2012 NFL Draft: Dre Kirkpatrick Has Several Visits Lined Up

Kirkpatrick could realistically find himself with any of these teams in the first round at their original draft position, depending on how other players fall, or as a priority target if a team trades down in the first round.

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This might help ease the mind of NFL general manager or two, though:

Kirkpatrick was named a second-team AP All-American in 2011, concluding a college career that began when he arrived in Tuscaloosa as a consensus five-star recruit. Be not surprised if he ends up wowing at the NFL Combine and finds himself picked in single digits after all, as long as he can convince the suits he won’t have his name in the news like this again.