Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVApril 14, 2022
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Some of the best players in the National Football League are headed to Las Vegas.

The list of prospects heading to Sin City in the year 2022, includes Michigan's Aidan Hutchinson, Liberty's Malik Willis, Notre Dame's Kyle Hamilton, Ohio State's Chris Olave and Cincinnati'sSauce Gardner.

Two weeks before the draft is slated to start, the full list of players was announced.

  • Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss
  • Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State
  • Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia
  • Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State
  • Sauce Gardner, CB, Cincinnati
  • Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington
  • Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame
  • Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan
  • Jermaine Johnson II, Edge, Florida State
  • Zion Johnson, OL, Boston College
  • George Karlaftis, Edge, Purdue
  • Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
  • Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon
  • Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
  • Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
  • Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia
  • Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama

There will be many storylines at the event.

One of them will be the first pick, with the Jacksonville Jaguars slated to pick first.

Jacksonville needs to improve the line on both sides of the ball and several potential candidates are from Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina State.

The first two are pass-rushers, while the second two are offensive linemen who would be tasked with protecting the first overall pick in last year's draft.

The quarterback position is an intriguing storyline in this year's draft, as there is no clear-cut top option like Lawrence.

This year's group may be weaker than in years past, but there are legitimate first-round prospects who could find their way to quarterback-needy teams during the event.

There are a number of signal-callers who could hear their names called early in the process.

Wide receiver is a position to watch in the first round.

The Ohio State duo of Olave and Garrett Wilson, USC's Drake London, Alabama's Jameson Williams, Arkansas's Treylon Burks, Penn State's Jahan Dotson, Georgia's George Pickens, North Dakota, and others are all examples.

The early run on wideouts is very much in play as the NFL draft approaches, but how many of those pass-catchers will go in the first round remains to be seen.