A sampling of Mel Kiper’s NFL draft hits and misses over the years

A small sampling of some hits and misses for Mel Kiper Jr., who began analyzing college football players and NFL drafts in the 1970s and made his ESPN draft-day debut in 1984:

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jay Johnson, of Wisconsin, who spent three decades as a television journalist before jumping into politics, died Saturday. He was 66.

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