NFL Draft 2024 – First Round Selection Order – Jan. 1,2024

Frank Coyle/ Publisher

Here is the updated first round draft order with one game remaining in the NFL schedule. The Chicago Bears are guaranteed the first overall pick from the Carolina Panthers as a result of the trade last spring.

There are a few interesting matchups for playoff positions this week, in addition to a few games involving top ten selections which can have a bearing on the selection order in the top ten.

The NFL Draft selection order is based on the 2024 NFL standings plus the NFL Draft tiebreaking procedures. Picks 1-18 are the non-playoff teams, with the order decided by the draft tiebreakers. Tied positions rotate up in the succeeding rounds. Positions 19 through 32 are based on playoff game results and tiebreakers are used if necessary.

Currently Carolina and Cleveland do not have 2024 first round selections

Jan. 15 – Special Eligibility Deadline. Deadline for college players who are underclassmen to apply for Special Eligibility. They will have until Jan 18th to rescind their decision and retain their college eligibility. A list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry into the 2024 NFL Draft will be sent to clubs on January 19.

April 25-27 – NFL Draft 2024 – Detroit, Michigan

NFL Draft 2024 – First Round Order – Dec. 26

1 Chicago (Carolina – 2-14)
2 Washington (4-12)
3 New England (4-12)
4 Arizona (4-12)
5 New York Giants (5-11)
6 Los Angeles Chargers (5-11)
7 Tennessee (5-11)
8 New York Jets (6-10)
9 Atlanta (7-9)
10 Chicago (7-9)
11 Las Vegas (7-9)
12 Minnesota (7-9)
13 New Orleans (8-8)
14 Denver (8-8)
15 Seattle (8-0)
16 Cincinnati (8-8)
17 Arizona (Houston – 8-8)
18 Pittsburgh (9-7)

Current Playoff Clubs below bracketed based on current record and SOS

19 Green Bay (8-8)
20 Tampa Bay (8-8)
21 Indianapolis (9-7)
22 Los Angeles Rams (9-7)
23 Jacksonville (9-7)
24 Buffalo (10-6)
25 Kansas City (10-6)
26 Miami (11-5)
27 Dallas (11-5)
28 Detroit (11-5)
29 Philadelphia (11-5)
30 Houston (Cleveland – 11-5)
31 San Francisco (12-4)
32 Baltimore (13-3)

Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with NFL and college coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a member of the FWAA and voter in major college player awards – Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe, Biletnikoff etc. for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He has a new column ‘The Word on the Street’ dedicated for the NFL Draft and Free agency with unique content during December through May.

He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for CBS and ESPN on a year-round basis related to NFL and College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites

NFL Draft 2024 – Two Round Mock Draft 2.0

Frank Coyle/ Head scout

The NFL Draft selection order is based on the 2024 NFL standings plus the NFL Draft tiebreaking procedures. Picks 1-18 are the non-playoff teams, with the order decided by the draft tiebreakers. Tied positions rotate up in the succeeding rounds. Positions 19 through 32 are based on playoff game results and tiebreakers are used if necessary. Exact draft order to be determined at close of the postseason

 Jan. 15 – Special Eligibility Deadline. Deadline for college players who are underclassmen to apply for Special Eligibility. They will have until Jan 18th to rescind their decision and retain their college eligibility. A list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry into the 2024 NFL Draft will be sent to clubs on January 19.

Players have begun to declare for the Transfer Portal which opened on Dec. 4th thru Jan 2, 2024
If a coach is fired or leaves the college program, that school’s players can enter the portal immediately.

No player entered in the Transfer portal will be in our Top Prospects or Mock Draft articles.
          Currently, Carolina and Cleveland do not have a 2024 first round selection

 April 25-27 – NFL Draft 2024 – Detroit, Michigan

        NFL Draft 2024 – Two Round Mock Draft 2.0 

             Team                                     Position /  Player                      School

