2024 NFL Draft top-100 prospects, overrated, underrated and best value players

Jayson Braddock

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Quarterbacks like Caleb Williams, Spencer Rattler and Michael Pratt featured in the top-100 prospects of the 2024 NFL draft

It’s draft week! top 100 prospects have been lined out and as well as are some key takeaways from the list and this year’s draft as a whole.

This year’s first round should mostly be made up of offensive players. with around eight offensive linemen, seven wide receivers and five quarterbacks potentially making up 20 of the first 32 picks alone. 

The defensive class may only see one player selected in the top-10 picks — most likely cornerback Quinyon Mitchell or defensive tackle Byron Murphy II. There could be another two or three cornerbacks selected after Mitchell in the first round between Alabama's duo of Kool-Aid McKinstry and Terrion Arnold.

At least three edge rushers could go off the board in the first round, while tight end Brock Bowers is expected to go in the first 15 picks of the first round. That leaves roughly four spots or so open for other prospects to sneak into the top-32 picks. Defensive back Cooper DeJean and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper have the talent to be two of those four picks, if teams opt to take the top player at their positions. 

However, these teams could get concerned with the run on receivers, offensive linemen, cornerbacks, quarterbacks and edge rushers and chose to select players from these groups before the talent dries up by their next selection. The first-round selections could dictate how the rest of the draft goes. 

Here’s positional outlines on when the talent at each position starts to dry up, along with which prospects are being undervalued and overvalued by the consensus of public evaluators.

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2024 NFL draft top 100 prospects

Rank Name Position Team
1 Caleb Williams QB USC
2 Marvin Harrison Jr WR Ohio State
3 Drake Maye QB UNC
4 Malik Nabers WR LSU
5 Troy Fautanu OT Washington
6 Taliese Fuaga OG Oregon State
7 Rome Odunze WR Washington
8 J.J. McCarthy QB Michigan
9 Byron Murphy II DT Texas
10 Joe Alt OT Notre Dame
11 Laiatu Latu EDGE UCLA
12 Jayden Daniels QB LSU
13 Adonai Mitchell WR Texas
14 Quinyon Mitchell CB Toledo
15 Brock Bowers TE Georgia
16 JC Latham OT Alabama
17 Xavier Worthy WR Texas
18 Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma
19 Jared Verse EDGE FSU
20 Ennis Rakestraw Jr. CB Missouri
21 Cooper DeJean S Iowa
22 Kool-Aid McKinstry CB Alabama
23 Jackson Powers-Johnson C Oregon
24 Dallas Turner EDGE Alabama
25 Olumuyiwa Fashanu OT Penn State
26 Brian Thomas Jr WR LSU
27 Terrion Arnold CB Alabama
28 Tyler Nubin S Minnesota
29 Edgerrin Cooper LB Texas A&M
30 Graham Barton iOL Duke
31 Jermaine Burton WR Alabama
32 Bo Nix QB Oregon
33 Keon Coleman WR FSU
34 Johnny Newton DT Illinois
35 Xavier Legette WR South Carolina
36 Ladd McConkey WR Georgia
37 Darius Robinson DL Missouri
38 Kingsley Suamataia OT BYU
39 Michael Hall Jr. DT Ohio State
40 Christian Mahogany OG Boston College
41 Max Melton CB Rutgers
42 Chop Robinson EDGE Penn State
43 Nate Wiggins CB Clemson
44 Spencer Rattler QB South Carolina
45 Kris Jenkins DL Michigan
46 Cooper Beebe OG Kansas State
47 Jalen McMillan WR Washington
48 Javon Bullard S Georgia
49 Malachi Corley WR Western Kentucky
50 Payton Wilson LB NC State
51 Michael Penix Jr. QB Washington
52 Braden Fiske DT FSU
53 Jacob Cowing WR Arizona
54 Blake Fisher OT Notre Dame
55 Ricky Pearsall WR Florida
56 Austin Booker EDGE Kansas
57 Dominick Puni OG Kansas
58 Decamerion Richardson CB Mississippi State
59 Marshawn Kneeland EDGE Western Michigan
60 Tykee Smith S Georgia
61 Patrick Paul OT Houston
62 Kamren Kinchens S Miami
63 Amarius Mims OT Georgia
64 Roger Rosengarten OG Washington
65 Kris Abrams-Draine CB Missouri
66 Mike Sainristil CB Michigan
67 Cade Stover TE Ohio State
68 D.J. James CB Auburn
69 Tyrice Knight LB UTEP
70 Jordan Morgan OT Arizona
71 Blake Corum RB Michigan
72 MarShawn Lloyd RB USC
73 Andru Phillips CB Kentucky
74 Matt Goncalves OT Pitt
75 Trey Benson RB FSU
76 T'Vondre Sweat DT Texas
77 Troy Franklin WR Oregon
78 Roman Wilson WR Michigan
79 Curtis Jacobs LB Penn State
80 Jeremiah Trotter Jr LB Clemson
81 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE Texas
82 Hunter Nourzad C Penn State
83 Khyree Jackson CB Oregon
84 Mekhi Wingo DT LSU
85 Delmar Glaze OT Maryland
86 Will Shipley RB Clemson
87 Zach Frazier C West Virginia
88 Jaylen Wright RB Tennessee
89 Javon Baker WR UCF
90 Jonathon Brooks RB Texas
91 Cedric Gray LB UNC
92 Gabriel Murphy EDGE UCLA
93 Dwight McGlothern CB Arkansas
94 Sataoa Laumea OG Utah
95 T.J. Tampa CB Iowa State
96 Chris Braswell EDGE Alabama
97 Christian Haynes OG UCONN
98 Adisa Isaac EDGE Penn State
99 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson S Texas Tech
100 Michael Pratt QB Tulane

