Kiper has said that Ernie Accorsi, the general manager of the then-Baltimore Colts, encouraged him to become a draft analyst.

You cannot believe you stared all day at the draft analyst Mel Kiper.

The player to be chosen at No. 1 depends on which of the 50 million draft analysts, scouts, coaches, personnel men or stat geeks you talk to.

Some draft analysts have him listed as a free agent at best.

"I'd be shocked if he wasn't the first or second player taken," said Mel Kuiper, the draft analyst for ESPN.

But this year, every mock draft comes with a large caveat, and almost every draft analyst is offering an opinion with a giant disclaimer attached.

This exercise befuddles even those paid as draft analysts.

"Soward was unusual because while he ran he was counting, yelling the numbers out loud," said Gil Brandt, a draft analyst.

One is written by Mel Kiper, ESPN's draft analyst.

Hanspard said he has been told by draft analysts he will be taken in the first round or early in the second.