First Coast News

● By Mia O'Brien
It’s that time of year again folks. We’re 31 days away from the 2021 NFL Draft and Trevor Lawrence finally arriving in Duval County. And with NFL free agency and Pro Days wrapping up, it’s time to jump into an all-new season of Mia’s Mock Draft Monday’s. If you’ll allow me to get sentimental with this first-edition: we started this project last year at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic simply as an easy way to fill time in our newscasts. We ended up creating a community. The back-and-forth banter, the emailed suggestions, the new friends created – in what was an anxiety-ridden time in this journalist’s life, you all provided a smile week-in and week-out. As our world, thankfully, appears to be heading towards the light at the end of this tunnel, let’s keep that conversation going.