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Buzz: Travon Walker Becomes the Favorite To Be First Pick in 2022 NFL Draft

Scott Cullen

Last Updated: April 25, 2022 7:07 AM EDT • 51 sec read.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JANUARY 10: Bryce Young #9 of the Alabama Crimson Tide scrambles from Travon Walker #44 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the first quarter in the 2022 CFP National Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium on January 10, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dylan Buell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Dylan Buell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Georgia Bulldogs defensive end Travon Walker has dramatically climbed the board and is now the favorite to be the first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. 

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Walker had six sacks in 13 games as a junior for the national champions. As of Thursday, Walker had the second-best odds (+140) on BetMGM to be the first overall pick. 

That was already a monstrous move from where he was at the start of the draft process, when he was priced at +3000. 

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Michigan edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson had been the previous favorite after finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting following a senior season in which he recorded 14 sacks in 14 games. 

Hutchinson now has the second-best odds to be the first pick. 

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions hold the top two picks in the draft. Should the odds hold true, both teams will get a defensive end, but the answer for which one goes first could be changing.  

Here is a look at the top pick NFL Draft odds from DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM. 

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Written By:
Scott Cullen
Scott Cullen is SportsbookReview.com's Sports Betting Analyst and is one of the most well-known sports betting writers on the web. He wrote about fantasy sports for TSN for many years, and he has also written for The Athletic, NHL.com, The Hockey News, Monkey Knife Fight, and McKeen's Hockey. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Cullen was an Economics major at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and played for the Laurier Golden Hawks hockey team.