The greatest part of the off-season in football? It never ends! Right when Draft 412 is finishing up the 2023 draft, it is time to start looking into the next group of NFL stars coming out in 2024. The 2024 class has stars at every position, including the coveted quarterback spot. We start our 2024 draft coverage with a listing of our top 5 players at each position, and in the days leading up to the season, our readers will enjoy reports on each draft prospect.
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Quarterbacks- Plenty of upside in this class. Williams and Maye could go 1-2 in the draft.
1)- USC- Caleb Williams, 6’1” 215 lbs.
2)- North Carolina- Drake Maye. 6’4” 220 lbs.
3)- Washington- Michael Penix Jr., 6’3” 213 lbs.
4)- Oregon- Bo Nix, 6’2” 213 lbs.
5)- Texas- Quinn Ewers, 6’2” 206 lbs.
Running Backs- Three of the top 4 ranked are BIG 10 backs.
1)- Ohio St.- TreVeyon Henderson, 5’10” 214 lbs.
2)- Michigan- Blake Corum, 5’8” 210 lbs.
3)- Clemson- Will Shipley, 5’11” 205 lbs.
4)- Wisconsin- Braelon Allen, 6’2” 235 lbs.
5)- Arkansas- Raheim Sanders, 6’2” 227 lbs.
Wide Recievers- Marvin Harrison, Jr. has a shot to go in top 3.
1)- Ohio St.- Marvin Harrison Jr., 6’3” 205 lbs.
2)- Ohio St.- Emeka Egbuka, 6’1” 205 lbs.
3)- Texas- Xavier Worthy, 6’1” 163 lbs.
4)- Florida St.- Johnny Wilson, 6’7” 235 lbs.
5)- Washington- Rome Odunze, 6’3” 201 lbs.
Tight Ends- It’s Brock Bowers time!
1)- Georgia- Brock Bowers, 6’4” 230 lbs.
2)- Texas- Ja’Tavion Sanders, 6’4” 249 lbs.
3)- Florida St.- Jaheim Bell, 6’3” 232 lbs.
4)- Minnesota- Brevyn Spann-Ford, 6’7” 270 lbs.
5)- Ohio St.- Cade Stover, 6’4” 255 lbs.
Centers- An average group as of now.
1)- Georgia- Sedrick Van Pran, 6’4” 310lbs.
2)- Duke- Graham Barton, 6’5” 311 lbs.
3)- Texas A&M- Bryce Foster, 6’5” 325 lbs.
4)- Alabama- James Brockermeyer, 6’3” 282 lbs.
5)- West Virginia- Zach Frazier, 6’3” 306 lbs.
Guards- An up and coming group has potential to be a great guard class.
1)- Ohio St.- Donovan Jackson, 6’4” 320 lbs.
2)- Georgia- Tate Ratledge, 6’6” 315 lbs.
3)- Boston College- Christian Mahogany, 6’3” 335 lbs.
4)- Tennessee- Javontez Spraggins, 6’3” 325 lbs.
5)- Texas A&M- Layden Robinson, 6’4” 330lbs.
Tackles- May easily be the highest graded class as of now.
1)- Penn St.- Olumuyiwa Fashanu, 6’6” 321 lbs.
2)- Alabama- J.C. Latham, 6’6” 326 lbs.
3)- Notre Dame- Joe Alt, 6’7” 317 lbs.
4)- Kansas St.- Cooper Beebe, 6’4” 322 lbs.
5)- BYU- Kingsley Suamataia, 6’6” 325 lbs.
Edge- Depth throughout. Should be an A or B grade.
1)- Florida St.- Jared Verse, 6’4” 251 lbs.
2)- Ohio St.- J.T. Tuimoloau, 6’4” 270 lbs.
3)- Alabama- Dallas Turner, 6’4” 240 lbs.
4)- LSU- Maason Smith, 6’5” 300 lbs.
5)- Washington- Bralen Trice, 6’4” 256 lbs.
Defensive Tackles- Some potential stars, Ohio St. and Clemson dominate rankings.
1)- Ohio St.- Michael Hall, Jr., 6’2” 290 lbs.
2)- Ohio St.- Tyleik Williams, 6’3” 318 lbs.
3)- Clemson- Tyler Davis, 6’2” 300 lbs.
4)- Clemson- Ruke Orhorhoro, 6’4” 295 lbs.
5)- Florida St.- Fabien Lovett, 6’4” 306 lbs.
Linebackers- Another fast group of OLB’s.
1)- Clemson- Jeremiah Trotter, Jr., 6’0” 230 lbs.
2)- North Carolina- Cedric Gray, 6’2” 230 lbs.
3)- UCLA- Laiatu Latu, 6’4” 265 lbs.
4)- Cincinnati- Deshawn Pace, 6’2” 215 lbs.
5)- Clemson- Barrett Carter, 6’1” 225 lbs.
Cornerbacks- Another year of star corners
1)- Alabama- Kool-Aid McKinstry, 6’1” 188 lbs.
2)- Ohio St.- Denzel Burke, 6’1” 190 lbs.
3)- Penn St.- Kalen King, 5’11” 188 lbs.
4)- Georgia- Javon Bullard, 5’11” 180 lbs.
5)- USC- Calen Bullock, 6’3” 180 lbs.
Safeties- Could be one of the deeper safety classes in some time.
1)- Clemson- Andrew Mukuba, 6’0” 185 lbs.
2)- Utah- Cole Bishop, 6’2” 205 lbs.
3)- Miami, Fla.- James Williams, 6’5” 224 lbs.
4)- Ohio St.- Lathan Ransom, 6’1” 205 lbs.
5)- Miami, Fla.- Kamren Kinchens, 5’11” 202 lbs.