Ryan McCrystalApr 18, 2023

In their most recent mock draft, McCrystal projected specific first-round (and, for teams without first-rounders, Day 2/3) selections for all 32 teams in the 2023 NFL Draft, including Bryce Young at No. 1 to Carolina and Will Anderson at No. 2 to Houston.

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15 of 36picks landed15 hits · 14 close calls · 7 misses · all settled

90.44The orderagainst a shuffled mock’s 50

+40.44Skillthe mock as a whole

60.5Per pickaverage, out of 100

0Went undraftedeach a miss

What Ryan McCrystal said

The Panthers are predicted to draft Bryce Young (QB, Alabama) with their 1st round pick (#1 overall) according to the most recent mock draft from Ryan McCrystal.

Ryan McCrystal, the lead quote

Where it was published: Sharp Football Analysis
The piece: Biggest 2023 Draft Needs & Predictions: All 32 NFL Teams
The original: The copy as archived Apr 21, 2023 · the live page (it has changed since)
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SaidApr 18, 2023
GradedAug 5, 2026

Box score, round by round

HitCloseMissWaiting

Group	Hits	Close	Misses
Round 1	13	12	6
Round 2	1	1	0
Round 3	1	1	1
All	15	14	7

How the mock scored

36 checkable claims — 36 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 68 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

All 36 have settled, averaging 60.5 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

Mock against the draft

Across: where the mock put each player. Down: where the player went. The shaded band is where a pick earns credit, within 32 picks. Squares landed, half-squares were close and slashes missed. Faint rules mark the rounds.

The mock as a whole

90.44this mock’s order50a shuffled mock40.44better than naive1difficulty+40.44skill

The skill comes from how well the whole mock ordered the draft, so it is not any one pick’s score minus 50.

Every pick’s score

0a pick’s naive guess: 50100

Think a pick here is graded wrong? Tell us which.

Draft board

HitCloseMissWaiting

Round 1 · picks 1–3113 hits · 12 close calls · 6 missesShow ▸

Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Went	Score
1	CAR	Bryce Young	QB	1	100
2	HOU	Will Anderson Jr.	EDGE	3	96
3	ARI	Paris Johnson Jr.	OT	6	88
4	IND	C.J. Stroud	QB	2	92
5	SEA	Tyree Wilson	EDGE	7	92
6	DET	Christian Gonzalez	CB	17	62
7	LV	Devon Witherspoon	CB	5	92
8	ATL	Lukas Van Ness	EDGE	13	81
9	CHI	Broderick Jones	OT	14	81
10	PHI	Jalen Carter	DT	9	96
11	TEN	Peter Skoronski	OT	11	100
12	HOU	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	20	71
13	NYJ	Nolan Smith	EDGE	30	48
14	NE	Joey Porter Jr.	CB	32	46
15	GB	Myles Murphy	EDGE	28	57
16	WAS	Darnell Wright	OL	10	77
17	PIT	Bryan Bresee	DL	29	59
18	DET	Michael Mayer	TE	35	48
19	TB	Anthony Richardson	QB	4	52
20	SEA	John Michael Schmitz	C	57	20
21	LAC	Dalton Kincaid	TE	25	84
22	BAL	Deonte Banks	CB	24	92
23	MIN	Kelee Ringo	CB	105	3
24	JAX	Brian Branch	S	45	40
25	NYG	Joe Tippmann	C	43	46
26	DAL	Jordan Addison	WR	23	88
27	BUF	Bijan Robinson	RB	8	44
28	CIN	Darnell Washington	TE	93	6
29	NO	Trenton Simpson	LB	86	8
30	PHI	O'Cyrus Torrence	OG	59	28
31	KC	Dawand Jones	OT	111	3

Round 2 · picks 32–631 hit · 1 close callShow ▸

Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Went	Verdict	Score
36	LAR	BJ Ojulari	EDGE	41		81
51	MIA	Matthew Bergeron	OL	38		57

Round 3 · picks 64–1021 hit · 1 close call · 1 missShow ▸

Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Went	Score
67	DEN	Gervon Dexter Sr.	DT	53	55
74	CLE	Israel Abanikanda	RB	143	5
99	SF	Nick Saldiveri	OT	103	84

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