2024 NFL draft overrated, underrated and best value picks

2024 NFL draft quarterbacks

The quarterback position is going to be thin after the first round. There are about four players at the position worthy of being considered between Rounds 2-5. Spencer Rattler, Michael Penix Jr. Michael Pratt and Jordan Travis should all hear their names called before the sixth round.

  • Underrated – Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
  • Overrated – Michael Penix Jr., Washington
  • Best Value – Michael Pratt, Tulane
  • Day 3 Pick – Jordan Travis, Florida State

2024 NFL draft running backs

A running back may not be selected in the first two rounds this year. However, once the third round arrives, they’ll start to fly off the board. There should be 15-20 running backs selected between the third and fifth rounds. If a team is for a difference-maker at the position, the third round would be best to get your pick of the litter but talent can still be had until the end of the fifth round.

  • Underrated – MarShawn Lloyd, USC
  • Overrated – Jonathon Brooks, Texas & Bucky Irving, Oregon
  • Best Value – Will Shipley, Clemson
  • Day 3 Pick – Ray Davis, Kentucky

2024 NFL draft wide receivers

The wide receiver group is extremely talented and deep. Good players can be found in this draft from the first round all the way through to the fifth round. It’ll lead teams to question whether they should add early at the position, wait for value later or even double-dip in such a talented group.

  • Underrated – Jermaine Burton, Alabama
  • Overrated – Troy Franklin, Oregon
  • Best Value – Jacob Cowing, Arizona
  • Day 3 Pick – Ainias Smith, Texas A&M

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2024 NFL draft tight ends

The tight end position is a bit odd this year. Bowers will go in the top 15 picks in the draft but the next tight end off the board is anyone’s guess. The most talked-about prospects at tight end after Bowers are Ja’Tavion Sanders, Cade Stover, Ben Sinnott, Jared Wiley and Theo Johnson. The predictions on who of the group will be selected 2nd-5th are all over the place with everyone having differing opinions. 

If a team hits on the right prospect, they may end up with the second-best player at the position from this class in as late as the third or fourth round. Teams could treat the tight end position like the running back position this year by waiting until the third round before forcing the issue.

  • Underrated – Cade Stover, Ohio State
  • Overrated – Theo Johnson, Penn State
  • Best Value – Ben Sinnott, Kansas
  • Day 3 Pick – Jared Wiley, TCU & Tip Reiman, Illinois

2024 NFL draft offensive linemen

The tight end position isn’t the only one in which prospects rankings vary drastically. The offensive line group has players ranked very differently depending on who is grading. It’ll make for great value on the teams that select correctly at the positions. If looking to draft an offensive lineman, teams should do so by the fourth round. The cream will rise with these NFL teams selecting their pick of the litter, leaving a thin crop of talent for the 5th-7th rounds at the positions. 

  • Underrated – OT Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
  • Overrated – OT Amarius Mims, Georgia
  • Best Value – OG Christian Mahogany, Boston College
  • Day 3 Pick – OT Caedan Wallace, Penn State

2024 NFL draft defensive tackles

The defensive tackle position is similar to the tight end position this year as there is a clear top-15 prospect at the position in Byron Murphy II. Then, just like with tight ends, there may not be another player selected at the position until the second round. There should be a healthy amount of talented defensive tackles going off the board between the second and fifth rounds, though. It’ll dry up by the sixth round.