1. Chicago (Carolina – 2-13) QB Drake Maye                  North Carolina
2. Arizona (3-12)  OT Olu Fashanu                Penn State
3. Washington (4-11) TE Brock Bowers              Georgia
4. New England (4-11) QB Caleb Williams             Southern Cal
5. New York Giants (5-10) WR Marvin Harrison Jr       Ohio State
6. Los Angeles Chargers (5-10) Edge Laiatu Latu UCLA
7. Tennessee (5-10) Edge Dallas Turner               Alabama
8. Chicago (6-9) WR Rome Odunze              Washington
9. New York Jets (6-9) OT Joe Alt                         Notre Dame
10. Atlanta (7-8) QB Jayden Daniels            LSU
11. New Orleans (7-8) WR Keon Coleman             Florida State
12. Green Bay (7-8) DB Cooper DeJean            Iowa
13. Las Vegas (7-8) QB Bo Nix                          Oregon
14. Minnesota (7-8) CB Kool-Aid McKinstry     Alabama
15. Denver (7-8) QB Michael Penix Jr.         Washington
16. Arizona (Houston – 8-7) Edge Chop Robinson           Penn State
17. Pittsburgh (8-7) OT JC Latham                   Alabama
18. Cincinnati (8-7) DL Jer’Zhan Newton         Illinois

   Current Playoff Clubs below bracketed based on current record and SOS

19. Indianapolis (8-7) DL Leonard Taylor III        Miami (Fl)
20. Tampa Bay (8-7) OT Amarius Mims             Georgia
21. Los Angeles Rams (8-7) QB Jordan Travis              Florida State
22. Seattle (8-7) Edge Jared Verse                 Florida State
23. Jacksonville (8-7) S Kamren Kinchens        Miami (Fl)
24. Buffalo (9-6) WR Malik Nabers                LSU
25. Kansas City (9-6) WR Emeka Egbuka             Ohio State
26. Dallas (10-5) WR Troy Franklin               Oregon
27. Houston (Cleveland – 10-5)  CB Nate Wiggins        Clemson
28. Miami (11-4) OT Troy Fautanu               Washington
29. Detroit (11-4) CB Terrion Arnold             Alabama
30. Philadelphia (11-4) S Tyler Nubin                  Minnesota
31. San Francisco (11-4) OT Jordan Morgan            Arizona
32. Baltimore (12-3) CB Kamari Lassiter           Georgia

 2nd Round

33         Carolina                        WR       Brian Thomas               LSU
34         Arizona                         WR       Xavier Worthy               Texas
35         New England                OT        Tyler Guyton                 Oklahoma
36         Washington                   CB        Kalen King                    Penn State
37         LA Chargers                  OL        Taliese Fuaga               Oregon State
38         Tennessee                    LB        Edgerrin Cooper            Texas A&M
39         NY Giants                     Edge    Bralen Trice                  Washington
40         Green Bay (NY Jets)   WR       Xavier Legette               South Carolina
41         Washington (Chicago)   DL        J.T. Tuimoloau             Ohio State
42         Phil (New Orleans)         Edge    Chris Braswell               Alabama
43         Green Bay                    DL        T’Vondre Sweat             Texas
44         Las Vegas                    WR       Johnny Wilson               Florida State
45         Minnesota                     DL        Maason Smith               LSU
46         New Orleans (Denver)   TE        Ja’Tavion Sanders         Texas
47         Atlanta                          CB        Denzel Burke                Ohio State
48         Houston                        WR       Jalen McMillan             Washington
49         Pittsburgh                     CB        Jason Marshall             Florida
50         Cincinnati                      WR       Ja’Lynn Polk                 Washington
51         Indianapolis                  LB        Jeremiah Trotter Jr.       Clemson
52         Tampa Bay                   WR       Adonai Mitchell             Texas
53         LA Rams                       S          Malachi Moore             Alabama
54         NY Giants (Seattle)        OL        Cooper Beebe               Kansas State
55         Jacksonville                  OT        Patrick Paul                  Houston
56         Buffalo                         S          Javon Bullard                Georgia
57         Kansas City                  OT        Kingsley Suamataia       BYU
58         Dallas                           RB        Trey Benson                 Florida State
59         Cleveland                      QB       Spencer Rattler             South Carolina
60         Detroit                          DT        Kris Jenkins                  Michigan
61         Philadelphia                  CB        Quinyon Mitchell            Toledo
62         San Francisco               S          Calen Bullock                Southern California
63         Miami                           C     Jackson Powers-Johnson   Oregon
64         Baltimore                      RB        TreVeyon Henderson     Ohio State

Top 199 Pro Prospects for NFL Draft 2024

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Top 100 Prospects for NFL Draft 2024 – Dec. 8th
   Frank Coyle/ Head Scout
 
Underclassmen eligible to declare until Jan 15, 2024 for the NFL Draft.

