Will Anderson overtakes top spot for No. 2 overall pick in 2023 NFL Draft
The predictions around the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft have shifted dramatically leading up to draft week. No one is certain what exactly the Houston Texans are thinking about doing with that selection tonight and, based on the odds, Vegas isn’t exactly certain either.
Alabama’s Will Anderson Jr. is now the current favorite to be the No. 2 pick per the latest odds. However, on Tuesday night, that designation went to Texas Tech’s Tyree Wilson.
Anderson is now -350 to be Houston’s selection, or at least the selection of whichever team owns the pick by the time the clock starts. Ohio State’s CJ Stroud is second with odds of +300, Wilson in third at +500, and Kentucky’s Will Levis in fourth at +750.
On Tuesday, Wilson’s odds to be the No. 2 pick were sitting at +145. This comes after Levis’ odds to be the pick in that slot were sky-high last week.
Long story short, there’s no consensus on what’s going to happen after the first pick is made. Once the Carolina Panthers presumably take Bryce Young, though, it’ll only make the NFL Draft more interesting because there will be a ton of intrigue around that selection, whether the Houston Texans are the team that makes it or not.
2023 NFL Draft: Notable Nuggets and Notes to know for Round 1
The 2023 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday night in Kansas City. To set the table on what might happen and what it could mean, here’s a rundown of notes and nuggets to know before Day 1 unfolds.
COULD ALABAMA GO 1-2?
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the prohibitive Vegas favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Carolina Panthers. Young’s film is easily the best of any of the 2023 quarterbacks. The Crimson Tide signal caller won the Heisman Trophy in 2021 and carried an otherwise underwhelming Alabama offense last fall. But at 5-10, 204-pounds, Young is an all-time outlier size-wise at the position. The last quarterback taken in the first round under 6-foot was Kyler Murray. And at 204 point, Young stands to be the lightest quarterback ever taken in Round 1, per NFL Combine data.
Young seems like a safe bet to go to Carolina. However, it’s anyone’s guess at what Houston plans to do at No. 2. As many as five players have been linked to the Houston Texans, including Alabama pass rusher Will Anderson.
If Young and Anderson go 1-2 Thursday, they’ll be the first college teammates to be the first two players selected from the same school in 23 years when Penn State’s Courtney Brown and LaVar Arrington went back-to-back.
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