Johnson strode the same pathway to the NFL as Davante Adams, having played at Palo Alto High School and Fresno State like the Packers wide receiver. Johnson finished 2018 in the top 10 nationally with 95 receptions and 1,340 receiving yards, including eight touchdowns, having had 1,013 yards in 77 receptions (including eight touchdowns) in 2017. As a sophomore in 2016, he caught 66 passes for 773 yards and six touchdowns.
He isn't especially quick (4.6 seconds on the 40 yard dash) but he ticks the box insofar as looking like a NFL-calibre wide receiver, measuring 6'1", 201lb with 9 1/2" hands. It counts against him that Fresno State designed their offence to feature Johnson and probably inflated his production to a certain extent, but he does demonstrate the capacity to make contested catches with position and hand strength. If he could polish his route running, he's likely to be a productive depth receiver with Andrew Luck throwing him the ball.
Another Georgia guy but having seen a lot of him, I feel comfortable taking him here. He may be a tad undersized but he has put up great numbers in the passing game and is a pretty good blocker in the run game. He probably could have used another season at UGA but he has the traits to be a pretty good NFL tight end.
The Rams need some assistance at linebacker and decide to pull the trigger late in the draft on Utah's Cody Barton, who won the Pat Tillman award at the East-West Shrine Game earlier this year. Barton enters the NFL draft having been an honourable mention All-Pac-12 as a senior, leading Utah with 116 tackles (including 10.5 tackles for loss, four sacks), as well as an interception and six passes defensed in his first season as a starter on defence. Having been a part-time starter in the previous two seasons (nine starts in 24 games) he put up good numbers, with over 100 combined tackles (including 13 tackles for loss and four sacks), while he was a reserve as a true freshman in 2015.
The film suggests that Barton has decent instincts for the role as well as some of the physical attributes needed to be a successful NFL linebacker, but he'll often find himself directed away from plays by blockers on offence and he doesn't have the quick-twitch lateral change of direction to shed blockers and make plays.
He'll need to make his bones on special teams, at least for his first season with the Rams, but with some patient coaching, there's the possibility that he'll be a contributor off the bench during his rookie season at least.
Pick 166- Dallas select, Olive Sagapolu- Nose Tackle, Wisconsin.
Battled injuries at Wisconsin, but always been a massive presence when healthy. A very good back-up to have and I think he's in a good place to sit for a couple of years and get his body right
Steelers select Tommy Sweeney - TE - Boston College
The Steelers look to add some depth in their tight ends rank by making Sweeney the first tight end from Boston College to be drafted since the Cowboys drafted Sean Ryan in the fifth round of the 2004 draft. Having been a bench player in 2015 (five catches, 68 yards), he started all 13 games as a sophomore in 2016, catching 28 passes for 353 yards (including three touchdowns). As a junior, in 2017 he led the Eagles with 512 receiving yards on 36 catches, with four receiving touchdowns. He had 32 receptions for 348 yards and three touchdowns in 2018.
Unlike the talent at the top end of the draft, Sweeney projects as nothing more than a backup tight end, but the Steelers historically under Tomlin and Roethlisberger haven't really invested much resources into their tight ends, preferring their production to come from their wide receivers and running backs. Sweeney is a competitive beast who has improved each season at college and ended up being a decent producer for Boston College. He's probably not big enough yet to handle blocking duties, which will limit his usefulness at the next level while he gains the physical attributes to take on those duties, but he could be good enough to contribute relatively early in two tight end sets for the Steelers.