Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison Jr. lead a star-studded 2024 NFL Draft class.

2024 NFL Draft Big Board: Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison Jr. Highlight an Exciting Incoming Group

The 2023 college football season has begun. Who joins Caleb Williams at the top of the initial 2024 NFL Draft Big Board?

By Ian Cummings

September 2, 2023 | 12:25 PM EDT

The time has come to move on to the 2024 NFL Draft cycle. As we turn the page to the next class, what does the initial 2024 NFL Draft Big Board look like? Which schools are most heavily represented, and who are the top prospects on the board? All those questions are answered below.

2024 NFL Draft Big Board

The 2023 season has begun, and the order will change somewhat through that action. But as it stands, several potential blue-chip prospects are already lingering at the top of the 2024 NFL Draft class — among them a talented legacy WR, a complete OT, a mismatch-generating TE, and two traits-rich QBs.

Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State

The 2023 NFL Draft lacked sufficient talented WR prospects, but the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft is expected to make up for it. Marvin Harrison Jr. from Ohio State exhibits promising potential as a top-tier WR talent, following in the footsteps of renowned players such as A.J. Green, DeAndre Hopkins, and Julio Jones.

In 2022, Harrison had an impressive performance, with 77 catches, 1,263 yards, and 14 touchdowns. At 6’4″ and 205 pounds, he poses a significant size threat and has excellent catching instincts. Additionally, he is a skilled separator and smooth athlete, often putting defensive backs in difficult positions before using his strong grip to make a catch.

Caleb Williams, QB, USC

Every once in a while, a quarterback prospect emerges who is so highly anticipated that he is projected to be the top pick in the draft years before he is even eligible. Andrew Luck and Trevor Lawrence were such prospects, and Caleb Williams is also in that elite category leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft.

Williams may not be considered a generational prospect at this time, but his potential is generating a lot of excitement. He had an outstanding season, winning the Heisman trophy and accumulating 4,537 passing yards, 52 total touchdowns, and only five interceptions.

At 6’1″ and 215 pounds, Williams possesses rare creativity and arm flexibility, and his competitive toughness is readily apparent.

Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OT, Penn State

If Olumuyiwa Fashanu had declared as a redshirt sophomore, he would have been a top pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. However, he chose to finish his college degree instead.

Despite the delay, NFL interest in Fashanu remains strong. He is an exceptional tackle prospect with the skills to be a dominant blocker. As long as he doesn’t regress, he will be a valuable addition to any team.

Fashanu stands tall at 6’6″ and weighs 308 pounds, making him an impressive athlete with great size, frame density, and length. He is explosive and full of energy, making him a great asset when it comes to run blocking.

He has quick feet and is flexible, which allows him to match rushers effectively. What’s more, he has impressive skills for his age and an exceptional core strength that allows him to overpower rushers.

Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

It seems that Williams is currently considered the top quarterback prospect for the 2024 NFL Draft. However, there is another potential contender for that position: Drake Maye from North Carolina. Maye was one of the best playmakers in the country in 2022, throwing for 4,321 yards and 38 touchdowns while also rushing for 698 yards and seven scores.

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At 6’4″ and 220 pounds, Maye has the ideal size for a quarterback, but he is also a remarkable athlete with quickness and agility that allow him to extend plays. Additionally, he has an impressive arm, capable of throwing with both velocity and accuracy.

Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia

Brock Bowers could have been an early-round pick as a true freshman. Some guys just have it, and Bowers falls under that distinction. He caught 56 passes for 882 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2021 before racking up 63 catches for 942 yards and seven scores a season later.

In today’s NFL, tight ends who can move well are increasingly sought after, and Bowers is among the best at catching passes. Standing at 6’4″ and weighing 230 pounds, he possesses impressive size and strength on the field.

Additionally, his acceleration is effortless, and he has tremendous speed and agility. Bowers naturally adjusts his body position to catch high passes, and if he’s given room to maneuver, he’s a difficult player to stop.

