2023 NFL Draft: Complete second-round grades

Second-round doesn’t mean second-class. Here are Doug Farrar’s grades for every pick in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft.

The 2023 NFL Draft class is as wide or wider than it is deep, which is to say that while there aren’t a ton of obvious first-round alpha dogs, there are a ton of prosects who are ready to provide potential first-round value in the second day.

Over the last few years, more than a handful of second-round picks have become franchise cornerstones. Deebo Samuel, Shaquille Leonard, Budda Baker, Jonathan Taylor, Trevon Diggs, Nick Chubb, A.J. Brown, Jalen Hurts, and D.J. Metcalf are among those second-rounders who would he first-day guys in any re-do of their drafts.

So, with that in mind, here’s our look from a grades perspective of how this second round went, and which teams might have stolen those types of players just outside of the first round.