Micah Parsons Receives Sixth-Best Odds To Be 2021 NFL Draft’s No. 1 Pick
Penn State football linebacker Micah Parsons received the sixth-best odds to become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, according to BetOnline Sportsbook.
Parsons received 25/1 odds to go No. 1 overall — the highest among all defensive players in college football. Star players including Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Oregon offensive lineman Penei Sewell landed in front of the Nittany Lion.
- Trevor Lawrence — 1/3
- Penei Sewell — 4/1
- Justin Fields — 5/1
- D’Eriq King — 20/1
- Kenneth Gainwell — 25/1
- Micah Parsons — 25/1
Additionally, Penn State offensive lineman Rasheed Walker received 12/1 odds to be the first lineman to go in the 2021 NFL Draft. He’s currently tied with three others at that mark.
Parsons is coming off a season filled with awards, which include being named a consensus All-American by the NCAA and winning Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, to name a few. He totaled 109 tackles, 14 tackles-for-loss, five sacks, and four forced fumbles in 2019 and put the entire country on notice with an impressive Cotton Bowl Classic performance.
Game-changing play from Micah Parsons and Garrett Taylor.
— Onward State (@OnwardState) December 28, 2019https://t.co/xvkrL65mKX
Parsons hasn’t yet decided if he’ll declare for the 2021 NFL Draft and forgo his final season. Draft experts believe he’ll be a bona fide early pick when the draft rolls around.
If Parsons goes No. 1 overall, he’d become the first Nittany Lion to do so since Ki-Jana Carter in 1995.
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