{"id":1040238,"date":"2026-10-29T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1040238\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:30:26","slug":"espns-2027-nfl-first-round-mock-draft-3-0-kipers-yates-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1040238\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN\u2019s 2027 NFL First Round Mock Draft 3.0: Kiper\u2019s &#038; Yate\u2019s Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9. Atlanta Falcons (Selected by Mel Kiper Jr.)<\/p>\n<p>Darian Mensah NFL Draft Profile<\/p>\n<p>\tHeight: 6\u20193\u201d<br \/>\n\tWeight: 205 lbs<br \/>\n\tPosition: Quarterback<br \/>\n\tSchool: Miami<br \/>\n\tClass: Junior<br \/>\n\tAge (on CFB Week 1): 21\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"37\">Kiper pulls the trigger on the fourth quarterback of the top ten, sending the Hurricanes&#8217; dynamic passer to Dirty Birds territory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgrid.com\/cfb\/players\/darian-mensah\/30844\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darian Mensah<\/a> brings a quick release, cold-blooded accuracy, and high-level decision-making to the Atlanta Falcons, giving them a long-term field general to distribute to their skill weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Darian Mensah Mock Drafts<\/p>\n<p>\tTodd McShay (Ringer): No. 5 to New York Jets<br \/>\n\tSports Illustrated 9.0 (9.23.26): No. 4 to Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br \/>\n\tTankathon (10.4.26): No. 5 to Miami Dolphins<br \/>\n\tThe Athletic (10.7.26): NR<br \/>\n\tThe Sporting News (10.14.26): NR\u00a0<br \/>\n\tUSA TODAY Sports (10.14.26): NR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9. Atlanta Falcons (Selected by Mel Kiper Jr.) Darian Mensah NFL Draft Profile Height: 6\u20193\u201d Weight: 205 lbs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1040239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[118542,134133,134897,6118,7,109148,6,15],"class_list":["post-1040238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-2027-nfl-mock-draft","tag-arch-manning-jets","tag-dante-moore-dolphins","tag-field-yates","tag-football","tag-mel-kiper-mock-draft","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117523737645217155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}