CBS Sports releases its first 2024 NFL mock draft

The ink is still drying on the 2023 NFL Draft, but that didn’t stop CBS Sports from getting into the weeds on next year’s iteration.

Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports released his first 2024 NFL Mock Draft, with a little less than a year until the event takes place. However, he prefaced his predictions by explaining his thought process behind the whole thing.

“It’s never too early to put out a mock draft, right?” wrote Wilson. “… Maybe a better way to look at this is not as a mock draft — ‘Here’s who your team will take 51 weeks from now having no idea how the current roster and subsequent season unfolds’ — but as a guide to the college players you should keep an eye on during the 2023  season and for the 2024 NFL Draft.

“And while the ’23 class of QBs was an improvement over the ’22 version, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye could ramp up the expectations for fans of teams who’ll be in the franchise QB market next January.”

Much will be made of the two top quarterbacks in next year’s draft, but much can change between now and then. Nevertheless, here’s who the CBS Sports writer has going where in the 2024 NFL Draft at the moment.

CBS Sports’ first 2024 NFL Mock Draft:

1. Arizona Cardinals (via Houston Texans): QB Caleb Williams, USC Trojans
2. Arizona Cardinals: WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State Buckeyes
3. Indianapolis Colts: OL Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State Nittany Lions
4. Washington Commanders: QB Drake Maye, North Carolina Tar Heels
5. Tennessee Titans: OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: TE Brock Bowers, Georgia Bulldogs
7. Chicago Bears (via Carolina Panthers): EDGE Jared Verse, Florida State Seminoles
8. Atlanta Falcons: EDGE Dallas Turner, Alabama Crimson Tide
9. Pittsburgh Steelers: WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State Buckeyes
10. New England Patriots: OL JC Latham, Alabama Crimson Tide
11. Seattle Seahawks: LB Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Washington Huskies
12. Los Angeles Rams: DB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama Crimson Tide
13. Green Bay Packers (via New Orleans Saints): DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa Hawkeyes
14. Chicago Bears: DT Maason Smith, LSU Tigers
15. New York Giants: WR Xavier Worthy, Texas Longhorns
16. Minnesota Vikings: QB Quinn Ewers, Texas Longhorns
17. Denver Broncos: QB Bo Nix, Oregon Ducks
18. New Orleans Saints: OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State Wildcats
19. Las Vegas Raiders: CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State Buckeyes
20. Houston Texans: DT Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State Buckeyes
21. Miami Dolphins: LB Bralen Trice, Washington Huskies
22. Los Angeles Chargers: RB Raheim Sanders, Arkansas Razorbacks
23. Jacksonville Jaguars (via Cleveland Browns): OL Connor Colby, Iowa Hawkeyes
24. Detroit Lions: DL Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois Fighting Illini
25. Baltimore Ravens: DB Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri Tigers
26. Dallas Cowboys: S Andrew Mukuba, Clemson Tigers
27. New York Jets: DB Javon Bullard, Georgia Bulldogs
28. Cincinnati Bengals: RB TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State Buckeyes
29. Buffalo Bills: WR Rome Odunze, Washington Huskies
30. Philadelphia Eagles: OL Javontez Spraggins, Tennessee Volunteers
31. San Francisco 49ers: QB Michael Penix Jr., Washington Huskies
32. Kansas City Chiefs: DT Fabien Lovett, Florida State Seminoles