Evaluating mock draft results is as inexact of a science of the mock drafts themselves. Some mock drafters select players they would take if they were in the general managers' shoes, while others project what they think will actually happen. Some go out on a limb and project trades within their mock draft while others stick strictly to the original draft order.

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On top of all that, mock drafting is largely just guesswork. With so many different rumors and stories swirling around leading up to the draft, it can be hard to know what's valid and what isn't.

Mock drafts are still fun, however -- they're fun to create, they're fun to read, and they're fun to evaluate. With the first round of this year's NFL Draft in the books, let's see how some notable draft analysts and NFL reporters performed with their final mock drafts.

To do this, we're going to use The Huddle Report as a guide. The Huddle Report evaluates mock drafts on a yearly basis on a more widespread scale than what we're going to do here as we're just going to limit it to some of the more prominent mock drafters while using a slightly modified version of their scoring system -- two points will be awarded for each player the analyst correctly called as a first round, while three more points will be given for each pick the analyst got exactly right (team and draft spot). Two points will be given if the analyst correctly guessed the team the player wound up on but got the draft spot incorrect, one point will be given if the analyst got the draft spot correct but the team wrong, and we're going to throw in one point for each player the analyst was one pick off on. Most of the mock drafts that were chosen were conducted generally within 48 hours of the draft.

It's an inexact formula, but this is all an inexact science. Using what we've devised above, here's how the chosen analysts scored with their first-round mock drafts.

1. Dane Brugler, CBS Sports

Score - 91 points, 9 draft picks completely correct, 29 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

(Notable - Brugler was the lone drafter included here who correctly guessed OL Brandon Scherff to Washington.)

2. Todd McShay, ESPN

Score - 85 points, 8 draft picks completely correct, 28 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

(Notable - Correctly predicted OL D.J. Humphries to Arizona.)

3. Don Banks, Sports Ilustrated

Score - 83 points, 6 draft picks completely correct, 28 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

(Notable - Correctly predicted OL Cedric Ogbuehi to Cincinnati.)

4. Mel Kiper, ESPN

Score - 79 points, 6 draft picks completely correct, 28 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

5. Daniel Jeremiah, NFL.com

Score - 78 points, 5 draft picks completely correct, 29 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

6. Rob Rang, CBS Sports

Score - 76 points, 4 draft picks completely correct, 28 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

6. WalterFootball.com

Score - 76 points, 7 draft picks completely correct, 25 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

8. Mike Mayock, NFL.com

Score - 75 points, 6 draft picks completely correct, 26 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

9. Peter Schrager, FOX Sports

Score - 73 points, 6 draft picks completely correct, 26 of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

(Notable - Correctly predicted Cedric Ogbuehi to Cincinnati.)

10. Will Brinson, CBS Sports

Score - 71 points, 4 draft picks completely correct, 27 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

(Notable - Brinson was the lone drafter included here who correctly guessed RB Todd Gurley to St. Louis.)

10. Pete Prisco, CBS Sports

Score - 71 points, 3 draft picks completely correct, 27 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

10. Eric Edholm, Yahoo Sports

Score - 71 points, 5 draft picks completely correct, 27 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

13. Mike Florio, ProFootballTalk.com

Score - 70 points, 4 draft picks completely correct, 25 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

13. Peter King, Sports Illustrated

Score - 70 points, 5 draft picks completely correct, 26 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

13. Matt Miller, Bleacher Report

Score - 70 points, 4 draft picks completely correct, 26 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

16. Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports

Score - 66 points, 3 draft picks completely correct, 26 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

16. Chris Burke, Sports Illustrated

Score - 66 points, 3 draft picks completely correct, 27 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

16. Doug Farrar, Sports Illustrated

Score - 62 points, 4 draft picks completely correct, 23 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

19. Shaun King, Yahoo Sports

Score - 59 points, 2 draft picks completely correct, 26 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

But how'd we do?

We aren't letting ourselves off the hook here, so we're going to take a look at the 247Sports final mock draft results as well. Our final draft was conducted on the Friday before the draft, so we were unable to factor in the recent news about offensive lineman La'El Collins slipping down draft boards after police said they wanted to interview him about a shooting victim in Louisiana as well as the marijuana citation for pass rusher Shane Ray.

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Score - 77 points, 6 draft picks completely correct, 27 out of 32 projected first-rounders drafted.

Hey, given that it's our first year throwing our hat into this ring, we'll take it.

Finally, we have to give very special mention to what was unquestionably the draft prediction of the year.

In early March, Gil Brandt of the NFL Network posted the following cryptic tweet, claiming that he knew who the Philadelphia Eagles would pick in the first round.

I know #Eagles 1st pick in draft. Sealed name in envelope, mailed to colleague @Andy_Fenelon. To be opened 4/30. pic.twitter.com/PJfGYTVZxe — Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) March 9, 2015



The tweet caused some head scratching, but Brandt showed Thursday night that he indeed knew who the Eagles were going to pick.



Hey, @Andy_Fenelon, you ever open the envelope? How did I do? #EaglesPick — Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) May 1, 2015





Was caught in a draft, @Gil_Brandt. Forgot all about it. Just opened. I think you did ok. #EaglesPick pic.twitter.com/iNCTosOfSW — dré (@Andy_Fenelon) May 1, 2015



Brandt was the only person we saw to nail the pick of WR Nelson Agholor to Philly, and he did it well over a month ago. Not bad at all.