Big Board: 2024 NFL Draft Prospects

Rank	Name	Position	School	Dalton	Ian V	Ian C
1	Marvin Harrison Jr.	WR	Ohio State	2	2	1
2	Caleb Williams	QB	USC	1	1	3
3	Olumuyiwa Fashanu	OT	Penn State	4	5	4
4	Drake Maye	QB	North Carolina	5	6	2
5	Brock Bowers	TE	Georgia	3	7	6
6	Kool-Aid McKinstry	CB	Alabama	6	4	9
7	Jared Verse	EDGE	Florida State	8	3	8
8	JC Latham	OT	Alabama	7	10	5
9	Emeka Egbuka	WR	Ohio State	9	12	7
10	Joe Alt	OT	Notre Dame	11	8	13
11	Dallas Turner	EDGE	Alabama	12	11	14
12	Malik Nabers	WR	LSU	16	15	12
13	Maason Smith	DT	LSU	10	9	25
14	Kalen King	CB	Penn State	13	20	17
15	Jer'Zhan Newton	DT	Illinois	20	16	18
16	Bralen Trice	EDGE	Washington	18	18	20
17	Barrett Carter	LB	Clemson	24	23	10
18	Kamren Kinchens	S	Miami (FL)	22	17	21
19	Cooper DeJean	CB	Iowa	14	31	16
20	Andrew Mukuba	S	Clemson	31	19	11
21	J.T. Tuimoloau	EDGE	Ohio State	NR	14	28
22	Kingsley Suamataia	OT	BYU	23	26	19
23	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	Ohio State	NR	22	26
24	Rome Odunze	WR	Washington	19	25	29
25	Raheim Sanders	RB	Arkansas	28	36	22
26	Kris Jenkins	DT	Michigan	17	37	39
27	Ruke Orhorhoro	DT	Clemson	NR	27	38
28	Bo Nix	QB	Oregon	39	32	27
29	Donovan Jackson	OG	Ohio State	35	33	31
30	Xavier Worthy	WR	Texas	21	48	37
31	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	LB	Clemson	30	44	33
32	Jordan Travis	QB	Florida State	NR	29	43
33	Troy Franklin	WR	Oregon	50	28	30
34	Sedrick Van Pran	OC	Georgia	15	47	46
35	Keon Coleman	WR	Florida State	NR	60	15
36	Chop Robinson	EDGE	Penn State	33	34	49
37	Will Shipley	RB	Clemson	NR	43	35
38	Cooper Beebe	OG	Kansas State	29	24	65
39	Decorian Patterson	CB	UCF	NR	21	58
40	Graham Barton	OT	Duke	25	78	24
41	Rod Moore	S	Michigan	NR	55	32
42	Amarius Mims	OT	Georgia	48	35	48
43	Denzel Burke	CB	Ohio State	NR	41	47
44	Tyler Guyton	OT	Oklahoma	38	42	53
45	McKinnley Jackson	DT	Texas A&M	26	57	59
46	Princely Umanmielen	EDGE	Florida	37	50	60
47	Jason Marshall Jr.	CB	Florida	41	38	71
48	Jordan Morgan	OT	Arizona	49	51	54
49	Troy Fautanu	OG	Washington	NR	NR	52
50	Omar Speights	LB	LSU	45	46	67
51	Michael Hall Jr.	DT	Ohio State	32	56	70
52	Ty'Ron Hopper	LB	Missouri	NR	40	69
53	Tyleik Williams	DT	Ohio State	NR	70	41
54	Oronde Gadsden II	WR	Syracuse	NR	59	55
55	Nate Wiggins	CB	Clemson	47	76	50
56	Trey Benson	RB	Florida State	NR	81	36
57	Caelen Carson	CB	Wake Forest	NR	95	23
58	Javon Bullard	CB	Georgia	43	64	72
59	Riley Leonard	QB	Duke	46	52	83
60	D.J. James	CB	Auburn	36	58	88
