Analyst Ranks 12 College Teams for 2027 NFL Draft Watch, Led by Texas With 13 Picks
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Updated · ESPN · Aug 14
Analyst Ranks 12 College Teams for 2027 NFL Draft Watch, Led by Texas With 13 Picks
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Aug 14
Summary
Texas tops the analyst’s 12-team watch list for the 2027 NFL draft with 13 projected picks and 4 predicted first-rounders, ahead of Oregon and Notre Dame at 11 each.
Arch Manning, Dante Moore and Leonard Moore headline Tier 1, with the analyst citing roster depth and likely first-round volume as the basis for splitting schools into three tiers before the 2026 season.
Miami rounds out Tier 1 with 10 projected picks, while Tier 2 features Ohio State, Georgia, Ole Miss and South Carolina as programs with fewer elite prospects but still strong draft pipelines.
LSU, reigning champion Indiana and Oklahoma land in Tier 3, and BYU is the under-the-radar pick with 5 projected draft selections despite no forecast first-rounder.
The ranking is framed as an early guide for NFL draft fans before the 2026 college season, with evaluations still expected to shift before the 2027 draft in Washington next April.