C.J. Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba Headline Ohio State’s Potential 2023 NFL Draft Prospects

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C.J. Stroud and Jaxon Smith-Njigba already look like top picks while Paris Johnson Jr., Dawand Jones and Ronnie Hickman are among Ohio State’s other 2023 draft prospects to watch.

of the 2022 NFL draft, Ohio State has had at least two first-round picks in seven of the last nine years.Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is already being projected as a possible No. 1 overall pick in many of the preliminary 2023 NFL mock drafts that have already been released. And some draft analysts believe Jaxon Smith-Njigba is an even better prospect than Wilson and Olave, setting up the distinct possibility he could also be a top-10 pick next year.

The NFL’s interest in Stroud was already apparent when they watched him throw to Wilson, Olave and Demario McCall at this year’s Ohio State pro day, and talent evaluators from teams that could be in the market for a quarterback next year will certainly be watching Stroud closely this fall. In Johnson’s case, though, that projection is almost entirely based on conjecture about how he’ll perform this season at a position he hasn’t actually played for Ohio State yet, making him far less of a sure thing to actually be a top prospect a year from now than Stroud and Smith-Njigba are.

Still, Harrison’s physical tools are such that he could go as high as the first round next year if he can finally have the kind of season that Buckeye fans have been waiting to see from him since he arrived at Ohio State as a five-star recruit. Ronnie Hickman is among the Buckeye defenders who are the most likely to be selected in the 2023 NFL draft.Brown, who has said on multiple occasions that he thought he would be in the NFL after just three years at Ohio State, is instead back with the Buckeyes for a fifth season in 2022. But while Brown hasn’t made it to the NFL quite as quickly as he originally expected, that doesn’t mean he won’t make it there eventually.

He has had some inconsistency as both a tackler and in coverage in past years, and NFL scouts will want to see that he has suffered no ill effects from his injury, but Proctor still has high upside and could rise up draft boards in a big way if he can perform up to his potential in 2022.

Concerns about Ruggles’ leg strength might hurt his chances of being drafted, as NFL teams generally want a kicker who can handle both field goals and kickoffs and who can make 50-plus-yard kicks.

Jones hasn’t played enough yet to be truly evaluated as a potential NFL draftee, but considering Ohio State has had 11 offensive linemen drafted in the last seven years, scouts will surely be taking a good look at Jones as he enters the starting lineup this year.Considering that Chambers was still playing running back at this time a year ago, it might be in his best interest to play two more years of college football rather than enter the 2022 NFL draft.

 

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