61	Johnny Wilson	WR	Florida State	NR	NR	61
62	Brandon Dorlus	EDGE	Oregon	NR	54	68
63	Ja'Tavion Sanders	TE	Texas	34	45	106
64	Ja'quan Sheppard	CB	Maryland	NR	68	57
65	James Williams	S	Miami (FL)	NR	63	63
66	Donovan Edwards	RB	Michigan	NR	53	75
67	Cole Bishop	S	Utah	NR	69	62
68	Josh Newton	CB	TCU	NR	49	82
69	Calen Bullock	S	USC	42	79	76
70	Blake Corum	RB	Michigan	44	62	92
71	Beau Brade	S	Maryland	NR	88	44
72	Tahveon Nicholson	CB	Illinois	NR	99	34
73	Layden Robinson	OG	Texas A&M	NR	67	NR
74	Jalen McMillan	WR	Washington	NR	94	42
75	Malachi Corley	WR	Western Kentucky	NR	39	100
76	Antwane Wells Jr.	WR	South Carolina	40	66	108
77	Zion Tupuola-Fetui	EDGE	Washington	NR	72	NR
78	Quinn Ewers	QB	Texas	NR	30	114
79	Tory Horton	WR	Colorado State	NR	74	NR
80	Tommy Eichenberg	LB	Ohio State	NR	75	73
81	Will Sheppard	WR	Vanderbilt	NR	84	66
82	J.J. McCarthy	QB	Michigan	NR	100	51
83	Kris Abrams-Draine	CB	Missouri	NR	65	87
84	Tyler Nubin	S	Minnesota	NR	108	45
85	Matt Goncalves	OT	Pittsburgh	NR	98	56
86	Christian Haynes	OG	UConn	NR	NR	78
87	Quinyon Mitchell	CB	Toledo	NR	61	98
88	Javion Cohen	OG	Miami (FL)	NR	82	NR
89	Zach Frazier	OC	West Virginia	NR	83	NR
90	Ben Sinnott	TE	Kansas State	NR	93	74
91	Tanor Bortolini	OG	Wisconsin	NR	NR	84
92	Bucky Irving	RB	Oregon	NR	85	86
93	Jestin Jacobs	LB	Oregon	NR	87	NR
94	Zak Zinter	OG	Michigan	NR	92	85
95	Smael Mondon	LB	Georgia	NR	NR	89
96	Curtis Jacobs	LB	Penn State	NR	NR	90
97	Tony Grimes	CB	Texas A&M	NR	101	80
98	Adonai Mitchell	WR	Texas	NR	NR	91
99	Adisa Isaac	EDGE	Penn State	NR	90	94
100	Jasheen Davis	EDGE	Wake Forest	NR	NR	93
101	Blake Fisher	OT	Notre Dame	NR	71	117
102	Tyreek Chappell	CB	Texas A&M	NR	NR	95
103	Laiatu Latu	EDGE	UCLA	NR	96	NR
104	Braden Fiske	DT	Florida State	NR	91	101
105	Michael Penix Jr.	QB	Washington	NR	117	77
106	Jack Sawyer	EDGE	Ohio State	NR	73	121
107	Brevyn Spann-Ford	TE	Minnesota	NR	80	115
108	Jaheim Bell	TE	Florida State	NR	103	NR
109	Jaylin Noel	WR	Iowa State	NR	NR	103
110	Fabien Lovett	DT	Florida State	NR	97	109
111	Reuben Fatheree II	OT	Texas A&M	NR	142	64
112	T'Vondre Sweat	DT	Texas	NR	104	NR
113	Jack Nelson	OT	Wisconsin	NR	129	79
114	Nazir Stackhouse	DT	Georgia	NR	77	132
115	Keith Randolph Jr.	DT	Illinois	NR	NR	105
116	Mario Williams	WR	USC	NR	107	104
117	Ricky Barber	DT	UCF	NR	106	NR
118	Zy Alexander	CB	LSU	NR	NR	107
119	Max Melton	CB	Rutgers	NR	NR	110
120	Jacob Cowing	WR	Arizona	NR	110	NR
121	Ladd McConkey	WR	Georgia	NR	124	97
122	Junior Colson	LB	Michigan	NR	111	NR
