The 2024 NFL Draft will be the 89th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible players. The draft is scheduled to take place around Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza in Detroit, Michigan from Thursday April 25 – Saturday April 27, 2024. For this article, I will be giving my predictions on whom each team will be selecting in their projected order. The first overall pick is being held by my favorite team The Chicago Bears, they have this pick courtesy of a trade with The Carolina Panthers last year in March of 2023. The Bears also hold the number nine pick as they will have two early selections unless some kind of trade occurs. The Bears are expected to take a young QB in the upcoming draft prior to trading three year veteran Justin Fields to The Pittsburgh Steelers in late March of 2024. There are many predictions on Quarterbacks being taken within the Top 5 picks, including Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels, and J.J. McCarthy, as well as top receiver prospect out of Alabama Marvin Harrison Jr. who all have played in big college games.
- 1) Chicago Bears (from Carolina) – Caleb Williams |QB| USC
- 2) Washington Commanders – Drake Maye |QB| UNC
- 3) New England Patriots – Jayden Daniels |QB| LSU
- 4) Arizona Cardinals – Marvin Harrison Jr |WR| UA
- 5) Los Angeles Chargers – Malik Nabers |WR| LSU
- 6) New York Giants – J.C. Latham |OL| UA
- 7) Tennessee Titans – Joe Alt |OT| ND
- 8) Atlanta Falcons – Dallas Turner |OLB| UA
- 9) Chicago Bears – Rome Odunze |WR| UW
- 10) New York Jets – Brock Bowers |TE| UGA
- 11) Minnesota Vikings – J.J. McCarthy |QB| U-M
- 12) Denver Broncos – Bo Nix |QB| UO
- 13) Las Vegas Raiders – Michael Penix Jr |QB| UW
- 14) New Orleans Saints – Jared Verse |DE| FSU
- 15) Indianapolis Colts – Terrion Arnold |CB| UA
- 16) Seattle Seahawks – Talies Fuaga |OL| OSU
- 17) Jacksonville Jaguars – Nate Wiggins |CB| CU
- 18) Cincinnati Bengals – Olumuyiwa Fashanu |OT| PSU
- 19) Los Angeles Rams – Byron Murphy II |DT| UT
- 20) Pittsburgh Steelers – Jackson Powers-Johnson |OL| UO
- 21) Miami Dolphins – Chop Robinson |DE| PSU
- 22) Philadelphia Eagles – Amarius Mims |OT| UGA
- 23) Minnesota Vikings (from Cleveland through Houston) – Graham Barton |OT| DKU
- 24) Dallas Cowboys – Troy Fautanu |OL| UGA
- 25) Green Bay Packers – Cooper DeJean |DB| UI
- 26) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Laiatu Latu |DE| UCLA
- 27) Arizona Cardinals (from Houston) – Kool-Aid McKinstry |CB| UA
- 28) Buffalo Bills – Adonai Mitchell |WR| UT
- 29) Detroit Lions – Ennis Rakestraw Jr |CB| MU
- 30) Baltimore Ravens – Tyler Guyton |OL| OU
- 31) San Francisco 49ers – Jackson-Powers Johnson |OL| UO
- 32) Kansas City Chiefs – Ladd McConkey |WR| Orgeon
Work Cited:
(n.d.). Tankathon | 2024 NBA Draft Order & Lottery Simulator. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.tankathon.com/
(n.d.). CBS Sports – News, Live Scores, Schedules, Fantasy Games, Video and more. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.cbssports.com/
