The 2023-24 NFL regular season is over and now the order of the first 18 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft is set. The Chicago Bears – thanks to a trade last offseason with the Carolina Panthers – are selecting first overall. The Washington Commanders, New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, and Los Angeles Chargers round out the top five selections in the 2024 Draft in that order.
USA TODAY’s Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz released an updated NFL mock draft 2024 with the new order after the regular season ended. Scenarios could change with a quarter of NFL teams looking for new coaches.
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There’s also a plenty of time between the mock draft’s release and the 2024 NFL Draft in late April for trades and prospects to rise and fall. One thing remains clear through mock drafts: prospects on offense will be drafted early and often, especially at quarterback, with multiple prospect jumping up the order.
Why Jayden Daniels is rising in mock drafts
Quarterbacks Caleb Williams of USC and Drake Maye of North Carolina spent the six months as the presumed top two picks of the 2024 NFL Draft. That hasn’t changed in this latest mock draft; it remains Williams at no. 1 to Chicago and Maye at no. 2, now Washington’s pick this April.
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But since the last mock draft a month ago, Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels of LSU has jumped from no. 21 to the third…
