NFL Draft 2016: Latest Mock Draft and Shifts on Stock Market as Event Nears

The NFL draft stock market changes more often than the Cleveland Browns chew through quarterbacks.

Maybe that’s not fair. The draft, after all, is a fickle beast. A first round in which only a low percentage of the picks work out, and it’s not always the guys up top, makes it hard for teams to contend on a year-to-year basis.

This year the stock seems wilder than ever, though, in large part thanks to trade after trade shifting things around.

It’s a defensive-heavy draft, so don’t be shocked to find defenders making up the notable recent stock movers after a look at an updated mock based on team need and—indeed—prospect stock.

2016 NFL Mock Draft

Latest Stock Market Shifts Stock Down: 22. Houston Texans: Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson

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Clemson corner Mackensie Alexander might be the biggest loser of the NFL draft process this year.

Alexander put on a show last year from a shutdown standpoint, sticking with big names and hardly allowing notable plays. But for a guy who is just 5’10” and 190 pounds, deeper film analysis revealed he didn’t make a ton of plays himself, either.

Once the top corner on the board, now NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein has suggested Alexander could fall all the way out of the opening round:

The general public has been in love with Alexander as a draft prospect for a while, but I’m not sure that NFL teams feel the same way about him. Alexander’s size (5-foot-10, 190 pounds) is a concern for many teams I’ve spoken with as they see him as more of a slot corner than an outside player. If he had a history of making a ton of plays on the ball, it would …

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