Sporting News

NFL teams do their best to evaluate players in every draft in the hopes of landing future stars and avoiding potential busts. Sometimes, comparing prospects to either current or former NFL stars can help facilitate that process. This can go to another level when a coaching staff has direct experience with the player most similar to the prospect they're considering. While no two players are exactly alike, understanding the ins and outs of the type of player a rookie emulates can go a long way toward making coaches and GMs comfortable pulling the trigger on a first-round pick. Here's using that mindset to put a different spin on our latest 2024 first-round mock draft, setting up each team to come away with an 'ideal,' familiar pick