2022 NFL Draft: Winners and losers from Day 3, final rounds originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston That’s a wrap on the 2022 NFL Draft. After three days, 37 in-draft trades and 262 player selections, draft season is officially over. Now, it’s time to analyze every pick before players take the field for rookie minicamps over the next few weeks. …

The SEC once again was the conference with the most players taken in the NFL draft. And nearly half of the SEC players chosen in 2022 were from either Georgia or LSU. Fifty-three SEC players were taken over the seven rounds of the draft. And 25 of those players were either Bulldogs or Tigers. Georgia set a modern draft record …

The 2022 NFL Draft has ended, with 262 players hearing their names called over the past three days. But for those players who didn’t hear their names called, hope is not lost. Shortly after the draft concluded, teams quickly began reaching out to the best college players still available.  Many future NFL stars began their careers as undrafted rookies. The …

In what was another surprising pick by Bill Belichick, the Patriots added another quarterback in the NFL draft. On Friday, the team selected Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe in the fourth round with the No. 137 overall pick. Last season, Zappe set Football Bowl Subdivision records by throwing for 5,967 passing yards to go with 62 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. “I’m …

USA Today Images The Philadelphia Eagles used their final draft pick in the 2022 NFL Draft to select SMU tight end Grant Calcaterra at No. 198 overall in the sixth round. Calcaterra caught 38 passes for 465 yards and four touchdowns in his senior season for the Mustangs.  Calcaterra will compete for one of the tight end spots on the …

USATSI The Pittsburgh Steelers are a family affair and on Day Three of the 2022 NFL Draft the team added yet another pair of brothers to their squad. The Steelers already had three sets of siblings, but with the addition of defensive tackle Cameron Heyward’s brother, tight end/fullback Connor Heyward, they are now at four sets of brothers. FOUR! Connor …

He was “Da Problem” at Jackson State, and James Houston is out to keep it that way in the NFL. The Detroit Lions spent their third pick on the pass rush in as many days Saturday, taking Houston late in the sixth round, No. 217 overall, on Day 3 of the NFL draft. Nicknamed “Da Problem,” Houston led all FCS …

It seems that Georgia football was pretty good this year. Three months after the Bulldogs won their first national championship since 1980, the program set an NFL record for most players taken in a single draft with a whopping 15. That included five defensive players selected in the first round, another NFL record. The run of players started with first …

It’s a guarantee that star players will come out of the 2022 NFL Draft and outperform where they were ultimately taken. Throughout history, we’ve seen players that had no business evolving into impact performers relative to their draft position. Of course, the most extreme example of this is Tom Brady becoming the greatest quarterback of all time after being selected …

The NFL welcomed 262 new players into the league at the 2022 NFL Draft this weekend. Naturally, as evaluators combed through hundreds of different prospects leading up to this three-day spectacle, there were going to be varying opinions about specific prospects. That’s especially true for this class that was billed as an extremely deep collection of talent, albeit without the …

Michigan football’s right tackle Andrew Stueber, a fifth-year player who emerged as one of the better pass blockers in the country, was drafted by the New England Patriots. The Pats chose Steuber, 6 feet 7, 325 pounds, with the No. 245 overall pick in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL draft on Saturday in Las Vega. He played solidly …

Georgia set an NFL record Saturday for a seven-round draft when it had 15 players get selected, toppling the previous mark before the final round even arrived. It happened with back-to-back picks in the sixth round. First, the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams selected cornerback Derion Kendrick, the Clemson transfer at pick 212, and the Atlanta Falcons selected tight end John …

Here is a 2022 NFL draft pick-by-pick breakdown for the Jacksonville Jaguars: Round 1 (No. 1 overall) – Travon Walker, DE Georgia: What a year it’s been already for the 6-5, 272-pounder. After winning a national title with the Bulldogs, he took the NFL scouting combine by storm, laying down a 4.51 40 time and posting a 35½-inch vertical leap. …

Under the previous regime, the New York Jets did not give themselves a fair chance to evaluate the player they wanted to be their franchise quarterback. It’s entirely possible that Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, would have failed to live up to expectations no matter what the Jets did, but the group they …

Here is a 2022 NFL draft pick-by-pick breakdown for the Arizona Cardinals: Round 2 (No. 55 overall) – Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State: The 2021 All-American and Mackey Award winner as college football’s top tight end is an exceptional possession receiver (91 catches for 1,125 yards last season) who’s also the increasingly rare dual threat able to serve as an …