In case you haven’t seen sunlight lately, you should be made aware that the NFL Draft starts Thursday (the three-day event kicks off at 7 p.m. on ESPN from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall). The World-Herald’s Sam McKewon compiled his mock draft, now see where some of the national news outlets have the former Huskers landing.

All entries are listed with selection by round, overall selection, team, player name, position and school.

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ESPN

ESPN’s Todd McShay, Steve Muench and Kevin Weidl (Scouts Inc.), published April 25:

Round 2
No. 11 pick, (43rd overall), Seattle Seahawks, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska

Round 4
No. 2 pick, (97th overall), Indianapolis Colts, Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
No. 37 pick, (132nd overall), Green Bay Packers (compensatory), Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska

Round 7
No. 24 pick, (231st overall), Pittsburgh Steelers, Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska

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CBSSports.com

CBSSports.com (with help from NFLDraftScout.com) had a slew of pickers making their projections for the first two rounds:

Rob Rang:
No. 4 pick in Round 2 (36th overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
No. 24 pick in Round 2 (54th overall), Detroit Lions, Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska

Dane Brugler:
No. 7 pick in Round 2 (39th overall), St. Louis Rams, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska

Pat Kirwin:
No. 26 pick in Round 2 (58th overall), Houston Texans, Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska
No. 30 pick in Round 2 (62nd overall), New England Patriots, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska

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FoxSports.com

FoxSports.com’s Peter Schrager (April 25):

Round 2
No. 4 pick (36th overall), Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
No. 6 pick (38th overall), Jacksonville Jaguars, Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska

Round 3
No. 7 pick (70th overall), Jacksonville Jaguars, Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska

Round 7
No. 24 pick (231st overall), Pittsburgh Steelers, Brandon Kinnie, WR, Nebraska

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Yahoo! Sports

Yahoo! Sports (via National Football Post) has three Huskers projected to be picked:

Round 2
No. 3 pick (35th overall), Minnesota Vikings, Lavonte David, OLB, Nebraska
No. 6 pick (38th overall), Jacksonville Jaguars, Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska
No. 23 pick (55th overall), Atlanta Falcons, Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska

Undrafted prospects
318th overall, Marcel Jones, T, Nebraska
335th overall, Mike Caputo, C, Nebraska
405th overall, Austin Cassidy, SS, Nebraska
457th overall, Brandon Kinnie, WR, Nebraska
535th overall, Jermarcus Hardrick, T, Nebraska

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