NFL draft 2023 predictions: the stars, the needs and the lower-round gems

Our writers take a look at the best prospects coming out of college, and which teams need to get it right in the coming days

Bryce Young, QB, Alabama. I'm guessing you've heard that Young is short. And he's slender too: he looks more like a yoga instructor than an NFL quarterback. But Young is a pocket wizard. There have been comparisons to Patrick Mahomes' bobbing and weaving style in the pocket, but even those fall short: Young is a more sudden manipulator than the bulkier Mahomes. He creates space when it appears there isn't any. That's his superpower, and why he's separated himself from the other QBs at the top of the class. OC