NFL Draft 2024: Top 50 big board is heavy on offense, starting with Drake Maye and Caleb Williams at the top

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NFL free agency is still churning, but it’s time to turn our attention back to the draft. Here’s my latest top 50 big board of prospects.

1. Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina

After fully studying Maye and Williams, I view both as elite-level talents and both a full tier above the other options in this year’s group of quarterback prospects. Maye is an excellent combination of age, size, athleticism and arm talent, with more feel in the pocket and creativity to his game than he has gotten credit for.

Williams has superb accuracy, clean footwork and has more overall soundness to his game than he has gotten credit for, along with the ability to extend, create and work throws from angles that other quarterbacks cannot fathom.

While both have plenty to work on — Maye with slowing down his heat checks and Williams with trying not to press, and both with cutting their sacks down— they are true prizes in a draft group with MVP-level upside.

Caleb Williams (pictured) and Drake Maye will make whoever picks them very happy this upcoming NFL Draft. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

3. Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State

I’ll just keep repeating what I ended my last big board blurb on Harrison with: Do. Not. Overthink. Him. A special combination of size, speed, footwork, catching range and route-running polish, Harrison has the maturity to step in right away and eat targets in a passing game as the leading man. Even things like Ohio State expanding his role this season with more snaps from the slot, mostly out of necessity, allowed Harrison to showcase more to his deep game.

Bowers is an offensive weapon. Nowadays that term is usually wasted on small players whom coaches endlessly waste touches and time on in the hopes of adding pop to their attacks. But Bowers’ versatility and explosiveness, and his actual, tangible impact on the game from all parts of the field, can open up an entire offense.

Bowers can beat defensive backs one-on-one, an important ability for his future…

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