For 1st and second round: Mel Kiper (ESPN): 1st Round: Graham Barton - IOL (DUKE) Field Yates (ESPN): 1st Round: Troy Fautanu - OG/T (Washington) Daniel Jeremiah (NFL.com): 1st Round: Laiatu Latu - EDGE (UCLA) Ryan McCrystal (Sharp Analytics): 1st Round: Jackson Powers - Johnson - C (Duke) Trevor Sikkema (PFF): 1st Round: Tyler Guyton - OT (Oklahoma) 2nd Round: Christian Haynes - IOL (UCONN) Josh Edwards (CBS): 1st Round: Jackson Powers - Johnson - C (Oregon) 2nd Round: Adisa Isaac - EDGE (Penn State) Luke Easterling (SI): 1st Round: Jackson Powers - Johnson - C (Oregon) 2nd Round: McKinnley Jackson - DT (Texas A&M) Dane Bruglar (The Athletic): 1st Round: Jackson Powers - Johnson - C (Oregon) 2nd Round: Edgerrin Cooper - LB (Texas A&M) AJ Schulte (PFN): 1st Round: Graham Barton - IOL (Duke) 2nd Round: Bralen Trice - EDGE (Washington) Connor Livesay (33rd Team): 1st Round: Graham Barton - IOL (Duke) 2nd Round: T’Vondre Sweat - DL (Texas) Jackson Power and Graham Barton have the most votes.
Oregon center Jackson Powers-Johnson has been mocked to the Miami Dolphins on a pretty regular basis early in the pre-draft process, and the South Florida media contingent would be very happy with that selection after his very entertaining media session at the combine Saturday. While media dealings obviously mean little, if anything at all, in the overall evaluation process, Powers-Johnson stood out during his session talking about "Da Bears," his gospel choir class and how he sounds at times like Celine Dion or Adele and others like Josh Turner or George Strait, or comparing shotgun snaps to a baseball pitcher and the release and follow-through such as on a 12-to-6 breaking ball. And then there's what he said about the Dolphins and his formal interview, which went beyond the obligatory compliment to a potential future employer. No, Powers-Johnson was way more effusive in his praise of the organization, head coach Mike McDaniel, offensive line coach Butch Barry and GM Chris Grier, to the point where it almost seemed as though he was pleading the Dolphins to draft him with their 21st overall pick. "Amazing team, amazing GM, amazing coach," Powers-Johnson said. "It was just a great time too. Something that really goes out about the Dolphins to me is just how young how young the coach is. It's something I can relate to. It doesn't matter how old you are, it matters how good you are. He's an amazing coach. And he even though he is young, he's an amazing coach and I'd be honored to play for him and play for that amazing GM and amazing offensive line coach." POWERS-JOHNSON A LEGIT TARGET FOR THE DOLPHINS Taking Powers-Johnson certainly would make sense for the Dolphins given the uncertainty with the interior of the offensive line, with 2023 starters Robert Hunt, Connor Williams and Isaiah Wynn impending unrestricted free agents and Williams coming off a torn ACL on top of that. Powers-Johnson played all three interior spots during his three years at Oregon, but moved to center exclusively in his final season and played well enough there to earn AP first-team All-America honors. Saying he looks up to Jason Kelce, Ryan Jensen and Creed Humphrey, Powers-Johnson says he considers himself a center at heart. More significant as it pertains to the Dolphins, Powers-Johnson says he's well versed in the outside zone scheme. "I feel like I have great outside zone," he said. "I think I know my coaches at Oregon really did a great job preparing me for that. And I feel like I really could fit in that scheme. "I'm a bigger center, and I think I can move pretty good and just being a physical, nasty center. And just having fun playing football. I think you can see it on film."
