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Broncos 2020 mock draft: Playmakers for Pat Shurmur

By Sayre Bedinger

BOULDER, CO - OCTOBER 06: Laviska Shenault, Jr #2 of the Colorado Buffaloes carries the ball in the second quarter against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Folsom Field on October 6, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
BOULDER, CO - OCTOBER 06: Laviska Shenault, Jr #2 of the Colorado Buffaloes carries the ball in the second quarter against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Folsom Field on October 6, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 13: Clyde Edwards-Helaire #22 of the LSU Tigers runs the ball against the Clemson Tigers during the fourth quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

Three straight LSU players? What, did you watch the National Championship game or something, Sayre?

I get that this seems like LSU overkill but I was playing the board the way it fell with TDN’s algorithm, and I love Edwards-Helaire’s projection to the NFL.

Over the course of this season at LSU, we saw Edwards-Helaire emerge as a true featured back in every sense, not only grinding out tough yardage when needed but showing off tackle-breaking abilities, pass-catching abilities, and explosiveness at the second and third level of defense.

Edwards-Helaire would be a fantastic third-round pick for an offense with two young backs already in Phillip Lindsay and Royce Freeman provided the Broncos would opt to not go after a player like Kenyan Drake in free agency, a move I would strongly endorse.

This guy had 24 touchdowns over the past two seasons and caught 55 balls for LSU as a junior along with averaging 6.6 yards per carry.

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