Five Pitt Prospects Selected in New PFF Mock Draft

Pro Football Focus has five Pitt Panthers going in their final mock draft.

PITTSBURGH -- Pro Football Focus has released yet another mock draft, this one covering all seven rounds that will take place this weekend. The staff at PFF have five Pitt Panthers going in their latest seven-round projections. 

Star defensive tackle Calijah Kancey was the first Panther selected. In this mock, the Las Vegas Raiders sent three picks to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for the No. 22 overall pick, where they take Kancey to bolster a defensive line led by some productive, but aging veterans. 

"The Raiders send Pick Nos. 38, 100 and 109 to the Ravens to move up to No. 22 and take Kancey," His write-up read. "The Pittsburgh product gives Las Vegas a dynamic interior pass rusher who can lighten the load on Maxx Crosby and Chandler Jones."

Next off the board is running back Israel Abanikanda, whom the Arizona Cardinals selected with the 131st overall pick in the fourth round. This is certainly lower than where Abanikanda had been mocked earlier in the process. 

"Abanikanda looks the part of an NFL back physically but is unpolished for the NFL game," PFF said. "He just turned 20 years old in October, though, so there's hope for development."

23 picks later, the Seattle Seahawks take offensive tackle Carter Warren, a player that could have gone much higher if he hadn't suffered a torn meniscus that left him sidelined for the vast majority of the 2022 season and pre-draft workouts this spring. 

"Warren has long arms (35 3/8 inches) and improved in each of his four seasons as a starter," PFF wrote. "His stock could have risen even more had he not torn his meniscus four weeks into this past season."

The fifth round passed without a Pitt Panther coming off the board, then linebacker SirVocea Dennis was scooped up by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round at pick No. 182. One of his running mates in the Pitt front seven, defensive end Habakkuk Baldonado, was next to be selected. He came two picks away from earning Mr. Irrelevant status when he was picked at No. 257 overall by the New Orleans Saints. 

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