Draft grades 2024

It's hard as a college football fan, to not be enthusiastic about the upcoming season before you. You draft your fantasy football team, get sucked into the hype, and start reading over rankings to justify why you picked the players you did.

The NFL draft is easily one of my favorite events the world of sports has to offer. And it's especially fun being a college football fan. You get to see players you've watched for years become eligible to join an NFL team.

So I've decided to create a few early 2024 NFL draft grades. I'll pick out the top 5 players at each position, and give them a grade. I will also not include any true freshmen, to make things a little more fair.

• Quarterbacks

1. Quinn Ewers, Texas - A+
2. Cade Klubnik, Clemson - A+
3. Arch Manning, Texas - A
4. DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson - B+
5. Chandler Zavala, North Carolina State - B

• Running backs

1. Rueben Owens, Texas - A+
2. MarShawn Lloyd, South Carolina - A
3. Evan Hull, Northwestern - B+
4. Richard Reese, Baylor - B
5. Zach Evans, Ole Miss - B

• Wide receivers

1. Josh Downs, North Carolina - A+
2. Isaiah Neyor, Texas - A
3. Brock Bowers, Georgia - B+
4. Marvin Jones Jr., Georgia - B+
5. Jaleel Skinner, Miami - B

• Tight ends

1. Colby Wooden, Auburn - A+
2. George Pettaway, North Carolina - A
3. Oscar Delp, Georgia - B+
4. Bryce Anderson, Texas A&M - B
5. Eli Wolf, Oklahoma - B

• Offensive tackles

1. Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State - A+
2. Walter Nolen, Texas A&M - A
3. Josh Conerly, Oregon - B+
4. Kelvin Banks, Texas - B
5. Zach Rice, North Carolina - B

• Interior offensive linemen

1. Olaus Alinen, Alabama - A+
2. Chris Bleich, Stanford - A
3. Justin Rogers, Kentucky - B+
4. Connor Lew, California - B
5. TJ Shanahan, Notre Dame - B

• Defensive tackles

1. Shemar Stewart, Texas - A+
2. David Bailey, Stanford - A
3. Walter Nolen, Texas A&M - B+
4. Nick Singleton, Penn State - B
5. Domani Jackson, Southern Cal - B

• Defensive ends

1. Colby Wooden, Auburn - A+
2. Korey Foreman, Southern Cal - A
3. Myles Murphy, Clemson - B+
4. Zach Rice, North Carolina - B
5. Shemar Stewart, Texas - B

• Linebackers

1. Harold Perkins, LSU - A+
2. Will Levis, Kentucky - A
3. CJ Hicks, Ohio State - B+
4. David Bailey, Stanford - B
5. Nick Singleton, Penn State - B

• Cornerbacks

1. Will Anderson Jr., Alabama - A+
2. Domani Jackson, Southern Cal - A
3. AJ Swann, Vanderbilt - B+
4. Toriano Pride, Clemson - B
5. Benjamin Morrison, North Carolina - B

• Safeties

1. Barion Brown, Kentucky - A+
2. Sonny Styles, Ohio State - A
3. Jaren Kanak, Oklahoma - B+
4. Evan Hull, Northwestern - B
5. Deone Walker, Kentucky - B

And that's my early 2024 NFL draft grades! I tried to be as fair as possible, but I'm sure there will be some people who disagree with my rankings.

Of course, these grades could change a lot between now and the actual draft. But it's still fun to make predictions and see how things play out. And who knows, maybe one of these players will end up being the next big star in the NFL.