Players have begun to declare for the Transfer Portal which opens Dec. 4th thru Jan 2, 2024
If a coach is fired or leaves the college program, that school’s players can enter the portal immediately.

No player entered in the Transfer portal will be in our Top Prospects or Mock Draft articles.
 
Top 100 Pro Prospects

#      Pos      Pro Prospect               School

1        QB       Caleb Williams             Southern Cal
2        WR       Marvin Harrison Jr         Ohio State
3        QB       Drake Maye                  North Carolina
4        TE        Brock Bowers                Georgia
5        OT        Olu Fashanu                 Penn State
6        OT        Joe Alt                         Notre Dame
7        Edge    Laiatu Latu                    UCLA
8         WR       Malik Nabers                 LSU
9        QB       Jayden Daniels             LSU
10        Edge    Jared Verse                  Florida State
11        WR       Rome Odunze               Washington
12        QB       Michael Penix Jr.           Washington
13        Edge    Dallas Turner                Alabama
14        CB        Kool-Aid McKinstry        Alabama
15        WR       Keon Coleman             Florida State
16        QB       Bo Nix                         Oregon
17        OT        Amarius Mims               Georgia
18        DL        J.T. Tuimoloau             Ohio State
19        CB        Nate Wiggins                Clemson
20        Edge    Bralen Trice                  Washington
21        DB       Cooper DeJean             Iowa
22        Edge    Chop Robinson             Penn State
23        S          Kamren Kinchens          Miami (Fl)
24        DL        Jer’Zhan Newton           Illinois
25        OT        JC Latham                    Alabama
26        WR       Emeka Egbuka             Ohio State
27        OT        Kingsley Suamataia       BYU
28        WR       Troy Franklin                 Oregon
29        QB       Jordan Travis                Florida State
30        DL        Maason Smith               LSU
31        OT        Troy Fautanu                Washington
32        LB        Jeremiah Trotter Jr.       Clemson
33        DL        Nazir Stackhouse          Georgia
34        RB        Trey Benson                 Florida State
35        S          Tyler Nubin                   Minnesota
36        RB        Raheim Sanders           Arkansas
37        WR       Xavier Worthy               Texas
38        OL        Cooper Beebe               Kansas State
39        WR       Xavier Legette               South Carolina
40        S          Andrew Mukuba            Clemson
41        DL        Leonard Taylor III          Miami (Fl)
42        LB        Edgerrin Cooper            Texas A&M
43        TE        Jaheim Bell                   Florida State
44        CB        Jason Marshall             Florida
45         TE        Ja’Tavion Sanders         Texas
46        WR       Brian Thomas               LSU
47        CB        Kalen King                    Penn State
48        WR       Jalen McMillan             Washington
49        OT        Tyler Guyton                 Oklahoma
50        WR       Juice Wells                   South Carolina
51        Edge    Xavier Thomas             Clemson
52        OT        Graham Barton             Duke
53        Edge    Chris Braswell               Alabama
54        S          Javon Bullard                Georgia
55        DL        Ruke Orhorhoro            Clemson
57        WR       Johnny Wilson               Florida State
58        S          Malachi Moore             Alabama
59        OT        Ajani Cornelius             Oregon
60        WR       Ja’Lynn Polk                 Washington
61        RB        Braelon Allen                Wisconsin
62        QB       Spencer Rattler             South Carolina
63        WR       Dorian Singer                Southern Cal
64        DL        DeWayne Carter           Duke
65        CB        Denzel Burke                Ohio State
66        WR       Mario Williams               Southern Cal
67        OL        Javion Cohen                Miami (Fl)
68        Edge    Jack Sawyer                 Ohio State
69         CB        DJ James                     Auburn
70        Edge    Zion Tupuola-Fetui        Washington
71        WR       Ainias Smith                  Texas A&M
72        OT        Anthony Belton             NC State
73        Edge    Fadil Diggs                   Texas A&M
74        WR       Roman Wilson               Michigan
75        OL        Christian Mahogany       Boston College
76        CB        Sheridan Jones             Clemson
77        Edge    Princely Umanmielen     Florida
78        OL        Andrew Raym               Oklahoma
79        Edge    Desmond Evans            North Carolina
80        S          Shilo Sanders               Colorado
81        OT        Jordan Morgan             Arizona
82        RB        TreVeyon Henderson     Ohio State
83        LB        Omar Speights             LSU
84        WR       Zakhari Franklin            Mississippi
85        OT        Patrick Paul                  Houston
86        LB        Jestin Jacobs                Oregon
87        OT        Javon Foster                 Missouri
88        LB        Payton Wilson               NC State
89         QB       Michael Pratt                 Tulane
90        DL        T’Vondre Sweat             Texas
91        WR       Tory Horton                   Colorado State
92        QB       Shedeur Sanders          Colorado
93        LB        Tommy Eichenberg       Ohio State
94        Edge    Jordan Burch                Oregon
95        OL        Sedrick Van Pran          Georgia
96         TE        Cade Stover                 Ohio State
97        WR       Jacob Cowing               Arizona
98        RB        Blake Corum                 Michigan
99         TE        Benjamin Yurosek         Stanford
100       CB        T.J. Tampa                   Iowa

Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with NFL and college coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a member of the FWAA and voter in major college player awards – Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe, Biletnikoff etc. for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He has a new column ‘The Word on the Street’ dedicated for the NFL Draft and Free agency with unique content during December through May.

He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for CBS and ESPN on a year-round basis related to NFL and College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites

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First Round Mock Draft 1.0 – NFL Draft 2024

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December, 2023

All underclassmen have until Jan. 15^th to declare for the NFL Draft 2024. Players then have three days to rescind their decision and return to school and retain their college eligibility.

Exact draft order to be determined at close of the postseason

The NFL Draft selection order is based on the 2024 NFL standings plus the NFL Draft tiebreaking procedures. Picks 1-18 are the non-playoff teams, with the order decided by the draft tiebreakers. Tied positions rotate up in the succeeding rounds. Positions 19 through 32 are based on playoff game results and tiebreakers are used if necessary.

Currently Carolina and Cleveland do not have a 2024 First round selection

Jan. 15 – Special Eligibility Deadline. Deadline for college players who are underclassmen to apply for Special Eligibility. They will have until Jan 18th to rescind their decision and retain their college eligibility. A list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry into the 2024 NFL Draft will be sent to clubs on January 19.

April 25-27 – NFL Draft 2024 – Detroit, Michigan

NFL Draft 2024 – First Round Mock Draft 1.0 – Dec. 7th

                  Team                      Position   Player              School

1. Chicago (Carolina – 1-11)        QB Caleb Williams       Southern Cal
2. New England (2-10)                QB Drake Maye                  North Carolina
3. Arizona (3-10)                         WR Marvin Harrison Jr         Ohio State
4. Washington (4-9)                   OT Olu Fashanu                 Penn State
5. Chicago (4-8)                           OT Joe Alt                          Notre Dame
6. New York Giants (4-8)          TE Brock Bowers                Georgia
7. Tennessee (4-8)                     Edge Jared Verse                  Florida State
8. New York Jets (4-8)             QB Jayden Daniels                LSU
9. New Orleans (5-7)                  Edge Laiatu Latu                    UCLA
10. Las Vegas (5-7)                    QB Michael Penix Jr.            Washington
11. Tampa Bay (5-7)                  WR Malik Nabers                  LSU
12. Los Angeles Chargers (5-7) Edge Dallas Turner             Alabama
13. Buffalo (6-6)                         CB Kool-Aid McKinstry        Alabama
14. Seattle (6-6)                          Edge Chop Robinson             Penn State
15. Denver (6-6)                          DB Cooper DeJean              Iowa
16. Los Angeles Rams (6-6)      QB Bo Nix                            Oregon
17. Cincinnati (6-6)                    WR Rome Odunze               Washington
18 Arizona (Houston – 7-5)      OT Amarius Mims               Georgia

Current Playoff Clubs below bracketed based on current record and SOS

19. Atlanta (6-6)                          WR Keon Coleman             Florida State
20. Minnesota (6-6)                    DL Jer’Zhan Newton           Illinois
21. Green Bay (6-6)                     OT JC Latham                    Alabama
22. Indianapolis (7-5)                  DL J.T. Tuimoloau             Ohio State
23. Houston (Cleveland – 7-5)   WR Emeka Egbuka             Ohio State
24. Pittsburgh (7-5)                     CB Nate Wiggins                Clemson
25. Kansas City (8-4)                  WR Troy Franklin                 Oregon
26. Jacksonville (8-4)                   S Kamren Kinchens          Miami (Fl)
27. Miami (9-3)                             OT Kingsley Suamataia       BYU
28. Dallas (9-3)                              S Tyler Nubin                   Minnesota
29. Detroit (8-3)                           DL Nazir Stackhouse          Georgia
30. Baltimore (9-3)                     Edge Bralen Trice                  Washington
31. San Francisco (9-3)               OT Troy Fautanu                Washington
32. Philadelphia (10-2)                WR Xavier Legette               South Carolina

