The Seahawks are not scheduled to pick again until late on Day 2, but a lot of talent remains available with the second round set to start Friday.
Months of planning, mocking and predicting finally came to a conclusion with Day 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft putting 32 new players on new teams. The Seattle Seahawks added beef on the interior of the defensive line selecting Byron Murphy out of Texas with the No. 16 pick, but the team still has significant needs to address over the final two days of the draft.
The Hawks hold six additional selections Friday and Saturday, however, they are scheduled to make just a single selection on Day 3. That pick is No. 81 in the third round, meaning that barring a move to add a pick before then, they’ll watch another 48 players come off the board before getting to add another name.
That, of course, means that many of the top names remaining will have been selected long before the Seahawks comes back on the clock in the third round, but there’s always a chance that one or two of the top players could drop. Whether or not that happens won’t be known until well into Friday evening, meaning in the meantime it will be left to fans to hope that the players they want to see slip to Seattle don’t have their name called.
The best remaining players available as teams prepare for Day 2 of the draft depends on where one looks, so here is a sampling of the best available from a variety of different sources.
My best available going into day 2:
13) Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois
15) Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
22) Jackson Powers-Johnson, IOL, Oregon
27) Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
28) Ja’Lynn Polk, WR, Washington
31) Troy Franklin, WR, Oregon
32) Zach Frazier, IOL, West Virginia https://t.co/mXN0SejSJc— Connor Rogers (@ConnorJRogers) April 26, 2024
Best players available on my board heading into Round 2:
1. Jer’Zhan Newton
2. Adonai Mitchell
3. Jackson Powers-Johnson
4. Cooper DeJean
5. Ladd McConkey
6. Troy Franklin
7. Cooper Beebe
8. Kool-Aid McKinstry
9. Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
10. Kris Jenkins— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) April 26, 2024
My best players available for Day 2: pic.twitter.com/gs6rpH9fwy
— Shane P. Hallam (@ShanePHallam) April 26, 2024
Best players available heading into Day 2 of the draft pic.twitter.com/XhEWdvvCS2
— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) April 26, 2024
So, it seems no matter where one looks many of the players considered the best available as Day 2 opens are similar across various outlets and resources:
- DT Johnny Newton
- CB Cooper DeJean
- C Jackson Powers-Johnson
- CB Kool-Aid McKinstry
- WR Troy Franklin
It seems doubtful that the Seahawks will be lucky enough to see one of these top names drop all the way to No. 81, but stranger things have happened and being a fan is all about rooting for the unlikely to begin with.
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