  • Underrated – Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State
  • Overrated – Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson
  • Best Value – Fabien Lovett Sr., Florida State
  • Day 3 Pick –  Marcus Harris, Auburn

2024 NFL draft edge rushers

The edge position is less than desirable in 2024. It’s a position that could slide in the draft as teams could wait for the right guy to fall to them in specific spots rather than forcing the issue as even the top guys all have questions surrounding them. Teams needing to draft edge this year may have to take guys earlier than they would like as there are only a couple of guys worth considering in each round. 

The best value at the position from this class will most likely come from players drafted between the second and fourth rounds. The risk is higher on the potential first-round guys and teams who pass on them will need to go back to the position on Day 2 or in the fourth round to start Day 3.

  • Underrated – Austin Booker, Kansas
  • Overrated – Dallas Turner, Alabama
  • Best Value – Gabriel Murphy, UCLA
  • Day 3 Pick – Jalyx Hunt, Houston Christian

2024 NFL draft linebackers

Linebackers could be like the running back position with no players selected in the first round. Edgerrin Cooper and Payton Wilson may be the only ones selected in the first two rounds. The fireworks will start in the third round, though, where linebackers should come off the board more rapidly and continue through the fifth round.

  • Underrated – Tyrice Knight, UTEP
  • Overrated – Payton Wilson, NC State
  • Best Value – Curtis Jacobs, Penn State
  • Day 3 Pick – Marist Liufau, Notre Dame

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2024 NFL draft cornerbacks

Three cornerbacks are expected to be selected in the first round, but then there’s no consensus on the top players afterward. There’s talent at the position, but most of the prospects have an issue or two and few are considered clean prospects outside of Mitchell. 

Teams will be able to draft cornerbacks between the second and fifth rounds and still have an opportunity to land a good player. It’ll be interesting to see how teams value each player who either lacks traits or tools.

  • Underrated – Ennis Rakestraw Jr., Missouri
  • Overrated – Terrion Arnold, Alabama
  • Best Value – Decamerion Richardson, Mississippi State
  • Day 3 Pick – Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas

Safeties

It’s not the deepest group of safeties, but there are some good prospects in the first four rounds of this year’s draft. NFL teams will find it hard to land talent if waiting to select their safety in the fifth round or later and would be mostly just adding special teamers at the position.

  • Underrated – Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
  • Overrated – Jaden Hicks, Washington State
  • Best Value – Tykee Smith, Georgia
  • Day 3 Pick – Malik Mustaph, Wake Forest

