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NFL Draft: ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. believes Iowa State stars Allen Lazard, Joel Lanning should get picked

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NFL Draft: ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. believes Iowa State stars Allen Lazard, Joel Lanning should get picked

ESPN draft analyst could see Allen Lazard and Joel Lanning getting drafted this year

ESPN draft analyst could see Allen Lazard and Joel Lanning getting drafted this year

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"To me," Lazard says, "Joel Lanning is the greatest Cyclone of all time." Randy Peterson / The Register

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AMES, Ia. — ESPN's longtime NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. envisions Iowa State’s drought in the draft coming to an end this year.

Kiper said Thursday he could see both Iowa State receiver Allen Lazard and linebacker/quarterback Joel Lanning being selected during the draft, which runs April 26-28. 

Iowa State hasn’t had a player picked in the NFL Draft since linebacker Jeremiah George was selected in the fifth round of the 2014 draft.

That could change with Lazard and Lanning this season.

Here’s what Kiper had to say about both players: