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ESPN's Todd McShay releases updated first-round NFL Mock Draft

On3-Social-Profile_GRAYby:On3 Staff Report•04/04/23
Todd McShay, ESPN NFL Draft analyst
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The NFL Draft is closer than ever, with the league’s annual restocking of rosters set to take place at the end of April. That still leaves plenty of time for NFL mock drafts, and ESPN analyst Todd McShay released his latest on Tuesday.

ESPN aired the first round of McShay’s NFL mock draft in a SportsCenter special on ESPN2 on Tuesday evening, discussing some of the pros and cons of McShay’s projections.

He had a very quarterback-heavy top of the first round, with five quarterbacks taken in the first 23 picks.

Perhaps most interestingly, McShay projects the Indianapolis Colts trading up to secure their quarterback, taking Florida‘s Anthony Richardson at No. 3 after Ohio State‘s CJ Stroud and Alabama‘s Bryce Young went off the board with the first two picks.

You can view Todd McShay’s first-round NFL Mock Draft 4.0 below.

Todd McShay NFL Mock Draft 4.0 (First Round)

  1. Carolina Panthers (from Chicago) — C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
  2. Houston Texans — Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
  3. Indianapolis Colts (via mock trade with Arizona) — Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida
  4. Arizona Cardinals (via mock trade with Indianapolis) — Will Anderson, LB, Alabama
  5. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver) — Jalen Carter, DT, Georgia
  6. Detroit Lions (from Los Angeles Rams) — Tyree Wilson, DE, Texas Tech
  7. Las Vegas Raiders — Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
  8. Atlanta Falcons — Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
  9. Chicago Bears (from Carolina) — Peter Skoronski, OL, Northwestern
  10. Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans) — Lukas Van Ness, DE, Iowa
  11. Tennessee Titans — Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Ohio State
  12. Houston (from Cleveland) — Nolan Smith, OLB, Georgia
  13. New York Jets — Paris Johnson Jr., OT, Ohio State
  14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (via mock trade with New England) — Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
  15. Green Bay Packers — Myles Murphy, DE, Clemson
  16. Washington Commanders — Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State
  17. Pittsburgh Steelers — Broderick Jones, OT, Georgia
  18. Detroit Lions — Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas
  19. New England Patriots (via mock trade with Tampa Bay) — Darnell Wright, OT, Tennessee
  20. Seattle Seahawks — Zay Flowers, WR, Boston College
  21. Los Angeles Chargers — Calijah Kancey, DT, Pittsburgh
  22. Baltimore Ravens — Quentin Johnston, WR, TCU
  23. Minnesota Vikings — Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee
  24. Jacksonville Jaguars — Dalton Kincaid, TE, Utah
  25. New York Giants — Emmanuel Forbes, CB, Mississippi State
  26. Dallas Cowboys — Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame
  27. Buffalo Bills — Jordan Addison, WR, USC
  28. Cincinnati Bengals — Deonte Banks, CB, Maryland
  29. New Orleans Saints (from San Francisco/Miami/Denver) — Adetomiwa Adebawore, DE/DT, Northwestern
  30. Philadelphia Eagles — Will McDonald IV, DE, Iowa State
  31. Kansas City Chiefs — Felix Anudike-Uzomah, DE, Kansas State