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ESPN Insider Kiper Mock Draft 1.0

Russian Bear

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Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama

Were they to line up Kirkpatrick across from Chris Gamble, the Panthers would have a pair of corners with elite size and talent in a divison in which you can't have enough good corners. Opponents completed a hair less than 65 percent of their passes against the weak Carolina secondary in 2011, and Kirkpatrick can provide an immediate upgrade. He has elite size for the position, at 6-foot-3 and nearly 200 pounds, but doesn't give much away in cover skills. Kirkpatrick has some off-the-field questions that could hurt his stock, but reserving judgement for now, he'd be a fit here.

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So with a weed bust(probably no conviction) you are saying there is absolutely no way he ends up here. No matter how well he does in the combine, no matter how well the personal interviews go and no matter how many of his former coaches, players, church members , ray ray and dem, and obligatory tony dungy/maurice lucas etc... speak of how good a person he is? It's a impossibility?

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    • CmC2k
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      By CmC2k · Posted

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