NFL mock drafts: Where are Utah’s Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu projected to be taken?

In next week’s NFL draft, there’s a clear consensus on the top two draft prospects from the state of Utah — Utes offensive tackles Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu.

There is also a high likelihood that both Fano and Lomu will be first-round draft picks, and most recent mock drafts back that up.

If both are taken in the first round, it would be a historic moment for the University of Utah — the school has never had two first-round picks in the same draft.

The Deseret News compiled a roundup of nine recent NFL mock drafts — four that span all seven rounds, and five others that go anywhere from one to three rounds — and found that as many as five to six players who finished their college play at a Utah school are being projected as draft picks.

Of those six Utah ties mentioned in at least one mock draft, five attended Utah high schools.

That list includes Fano (Timpview High), BYU linebacker Jack Kelly (Kearns High), Utah tight end Dallen Bentley (Taylorsville High), Utah defensive end Logan Fano (Timpview High) and Utah linebacker Lander Barton (Brighton High).

Lomu is the only one who didn’t attend high school in Utah — he’s from Arizona.

Three of the six Utah ties mentioned in these mock drafts also attended multiple Utah colleges — Kelly also played at Weber State, Logan Fano first enrolled at BYU before transferring to Utah and Bentley starred at Snow College before moving on to Utah.

The draft will run April 23 through April 25.

Here’s where each of these nine mock drafts predict Utah ties will get drafted.

The Athletic, Dane Brugler (7 rounds)

First round

1. Cleveland Browns — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. San Francisco 49ers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Fourth round

1. Pittsburgh Steelers — Jack Kelly, BYU LB

Fifth round

1. Philadelphia Eagles — Logan Fano, Utah DE

2. Detroit Lions — Dallen Bentley, Utah TE

NFL.com, Chad Reuter (7 rounds)

First round

1. Detroit Lions — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. San Francisco 49ers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Third round

1. New England Patriots — Jack Kelly, BYU LB

Fourth round

1. Denver Broncos — Logan Fano, Utah DE

Fifth round

1. New Orleans Saints — Dallen Bentley, Utah TE

Seventh round

1. Tennessee Titans — Lander Barton, Utah LB

USA Today, Ayrton Ostly (7 rounds)

First round

1. Cleveland Browns — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. San Francisco 49ers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Sixth round

1. New Orleans Saints — Jack Kelly, BYU LB

Seventh round

1. Dallas Cowboys — Logan Fano, Utah DE

2. Tennessee Titans — Dallen Bentley, Utah TE

CBS Sports, Josh Edwards (7 rounds)

First round

1. Los Angeles Rams — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. Cleveland Browns — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Fifth round

1. Jacksonville Jaguars — Dallen Bentley, Utah TE

Sixth round

1. New York Giants — Lander Barton, Utah LB

2. Minnesota Vikings — Jack Kelly, BYU LB

Mel Kiper, ESPN (2 rounds)

First round

1. Baltimore Ravens — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

Second round

1. Carolina Panthers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Tom Fornelli, CBS Sports (1 round)

First round

1. Houston Texans — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. Cleveland Browns — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Fox Sports, Geoff Schwartz (1 round)

First round

1. Miami Dolphins — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. San Francisco 49ers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

NFL.com, Mike Band (1 round)

First round

1. Miami Dolphins — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. San Francisco 49ers — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

Sporting News, Vinnie Iyer (3 rounds)

First round

1. Los Angeles Rams — Spencer Fano, Utah OT

2. Cleveland Browns — Caleb Lomu, Utah OT

A few observations from the mock drafts

• Of the nine mock drafts, only one had Spencer Fano as a top-10 draft pick, though all but one had him being selected in the first 15 selections.
• Three NFL teams — the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins — showed up more than once as potential landing spots for Fano.
• Five mock drafts had Lomu going to the San Francisco 49ers with the 27th overall selection, and the Browns were also a destination for him on three projections.
• Only one projection — coming from ESPN’s Mel Kiper — had Lomu sliding out of the first round into the second.
• Kelly is projected anywhere from a late third-round pick to a sixth-rounder.
• Three of the four seven-round mock drafts have Bentley as a fifth-round selection.
• One other Utah tie does appear in a mock draft — former Utah State and Snow College running back Rahsul Faison, who spent his final year at South Carolina, was a seventh-round selection in NFL.com Chad Reuter’s mock draft.