Team tie-breaking procedure for the NFL Draft
If two or more clubs are tied in the selection order, the strength-of-schedule tie breaker is applied, subject to the following exceptions for playoff clubs:  The Super Bowl winner is last and the Super Bowl loser next-to-last. Any non-Super Bowl playoff club involved in a tie shall be assigned priority within its segment below that of non-playoff clubs and in the order that the playoff clubs exited from the playoffs. Within a tied segment a playoff club that loses in the Wild-Card game will have priority over a playoff club that loses in the Divisional playoff game that in turn will have priority over a club that loses in the Conference Championship game. If two tied clubs exited the playoffs in the same round, the tie is broken by strength of schedule. If any ties cannot be broken by strength of schedule, the divisional or conference tie breakers, when applicable, are applied. Any ties that still exist are broken by a coin flip.

Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with NFL and college coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a member of the FWAA and voter in major college player awards – Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe, Biletnikoff etc. for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He has a new column ‘The Word on the Street’ dedicated for the NFL Draft and Free agency with unique content during December through May.
 
He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for CBS and ESPN on a year-round basis related to NFL and College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites

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NFL Draft 2024 – First Round Selection Order

Frank Coyle/ Publisher

The NFL Draft selection order is based on the 2023 NFL standings plus the NFL Draft tie breaking procedures. Picks 1-18 are the non-playoff teams, with the order decided by the draft tiebreakers. Tied positions rotate up in the succeeding rounds. Positions 19 through 32 are based on playoff game results and tiebreakers used if necessary.

Currently Carolina and Cleveland do not have a 2024 First round selection

             April 25-27 – NFL Draft 2024 – Detroit, Michigan

NFL Draft 2024 – First Round Order – Nov. 7

1. Arizona (1-8)
2. Chicago (Carolina – 1-7)
3. Chicago (2-7)
4. New York Giants (2-7)
5. New England (2-7)
6. Los Angeles Rams (3-6)
7. Green Bay (3-5)
8. Tampa Bay (3-5)
9. Denver (3-5)
10. Tennessee (3-5)
11. Las Vegas (4-5)
12. Washington (4-5)
13. Atlanta (4-5)
14. Indianapolis (4-5)
15. Arizona (Houston – 4-4)
16. New York Jets (4-4)
17. Los Angeles Chargers (4-4)
18. Buffalo (5-4)

Current Playoff Clubs below bracketed based on current SOS

19. New Orleans (5-4)
20. Minnesota (5-4)
21. Dallas (5-3)
22. Seattle (5-3)
23. San Francisco (5-3)
24. Cincinnati (5-3)
25. Houston (Cleveland – 5-3)
26. Pittsburgh (5-3)
27. Miami (6-3)
28. Detroit (6-2)
29. Jacksonville (6-2)
30. Baltimore (7-2)
31. Kansas City (7-2)
32. Philadelphia (8-1)

Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with NFL and college coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a member of the FWAA and voter in major college player awards – Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi, Thorpe, Biletnikoff etc. for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for CBS and ESPN on a year-round basis related to NFL and College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites

Doak Walker Award Watch List – Backs, Braelon Allen, Blake Corum & Raheim Sanders Head List

The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors announced the Doak Walker Preseason Watch list which consisted of 75 players. Heading the list is Wisconsin’s Braelon Allen, Michigan’s Blake Corum and Arkansas’s Raheim Sanders. The junior Allen will attempt to rush for his third straight 1200+ yards this fall. He fits the mold of great Badger running backs. He will get heavy competition especially from Corum and Sanders who totaled over 1400+ yards last fall.

Photo – Braelon Allen – Wisconsin / Las Vegas Bowl MVP 2021
(AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)

The Directors will name ten semifinalists in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will be announced in November. The committee will cast a second vote in December to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee comprises past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members, and selected special representatives.

