Mel Kiper Jr. releases updated Big Board for the 2023 NFL Draft ahead of bowl season
The college football regular season has wrapped up and outside of the College Football Playoff teams and a few squads heading to big name bowls, attention is turning to the 2023 NFL Draft. As draft declarations keep coming, the pool of players is getting clearer — and thusly, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. released his latest Big Board.
The Big Board ranks the Top 25 players in the draft class. It’s not necessarily an indicator of the players specific draft position, but their individual standing in terms of overall ability or talent relative to their draftable peers.
Of the 25 players on the Big Board, eight are from the SEC, seven from the Big Ten, three from the Big 12, three from the ACC, two from the Pac 12 and a pair of independents: Michael Mayer from Notre Dame and Andre Carter II from Army.
There are three quarterbacks in the Top 10 of Kiper’s Big Board, but none are in the top two.
You can compare the latest Big Board with Kiper’s previous ranking from early November.
Positions are the same as Kiper listed.
Kiper’s latest 2023 NFL Draft Big Board
- Jalen Carter, DT, Georgia
- Will Anderson Jr., DE, Alabama
- Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
- Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Ohio State
- Peter Skoronski, OT, Northwestern
- C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
- Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas
- Quentin Johnston, WR, TCU
- Myles Murphy, DE, Clemson
- Tyree Wilson, DE, Texas Tech
- Bryan Bresee, DT, Clemson
- Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame
- Paris Johnson Jr., OT, Ohio State
- Jordan Addison, WR, USC
- Zay Flowers, WR, Boston College
- Joey Porter Jr., CB, Penn State
- Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
- Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida
- Brian Branch, DB, Alabama
- Deonte Banks, CB, Maryland
- Andre Carter II, OLB, Army
- Broderick Jones, OT, Georgia
- Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
- Kelee Ringo, CB, Georgia