2024 NFL Draft Second Round Mock Draft
The fun shouldn’t stop after round one. Now we get to do it all over again, twice, with players who generally aren’t nearly as good! I don’t know what lab NFL Fever escaped from, but we’ve all been infected. Read 2024 NFL draft second round mock draft below.
If your 1st round mock fell apart at the end, that’s likely because it wasn’t dumb enough. Teams do weird stuff, particularly after we get outside of the top 20 or so. With that in mind, here’s my predictions for round 2.
MOCK TRADE!
BUFFALO TRADES the 33rd OVERALL PICK TO ARIZONA for 35th OVERALL, 186th OVERALL (6th ROUND), 226th OVERALL (7th ROUND) and their 2029 11th ROUND PICK
Brandon Beane continues to build towards his dream of making every single day 3 selection while also calling his shot on the league expanding to 11 rounds by 2029.
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No. 33 ARIZONA CARDINALS – Cooper Dejean, CB/S, Iowa
That’s right, everyone – we’ve got a white cornerback that’s going to go very high in this draft and the Cardinals can’t chance New England taking him off the board. Dejean is an athletic freak with an absurd high school dunk mixtape but I think he’s a potentially elite safety and that’s where I’d play him.
No. 34 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS – Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
New England is reeling from the unexpected move by Arizona but lands themselves a fantastic consolation prize in Ladd McConkey, who was named by a poorly-trained AI generator. McConkey is a 4.4 guy with exceptional quickness, which he uses to exclusively catch passes within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage. He’s also potentially low enough to the ground to catch Drake Maye’s bounce passes.
MOCK TRADE!
BUFFALO TRADES the 35th OVERALL PICK to the LA CHARGERS for the 37th PICK, TWO 7th ROUND PICKS (225th and 253rd) and a 2025 7th ROUND PICK
Beane never really felt at home with the 35th pick and ships it off to LA for pick 37 and another handful of delightfully sweet 7th round picks.
No. 35 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
Adonai Mitchell’s biggest criticism is arguably that he takes off way too many plays, which wouldn’t sit well with a guy like Jim Harbaugh who insists that all of his players live every second as if it were their last. One thing the Chargers do like to do, however, is draft tall receivers that run much slower than people expected them to.
No. 36 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS – Kool-Aid McKinstry
Washington needs to draft a corner as they haven’t taken one high since all the way back in 2023. Kool-Aid McKinstry has received fringe first-round grades from many draftniks and has the coolest name in the draft. Honestly though, what is stopping other players from just replacing their names with cool nicknames? There’s no reason we can’t also have Potato Salad Odunze and Peregrine Falcon Alt.
ANOTHER TRADE!
BUFFALO TRADES the 37th OVERALL PICK to GREEN BAY for the 41st OVERALL PICK, 202nd PICK, 219thPICK and 245th PICK
Buffalo continues to clean up as they aim to assemble the league’s greatest kickoff coverage unit, well after everyone has stopped watching the draft.
No. 37 GREEN BAY PACKERS – JER’ZHAN “JOHNNY” NEWTON, DT, Illinois
Green Bay desperately needs some interior defensive line help and Johnny Newton is just sitting there, begging for a chance. I have athleticism concerns with Newton but he seems like a really, really good player who should have gone far higher than this. He will now be cheered on by thousands of people named Dale.
No. 38 TENNESSEE TITANS – MIKE SAINRISTIL, CB, Michigan
I believe the Titans would likely take Newton if he were available, however in my mock he falls victim to Buffalo’s galaxy-brain strategy. Instead they pivot to the secondary and add Mike Sainristil, who is about 5 feet tall but a guy who has absurd levels of DOG in him. This is one of my favorite players in this year’s draft.
No. 39 CAROLINA PANTHERS – JACKSON POWERS-JOHNSON, C, Oregon
Chalk pick for a team who needs a center and another great name is off the board. Powers-Johnson has some medical concerns but is easily the best center in this draft and had received first-round buzz in the lead-up to the draft. He can waste snaps for a few years by handing them to Bryce Young.
