Kentucky Wildcats linebacker slipped a bit in the draft falling to the Jacksonville Jaguars at seven, but it set up a pretty unique situation if Josh Allen going at No. 7 sounds familiar it should because the same thing happened in the 2018 NFL Draft.
In the 2018 draft, it was the Buffalo Bills who traded up to draft Wyoming Cowboys quarterback Josh Allen with the seventh pick.
For the Wildcats linebacker, he wasn't highly recruited out of high school and almost quit football a few teams before sticking it out, and it's a good thing he did.
As a senior, he hauled in all kinds of awards including the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy along with being a first-team Associated Press All-American and first-team All-SEC pick. NFL analyst Lance Zierlein compares Allen to Anthony Barr.
True hybrid linebacker with elite physical traits who has the ability to float between coverage and pass rush duties. Allen's diverse skill-set could offer a creative defensive mind a fun toy to deploy around the field, but his NFL value will rest in his ability to menace the pocket as 3-4 rush linebacker. He's fine-tuned a couple of go-to rush moves but will need to continue to diversify his rush portfolio as a pro. He's not a glass-chewer and doesn't always impose his will at the point of attack, but the tools to become dominant as a run defender and pass rusher are all at his disposal.
There isn't any Josh Allens that seem to be coming up that will be ready for the draft next year, so it looks like the streak will end at two years.