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2017 NFL Mock Draft: First-round projections after Week 14

By Connor Muldowney

Nov 12, 2016; Fayetteville, AR, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs for a large gain after a reception during the first quarter of the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2016; Fayetteville, AR, USA; LSU Tigers running back Leonard Fournette (7) runs for a large gain after a reception during the first quarter of the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 26, 2016; Clemson, SC, USA; Clemson Tigers wide receiver Mike Williams (7) catches a touchdown pass in front of South Carolina Gamecocks defensive back Jamarcus King (7) at Clemson Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 26, 2016; Clemson, SC, USA; Clemson Tigers wide receiver Mike Williams (7) catches a touchdown pass in front of South Carolina Gamecocks defensive back Jamarcus King (7) at Clemson Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports /

Mike Williams. 7. player. 35. . WR. Clemson

Yet another Mike Williams is entering the NFL to play receiver, but this Clemson wide out hopes to be the most successful. The last time a Mike Williams was selected in the top 10 was in the 2005 NFL Draft when the Lions picked the USC receiver No. 10 and he turned out to be a major bust.

This time will be much different. Williams is the top receiver in this year’s draft and it’s crazy to think he’s coming off a major injury which kept him out all but one game in 2015. He was injured in the first game of the season, catching two passes for 20 yards and a touchdown.

How did he come back in 2016? Oh, just by racking up 84 receptions for 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns — all career-bests. The junior wide out has ideal height for a go-to receiver, standing 6-foot-3, and he can turn on the burners to beat defenders deep down the field as well.

Tennessee will look to upgrade at the receiver position with Kendall Wright and Rishard Matthews not exactly screaming No. 1 receiver. The biggest knock on the Titans’ offense has been a lack of elite targets for a budding quarterback star in Marcus Mariota.

Mariota and Williams could develop a special quarterback-wide receiver bond over the next few years and the Clemson star could bring this offense along even quicker than imagined.

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