Full 2024 NFL draft order

Round Pick Team
1 1 Chicago Bears (from Carolina)
1 2 Washington Commanders
1 3 New England Patriots
1 4 Arizona Cardinals
1 5 Los Angeles Chargers
1 6 New York Giants
1 7 Tennessee Titans
1 8 Atlanta Falcons
1 9 Chicago Bears
1 10 New York Jets
1 11 Minnesota Vikings
1 12 Denver Broncos
1 13 Las Vegas Raiders
1 14 New Orleans Saints
1 15 Indianapolis Colts
1 16 Seattle Seahawks
1 17 Jacksonville Jaguars
1 18 Cincinnati Bengals
1 19 Los Angeles Rams
1 20 Pittsburgh Steelers
1 21 Miami Dolphins
1 22 Philadelphia Eagles
1 23 Minnesota Vikings (from Cleveland through Houston)
1 24 Dallas Cowboys
1 25 Green Bay Packers
1 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1 27 Arizona Cardinals (from Houston)
1 28 Buffalo Bills
1 29 Detroit Lions
1 30 Baltimore Ravens
1 31 San Francisco 49ers
1 32 Kansas City Chiefs
2 33 Carolina Panthers
2 34 New England Patriots
2 35 Arizona Cardinals
2 36 Washington Commanders
2 37 Los Angeles Chargers
2 38 Tennessee Titans
2 39 Carolina Panthers (from N.Y. Giants)
2 40 Washington Commanders (from Chicago)
2 41 Green Bay Packers (from N.Y. Jets)
2 42 Houston Texans (from Minnesota)
2 43 Atlanta Falcons
2 44 Las Vegas Raiders
2 45 New Orleans Saints (from Denver)
2 46 Indianapolis Colts
2 47 New York Giants (from Seattle)
2 48 Jacksonville Jaguars
2 49 Cincinnati Bengals
2 50 Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans)
2 51 Pittsburgh Steelers
2 52 Los Angeles Rams
2 53 Philadelphia Eagles
2 54 Cleveland Browns
2 55 Miami Dolphins
2 56 Dallas Cowboys
2 57 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2 58 Green Bay Packers
2 59 Houston Texans
2 60 Buffalo Bills
2 61 Detroit Lions
2 62 Baltimore Ravens
2 63 San Francisco 49ers
2 64 Kansas City Chiefs
3 65 Carolina Panthers
3 66 Arizona Cardinals
3 67 Washington Commanders
3 68 New England Patriots
3 69 Los Angeles Chargers
3 70 New York Giants
3 71 Arizona Cardinals (from Tennessee)
3 72 New York Jets
3 73 Detroit Lions (from Minnesota)
3 74 Atlanta Falcons
3 75 Chicago Bears
3 76 Denver Broncos
3 77 Las Vegas Raiders
3 78 Washington Commanders (from Seattle)
3 79 Atlanta Falcons (from Jacksonville)
3 80 Cincinnati Bengals
3 81 Seattle Seahawks (from New Orleans through Denver)
3 82 Indianapolis Colts
3 83 Los Angeles Rams
3 84 Pittsburgh Steelers
3 85 Cleveland Browns
3 86 Houston Texans (from Philadelphia)
3 87 Dallas Cowboys
3 88 Green Bay Packers
3 89 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3 90 Arizona Cardinals (from Houston)
3 91 Green Bay Packers (from Buffalo)
3 92 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from Detroit)
3 93 Baltimore Ravens
3 94 San Francisco 49ers
3 95 Kansas City Chiefs
3 96 Jacksonville Jaguars (Compensatory Selection)
3 97 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory Selection)
3 98 Pittsburgh Steelers (from Philadelphia; Compensatory Selection)
3 99 Los Angeles Rams (Special Compensatory Selection)
3 100 Washington Commanders (from San Francisco; Special Compensatory Selection)
4 101 Carolina Panthers
4 102 Seattle Seahawks (from Washington)
4 103 New England Patriots
4 104 Arizona Cardinals
4 105 Los Angeles Chargers
4 106 Tennessee Titans
4 107 New York Giants
4 108 Minnesota Vikings
4 109 Atlanta Falcons
4 110 Los Angeles Chargers (from Chicago)
4 111 New York Jets
4 112 Las Vegas Raiders
4 113 Baltimore Ravens (from Denver through N.Y. Jets)
4 114 Jacksonville Jaguars
4 115 Cincinnati Bengals
4 116 Jacksonville Jaguars (from New Orleans)
4 117 Indianapolis Colts
4 118 Seattle Seahawks
4 119 Pittsburgh Steelers
4 120 Philadelphia Eagles (from L.A. Rams through Pittsburgh)
4 121 Denver Broncos (from Miami)
4 122 Chicago Bears (from Philadelphia)
4 123 Houston Texans (from Cleveland)
4 124 San Francisco 49ers (from Dallas)
4 125 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4 126 Green Bay Packers
4 127 Houston Texans
4 128 Buffalo Bills
4 129 Minnesota Vikings (from Detroit)
4 130 Baltimore Ravens
4 131 Kansas City Chiefs
4 132 San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
4 133 Buffalo Bills (Compensatory Selection)
4 134 New York Jets (from Baltimore; Compensatory Selection)
4 135 San Francisco 49ers
5 136 Denver Broncos (from Carolina through Cleveland)
5 137 New England Patriots
5 138 Arizona Cardinals
5 139 Washington Commanders
5 140 Los Angeles Chargers
5 141 Carolina Panthers (from N.Y. Giants)
5 142 Carolina Panthers (from Tennessee)
5 143 Atlanta Falcons
5 144 Buffalo Bills (from Chicago)
5 145 Denver Broncos (from N.Y. Jets)
5 146 Tennessee Titans (from Minnesota through Philadelphia)
5 147 Denver Broncos
5 148 Las Vegas Raiders
5 149 Cincinnati Bengals
5 150 New Orleans Saints
5 151 Indianapolis Colts
5 152 Washington Commanders (from Seattle)
5 153 Jacksonville Jaguars
5 154 Los Angeles Rams
5 155 Los Angeles Rams (from Pittsburgh)
5 156 Cleveland Browns (from Philadelphia through Arizona)
5 157 Minnesota Vikings (from Cleveland)
