Marcus Mariota takes No. 1 spot over Jameis Winston on Facebook

Chris Littmann

Marcus Mariota takes No. 1 spot over Jameis Winston on Facebook image

While it seems Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston will go No. 1 in the 2015 NFL Draft to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oregon's Marcus Mariota has dominated the conversation on Facebook for the last two months, according to data released by Sports on Facebook.

More than 7 milllion people have created more than 25 million interactions — posts, Likes, comments and shares — from Feb. 17 to April 28 around NFL Draft prospects. That's the window from the NFL Draft Scouting Combine to earlier this week. The winner? It's Mariota, and then Winston, but the No. 3 player will probably surprise you: Wake Forest's Kevin Johnson.

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Here's the top 10, according to Facebook.

1.       Marcus Mariota (Oregon)
2.       Jameis Winston (FSU)
3.       Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest)
4.       Kevin White (West Virginia)
5.       Todd Gurley (Georgia)
6.       Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin)
7.       Amari Cooper (Alabama)
8.       Michael Bennett (Ohio St.)
9.       Anthony Harris (Virginia)
10.     Leonard Williams (USC)

Facebook also broke down the Winston vs. Mariota battle, specifically, with the map below.


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Of note: Winston and Mariota were the most talked-about players for 29 of 32 NFL franchises. (Winston with six and Mariota with 23.) Todd Gurley won the Falcons fans, Melvin Gordon won the Cowboys and Kevin White stole Raiders fans' hearts.

Chris Littmann