Before the draft started, Sean Payton outlined one of the basic tenets of picking players by using a kitchen appliance metaphor: Don’t take toaster ovens when there are double ovens available. After trading up twice on Day 2 and heading into Day 3 with only a pair of sixth-round picks — Nos. 183 and 195, to be precise — left […]

Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. More than two decades after drafting his father, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected cornerback Joey Porter Jr. with the 32nd overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft Friday night in Kansas City, Missouri. Despite receiving multiple offers for the pick, the Steelers opted to […]

Joey Porter Jr. was selected 32nd overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2023 NFL Draft. In his final season with the Penn State Nittany Lions, Porter Jr. led the FBS with a 38% pass breakup rate and didn’t allow a touchdown on 256 plays in coverage. Those accomplishments strengthened his case to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors in 2022. […]

Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University After tumbling out of the first round of the NFL draft, Will Levis finally found a home with the Tennessee Titans, who traded up Friday night to select the former Kentucky quarterback with the No. 33 overall pick. After not taking a quarterback […]

Day 1 of the 2023 NFL draft, which was a busy one on the trade front, is behind us. There were six deals announced on the clock during Thursday night’s first round, including three involving top-10 picks (Nos. 3, 6, 9). We saw a little draft history being made too, with an unprecedented run on receivers. For the first time […]

Bryce Young is taken first in the 2023 NFL Draft, while quarterbacks C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson are both picked inside the top four… but Will Levis is SNUBBED and falls outside of the first round Quarterbacks flew off the board in the early proceedings of the NFL Draft But Will Levis was the odd man out as he was […]

Top prospect Bryce Young is selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft by the Panthers as Carolina gets its franchise quarterback The organization believes it has found its franchise quarterback in the prospect The 21-year-old was 30-4 as a starter during three seasons with the Crimson Tide DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news Top […]

Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 What Bryce Young lacked in size, he more than made up for in everything else the Carolina Panthers were looking for in a franchise quarterback. The Panthers have used the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Young, […]

The Indianapolis Colts’ latest effort to resolve their long-standing quarterback need has brought them to Anthony Richardson. Indianapolis selected the former Florida star with the fourth overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, giving the Colts a quarterback who they hope can bring continuity to a position rocked by upheaval since Andrew Luck’s retirement in 2019. Richardson joins a […]

Will Levis has quickly become a name familiar to NFL fans as he looks set to be taken in the first-round of the 2023 NFL Draft. The young Kentucky phenom looks set to be the starting quarterback on an NFL roster next year, but some doubts still remain over how ready he is for the step-up to the big time. […]