NFL Draft Order 2015: Updated 1st-Round Selection List After 2015 Super Bowl

The New England Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday night. Yeah, sure, that's great and all. But the Seattle Seahawks can take solace in one fact: They'll have the opportunity to pilfer New England's hopeful first-round choice come draft night.

The Seahawks' landing at No. 31 and Patriots at No. 32 finally crystallizes the 2015 draft order as we head into the dreadful next seven months without meaningful football. For a vast majority of the league, they're already deep into the planning stages. Last week's Senior Bowl was the first major event on the draft calendar, and before too long, the league will be descending upon Indianapolis for the combine.

For now, we'll have merely have to be satisfied with the draft order's settling. It's a minor reward for a life with no football, but we've long learned our lesson in expecting the NFL best to ever sleep. Next up will be veteran cuts, followed by free agency, followed by the greatest time of all: mock draft season.

Today? Numbers assigned to teams. Oh, and that whole confetti thing where Patriots players and coaches celebrate something they've worked their entire lives to accomplish. That too.

With that in mind, let's take a look at our finalized draft order.

Pick	Team
1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2	Tennessee Titans
3	Jacksonville Jaguars
4	Oakland Raiders
5	Washington Redskins
6	New York Jets
7	Chicago Bears
8	Atlanta Falcons
9	New York Giants
10	St. Louis Rams
11	Minnesota Vikings
12	Cleveland Browns
13	New Orleans Saints
14	Miami Dolphins
15	San Francisco 49ers
16	Houston Texans
17	San Diego Chargers
18	Kansas City Chiefs
19	Cleveland Browns (via Buffalo)
20	Philadelphia Eagles
21	Cincinnati Bengals
22	Pittsburgh Steelers
23	Detroit Lions
24	Arizona Cardinals
25	Carolina Panthers
26	Baltimore Ravens
27	Dallas Cowboys
28	Denver Broncos
29	Indianapolis Colts
30	Green Bay Packers
31	Seattle Seahawks
32	New England Patriots

Most Underrated Potential First-Round Picks

With the order set, let's look at some guys whose stock will continue to rise throughout the draft process.

Danny Shelton, DT, Washington

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I see Shelton's draft experience being similar to that of Aaron Donald. At this time last year, most saw Donald as a borderline first-round pick. He was wildly productive and seemingly had every football trait you'd desire in a defensive tackle. But he was undersized and did most of his damage during a down season for the ACC.

By draft day, Donald was considered a top-15 lock and was one of the safest picks in the draft. A Pro Bowl berth later and Donald is a huge reason the Rams have arguably the NFC's best defensive line.

Shelton is starting his draft process with head start. At 6'2" and 339 pounds, Shelton has fewer size concerns—especially from a height perspective. Maybe add an inch or two to create a prototype, but no one is walking into meetings chewing their fingernails about half-inches the way they were with Donald. He's viewed as being close to a top-20 lock and will continue to ascend if the Senior Bowl is any indication.

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“The thing you saw in one-on-ones, I don’t know if he was trying to show that he could be more of a pass rusher early on, but as the week went on he just stopped messing around and started driving guys. And that’s what you want him to do,” Scouts Inc. draft analyst Steve Muench said, per ESPN.com's Mike Triplett.

Shelton's probably not going to have the pass-rushing prowess of Donald but has the all-around skill set to play defensive tackle in either the 4-3 or 3-4 defensive base. He'll command double-teams almost from the moment he arrives in the league, using his power to disrupt running plays in the backfield and make lives easier for linebackers.

Come April, it'd be a surprise if he weren't off the board in the No. 10-15 range.

Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Oklahoma

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Four words: Stay out of trouble.

Again: Stay. Out. Of. Trouble.

If that happens, Green-Beckham will talent his way into the first round. With a collegiate career that finished after only 87 receptions and myriad off-the-field issues, it's easy to forget Green-Beckham was once a consensus No. 1 prospect only three years ago by 247Sports' composite rankings, giving him a grade of 0.9997 on a scale of 1.0000.

A few of the other notables in that class: Mario Edwards, Landon Collins, Shaq Thompson and Arik Armstead. The latter three will be first-round picks in April. Edwards, ranked right behind DGB in that class, starred at Florida State for three seasons and will probably come off the board in the second. It's possible a 3-4 team winds up taking a chance on Edwards in the first round.

The point being: Green-Beckham has as much talent, if not more, than any of that aforementioned trio. Listed at 6'6" and 225 pounds in college, the only possible comp for his physical skills is Calvin Johnson. He has a massive catch radius, excellent top-end speed for someone his size and knows how to use his body to haul in 50/50 passes.

If the NCAA would have approved his waiver to play at Oklahoma last season, it's possible he's competing with Amari Cooper to be the first receiver off the board. As it stands, Green-Beckham will have to prove himself more than perhaps any other player in this class. Not only will he be dealing with character concerns, but teams will also be curious about whether the full year away from football eroded any of his physical skills.

The most similar situation is former USC receiver Mike Williams, though, his year off came under much different circumstances. Williams did enough to become the No. 10 pick in the 2005 draft. Green-Beckham's ceiling is a little lower, but the Chiefs at No. 18 is already an intriguing possibility.

Devin Funchess, WR/TE, Michigan

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It depends what position Funchess decides he wants to play at the next level. Choosing to enter 2014 as a wide receiver was seemingly smart. Here's a 6'5", 230-pound specimen with wide receiver speed. Moving him to wideout and hoping to get the best of both worlds—where Funchess is a true wide receiver with some extra blocking help—could have created a top-10 bonanza.

It didn't. Funchess spent most of his junior season struggling to live up to the preseason hype. He set a career-high in receptions with 62 but somehow had fewer yards than his sophomore season despite an additional 13 grabs.

Watching Funchess play often felt like someone trying to branch out to his own detriment. You don't want Kanye West to become a "dad rock" singer-songwriter. You want him pushing genre boundaries in hip-hop, not eschewing it altogether.

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Funchess has long been best suited for a Jimmy Graham-hybrid role in the pros. He doesn't have the downfield speed to be an elite NFL receiver. He's more quick than fast, and while he has the ball skills and leaping ability to fight for 50/50 receptions, it's not there. As a receiver I wouldn't select Funchess any higher than the third or fourth round.

As a tight end, he has perennial Pro Bowl potential. The non-elite speed at receiver becomes "physical specimen" at tight end. He'll be much too hard for a majority of outside linebackers to cover and far too big for nickel corners when he lines up in the slot. The Graham parallel is easy because they have so many of the same strengths and weaknesses. No one expects Graham or Funchess to be much beyond average in the run game; it's their ability to provide a unique weapon in the passing game that makes them special.

At wide receiver, that transcendence becomes much closer to run of the mill. The quicker Funchess starts selling himself as a hybrid—and mainly as a tight end—the better off he'll be at one of the NFL's most shallow positions.

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