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ESPN: Locker 12th pick in Kiper's final mock

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper has released his final mock draft, and it's a bit different than his final 'Big Board," in large part because former Washington QB jumps from 25th on the Big Board to 12th in the mock draft.

Here's how Kiper rates Pac-12 players on draft day.

No. 8 Cameron Jordan, DE, California (Dallas)

No. 12 Jake Locker, QB, Washington (Minnesota)

No. 13 Tyron Smith, OT, USC (Detroit)

No. 22 Nate Solder, OT, Colorado (Indianapolis)

No. 23 Jimmy Smith, CB, Colorado (Philadelphia)

No. 26. Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA (St. Louis)

We shall see. Round one is today, ...

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Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: