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Texans take Notre Dame C Jarrett Patterson No. 201 overall in Round 6 of 2023 NFL draft

The Houston Texans picked Notre Dame C Jarrett Patterson No. 201 overall in Round 6 of the 2023 NFL draft.

The Houston Texans are taking another center.

The Texans picked former Notre Dame center Jarrett Patterson No. 201 overall in Round 6 of the 2023 NFL draft Saturday.

Patterson turned in third-team All-ACC honors in 2020. The Laguna Hills, California, native played 48 games for the Fighting Irish with 3,099 snaps.

The Texans picked Juice Scruggs in Round 2 to provide depth at center and the rest of the interior offensive line. Houston already has veterans Jimmy Morrissey, Michael Deiter, and Scott Quessenberry on the roster.

Patterson is the sixth player from Notre Dame the Texans have drafted. The last time Houston picked a Notre Dame player was twice in 2016 with receiver Will Fuller in Round 1 and center Nick Martin in Round 3.

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Top 25 Most All-Time NFL Draft Picks by College

Who will climb and who might fall this week?

The 2023 NFL draft gets started on Thursday night with the first round before rounds two and three take place Friday evening.  Saturday then sees the final four rounds happen in downtown Kansas City which happens to be home to the most recent Super Bowl champions.

You’ll certainly see more players drafted from the biggest college football programs.  Alabama and Ohio State could very easily have the first three picks all be products of their programs.

Here at Fighting Irish Wire we’re excited to see where [autotag]Michael Mayer[/autotag], [autotag]Isaiah Foskey[/autotag], [autotag]Brandon Joseph[/autotag], [autotag]Jarrett Patterson[/autotag], and perhaps another player or two from Notre Dame end up.

So which programs have the most draft picks of all-time though as we get set for the latest edition of the draft?  Here are the colleges with the 25-most all-time draft picks ahead of the 2023 NFL draft.

10 centers Broncos could target in 2023 NFL draft

If the Broncos want to bring in competition for Lloyd Cushenberry, they could target one of these centers during the NFL draft.

The Denver Broncos’ offensive line depth chart looks a lot better after the team added guard Ben Powers and tackle Ben McGlinchey in free agency, but the team could still use an upgrade at center.

Right now, Lloyd Cushenberry is penciled in on the depth chart as the team’s starting center, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Broncos bring in more competition this weekend.

Denver has five picks to use in the draft this year, including a pair of picks (Nos. 67 and 68 overall) in the third round. Two weeks ago, we had the Broncos use pick No. 67 to select Wisconsin center Joe Tippmann in our mock draft.

Tippmann might not end up falling to the third round, but there will be plenty of other prospects to monitor even if Tippman doesn’t fall to Denver. Here’s a quick list of 10 names to watch for during the draft from Thursday to Saturday.

1 iOL prospect for the Colts in each round of NFL draft

Taking a look at the best C/G prospects for the Colts.

The Indianapolis Colts are closing in on the 2023 NFL draft where they likely will use a number of their picks to address the offensive line.

One of the biggest needs that remain throughout the offseason is the interior offensive line. While Quenton Nelson holds down the left guard spot, center Ryan Kelly was the subject of trade rumors, and the right guard position currently doesn’t have a projected starter.

There are still some free agents the Colts could target for the right guard position, but we should expect them to dive heavily into the draft class next weekend.

For the purpose of covering both centers and guards, we proposed a “best prospect fit” for each position in each round.

Following this series of articles, we’ve also looked at these positions:

We’ll be tracking the Colts’ reported interest in the 2023 draft class so be sure to keep up with latest updates via our tracker.

Here’s a look at one guard and one center prospect who fit the Colts in each round of the draft:

Cowboys aren’t honed in, but showing interest in interior OL help in draft

5 interior OL prospects for the Cowboys to consider; it’s the one area of the team they haven’t gone all out in upgrading for 2023. | From @TimLettiero

Dallas fans and media alike are caught in a verbiage tornado trying to put together clues as to what the plan is for this year’s offensive line, specifically along the interior. In all of this uncertainty, Dallas has set themselves up well for the 2023 draft by keying in on other positions during the offseason. But offensive line, save for the addition of Chuma Edoga, hasn’t been addressed.

