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The 2023 NFL draft resumes Friday night with the second and third rounds. (It concludes Saturday with the final four rounds.)
Plenty of excitement Thursday from Kansas City, Missouri, with Round 1 providing its fair share of trades and surprises, notably the Houston Texans not only taking Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud with the second overall pick but then vaulting back up to No. 3 for Alabama edge rusher Will Anderson. Expect Houston to continue to be a major player with 10 more overall selections at GM Nick Caserio’s disposal.
USA TODAY Sports will have the latest news, while analyzing each pick as it’s made once the 88th annual “Player Selection Meeting” resumes:
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2023 NFL draft tracker: Second-round picks
32. Pittsburgh Steelers (from Chicago Bears) – CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
With the pick acquired from last year’s trade of WR Chase Claypool comes just the proper overlap of talent, need and serendipity required to bring the son of former Steelers OLB Joey Porter back to the Steel City. Porter Jr. dropped Thursday, failing to become the inaugural first-round defensive back in Nittany Lions history. But the All-Big Ten star is big (6-3, 193) and physical and should be a long-term solution to a secondary that lost CB Cam Sutton in free agency and is counting on soon-to-be 33-year-old Patrick Peterson. Rarely tested in 2022, Porter didn’t allow a TD pass last season.
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33. Tennessee Titans (from Houston Texans via Arizona Cardinals) –
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2023 NFL draft tracker: Third-round picks
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Which teams have not yet selected players?
The Cleveland Browns (Deshaun Watson trade), Denver Broncos (Russell Wilson trade), Los Angeles Rams (Matthew Stafford trade), Miami Dolphins (forfeiture) and San Francisco 49ers (2021 trade for No. 3 pick used on Trey Lance) did not pick in the first round but are all scheduled to do so Friday. – Nate Davis
The Kentucky quarterback endured an extended slide all the way out of the first round, creating an awkward wait for a player who was on hand in Kansas City, Missouri, and surely expected to be celebrating by now. Instead, Levis looks bound to have his professional football fate determined Friday as a Day 2 pick. Here are eight teams that could be candidates to take Levis:
It was a big night for contenders and pretenders alike. And another banner evening for Southeastern Conference powers. And, per usual, the show was stolen early on by quarterbacks … but as the night progressed, others wound up being no-shows. It’s early yet – and the next six rounds can very much alter the complexion of each team’s overall haul. But Thursday provided a snapshot – a big and vivid one – of where this holistic draft evaluation is headed. – Nate Davis
A few marquee names always slide into Day 2, and this year was no exception. When the action resumes Friday, there should be several potentially high-impact starters up for the taking. Several could be scooped up quickly, though others could see their waits extended further. Here are the best players still available. – Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz
It didn’t take long for the unexpected moves to start rolling in Thursday. But while some certainly had a surprise factor to them, it wasn’t until later in the order that other decisions truly provoked puzzlement from many. While it’s certainly too early to call definitively label any pick bad, these selections stand out as the most questionable of the first round. – Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz
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