5 158 Miami Dolphins
5 159 Kansas City Chiefs (from Dallas)
5 160 Buffalo Bills (from Green Bay)
5 161 Philadelphia Eagles (from Tampa Bay)
5 162 Arizona Cardinals (from Houston)
5 163 Buffalo Bills
5 164 Detroit Lions
5 165 Baltimore Ravens
5 166 New York Giants (from San Francisco through Carolina)
5 167 Minnesota Vikings (from Kansas City)
5 168 New Orleans Saints (Compensatory Selection)
5 169 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Selection)
5 170 New Orleans Saints (Compensatory Selection)
5 171 Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory Selection)
5 172 Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory Selection)
5 173 Kansas City Chiefs (Compensatory Selection)
5 174 Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Selection)
5 175 New Orleans Saints (Compensatory Selection)
5 176 San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
6 177 Minnesota Vikings (from Carolina through Jacksonville)
6 178 Pittsburgh Steelers (from Arizona through Carolina)
6 179 Seattle Seahawks (from Washington)
6 180 New England Patriots
6 181 Los Angeles Chargers
6 182 Tennessee Titans (reacquired through Philadelphia)
6 183 New York Giants
6 184 Miami Dolphins (from Chicago)
6 185 New York Jets
6 186 Arizona Cardinals (from Minnesota)
6 187 Atlanta Falcons
6 188 Houston Texans (from Las Vegas through New England and Minnesota)
6 189 Houston Texans (from Denver through L.A. Rams and Buffalo)
6 190 New Orleans Saints
6 191 Indianapolis Colts
6 192 Seattle Seahawks
6 193 New England Patriots (from Jacksonville)
6 194 Cincinnati Bengals
6 195 Pittsburgh Steelers
6 196 Los Angeles Rams
6 197 Atlanta Falcons (from Cleveland)
6 198 Miami Dolphins
6 199 New Orleans Saints (from Philadelphia)
6 200 Buffalo Bills (from Dallas through Houston)
6 201 Detroit Lions (from Tampa Bay)
6 202 Green Bay Packers
6 203 New York Jets (from Houston through Cleveland, Denver)
6 204 Buffalo Bills
6 205 Detroit Lions
6 206 Cleveland Browns (from Baltimore)
6 207 Denver Broncos (from San Francisco)
6 208 Las Vegas Raiders (from Kansas City)
6 209 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
6 210 Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory Selection)
6 211 San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
6 212 Jacksonville Jaguars (Compensatory Selection)
6 213 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
6 214 Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory Selection)
6 215 San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
6 216 Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Selection)
6 217 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
6 218 Baltimore Ravens (from N.Y. Jets; Compensatory Selection)
6 219 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Selection)
6 220 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Compensatory Selection)
7 221 Kansas City Chiefs (from Carolina through Tennessee)
7 222 Washington Commanders
7 223 Las Vegas Raiders (from New England)
7 224 Cincinnati Bengals (from Arizona through Houston)
7 225 Los Angeles Chargers
7 226 Arizona Cardinals (from N.Y. Giants)
7 227 Cleveland Browns (from Tennessee)
7 228 Baltimore Ravens (from N.Y. Jets)
7 229 Las Vegas Raiders (from Minnesota)
7 230 Minnesota Vikings (from Atlanta through Cleveland and Arizona)
7 231 New England Patriots (from Chicago)
7 232 Minnesota Vikings (from Denver through San Francisco and Houston)
7 233 Dallas Cowboys (from Las Vegas)
7 234 Indianapolis Colts
7 235 Seattle Seahawks
7 236 Jacksonville Jaguars
7 237 Cincinnati Bengals
7 238 Houston Texans (from New Orleans)
7 239 New Orleans Saints (from L.A. Rams through Denver)
7 240 Carolina Panthers (from Pittsburgh)
7 241 Miami Dolphins
7 242 Tennessee Titans (from Philadelphia)
7 243 Cleveland Browns
7 244 Dallas Cowboys
7 245 Green Bay Packers
7 246 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7 247 Houston Texans
7 248 Buffalo Bills
7 249 Detroit Lions
7 250 Baltimore Ravens
7 251 San Francisco 49ers
7 252 Tennessee Titans (from Kansas City)
7 253 Los Angeles Chargers (Compensatory Selection)
7 254 Los Angeles Rams (Compensatory Selection)
7 255 Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Selection)
7 256 Denver Broncos (from N.Y. Jets; Compensatory Selection)
7 257 New York Jets (Compensatory Selection)

Jayson Braddock

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Jayson Braddock has been covering the Houston Texans since 2009. He previously worked in Houston sports radio at SportsTalk 790 and ESPN 97.5, along with co-hosting on SiriusXM Fantasy. Braddock graduated from the Sports Management Worldwide “Football GM & Scouting” course back in 2009, which was led by former NFL personnel man, John Wooten and former NFL scout Russ Lande. Since leaving the course, Jayson has been evaluating college prospects and NFL talent for different media companies, including RotoExperts, Scout and DrRoto to name a few.