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Curt Popejoy

Ranking the 17 first-round prospects in the 2023 NFL draft

Before you start to wonder if I can math, just hear me out. I fully understand there will be 31 players taken in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft. But after hours of study, I have given 17 players a first-round grade. Here they are ranked from best to worst. Be sure to let me know in the comments just how wrong I am.

1 - EDGE Will Anderson Jr., Alabama

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2 - QB C.J. Stroud, Ohio State

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3 - EDGE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech

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4 - QB Anthony Richardson, Florida

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5 - DT Jalen Carter, Georgia

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6 - OT Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State

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7 - QB Bryce Young, Alabama

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8 - EDGE Myles Murphy, Clemson

9 - OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern

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10 - CB Devin Witherspoon, Illinois

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11 - OT Broderick Jones, Georgia

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12 - WR Quentin Johnston, TCU

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13 - CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon

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14 - RB Bijan Robinson, Texas

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15 - WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State

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16 - LB Trenton Simpson, Clemson

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17 - DT Calijah Kancey, Pitt

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