Cowboys Draft Big Board 2.0: Projected rounds for Top 101 prospects

With 25 of the 30 visitors identified (we think) a look at who all Dallas has met with and where they are projected to go in the 2023 draft. | From @KDDrummondNFL

100! We’ve reached the magic number of Cowboys’ draft candidates. There’s been a handful of shuffles when it comes to the list of Dallas national visitors over the last couple of days. We spoke to this expected result. Early reports of players being national visitors, especially those which emanate from a prospects local scene (college or hometown) often end up being misrepresentations of a team’s interest.

In fact, we now have 25 players who have been identified as among the Cowboys’ 30 national visitors. Here, we’ll once again sort the prospects by round, to give an idea of where Dallas is looking at various phases in the draft. In the grid, we now identify the source of the report a player was a national or local visitor.

12 Alabama players named in Mel Kiper’s 2023 NFL draft Big Board

A whopping 12 Alabama players are considered at or near the top of their respective positions for the 2023 NFL draft class!

Alabama football is known for winning championships and producing NFL-caliber players that find their way to teams via the annual draft. This past 2022 draft proved to follow the trend of previous drafts by having multiple former members of the Crimson Tide being taken off the board in the first round and even more being selected in later rounds.

In the upcoming 2023 season, Alabama will return many key players that could prove to be early-round selections in next year’s draft.

ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper seemingly agrees, as his first 2023 Big Board was released. In total, 12 Alabama players make the cut in his top-25 players for the draft and early positional rankings of eligible players.

Here’s where they rank when compared to other talented players from across the nation, according to Kiper.