Frank Coyle is a long-time scout with nationwide ties with coaches, scouts and player agents. He is a long-time member of the FWAA and voter in college player awards – Heisman, Biletnikoff, Thorpe, Outland, Nagurski, Lombardi etc for the past 30 years. He writes College Football Mondays weekly during the season. He is a consultant to many NFL player agents related to all levels of preparation for the NFL Draft process. He was a longtime scouting consultant for the Senior Bowl, the nation’s premier postseason All-star game. He does sports radio shows for ESPN, Fox Sports and Sporting News on a year-round basis related to College Football especially during the postseason team and All-star Bowl time. He has worked for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo and Rivals sports publications and web sites.

The 2023 Doak Walker Award recipient will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards.

The award is named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back, Doak Walker. It is the only major collegiate award that requires all candidates to be in good academic standing and on schedule to graduate within one year of other students of the same classification.

Doak Walker 2023 Award Watch List

Rasheen Ali, Marshall
Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
Kaytron Allen, Penn State
LeQuint Allen, Syracuse
Emani Bailey, TCU
Sieh Bangura, Ohio
Jovantae Barnes, Oklahoma
Kevorian Barnes, UTSA
Trey Benson, Florida State
Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech
Antario Brown, NIU
Jermaine Brown Jr., UAB
Noah Cain, LSU
Marcus Carroll, Georgia State
Blake Corum, Michigan
Marquis Crosby, Louisiana Tech
CJ Donaldson Jr., West Virginia
Donovan Edwards, Michigan
Justice Ellison, Wake Forest
Davion Ervin-Poindexter, WKU
Audric Estime’, Notre Dame
Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan
Pat Garwo, Boston College
Rodney Hammond Jr., Pitt
Deion Hankins, UTEP
Rahjai Harris, East Carolina
RJ Harvey, UCF
Roman Hemby, Maryland
TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
Daniel Hishaw Jr., Kansas
George Holani, Boise State
Bucky Irving, Oregon
Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
Kobe Johnson, Colorado State
Austin Jones, USC
Jawhar Jordan, Louisville
Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
Reggie Love III, Illinois
Jaylin Lucas, Indiana
Jo’Quavious Marks, Mississippi State
Damien Martinez, Oregon State
Tony Mathis Jr., Houston
Alton McCaskill, Colorado
Josh McCray, Illinois
Chez Mellusi, Wisconsin
Devin Mockobee, Purdue
Devin Neal, Kansas
Nate Noel, App State
Jaydn Ott, Cal
Frank Peasant, Middle Tennessee
Richard Reese, Baylor
Aidan Robbins, BYU
Kairee Robinson, San Jose State
Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
Trey Sanders, TCU
Will Shipley, Clemson
Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
Jabari Small, Tennessee
Dontae Smith, Georgia Tech
E.J. Smith, Stanford
Kavosiey Smoke, Colorado
Carson Steele, UCLA
Bhayshul Tuten, Virginia Tech
Kimani Vidal, Troy
Treshaun Ward, Kansas State
Dre’lyn Washington, Louisiana
Nakia Watson, Washington State
La’Damian Webb, South Alabama
Noah Whittington, Oregon
Michael Wiley, Arizona
Sy’veon Wilkerson, Colorado
Josh Williams, LSU
Miyan Williams, Ohio State
Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
 

NFL Draft 2023 – First Round Signings

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The 2023 NFL Draft completed all draft choices to signed contracts with the addition of Seattle corner Devon Witherspoon with a four-year deal. Witherspoon was both the last 1^st round and overall draft to sign.  

The first-round selections are now all signed with lucrative signing bonuses ranging from $5.5 million for Felix Anudike-Uzomah of the Chiefs with the last pick of the round to Bryce Young of the Panthers with a $24.6 million bonus with the 1st overall selection.

Devon Witherspoon held out of the initial days of camp until he got his deal done. With few reps missed in the opening week, he still has the inside track of earning the starting job with a strong camp.

First-Round Selection Contracts

Pick     Player                         Team                Rookie Contract Terms