Both guard positions, as well as center, can be considered set for the start of the season but are huge question marks long term. Right guard Zack Martin is as reliable and consistent as they come but will be turning 33 meaning his replacement will likely be coming in the near future. Center Tyler Biadasz has manned the position since coming into the league and has shown consistent improvement but is entering the last year of his rookie deal and arguably has not played well enough to earn a big time second deal.

As for left guard, Tyler Smith is a logical choice but the club has tried to keep things uncertain whether he’ll land there or back outside at tackle.

There have been a handful of combine meetings and top-30 visits, suggesting an interest in selecting a lineman but not necessarily an edict to do so. Here are five options Dallas has focused their gaze on.

Notre Dame offensive lineman makes big proclamation heading into 2023 season

The Irish have the potential to live up to this statement

If there is someone that talks the talk and walks the walk on [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag]’s offensive line, it’s tackle [autotag]Joe Alt[/autotag]. In his two years in South Bend, Alt has been named a freshman All-American and then an All-American.

The expectation for him and his position group this coming season is sky high and Alt has made it even bigger. In a quote shared by Pro Football Focus, the soon-to-be preseason All-American believes the Irish offensive line will be the best in the nation.

There were not many losses from this past seasons group, [autotag]Jarrett Patterson[/autotag] is the only starter that needs to be replaced. Also gone is offensive line coach [autotag]Harry Hiestand[/autotag] and in comes [autotag]Joe Rudolph[/autotag]. The group is expected not to miss a beat and be one of the best, if not, the best in the country this coming fall.

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8 players from the Combine who stood out as potential Detroit Lions targets

These eight players stood out in Combine workouts and interviews as players who figure to interest the Lions

It was quite a week in Indianapolis at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. Over 200 players auditioned for their upcoming football fates in front of hundreds of media and all 32 NFL teams.

We also got to speak with most NFL coaches and GMs, including Detroit’s Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes. But here, the focus is on the players.

From their athletic testing to their interviews, as well as how they played their respective positions in college, these players stood out amongst the Combine participants as players I strongly believe the Lions will rate highly coming out of Indianapolis.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell had a great quote about evaluating players at the NFL Scouting Combine

Not all of these players are first-rounders. Many are in the Day 2/early Day 3 range of talents. The purpose here isn’t to advocate for any of them, but to shed more light on players who possess the qualities that this Lions regime has said they look for in players, both in words and in their prior two draft histories.

2023 NFL draft: 4 interior offensive linemen for Chargers to watch at combine

Here are a few interior offensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine that the Los Angeles Chargers could target in the draft.

The on-field portion of the NFL Combine is underway, marking the start of the testing circuit that propels some prospects into the stratosphere while ruining the stock of others.

On the interior of the offensive line, the focus is depth. Matt Feiler is a likely cap casualty, pushing Jamaree Salyer into the left guard spot. That leaves Brenden Jaimes as the only backup under contract as of this week.

So, while not a premium position of need after spending big over the past few seasons, expect a pick or two in the later rounds.

Podcast: Who could the Browns target at center in the draft?

What center prospects could the Browns look at in April?

The center position is an interesting one for the Cleveland Browns this offseason as starter Ethan Pocic is a free agent. The team may not be able to re-sign Pocic this offseason after the career year he had with them in 2022. There’s also the question of the penciled-in starter Nick Harris who tore his ACL in the preseason.

In the end, the team might re-sign Pocic with Harris as the backup but they also may look to the draft to add another player to the mix. You can listen to this podcast episode here to see what prospects at the center position the team should be targeting in the draft.

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NFL draft: 49ers add help in trenches, secondary in 3-round mock

A mock draft where the 49ers actually pick!

Shoutout to our friends at the Draft Wire, who put together a mock draft that even the 49ers could participate in.

One-round mocks were out of the question for 2022 and 2023 when the 49ers traded those picks to move up for Trey Lance in March of 2021. Then the 49ers eliminated themselves from two-round mocks when they swung a deal for Christian McCaffrey in late October.

Luckily, Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling dove deep on his latest mock, which reaches all the way to the end of the third round, where the 49ers hold three compensatory selections.

San Francisco will have a handful of needs to address with their 10 selections, and they hit on three of them with those three third-round choices: