Introducing Packer Central Composite NFL Draft Rankings
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and Alabama edge defender Will Anderson are the top-rated prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft, according to Packer Central’s Composite NFL Draft rankings.
Our rankings use the Top 50 from NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, Fox Sports’ Rob Rang, ESPN.com and Pro Football Focus to put together one composite ranking.
In all 33, players made the Top 50 lists from all five outlets. We’ll call them five-star prospects. Seven made it four – we’ll call them four-star prospects – and nine more made it in three. That’s a total of 49 players who are five-, four- or three-star players.
The Green Bay Packers own the 15th and 45th selections of this year’s draft, with the potential of getting another one or two picks inside the Top 45, depending on the haul from the presumed trade of Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets.
Of the Packers’ largest draft priorities, here is the Top-49 breakdown: 10 edges (also known as 3-4 outside linebackers), six receivers, four tight ends, four defensive tackles and one safety.
“I like the depth of this draft,” Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said at the Scouting Combine. “We have 10 picks right now, so I think we have a chance to really help our football team. The college world is changing a little bit. A lot of these guys stayed in that might have come out in previous years. But there are certain positions that have really good depth that we haven’t seen for a while – I think that’s good – and they kind of line up with our needs a little bit.”
Here is our Top 49.
Player: Average Ranking
Five-Star Players
QB Bryce Young: 1.2
Edge Will Anderson: 2.4
QB C.J. Stroud: 4.2
Edge Jalen Carter: 4.4
Edge: Tyree Wilson: 6.0
OL Peter Skoronski: 8.0
CB Devon Witherspoon: 8.0
RB Bijan Robinson: 9.2
CB Christian Gonzalez: 9.2
QB Anthony Richardson: 9.8
Edge Lukas Van Ness: 11.2
QB Will Levis: 11.6
OT Paris Johnson: 13.6
Edge Nolan Smith: 16.6
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 17.2
TE Dalton Kincaid: 18.4
OT Darnell Wright: 18.8
CB Joey Porter Jr. 19.0
Edge Myles Murphy: 20.6
WR Quentin Johnston: 21.6
WR Jordan Addison: 21.8
DT Calijah Kancey: 22.4
S Brian Branch: 23.2
TE Michael Mayer: 23.2
OT Broderick Jones: 23.8
WR Zay Flowers: 27.0
DT Bryan Breese: 28.6
Edge Felix Anudike-Uzomah: 33.0
CB Emmanuel Forbes: 33.0
Edge Will McDonald: 33.6
RB Jahmyr Gibbs: 34.4
DT Mazi Smith: 38.0
TE Luke Musgrave: 40.0
Four-Star Players
Average consists of their four top-50 rankings.
CB Deonte Banks: 23.5
TE Darnell Washington: 32.8
Edge B.J. Ojulari: 35.0
OT Anton Harrison: 35.0
G Cyrus Torrence: 36.0
C Joe Tippman: 36.3
CB Kelee Ringo: 37.8
Three-Star Players
Average consists of their three top-50 rankings.
Edge Keion White: 35.7
WR Jalin Hyatt: 36.3
LB Trenton Simpson: 38.7
C John Michael Schmitz: 39.7
CB Cam Smith: 41.0
DT Keeanu Benton: 42.3
WR Josh Downs: 43.3
G Steve Avila: 44.0
G Cody Mauch: 44.3
Two-Star Players
Average consists of their two top-50 rankings.
QB Hendon Hooker: 39.5
TE Sam LaPorta: 42.5
LB Jack Campbell: 47.0
CB Tyrique Stevenson: 40.5
OT Dawand Jones: 40.5
DT Adetomiwa Adebawore: 35.5
CB D.J. Turner: 43.0
