The 2023 NFL Draft will happen in Kansas Metropolis on April 27-29. Between now and the Tremendous Bowl in February, the 2023 NFL Draft order will fluctuate after each sport of the 2022 NFL season. So make sure to examine again weekly as the present draft order is frequently up to date all through the common season because the NFL standings change.
And don’t neglect to take a look at the free Pro Football Network Mock Draft Simulator to take management of your favourite workforce and draft the top draft prospects on the board.
Present 2023 NFL Draft Order
Various trades have already impacted the primary spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft. The Eagles, Texans, Lions, and Seahawks all personal a number of first-round picks in 2023 because of offseason trades.
The Dolphins additionally would have had two first-round picks. However the NFL stripped Miami of their very own first-round decide for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton. The Dolphins additionally misplaced a 2024 third-round decide as a part of the tampering penalty.
Due to Miami’s forfeited decide, the primary spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft will solely have 31 picks.
Picks one by way of 18 are slotted based mostly on common season end. Picks 19 by way of 31 are decided based mostly on NFL playoff outcomes. If the Dolphins don’t make the playoffs, then picks one by way of 17 will likely be slotted on common season end, and picks 18 by way of 32 will likely be decided based mostly on playoff outcomes. Extra on how the draft order is set is under the first-round draft order.
Spherical 1 | Picks 1-18
1. Carolina Panthers
2. Las Vegas Raiders
3. Pittsburgh Steelers
4. Detroit Lions
5. Houston Texans
6. Chicago Bears
7. Washington Commanders
8. Atlanta Falcons
9. Houston Texans (from Cleveland)
10. Philadelphia Eagles (from New Orleans)
11. Seattle Seahawks
12. Seattle Seahawks (from Denver)
13. New England Patriots
14. Arizona Cardinals
15. Detroit Lions (from LA Rams)
16. Cincinnati Bengals
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. Indianapolis Colts
Spherical 1 | Picks 19-31
19. Miami Dolphins (from San Francisco)
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
21. Los Angeles Chargers
22. New York Jets
23. Inexperienced Bay Packers
24. Baltimore Ravens
25. Tennessee Titans
26. New York Giants
27. Dallas Cowboys
28. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
29. Minnesota Vikings
30. Buffalo Payments
31. Philadelphia Eagles
How Is the NFL Draft Order Decided?
Like most draft orders in skilled sports activities, there’s a particular strategy to decide the order of the NFL draft. It’s the reverse order of every workforce’s end in the latest season. Playoff groups are then assigned their picks based mostly on once they have been eradicated and their general season document. The NFL draft tiebreaker procedures comes into play when figuring out the ultimate order, as groups that don’t make the playoffs earn picks between picks 1-18. Playoff groups then filter in from picks 19-32.
- The six groups eradicated on Wild Card Weekend obtain picks 19-24 based mostly on regular-season document.
- The 4 groups eradicated within the Divisional Spherical obtain picks 25-28 based mostly on regular-season document.
- The 2 groups eradicated within the Convention Championships obtain picks 29 and 30 based mostly on regular-season document.
- The workforce that loses the Tremendous Bowl will get decide 31.
- The Super Bowl champion will get decide 32.
There are additionally compensatory selections awarded based mostly on the NFL’s proprietary components. Decision JC-2A has kicked into impact as effectively, awarding groups third-round picks in the event that they develop minority head coach or normal supervisor candidates employed elsewhere.
