Touchdown Wire

● By Doug Farrar

Accuracy: 6.25%864th Place
With the 2022 NCAA season over, the Heisman Trophy finalists announced Monday (the winner will be crowned on Saturday), bowl season just around the corner, and the College Football Playoff starting on New Year’s Eve, it’s time more than ever to turn our attention to the 2023 NFL draft. A couple of potential first-round picks — Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and LSU receiver Kayshon Boutte — have decided to return to school for their 2023 season, so they’re off the boards. That still leaves more than enough top-tier talent for NFL teams to consider, and with the scouting combine starting on February 28, it’s time for teams to get their ducks in a row, with an eye on all those postseason games. At Touchdown Wire, we’ll have you covered as we always do, with detailed prospect analysis, lists of the best players by position, and our eventual list of the 50 best players in the 2023 draft.

Top Players Not Included

These players appear in the top 31 of our

Consensus Big Board

, but do not show up in this mock.