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First Round Mock Draft 1.0 – NFL Draft 2024
Frank Coyle www.draftinsiders.com
December, 2023
All underclassmen have until Jan. 15th 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
