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Right after the draft comes down, NFL teams are making phone calls as quickly as possible, trying to outdo other NFL teams for a prized asset.
Undrafted players.
By the time you read this, a lot of the names on this list will have been signed to their NFL teams, and will be valued despite their undrafted status. Because NFL teams know that just as talent is expected to come out of the first round, it can just as easily come from those prospects who did not hear their names called until they picked up the phone after the seventh round.
Here are our best undrafted players in the 2023 class — players who still have an estimable shot of sticking and staying in the NFL.
Sean Tucker, RB, Syracuse
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Mohamed Ibrahim, RB, Minnesota
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Keaton Mitchell, RB, East Carolina
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Bryce Ford-Wheaton, WR, West Virginia
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CJ Johnson, WR, East Carolina
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Blake Whiteheart, TE, Wake Forest
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McClendon Curtis, OG, Tennessee-Chattanooga
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Emil Ekiyor Jr., OG, Alabama
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Jaxson Kirkland, OG, Washington
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DJ Dale, DI, Alabama
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Jerrod Clark, DI, Coastal Carolina
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Andre Carter II, EDGE, Army
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Lonnie Phelps, EDGE, Kansas
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Jeremy Banks, LB, Tennessee
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Ivan Pace Jr., LB, Cincinnati
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Eli Ricks, CB, Alabama
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Kahlef Hailassie, CB, Western Kentucky
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Rejzohn Wright, CB, Oregon State
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Kaevon Merriweather, S, Iowa
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Ronnie Hickman Jr., S, Ohio State
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Trey Dean III, S, Florida
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