2016 NFL Mock Draft: Predicting Round 1 Landing Spots for NCAA's Top Prospects

While things are heating up with the release of the College Football Playoff rankings, it is also signifying the last leg of the college football season as we draw ever closer to the NFL draft. 

Some of the NCAA's top talent has already asserted itself at the top of the draft order, it is just a question of which NFL teams are going to be there to take them. Other college prospects have just a few more weeks to make a final push into first-round consideration. 

Here is my latest mock draft, where the draft order was determined using the current NFL standings and picks were made depending on each team's needs.  

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School
1	Detroit Lions	Laremy Tunsil	OT	Ole Miss
2	Cleveland Browns	Paxton Lynch	QB	Memphis
3	San Diego Chargers	Ronnie Stanley	OT	Notre Dame
4	Jacksonville Jaguars	Vernon Hargreaves	CB	Florida
5	Dallas Cowboys	Laquon Treadwell	WR	Ole Miss
6	Tennessee Titans	Joey Bosa	DE	Ohio State
7	Baltimore Ravens	Jalen Ramsey	S/CB	Florida State
8	San Francisco 49ers	Jared Goff	QB	California
9	Chicago Bears	Robert Nkemdiche	DT	Ole Miss
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Taylor Decker	OT	Ohio State
11	Washington Redskins	Connor Cook	QB	Michigan State
12	Miami Dolphins	Jaylon Smith	LB	Notre Dame
13	Houston Texans	Myles Jack	LB	UCLA
14	Kansas City Chiefs	Jack Conklin	OT	Michigan State
15	Indianapolis Colts	Tyler Boyd	WR	Pittsburgh
16	New Orleans Saints	Michael Thomas	WR	Ohio State
17	Oakland Raiders	DeForest Buckner	DE	Oregon
18	St. Louis Rams	Kendall Fuller	CB	Virginia Tech
19	Buffalo Bills	Reggie Ragland	LB	Alabama
20	Seattle Seahawks	Leonard Floyd	LB	Georgia
21	Philadelphia Eagles	Scooby Wright	LB	Arizona
22	New York Giants	A'Shawn Robinson	DT	Alabama
23	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cameron Sutton	CB	Tennessee
24	New York Jets	Jerald Hawkins	OT	LSU
25	Atlanta Falcons	Emmanuel Ogbah	DE	Oklahoma State
26	Minnesota Vikings	Josh Doctson	WR	TCU
27	Green Bay Packers	Kenny Clark	DT	UCLA
28	Arizona Cardinals	Shaq Lawson	DE	Clemson
29	Denver Broncos	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	Ohio State
30	Carolina Panthers	Vadal Alexander	OT	LSU
31	Cincinnati Bengals	Adolphus Washington	DE	Ohio State

If the Cleveland Browns continue their descent to the bottom of the league, they'll have a top-two pick in which a quarterback, most likely Memphis' Paxton Lynch, will go so high. Offensive skill players like Lynch will be few and far between in the first round as this year's draft looks to be dominated by defense. 

With such a bevy of talent from the secondary to the defensive line, NFL teams have a great chance to bolster their defenses next year with some young talent. 

One of those top prospects has been roaming the secondary in Gainesville, as cornerback Vernon Hargreaves could rise to a top-five selection come April. 

Florida's main pass defender has been extremely solid this season, leading the team with four interceptions while showing the ability to become a complete shutdown defender. 

Gators associate head coach Randy Shannon is extremely high on Hargreaves, as he told TampaBay.com's Matt Baker: "I've been around the great ones. He can be one of the great ones. He was a little jitterbug growing up. He was very fast with the football in his hand, making plays. He just took the other route."

An athletic corner that can jump almost any route coming his way, Hargreaves looks like the kind of player that can tell where a play is going before it develops. That's a hot commodity for NFL teams that are lacking in the secondary. 

No team has lacked more in the past decade than the Jacksonville Jaguars, who need help all throughout the roster. But ensuring a stout pass defense would be a step in the right direction for a unit that has shown some bright spots this year. 

Add that to the fact that Hargreaves could stay in his home state of Florida with the Jaguars, and things could be looking up in Jacksonville very soon. 

Stats courtesy of ESPN.com.