UPDATE: I made seven changes to my final mock draft -- starting with the No. 2 pick -- at 2:25 p.m. ET Thursday after a few more conversations with people around the NFL. All newly updated picks are marked with an asterisk below.
Thursday night is going to be exciting. No one knows for sure what the Texans will do at No. 2. Quarterback landing spots are very much still up in the air. And there's plenty of buzz around teams looking to trade up or down the first-round board. Putting together my final mock for the 2023 NFL draft was no easy task -- and I even made some last-minute changes.
After all the prep work, including numerous draft-week calls with sources around the league, I'm projecting all 31 picks in Round 1 one more time. Remember, these predictions are based on what I think each team will do rather than what I think it should do. (And you can tune in to ESPN/ABC/ESPN+ or follow live on Draftcast at 8 p.m. ET to find out what every team actually did do.)
The fun starts early in this mock, and I even projected a trade for one of the first round's more interesting teams. Where will the top quarterbacks land? Which prospects could be surprise selections? How will teams with multiple first-rounders approach their picks? And will we see some chaos in the top 10? Let's take a look with my final projection of Round 1 for 2023.
coverage:
Mel Kiper's final mock draft
McShay's top 350 prospects
