ESPN’s long-time NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. is at it again.
During this time of year, there’s a good chance that Kiper has his head down and in a bunker, only to come out for meals and haircuts as he sifts through all the possibilities of the upcoming NFL draft. He’s been at it for a long time and is still one of the most well-respected among all the noise and multiple NFL mock drafts out there.
And … if we’re talking about an NFL draft, then we have to be discussing some Ohio State football players hearing their names called on day one. It’s just the way the American football universe is balanced.
Kiper has now released a few iterations of his first-round NFL mock draft for 2023, and he just dropped a new one (subscription required). In it, he has three Buckeyes landing to teams on the first day but has moved things around from his last effort.
Here is where Kiper projects each Ohio State player to go in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft once the curtain is lifted in Kansas City next month.