No. 40 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS – ADONAI MITCHELL, WR, Texas
I can’t keep dropping Mitchell, as the options at other positions are starting to get quite meh.
I know he has lapses in effort and wasn’t as productive in college as you’d expect, but I think he easily has top-20 pure talent and that’s hard to pass up here, despite Buffalo’s insistence to the contrary.
TRADE – BUFFALO hands the 41st PICK to HOUSTON for the 42nd PICK and a 2025 5th ROUND PICK
Ok, I swear this is the last one. Buffalo handed their 2025 5th round pick to Houston as a part of the Stefon Diggs trade and I’ll bet that Brandon Beane is losing sleep over not having it.
No. 41 HOUSTON TEXANS – ENNIS RAKESTRAW JR, CB, Missouri
Another elite name off the board. It just sounds “Houston” to me.
No. 42 BUFFALO BILLS – TROY FRANKLIN, WR, Oregon
A desperate plea from Josh Allen to “get (their) f-ing act together” spurs Buffalo’s braintrust to finally make a selection, and they spend it on Oregon wideout Troy Franklin. Buffalo will head into the 2024 season with a wide receiver room consisting of the following:
Troy Franklin
No. 43 ATLANTA FALCONS – SPENCER RATTLER, QB, South Carolina
Atlanta knows that when you see your guy, you just go and get him. Rattler should provide excellent camp competition for Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr.
BREAKING NEWS: ATLANTA FIRES GM TERRY FONTENOT
No. 44 OAKLAND RAIDERS – JONATHON BROOKS, RB, TEXAS
Eventually somebody is going to take a running back, might as well be the team who just lost a first round running back in free agency. Brooks is not a workhorse, he’s a human being – but he can probably handle a lot of carries.
No. 45 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS – ZACH FRAZIER, C, West Virginia
The Saints need offensive linemen to give Derek Carr enough time to put up 2nd half garbage time numbers. Here’s a guy who plays interior offensive line!
No. 46 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS – TJ TAMPA, CB, Iowa State
I like Tampa a lot but he ran damn near a 4.6 forty at his Pro Day and teams generally prefer their corners to be fast. However, he plays fast and he’s an absolute savage. Just feels like a Coltsy move.
No. 47 NEW YORK GIANTS – JAYLEN WRIGHT, RB, Tennessee
The Giants need a running back and particularly one that can handle constant checkdowns from Daniel Jones. Wright has a Jah’Myr Gibbs/Alvin Kamara type of profile and I think he goes way higher than he’s been mocked.
No. 48 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS – MARSHAWN KNEELAND, DT/EDGE, Western Michigan
The Jags could use help along their defensive line and Kneeland is a bit of a tweener who played inside and outside and helped Western Michigan hold the explosive Iowa Hawkeye offense to 41 points. No one will be paying any attention to what Jacksonville does so check your local newspaper on Monday to see who they picked here.
NOTE: I do actually like Kneeland as a prospect
TRADE – CINCINNATI TRADES THE 49th OVERALL PICK to NEW ORLEANS for their 2025 FIRST ROUND PICK
No. 49 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS – KINGSLEY SUAMATAIA, OT, BYU
New Orleans loves to wheel and deal with absolutely no regard for the future, as they prioritize drafting terrible players in the present. Suamataia is a guy who seemingly struggles at blocking. He’s an excellent candidate to fill Trevor Penning’s clown shoes.
No. 50 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – SEDRICK VAN PRAN-GRANGER, C, Georgia
The trash birds lost Jason Kelce to the unwavering passage of time, and if they want to continue having a top offensive line they’ll need to start adding some young guys. Here’sis a young guy who I actually like a bit more than Frazier and I think he’ll also go a round ahead of where he was expected to go. Van Pran-Granger is one of the ones who get it done.
No. 51 PITTSBURGH STEELERS – BRADEN FISKE, DT, Florida State
I imagine the Steelers would be assuming that Sedrick VPG would easily be available at this spot, however, my unqualified glimpse into the future says that he will not. With their hand forced, the Steelers pivot to the other side of the ball, strap on a tourniquet and inject some youth right into their defensive line. Cam Heyward is going to turn 54 years old this season and the Steelers should probably consider looking to bolster their defensive line.
