Tupac may see no changes, but the 2010 NFL Draft is full of them for LSU.A former Tiger has been selected in the first round of the NFL draft every year since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Michael Clayton with the 15th pick in 2004. That streak will likely come to an end this year, barring something incredible.Yet it could still be a historic draft for the Tigers.LSU had six players selected in last year’s draft and seven players in each 2004, 2006 and 2008. The Tigers sent a record eight in 1948, and local NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier sees that record being surpassed this year.”The crazy part about all this is that in the year the streak ends with the first-round picks, it could be the record class,” Detillier said.At least nine or 10 LSU players are projected to be taken in the draft. Big 12 powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma have an opportunity to eclipse that number, according to Detillier.The only two Southeastern Conference teams to send at least 10 players to the NFL draft were Auburn in 1989 and Tennessee in 2002. Detillier said it’s feasible LSU will join the duo, with most LSU players landing in the middle to late rounds.”From the middle of the fourth round to the sixth round, I think you’re going to see a ton of LSU players picked,” Detillier said.LSU coach Les Miles said NFL teams choose LSU athletes because they are especially adept at adapting to the speed of the NFL. “The guys that come from LSU understand the game,” Miles said. “They’ve played at the highest  level. The NFL is a very fast league, and I think our guys play that way.”The Oakland Raiders confused the nation last year by selecting former Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the No. 7 pick instead of former Texas Tech All-American wide receiver Michael Crabtree. Miles said predicting when athletes will be selected is an arduous and often perplexing task.”What happens in the NFL draft room is coaches and scouts arrange a draft board, and they try to — without the view of the mock drafts and the garbage — make their own decisions,” Miles said.This year’s NFL draft will be a three-day event, expanded from two days in years past. Round one begins tonight, with the second and third rounds Friday and the remaining rounds Saturday.The new format gives teams an extra opportunity to judge the field of athletes, which Detillier said is filled with top talent.”In 26 years for me, this is the best top 100 I’ve ever done,” Detillier said.All signs point to the St. Louis Rams selecting former Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, though he has not yet signed. The Rams have already begun preparations for a new man under center, releasing veteran quarterback Marc Bulger on April 5.”The ghost of [Atlanta Falcons quarterback] Matt Ryan and [New York Jets quarterback] Mark Sanchez are dancing around Rams headquarters,” Detillier said.Bradford may be the best quarterback in the draft, but Detillier said he’s not the best player — Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh earned that honor from Detillier.”Ndamukong Suh is clear-cut the best player in this draft,” Detillier said. “There’s a lot of players who played in that scheme, and they didn’t dominate like he did.”Suh’s mammoth performance against Texas in the Big 12 Championship Game, in which he recorded 10 tackles and four sacks, may have drawn enough attention to move him ahead of former Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy as the No. 2 pick in the draft.”I’ve never seen McCoy take over a game as dominant as Suh has,” Detillier said.—-Contact Rowan Kavner at [email protected].