NFL Draft 2023 – First-round Selection Order
Texans Hold Two #1 Selections in the Top Seven Overall Choices
With the NFL season entering the Thanksgiving weekend and the start of the playoff stretch run, teams will determine weekly whether they are contenders or pretenders. With seven games remaining, NFL divisional races are extremely tight with the NFC East, West and South along with the AFC East, all having multiple clubs within a game of the leadership spot. Last year’s Super Bowl champion, the LA Rams is currently in the NFC West basement and faces a must win situation weekly starting with their challenging trip to Kansas City this weekend. In addition, the Rams do not have their #1 selection, being held by the Lions in the trade for QB Mitchell Stafford. Four other clubs do not have a #1 pick, the Browns, 49ers, Dolphins and Saints. Four clubs have two #1 selections, the Texans, Lions, Seahawks and Eagles.
The final order for picks 19 through 32 will be decided by NFL playoff results. The strength of schedule percentage is for each club’s current season.
NFL Draft 2023 – April 27-29 – Kansas City, Mo
# Team W-L Strength of schedule
1 Houston 1-8-1 .517
2 Carolina 3-8 .457
3 Chicago 3-8 .572
4 Las Vegas 3-7 .462
5 Seattle (Denver) 3-7 .480
6 Detroit (LA Rams) 3-7 .491
7 Houston (Cleveland) 3-7 .503
8 Jacksonville 3-7 .526
9 Pittsburgh 3-7 .526
10 Philadelphia (New Orleans) 4-7 .477
11 Arizona 4-7 .514
12 Green Bay 4-7 .578
13 Detroit 4-6 .551
14 Indianapolis 4-6-1 .515
15 Atlanta 5-6 .429
16 LA Chargers 5-5 .451
17 Tampa Bay 5-5 .455
18 Washington 6-5 .546
19 Seattle 6-4 .438
20 Denver (San Fran-Miami) 6-4 .441
21 New England 6-4 .514
22 NY Jets 6-4 .523
23 Cincinnati 6-4 .526
24 Baltimore 7-3 .466
25 Tennessee 7-3 .477
26 Miami (forfeited) 7-3 .515
27 Dallas 7-3 .531
28 NY Giants 7-3 .540
29 Buffalo 7-3 .547
30 Kansas City 8-2 .436
31 Minnesota 8-2 .503
32 Philadelphia 9-1 .486
