The 2024 NFL Draft is just nine days away. Yes, you read that right. Single digits until the biggest weekend in the football calendar.
Hundreds of thousands of fans, analysts and personnel will descend upon Detroit to attend the NFL Draft where both players' and team's fortunes will change forever. The first overall pick is a foregone conclusion but the real intrigue of the draft starts at second overall as there isn't any consensus on what the Washington Commanders will do.
The way I crafted my positional is really simple. I only rank players that I have graded and then I ranked them based on my grading scale, which you can find here along with links to every one of my scouting reports.
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Tyler Forness' top 14 interior defensive lineman
While the edge class is deep, the interior defensive line group isn't quite on the same level. There are a few really good prospects at the top but the depth fades away on day two before a few intriguing options appear early on day three.
If you want a really good nose tackle, this isn't the class for it. There are a few decent options on day three but nobody who is going to step in right away and be great. However, there are some really intriguing players to take a shot on late on day three.
Here are my top 14 interior defensive lineman.
| 1 | Illinois' Johnny Newton |
| 2 | Missouri's Darius Robinson |
| 3 | Texas' Byron Murphy II |
| 4 | Texas' T'Vondre Sweat |
| 5 | Michigan's Kris Jenkins |
| 6 | Texas A&M's McKinnley Jackson |
| 7 | Oregon's Brandon Dorlus |
| 8 | Florida State's Fabian Lovett |
| 9 | Florida State's Braden Fiske |
| 10 | Clemson Ruke Orhorhoro |
| 11 | LSU's Mekhi Wingo |
| 12 | LSU's Maason Smith |
| 13 | Florida Atlantic's Evan Anderson |
| 14 | Northern Iowa's Khristian Boyd |