Malcom Brown

Texas defensive tackle Malcom Brown is the most popular first-round projection for the Detroit Lions.

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Projections, predictions, mocks. Whatever you want to call them, everybody is doing it.

With the NFL draft just hours away, we gathered a final roundup of every first-round projection we could find, focusing on national analysts and beat writers covering the league's 32 teams.

And what does the world have to say about how the Detroit Lions will spend its No. 23 pick? Well, as you might imagine, opinions are varied. Very varied.

Among the 70 mock drafts we collected, 19 different players were slotted to the Lions, 10 of which receive multiple votes. Most expect the Lions to address the trenches. 83 percent of the mocks have Detroit selecting an offensive or defensive lineman.

The clear favorite in this tornado of speculation is Texas defensive tackle Malcom Brown. The first-team All-American showed up on an impressive 27 ballots. Florida State center Cam Erving, Florida offensive tackle D.J. Humphries and Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon were the next closest, appearing on five mocks each.

Five different cornerbacks are named in this roundup, but none twice. Georgia running back Todd Gurley also netted just one vote with most anticipating him to be long gone by the time the Lions are on the clock.

You can check out the final list below:

Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford (4)

D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida (5)

Malcom Brown, DT, Texas (27)

Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State (4)

Jordan Phillips, DT, Oklahoma (2)

Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami (4)

Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin (5)

Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest (1)

La'el Collins, OT, LSU (1)

Arik Armstead, DT, Oregon (2)

Cam Erving, C, Florida State (5)

Shane Ray, DE, Missouria (1)

Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia (1)

Byron Jones, CB, UConn (1)

Jalen Collins, CB, LSU (1)

Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson (2)

Marcus Peters, CB, Washington (1)

Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State (1)

T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pitt (1)