{"id":1432,"date":"2025-04-22T22:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2025-04-23T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T15:43:37","slug":"mel-kiper-jr-predicts-which-player-broncos-will-draft-at-no-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/mel-kiper-jr-predicts-which-player-broncos-will-draft-at-no-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Kiper Jr. Predicts Which Player Broncos Will Draft At No. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_450356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450356\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-450356 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 12: Bo Nix #10 of the Denver Broncos huddles with teammates in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs at Highmark Stadium on January 12, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2193900865-1024x697-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-450356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 NFL Draft is nearly upon us.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of mock drafts and predictions, this three-day event will show who was right about the pre-draft process and what predictions went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts and insiders might have some intel from teams around the league, but there\u2019s no telling how organizations will react to how the draft board plays out in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Experts like Mel Kiper Jr. do their best to predict what\u2019s going to happen, using the information they acquire to put their best guesses and mock drafts out there for fans to analyze.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a lot of buzz about running back Ashton Jeanty being taken at No. 6, the consensus top RB off the board.<\/p>\n<p>Kiper is among the analysts who predict him to go that early, but he is also excited about another running back who could go in the first round to the Denver Broncos, as he mentioned in a recent appearance on Kay Adams\u2019 show.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOmarion Hampton is the one I feel very confident about at Denver at 20,\u201d Kiper said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mel Kiper Jr. is most confident the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Broncos<\/a> will select RB Omarion Hampton at 20.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zorWTxe1ig\">pic.twitter.com\/zorWTxe1ig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Kelberman (@KelbermanNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelbermanNFL\/status\/1914411325922435367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many people agree with Kiper that Hampton is the second-best running back on the board, but his values seem to be all over the map.<\/p>\n<p>However, as Kiper mentioned, pairing Hampton with head coach Sean Payton could be a mutually-beneficial match, especially considering that they\u2019ve lost running backs in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Javonte Williams, for example, has moved on to greener pastures, so it might be time to try again with a younger option that can hopefully provide a lot of value to this offense, assuming they go that way in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/mel-kiper-jr-predicts-which-player-broncos-will-draft-at-no-20\/\">Mel Kiper Jr. Predicts Which Player Broncos Will Draft At No. 20<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images) \u00a0 The 2025 NFL Draft is nearly upon us. 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