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.