Mel Kiper Assesses Alabama, Auburn Players in His Mock NFL Draft

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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Mel Kiper Jr. called Tua Tagovailoa the most intriguing player in the upcoming NFL Draft.

Kiper, the NFL Draft analyst from ESPN, released his NFL Mock Draft 3.0 on Tuesday and fielded questions from media during a teleconference today. Easily, the player about whom the most questions swirl is the Heisman Trophy runner-up whose season was cut short by a dislocated hip, his third lower-body injury of his career in Tuscaloosa.

That history of injury – which includes procedures on each ankle – has some scratching their heads about making a trade to move up in the draft to get him. Tagovailoa’s injury kept him from participating on the field at the NFL Combine although he met with team executives.

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