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Projected Trade: The Atlanta Falcons trade the No. 6 overall pick, No. 37 overall pick and their 2015 first-round selection to the Houston Texans in exchange for the No. 1 overall pick.

While there are other players who have risen and fallen on the draft board throughout the past year, the one prospect who has been a constant at or near the top of virtually all draft projections has been South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.

There’s little question that Clowney will be one of the first few selections in this year’s draft; the bigger question is with which team will he land. That might at least partially depend on whether the Houston Texans, who are “trying hard to deal the first pick in the draft,” according to Bleacher Report’s Dan Pompei, are successful in dealing down.

The most likely team to move up, among those with a realistically high enough selection that the Texans might consider moving down to, would seemingly be the Atlanta Falcons. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported in March that the Falcons, who traded five picks to move up to No. 6 overall and select Julio Jones in the 2011 draft, are considering a move up.

The price would likely be hefty to land Clowney, but the Falcons might deem the trade worth it. Atlanta has a major need for a premier pass-rushing threat; Clowney would give it an impact player up front from day one.

There’s no player in this draft with more potential than Clowney. A 6’6”, 266-pound defensive end with remarkable athleticism for his size, he can physically overwhelm his opponents and could line up in many different spots on Atlanta’s hybrid defensive front.