We are nearing the midway point of the 2023 NFL season and the 2023 rookie class is really starting to show itself. Teams are relying heavily on rookies. But as always, there are players who step up and prove they should have been drafted sooner and others make it clear they might have been drafted too early.
We decided to jump into our time machine and draft the first round of the 2023 NFL draft all over again with all the information we know now.
1 - Carolina Panthers - QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State
Original pick: QB Bryce Young, Alabama
2 - Hoston Texans - QB Anthony Richardson Jr., Florida
Original pick: QB CJ Stroud, Ohio State
3 - Houston Texans - EDGE WIll Anderson Jr., Alabama
Original pick: EDGE Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
4 - Indianapolis Colts - QB Bryce Young, Alabama
Original pick: QB Anthony Richardson Jr., Florida
5 - Seattle Seahawks - CB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
Original pick: CB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
6 - Arizona Cardinals - OT Dawand Jones, Ohio State
Original pick: OT Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
7 - Las Vegas Raiders - DT Jalen Carter, Georgia
Original pick: EDGE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
8 - Atlanta Falcons - RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
Original pick: RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
9 - Philadelphia Eagles - CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon
Original pick: DT Jalen Carter, Georgia
10 - Chicago Bears - DL Byron Young, Tennessee
Original pick: OT Darnell Wright, Tennessee
11 - Tennessee Titans - QB Will Levis, Kentucky
Original pick: OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
12 - Detroit Lions - RB De'Von Achane, Texas A&M
Original pick: RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
13 - Green Bay Packers - WR Puka Nacua, Stanford
Original pick: EDGE Lukas Van Ness, Iowa
14 - Pittsburgh Steelers - DB Brian Branch, Alabama
Original pick: OT Broderick Jones, Georgia
15 - New York Jets - RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
Original pick: EDGE Will McDonald IV, Iowa
16 - Washington Commanders - CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
Original pick: CB Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
17 - New England Patriots - WR Zay Flowers, Boston College
Original pick: CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon
18 - Detroit Lions - LB Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati
Original pick: LB Jack Campbell, Iowa
19 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - DT Keeanu Benton, Wisconsin
Original pick: DT Calijah Kancey, Pitt
20 - Seattle Seahawks - WR Tank Dell, Houston
Original pick: WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
21 - Los Angeles Chargers - EDGE Tuli Tuipulota, USC
Original pick: WR Quentin Johnston, TCU
22 - Baltimore Ravens - WR Jordan Addison, Pittsburgh
Original pick: WR Zay Flowers, Boston College
23 - Minnesota Vikings - WR Marvin Mims Jr., Oklahoma
Original pick: WR Jordan Addison Pitt
24 - New York Giants - WR Rashee Rice, SMU
Original pick: CB Deonte Banks, Maryland
25 - Buffalo Bills - TE Sam LaPorta, Iowa
Original pick: TE Dalton Kincaid, Utah
26 - Dallas Cowboys - DT Kobie Turner, Wake Forest
Original pick: DT Mazi Smith, Michigan
27 - Jacksonville Jaguars - OT Darnell Wright, Tennessee
Original pick: OT Anton Harrison, Oklahom
28 - Cincinnati Bengals - CB Deonte Banks, Maryland
Original pick: EDGE Myles Murphy, Clemson
29 - New Orleans Saints - RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
Original pick: DT Bryan Breese, Clemson
30 - Philadelphia Eagles - OL Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
31 - Kansas City Chiefs - WR Josh Downs, North Carolina
Original pick: EDGE Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State