123	Hudson Clark	S	Arkansas	NR	NR	111
124	Devontez Walker	WR	North Carolina	NR	112	NR
125	Dorian Singer	WR	USC	NR	125	102
126	Brandon Coleman	OT	TCU	NR	109	119
127	Bryce Foster	OG	Texas A&M	NR	115	NR
128	Cornelius Johnson	WR	Michigan	NR	NR	116
129	Seydou Traore	TE	Mississippi State	NR	137	96
130	Joshua Gray	OT	Oregon State	NR	118	NR
131	Cam Hart	CB	Notre Dame	NR	119	NR
132	Dontay Corleone	DT	Cincinnati	NR	121	118
133	Seth Coleman	EDGE	Illinois	NR	NR	120
134	Cade Stover	TE	Ohio State	NR	114	127
135	Malik Mustapha	S	Wake Forest	NR	NR	122
136	Kiran Amegadjie	OT	Yale	NR	116	128
137	Drake Nugent	OC	Michigan	NR	NR	123
138	Jaden Hicks	S	Washington State	NR	134	112
139	Ashton Gillotte	EDGE	Louisville	NR	148	99
140	Mekhi Wingo	DT	LSU	NR	NR	124
141	Cedric Gray	LB	North Carolina	NR	105	143
142	Tyler Davis	DT	Clemson	NR	102	146
143	Kamari Lassiter	CB	Georgia	NR	NR	125
144	Luke Lachey	TE	Iowa	NR	NR	126
145	Andrew Raym	OC	Oklahoma	NR	126	NR
146	Terrion Arnold	CB	Alabama	NR	127	NR
147	Jalon Daniels	QB	Kansas	NR	141	113
148	Luke Reimer	LB	Nebraska	NR	128	NR
149	Blake Watson	RB	Memphis	NR	NR	129
150	LaDarius Henderson	OT	Michigan	NR	120	138
151	Patrick Paul	OT	Houston	NR	113	145
152	Johnny Dixon	CB	Penn State	NR	130	NR
153	DeWayne Carter	DT	Duke	NR	NR	131
154	Javon Baker	WR	UCF	NR	131	NR
155	MarShawn Lloyd	RB	USC	NR	132	NR
156	Jordan Burch	EDGE	Oregon	NR	133	NR
157	Roman Wilson	WR	Michigan	NR	NR	133
158	Ainias Smith	WR	Texas A&M	NR	NR	134
159	Rondell Bothroyd	EDGE	Oklahoma	NR	135	NR
160	Gabe Hall	DT	Baylor	NR	136	NR
161	Will Howard	QB	Kansas State	NR	NR	136
162	Carson Steele	RB	UCLA	NR	143	130
163	Spencer Rattler	QB	South Carolina	NR	NR	137
164	Lathan Ransom	S	Ohio State	NR	138	NR
165	Khordae Sydnor	EDGE	Purdue	NR	NR	139
166	Jamon Dumas-Johnson	LB	Georgia	NR	NR	140
167	Cobee Bryant	CB	Kansas	NR	140	NR
168	T.J. Tampa	CB	Iowa State	NR	139	144
169	Tate Ratledge	OG	Georgia	NR	144	NR
170	Darius Robinson	DT	Missouri	NR	145	NR
171	Devin Neal	RB	Kansas	NR	146	NR
172	Anthony Belton	OT	NC State	NR	147	NR
173	Hudson Card	QB	Purdue	NR	NR	147
174	Maema Njongmeta	LB	Wisconsin	NR	NR	148
175	Cameron Ward	QB	Washington State	NR	NR	149
176	Sataoa Laumea	OT	Utah	NR	149	NR
177	Jeff Sims	QB	Nebraska	NR	NR	150
178	Leonard Taylor	DT	Miami (FL)	NR	NR	NR

Ian Cummings is an NFL Draft Analyst for Pro Football Network. You can read all of Ian’s work here and follow him on Twitter: @IC_Draft.

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