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2024 NFL draft: Bowl season offensive tackle big board from Draft Wire’s Jeff Risdon
Bowl season just kicked off over the weekend with a trio of exhibitions. It kicks into full force in the coming days. It’s a good time to update some positional rankings.
As of now, this is how I rank the offensive tackles. It’s a very impressive class overall, with a few different flavors that will appeal to certain teams more than they do others. I broke down a little of that with Joe Alt and Olu Fashanu here.
Note: I rank Duke’s Graham Barton as an interior OL. He’d be sixth on this list.
2024 NFL mock draft roundup: Experts predict Saints will target pass rushers, offensive linemen, and wide receivers
Our latest 2024 NFL mock draft roundup found that the experts are predicting the New Orleans Saints will target pass rushers, offensive linemen, and wide receivers with their first pick in the upcoming selection event. And all of those positions make sense for a Saints team that has struggled to win at the line of scrimmage and consistently generate big plays.
Here’s a quick look at the 2024 draft prospects being linked to the Saints:
Midseason 2024 NFL draft stock report: Biggest risers from the start of the college season
The college football season is now in the back half of the year, believe it or not. We’re into the eighth weekend of college ball.
That’s enough time to find the players who have really boosted their potential 2024 NFL draft stock on the field thus far. Some of them are known commodities who have shown more skill and NFL traits. Others are guys who came from out of the relative nowhere to command a lot more draft respect and attention.
This is reflective of my personal big board, which doesn’t necessarily match everyone else’s rankings. We’re all exposed to different players in different doses and times, after all…