No. 52 LOS ANGELES RAMS – PAYTON WILSON, LB, NC State
Despite adding Jared Verse in the first round, the Rams are not one defensive rookie away and continue to add to that side of the ball. Wilson is a ridiculous athlete at his position and his tape is full of elite-level highlight plays. It’s also full of him getting blasted out of the hole, flailing around the field and getting injured. So a mixed bag.
He is the only off-ball linebacker that I’d consider taking in the top 100 this year, so I’ll give him that.
No. 53 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – KAMREN KINCHENS, S, Miami
Kinchens was widely mocked into the first round before he went to the Combine and displayed the athleticism of a high school gym teacher. That being said, his tape looks good and safety is one of a handful positions where athletic testing seemingly has no correlation to NFL performance. The city of Philadelphia will certainly understand the growing pains if he constantly gets beat deep by slot receivers next season.
TRADE – CLEVELAND trades the 54th PICK TO HOUSTON FOR THE 59th PICK and 123rd PICK (4th ROUND)
The board for Cleveland isn’t great, so they try to recoup some of the draft capital that Houston stole from them in the Deshaun Watson trade.
No. 54 HOUSTON TEXANS – COOPER BEEBE, G, Kansas State
Houston needs IOL help, so they jump over Miami and Dallas to ensure that they can get one they like. Here’s an interior offensive lineman who is ranked high on a list in Cooper Beebe.
From a quick search, I have learned that Beebe has elite athletic testing metrics and that he is a certified road-grader. Fortunately, he is expected to quit his job at the Kansas Department of Transportation to focus exclusively on his football career.
No. 55 MIAMI DOLPHINS – CHRISTIAN HAYNES, G, UCONN
Here’s another guy I picked off a list. I’ve literally never heard of him until right now, because I’m not going to spend my days watching mid-round guards play against Sacred Heart University. I’m sure he’ll have a long and fruitful NFL career.
No. 56 DALLAS COWBOYS – TREY BENSON, RB, Florida State
Terrible luck for the Cowboys, as the two teams in front of them snatch up the top remaining IOL. As their running back room is so bad that it has become a meme, this seems like a reasonable pivot.
No. 57 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS – JONAH ELLISS, EDGE, Utah
I forgot this guy was available, as if my mocking him into the first round someone took him off the board. Instead of drafting him aţ 26, the Bucs can get him at 57. That seems like a good deal!
No. 58 GREEN BAY PACKERS – KHYREE JACKSON, CB, Oregon
The positions of need for Green Bay seem to be the ones that have been picked clean by this point in the draft. So let’s reach Dhalsim-style for a corner.
No. 59 CLEVELAND BROWNS – RUKE ORHORHORO, DT, Clemson
Sure, why not. I don’t love this guy but he tested off the charts so, sure.
No. 60 BUFFALO BILLS – TYLER NUBIN, S, Minnesota
The Bills used to have two good safeties, now they suddenly have none. Life comes at you in an instant, Buffalo! Nubin is similar to Kinchens in that he looked pretty good on tape before running the 40 like an Olympic racewalker.
No. 61 DETROIT LIONS – BRANDON DORLUS, EDGE/DT, Oregon
I saw some smoke about Brandon Dorlus blowing up the Senior Bowl, so I watched some of his play at Oregon and was thoroughly unimpressed. However, he does apparently have the athleticism and skill to beat OL, and that’s a pretty good start.
No. 62 BALTIMORE RAVENS – JERMAINE BURTON, WR, Alabama
Slim pickings for Baltimore, so I’m going to hand them a receiver who I think is quite underrated and mocked too low. Burton did punch a chick in the face once but that never stopped Tyreek Hill from becoming a great receiver.
No. 63 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS – KIRAN AMEGADJIE
Hey, here’s an offensive tackle off of a list! Enjoy!
No. 64 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – JA’LYNN POLK, WR, Washington
Sure the Chiefs drafted fast Christian Kirk Xavier Worthy in the first, but they still need to do everything they can to keep Sky Moore and Mecole Hardman as far away from the field as legally possible.