- The average approval rating for the first round was 68 percent, which is up from 62.8 percent last year.
You can check out all of the first-round picks from the 2012 POD Mock Draft after the jump.
# | Team | General Manager |
Player | Pos. | College | Approval |
1 | Indianapolis Colts |
lionsfan_772 | Andrew Luck | QB |
Stanford |
93% |
2 | Washington Redskins (from STL) |
BtotheLT | Robert Griffin III | QB |
Baylor |
94% |
3 | Minnesota Vikings |
Dave Marshall | Matt Kalil | OT |
USC |
92% |
4 | Cleveland Browns |
Bighaircut | Justin Blackmon | WR |
Oklahoma State |
65% |
5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Twincities88 | Morris Claiborne | CB |
LSU |
73% |
6 | St. Louis Rams (from WAS) |
Ee Oulo | David DeCastro | OG |
Stanford |
41% |
7 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
The Profiler | Quinton Coples | DE |
North Carolina |
72% |
8 | Miami Dolphins |
chucka |
Melvin Ingram |
LB |
South Carolina |
57% |
9 | Carolina Panthers |
DLions4Eva | Fletcher Cox | DT |
Mississippi State |
68% |
10 | Buffalo Bills |
CLF | Michael Floyd | WR |
Notre Dame |
78% |
11 | Kansas City Chiefs |
mgoblue4ever | Trent Richardson | RB |
Alabama |
47% |
12 | Seattle Seahawks |
UgottaBkiddinMe | Luke Kuechly | LB |
Boston College |
77% |
13 | Arizona Cardinals |
Latif Masud | Riley Reiff | OT |
Iowa |
80% |
14 | Dallas Cowboys |
Jerry Mallory | Dontari Poe | DT |
Memphis |
55% |
15 | Philadelphia Eagles |
n4ry4 | Michael Brockers | DT |
LSU |
71% |
16 | New York Jets |
Jack H | Cordy Glenn | OG |
Georgia |
58% |
17 | Cincinnati Bengals (from OAK) |
NorthLeft12 | Dre Kirkpatrick | CB |
Alabama |
72% |
18 | San Diego Chargers |
David Tokarz | Courtney Upshaw | LB |
Alabama |
82% |
19 | Chicago Bears |
Nate D. | Jonathan Martin | OT |
Stanford |
73% |
20 |
Tennessee Titans |
detroit_fan | Whitney Mercilus | DE |
Illinois |
80% |
21 | Cincinnati Bengals |
NorthLeft12 | Devon Still | DT |
Penn State |
58% |
22 | Cleveland Browns (from ATL) |
Bighaircut | Ryan Tannehill | QB |
Texas A&M |
53% |
23 | Detroit Lions |
Jerry Mallory | Janoris Jenkins | CB |
North Alabama |
52% |
24 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Northern Lite | Mark Barron | S |
Alabama |
70% |
25 | Denver Broncos |
SmittyJ | Brandon Thompson | DT |
Clemson |
31% |
26 | Houston Texans |
Kyle Peter |
Coby Fleener |
TE |
Stanford |
63% |
27 | New England Patriots (from NO) |
Mavyrk | Nick Perry | DE |
USC |
80% |
28 | Green Bay Packers |
Gyorick | Stephon Gilmore | CB |
South Carolina |
59% |
29 | Baltimore Ravens |
TonyDC | Dont'a Hightower | LB |
Alabama |
86% |
30 | San Francisco 49ers |
JCruize | Stephen Hill | WR |
Georgia Tech |
67% |
31 | New England Patriots |
Mavyrk | Peter Konz | C |
Wisconsin |
69% |
32 | New York Giants |
TuffLynx | Kendall Wright | WR |
Baylor |
60% |
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