2024 NFL draft is here! Bold first-round predictions, one final mock, top 25 rankings
Welcome to the 89th NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting Extravaganza™!
We're just hours away from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell officially putting the Chicago Bears on the clock with the No. 1 pick in the draft.
What the Bears do with that selection is anyone's guess. Just kidding! 😁 We've known for months that the Bears have been sweet on USC quarterback Caleb Williams.
Did you know that this draft is the first time that the Bears will make the No. 1 pick in nearly eight decades? Isn't that wild?
You know what else is wild? The Los Angeles Rams will make their first first-round selection since 2016, when they picked quarterback Jared Goff at No. 1 overall. The Cleveland Browns, meanwhile, continue to ship their first-round picks to the Houston Texans as a result of the Deshaun Watson trade.
Final 2024 mock draft
Where will the coveted quarterbacks land? Will there be a blockbuster trade up by a team to select one of those top quarterbacks? Where will the top receivers go? Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz provides projections for all of those questions and more in Paste BN Sports' FINAL MOCK DRAFT.
- Which team most needs a quarterback in the draft?
- Standout college football players in for a long draft wait
Bold first-round predictions
The 2024 draft class is top-heavy with offensive talent. Quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles could dominate the first half of the first round on Thursday night. Where might the first defensive player be picked? And, who might that player be?
- Which teams look most likely to trade up or down in first round?
- Cowboys need instant impact from rookies after 2023 class flopped
- One Super Bowl contender under pressure to answer for mounting losses
- In first post-Bill Belichick draft, Patriots look to fix roster woes
Ranking top 125 prospects
Three wide receivers are in the top four. Meanwhile, the first running back does not show up until No. 66. Refer to this list Thursday night for your best-available-player needs.
- NFL draft prospects with football family ties
- Draft's 11 biggest boom-or-bust prospects
- Small school prospects to know for the draft
- Colleges that have produced the most draft picks over the past 10 years
- This draft prospect never played college football. Now, he's on verge of NFL dream.
- Hyped prospect was depressed, 50 pounds overweight. Now he's NFL bound.
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