ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- With just over two weeks until the NFL draft, ESPN’s Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. have each taken a swing at a three-round mock draft and Kiper still sees a quarterback in the Denver Broncos' future.

With four picks in the draft’s first 100 selections -- all eight of the current Broncos’ picks are in the first five rounds -- Kiper believes the Broncos could come away with Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield at No. 5.

Kiper then followed with LSU cornerback Donte Jackson, who is one of the fastest players in the draft, and Auburn guard Braden Smith in the second round. Clemson linebacker Dorian O'Daniel was Kiper’s third-round pick for the Broncos.

In all four of Kiper’s mock drafts to this point, he has had the Broncos using their first pick on a quarterback: USC’s Sam Darnold in his first two mock drafts and Mayfield in the most recent two. With Connor McGovern in line to be the Broncos’ starter at right guard as Ron Leary is expected to move back to left guard, Kiper sees Smith as a possible rookie starter there.

McShay had the Broncos, after signing quarterback Case Keenum to a two-year deal, looking defense to open the draft with Ohio State cornerback Denzel Ward Jr. as their first pick, followed by LSU wide receiver D.J. Chark, Nevada guard Austin Corbett and Kansas defensive end Dorance Armstrong.

Even as the Broncos traded Aqib Talib with the idea Bradley Roby would start at one cornerback spot and Chris Harris Jr. would start at the other as well as signing Tramaine Brock in free agency, Ward would still be in the mix to start from the moment he walked into the team's complex. In 2016, Ward played in a Buckeyes secondary that also included Marshon Lattimore and Gareon Conley; both were first-round picks in last year’s draft.

Ward is the best cornerback prospect on the board given his footwork and elite speed, with the ability to play in the slot as a nickel cornerback as well as on the outside. His arrival would give the Broncos one of the deepest group of defensive backs in the league.

Chark, too, was one of the fastest players at the scouting combine -- he was officially timed at 4.34 in the 40 -- and would give the Broncos a speed threat to put on the field with Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders. Armstrong was a defensive end for the Jayhawks, but might be looking at a move to outside linebacker in a 3-4 in the NFL.

At 6-foot-3⅝ inches tall and 257 pounds, Armstrong has the kind of reach Broncos coach Vance Joseph said he often looks for in a pass-rusher. Armstrong had 10 sacks as well as 20 tackles for loss in 2016, but had nine tackles for loss to go with 1.5 sacks in a 63-tackle season in 2017.