Five players the Denver Broncos are hoping and praying fall to them at pick 31

DT A’Shawn Robinson

PROJECTED ROUND: 1st     HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/307 LBS

CAREER NUMBERS: 133 total tackles; 22.0 tackles for a loss; 9.0 sacks; 5 passes defensed; 1 forced fumbles

Like his Alabama teammate, Reggie Ragland, it’s hard to imagine that A’Shawn Robinson will be available at pick 31, but he’s been slipping down draft boards recently, too.

Why? Well, not because there’s questions or concerns about his ability, but simply because the defensive tackle position is so deep this year. There are legitimately seven or eight prospects you could make a case for first-round consideration, and there’s just not enough landing spots for all of them. And if some of them prefer a guy like Jarran Reed or Vernon Butler, than maybe Robinson does slide down to the backend of the first.

Robinson is a guy that’s definitely raw, but the tools are all there. Get him to Denver, and Wade Phillips and the Broncos coaching staff will pull the best out of him.