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This week is the NFL Draft which will be the culmination of the efforts of several Husky football stars achieving their lifelong dreams. Washington has 3 players that are certainties to be drafted: CBs Trent McDuffie and Kyler Gordon plus TE Cade Otton. There are also a pair of Dawgs who are less likely but could still have a shot if someone falls in love with them: OL Luke Wattenberg and CB Brendan “Bookie” Radley-Hiles.
NFL DRAFT 1st Round
Date: Thursday, April 28th
Time: 5:00pm PT
TV: ABC or ESPN
Streaming: ESPN.com/watch
NFL DRAFT 2nd-3rd Rounds
Date: Friday, April 29th
Time: 5:00pm PT
TV: ABC or ESPN
Streaming: ESPN.com/watch
NFL DRAFT 4th-7th Rounds
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Time: 9:00am PT
TV: ABC or ESPN
Streaming: ESPN.com/watch
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Current NFL Draft betting lines, per DraftKings Sportsbook:
Despite Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson being the presumptive #1 pick for the last several months, Georgia’s Travon Walker has taken over as the betting favorite to go first. The freak athlete (but limited production) edge rusher from the national champs is now a -190 favorite to be selected 1st overall by Jacksonville
Hutchinson isn’t expected to fall far since he is now -200 to be taken 2nd overall by Detroit. We’re likely to see more of a shake-up with the 3rd pick as LSU corner Derek Stingley Jr. has the best odds to go 3rd at +240 but there appear to be 5 names in the mix for that selection. Vegas thinks the first Pac-12 player will probably come off the board 4th to the Jets with Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux the favorite to be selected there at +175.
For those interested in the Seattle Seahawks, Derek Stingley Jr. is the most likely player to be selected 9th at +250 despite also being the most likely player to be selected 3rd (no, it doesn’t make a lot of sense). Unfortunately Vegas doesn’t think Seattle is going to want a UW corner in that spot instead since Trent McDuffie is +10000 with the 26th best odds of going to the Hawks.
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