2023 Draft Rankings
4 min readMar 7, 2023
Now that the combine is over, draft boards are pretty much set. This year’s combine was relatively uneventful and probably didn’t change the rankings much outside of a couple midround guys that may have boosted their stock a bit. While most would consider this mock draft season, coming up with a mock draft right ahead of the start of free agency and the new league year is a frustrating process. There will be plenty of cuts, trades, and free agency signings before the draft and trying to predict all of that is a headache. The better thing to do this time a year is to just come up with a big board or a player rankings list. So let’s take a look at the top ten prospects at each position.
Quarterbacks
- Anthony Richardson (Florida)
- CJ Stroud (Ohio State)
- Will Levis (Kentucky)
- Bryce Young (Alabama)
- Hendon Hooker (Tennessee)
- Tanner McKee (Stanford)
- Jaren Hall (BYU)
- Stetson Bennett IV (Georgia)
- Max Duggan (TCU)
- Jake Haener (Fresno State)
Running Backs
- Bijan Robinson (Texas)
- Jahmyr Gibbs (Alabama)
- Tank Bigsby (Auburn)
- Israel Abanikanda (Pitt)
- Zach Evans (Ole Miss)
- Chase Brown (Illinois)
- Tyjae Spears (Tulane)
- Sean Tucker (Syracuse)
- Zach Charbonnet (UCLA)
- Kendre Miller (TCU)
Wide Receivers
- Quentin Johnston (TCU)
- Jordan Addison (USC)
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba (Ohio State)
- Jalin Hyatt (Tennessee)
- Zay Flowers (Boston College)
- Josh Downs (UNC)
- Xavier Hutchinson (Iowa State)
- Cedric Tillman (Tennessee)
- Rashee Rice (SMU)
- AT Perry (Wake Forest)
Tight Ends
- Michael Mayer (Notre Dame)
- Darnell Washington (Georgia)
- Dalton Kincaid (Utah)
- Luke Musgrave (Oregon State)
- Sam LaPorta (Iowa)
- Zack Kuntz (Old Dominion)
- Luke Schoonmaker (Michigan)
- Josh Whyle (Cincinnati)
- Tucker Kraft (South Dakota State)
- Cameron Latu (Alabama)
Offensive Tackles
- Peter Skoronski (Northwestern)
- Anton Harrison (Oklahoma)
- Paris Johnson Jr. (Ohio State)
- Broderick Jones (Georgia)
- Darnell Wright (Tennessee)
- Dawand Jones (Ohio State)
- Blake Freeland (BYU)
- Matthew Bergeron (Syracuse)
- Jaelyn Duncan (Maryland)
- Zion Nelson (Miami)
Guards/Centers
- O’Cyrus Torrence (Florida)
- John Michael Schmitz (Minnesota)
- Cody Mauch (NDSU)
- Joe Tippman (Wisconsin)
- Steve Avila (TCU)
- Andrew Vorhees (USC)
- Ricky Stromberg (Arkansas)
- Jarrett Patterson (Notre Dame)
- Luke Wypler (Ohio State)
- Olu Oluwatimi (Michigan)
Edge Rushers
- Will Anderson Jr. (Alabama)
- Tyree Wilson (Texas Tech)
- Myles Murphy (Clemson)
- Isaiah Foskey (Notre Dame)
- Lukas Van Ness (Iowa)
- BJ Ojulari (LSU)
- Felix Anudike-Uzomah (Kansas State)
- Will McDonald IV (Iowa State)
- Nolan Smith (Georgia)
- Andre Carter II (Army)
Defensive Linemen
- Jalen Carter (Georgia)
- Brian Bresee (Clemson)
- Calijah Kancey (Pitt)
- Siaki Ika (Baylor)
- Tui Tuipulotu (USC)
- Gervon Dexter (Florida)
- Mazi Smith (Michigan)
- Keion White (Georgia Tech)
- Zacch Pickens (South Carolina)
- Keeanu Benton (Wisonsin)
Linebackers
- Trenton Simpson (Clemson)
- Drew Sanders (Arkansas)
- Jack Campbell (Iowa)
- Noah Sewell (Oregon)
- Daiyan Henley (Washington State)
- Henry To’oto’o (Alabama)
- Owen Pappoe (Auburn)
- Demarvion Overshown (Texas)
- Yasir Abdullah (Louisville)
- Ivan Pace Jr. (Cincinnati)
Cornerbacks
- Devon Witherspoon (Illinois)
- Christian Gonzalez (Oregon)
- Cam Smith (South Carolina)
- Emmanuel Forbes (Mississippi State)
- Joey Porter Jr. (Penn State)
- Kelee Ringo (Georgia)
- Clark Phillips III (Utah)
- Julius Brents (Kansas State)
- Deonte Banks (Maryland)
- DJ Turner II (Michigan)
Safeties
- Brian Branch (Alabama)
- Antonio Johnson (Texas A&M)
- Jordan Battle (Alabama)
- JL Skinner (Boise State)
- Sydney Brown (Illinois)
- Jason Taylor II (Oklahoma State)
- Ji’Ayir Brown (Penn State)
- Anthony Johnson Jr. (Iowa State)
- Brandon Joseph (Notre Dame)
- Jartavius Martin (Illinois)