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Rather than put any actual thought into my 2013 NFL mock draft, I took a different route by literally picking names out of a hat. I call this the Matt Millen system of making picks in honor of the complete randomness of it. I simply printed out rankings for the 2013 NFL Draft, cut up the names and threw them into a hat. No joke:
What I ended up with was a very, well, interesting collection of picks. I will be very interested to see if any end up being correct on Thursday night when the first round is held. It's a given the Lions' pick won't be correct on account of it being a quarterback, but hey, that's the kind of stuff that happens when you pick names out of a hat. Here are the full results:
| # | Team | Player | Pos. | College |
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tyler Eifert | TE | Notre Dame |
| 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Sylvester Williams | DT | North Carolina |
| 3 | Oakland Raiders | Desmond Trufant | CB | Washington |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | Lane Johnson | OT | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Detroit Lions | Geno Smith | QB | West Virginia |
| 6 | Cleveland Browns | Justin Pugh | OT/OG | Syracuse |
| 7 | Arizona Cardinals | Kenny Vaccaro | S | Texas |
| 8 | Buffalo Bills | Matt Elam | S | Florida |
| 9 | New York Jets | Justin Hunter | WR | Tennessee |
| 10 | Tennessee Titans | Luke Joeckel | OT | Texas A&M |
| 11 | San Diego Chargers | Sharrif Floyd | DT | Florida |
| 12 | Miami Dolphins | Jarvis Jones | LB | Georgia |
| 13 | New York Jets (from Buccaneers) | Cordarrelle Patterson | WR | Tennessee |
| 14 | Carolina Panthers | Jonathan Cooper | OG | North Carolina |
| 15 | New Orleans Saints | Datone Jones | DE | UCLA |
| 16 | St. Louis Rams | Ezekiel Ansah | DE | BYU |
| 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Barkevious Mingo | DE/OLB | LSU |
| 18 | Dallas Cowboys | Dion Jordan | DE/OLB | Oregon |
| 19 | New York Giants | Star Lotulelei | DT | Utah |
| 20 | Chicago Bears | D.J. Hayden | CB | Houston |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bengals | Menelik Watson | OT | Florida State |
| 22 | St. Louis Rams (from Redskins) | Eric Fisher | OT | Central Michigan |
| 23 | Minnesota Vikings | Chance Warmack | OG | Alabama |
| 24 | Indianapolis Colts | Bjoern Werner | DE | Florida State |
| 25 | Minnesota Vikings (from Seahawks) | Kyle Long | OT/OG | Oregon |
| 26 | Green Bay Packers | Sheldon Richardson | DT | Missouri |
| 27 | Houston Texans | Alec Ogletree | LB | Georgia |
| 28 | Denver Broncos | Dee Milliner | CB | Alabama |
| 29 | New England Patriots | Manti Te'o | LB | Notre Dame |
| 30 | Atlanta Falcons | D.J. Fluker | OT | Alabama |
| 31 | San Francisco 49ers | Tavon Austin | WR | West Virginia |
| 32 | Baltimore Ravens | Matt Barkley | QB | USC |