Even though the rollercoaster ride that was the three-day, chaotic bonanza called the 2023 NFL Draft just came to a stop on Saturday, the league’s 32 teams have already turned their eyes toward the 2024 Draft. This year, there was plenty of debate in the lead-up to the draft centered around the best quarterback prospect, with four of them receiving support to be the first overall pick: Alabama’s Bryce Young (taken first overall pick by the Carolina Panthers), Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud (the second overall pick by the Houston Texans), Florida’s Anthony Richardson (the No. 4 overall pick by Indianapolis Colts), and Kentucky’s Will Levis (the 33rd pick by Tennessee Titans in Round 2).
The 2024 NFL Draft won’t have any such debate about the top overall pick and the top quarterback prospect. The unanimous answer to both of those questions is the the 2022 Heisman Trophy Winner, USC quarterback Caleb Williams. College football’s total touchdowns leader last season (47 overall; 37 passing and 10 rushing) will be draft eligible in 2024, and even though he has yet to play his junior season, Williams is already drawing comparisons to Patrick Mahomes. Noted quarterbacks coach Tom House told ESPN’s Adam Schefter in December that Williams is “the second coming of Patrick Mahomes.” Williams isn’t phased by the lofty praise, and he even openly agrees with it.
“It’s pretty cool, I’d say, just because everybody watches Patrick and sees all the cool things he can do,” Williams said in December. “I always said, even in high school, and obviously he’s special, but I don’t think there’s anything I can’t do that he’s doing out there. I think it’s really cool, like I said. I’ve had comparisons to a bunch of other people, and since I have, Patrick is pretty cool.”
Given that Williams is viewed as having the potential of being one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, here’s a ranking of the five teams who have the best chance to end up with the number one overall selection and the rights to take him in 2024, based on where the NFL landscape is today. Plus, three honorable mention, dark horse teams that might trade the farm for his draft rights, should they have disappointing 2023 campaigns.
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