2012 NFL Mock Draft: Quarterbacks Guaranteed to be Selected in First Round

We all know that Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III are locks to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft.

But let's take a look at a few other quarterbacks to determine if they are also first-round locks.

Nick Foles, Arizona

If there is another quarterback likely to be selected after round one, it is Foles.

The problem for Foles may be need. Once Luck and Griffin are selected—and Matt Flynn moves to a new team—how much demand will there be in the NFL to select a first-round quarterback?

Teams like the Browns, Redskins and Seahawks are the most likely to go after a quarterback in the first round. And with more talented players left on the board, I'd expect Foles to drop into the early second round.

First round pick: No.

Brock Osweiler, Arizona State

Yeah, we all know that Osweiler is really tall, which seems to be his claim to fame.

Well, guess what? So was Dan McGwire when the Seattle Seahawks drafted him with their first-round pick in 1991.

Who's Dan McGwire? you might be asking.

Exactly.

First round pick: No.

Kirk Cousins, Michigan State

Kirk Cousins sort of answered this one for me. From Justin Rogers of MLive.com:

"

"I think my greatest strengths are the things that don't always show themselves at a combine, but tend to show themselves on a Sunday or Saturday afternoon in front of 75,000 people in a stadium or on national TV," Cousins said in an interview with WBBL-FM Grand Rapids.  "Those things are intelligence, decision-making, composure, leadership."

"

For a guy like Cousins to get sniffed in the first round, he'd have to have a killer combine. Seeing as not even he thinks that will happen, I don't see him going in the first round.

First round pick: No.

Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M

B/R's scouting guru, Matt Miller, compared him to Ryan Fitzpatrick.

That's all I really needed to hear.

First round pick: No.

To summarize, only Luck and Griffin will go in this year's first round. Here is the rest of my current mock:

* The Indianapolis Colts will trade the top overall pick to the Cleveland Browns for the Browns' fourth and 26th picks in the first round, along with their second and fourth-round pick this year and first and second-round picks next year.

** The Redskins, worried the Colts might take Robert Griffin III at No. 4, trade the sixth pick in the first round, along with their third-round pick this year and second next year for St. Louis' second overall pick.

*** From Oakland in the Carson Palmer trade.

****From New Orleans in last year's Mark Ingram trade.

No.	Team	Player	Position	College
1.	Cleveland Browns*	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford
2.	Washington Redskins**	Robert Griffin III	QB	Baylor
3.	Minnesota Vikings	Matt Kalil	OT	USC
4.	Indianapolis Colts*	Morris Claiborne	CB	LSU
5.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Justin Blackmon	WR	Oklahoma State
6.	St. Louis Rams**	Alshon Jeffery	WR	South Carolina
7.	Jacksonville Jaguars	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB	Alabama
8.	Carolina Panthers	Quinton Coples	DE	North Carolina
9.	Miami Dolphins	Riley Reiff	RT	Iowa
10.	Buffalo Bills	Courtney Upshaw	OLB	Alabama
11.	Kansas City Chiefs	Trent Richardson	RB	Alabama
12.	Seattle Seahawks	Whitney Mercilus	DE	Illinois
13.	Arizona Cardinals	Jonathan Martin	OT	Stanford
14.	Dallas Cowboys	David DeCastro	OG	Stanford
15.	Philadelphia Eagles	Luke Kuechly	MLB	Boston College
16.	New York Jets	Nick Perry	DE	USC
17.	Cincinnati Bengals***	Stephon Gilmore	CB	South Carolina
18.	San Diego Chargers	Michael Floyd	WR	Notre Dame
19.	Chicago Bears	Mike Adams	OT	Ohio State
20.	Tennessee Titans	Melvin Ingram	DE	South Carolina
21.	Cincinnati Bengals	Lamar Miller	RB	Miami
22.	Indianapolis Colts*	Vontaze Burfict	MLB	Arizona State
23.	Detroit Lions	Peter Konz	C	Wisconsin
24.	Pittsburgh Steelers	Dontari Poe	NT	Memphis
25.	Denver Broncos	Devon Still	DT	Penn State
26.	Houston Texans	Kendall Wright	WR	Baylor
27.	New England Patriots****	Jamell Fleming	CB	Oklahoma
28.	Green Bay Packers	Michael Brockers	DT	LSU
29.	New York Giants	Alfonzo Dennard	CB	Nebraska
30.	Baltimore Ravens	Jared Crick	DE	Nebraska
31.	San Francisco 49ers	Mohamaed Sanu	WR	Rutgers
32.	New England Patriots	Chandler Jones	OLB	Syracuse

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