1 Bryce Young                         Panthers          4 years, $37.95 million ($24.6 million signing bonus)

2 C.J. Stroud                            Texans             4 years, $36.2 million ($23.3 million signing bonus)

3 Will Anderson Jr.                  Texans             4 years, $35.2 million ($22.6 million signing bonus)

4 Anthony Richardson             Colts                4 years, $33.9 million ($21.7 million signing bonus)

5 Devon Witherspoon             Seahawks         4 years, $31.86 million ($20.17 million signing bonus)

6 Paris Johnson Jr.                  Cardinals         4 years, $28 million ($17.4 million signing bonus)

7 Tyree Wilson                         Raiders            4 years, $25 million ($15.1 million signing bonus)

8 Bijan Robinson                     Falcons            4 years, $21.96 million ($12.97 million signing bonus)

9 Jalen Carter                           Eagles              4 years, $21.81 million ($12.86 million signing bonus)

10 Darnell Wright                     Bears               4 years, $20.97 million ($12.25 million signing bonus)

11 Peter Skoronski                  Titans               4 years, $19.67 million ($11,3 million signing bonus)

12 Jahmyr Gibbs                     Lions               4 years, $17.8 million ($9.6 million signing bonus)

13 Lukas Van Ness                  Packers            4 years, $17.3 million ($9.6 million signing bonus)

14 Broderick Jones                  Steelers            4 years, $16.6 million ($9 million signing bonus)

15 Will McDonald IV                 Jets                  4 years, $16.3 million ($8.8 million signing bonus)

16 Emmanuel Forbes               Commanders   4 years, $15.4 million ($8.2 million signing bonus)

17 Christian Gonzalez              Patriots            4 years, $15.1 million ($7.98 million signing bonus)

18 Jack Campbell                    Lions               4 years, $14.7 million ($7.7 million signing bonus)

19 Calijah Kancey                    Buccaneers      4 years, $14.4 million ($7.5 million signing bonus)

20 Jaxon Smith-Njigba             Seahawks         4 years, $14.417 million ($7.49 million signing bonus)

     Miami – No pick due to tampering violation

21 Quentin Johnston               Chargers          4 years, $14.188 million ($7.32 million signing bonus)

22 Zay Flowers                         Ravens             4 years, $14 million ($7.2 million signing bonus)

23 Jordan Addison                  Vikings             4 years, $13.73 million ($6.99 million signing bonus)

24 Deonte Banks                     Giants              4 years, $13.579 million ($6.88 million signing bonus)

25 Dalton Kincaid                    Bills                 4 years, $13.25 million ($6.77 million signing bonus)

26 Mazi Smith                          Cowboys          4 years, $13.274 million ($6.65 million signing bonus)

27 Anton Harrison                    Jaguars            4 years, $13.20 million ($6.56 million signing bonus)

28 Myles Murphy                      Bengals            4 years, $12.6 million ($6.1 million signing bonus)

29 Bryan Bresee                       Saints              4 years, $12.2 million ($5.9 million signing bonus)

30 Nolan Smith                        Eagles              4 years, $11.9 million ($5.7 million signing bonus)

31 Felix Anudike-Uzomah        Chiefs              4 years, $11.8 million ($5.5 million signing bonus)

NFL Supplemental Draft 2023

The NFL will conduct the Supplemental Draft 2023 on Tuesday, July 11th for players who rescind their remaining college eligibility. This draft has been a short process annually that considers special situations for players that are at least three years removed from high school.

Two players, wideouts Milton Wright of Purdue and Malachi Wideman of Jackson State are the only two entrees. They are expected to be possibly drafted with late-rounds. Recent NFL supplemental drafts have been completed without any players being chosen.

Draft Insiders’ – NFL Supplemental Draft 2023 Report will be available July 10 – Free for Subscribers

All 32 teams will participate in the weighted process that is divided into three tiers with seven prospects entered for this year’s selection draft. Teams with six wins or less from last season will make up the first group, followed by a second group of non-playoff teams and finally a third group of the twelve playoff teams. Each team submits the name of the players via email that they want to draft with the round they would like to select them. The club with the highest selection will be awarded the player. In the case of two teams drafting the same player in a round, the club with the worse record last season will win the prospect. Players not selected in this draft class will then become free agents eligible to sign with any team.

Any team that uses a selection in the Supplemental Draft will forfeit their choice in the corresponding round of the NFL Draft 2024 The new draft prospects will be considered part of the rookie salary pool along with the players from the NFL Draft 2023 and they must fit under the current contract structure and overall salary cap. No players have been drafted the previous past three summers. In 2012, the Browns used their 2nd round pick on wideout Josh Gordon, the only selection chosen in the process. He was a Pro Bowl receiver who set new NFL records several years ago. But he has also been suspended often for failing drug and alcohol tests and is currently out of the league.

Most prospects in a Supplemental class provide little initial impact because of the late signing that caused them to miss all of the OTAs and mini-camp practices. The NFL office has considered terminating this draft process after only minimal interest by clubs. Bids are weighted according to how a team performed the previous season.