Where Iowa, Iowa State players were selected in 2023 NFL Draft

Hawkeyes with 4 gamers drafted, Cyclones with 2 gamers drafted

IOWA CITY — With all 259 picks of the 2023 NFL Draft executed, right here is the place Iowa and Iowa State gamers landed:

Lukas Van Ness

Crew: Inexperienced Bay Packers

Spherical: 1

Total choose: 13

Place rank: Second defensive finish drafted

Van Ness turned the highest-drafted Iowa defensive lineman since 1958 (when Alex Karras was the tenth general choose). He’ll probably play exterior linebacker in Inexperienced Bay, the place he might observe an analogous path as Rashan Gary.

What they’re saying: “Van Ness wants growth earlier than he is usually a constant Professional Bowl-level starter, however guys together with his athleticism nearly by no means fail,” Yahoo Sports activities’ Charles McDonald wrote.

Will McDonald IV

Crew: New York Jets

Spherical: 1

Total choose: 15

Place rank: Third defensive finish drafted

McDonald ended Iowa State’s 50-year first-round drought when he was the fifteenth general choose. McDonald will add to what already was a robust Jets defensive position. He’s on a group with large postseason ambitions after buying former MVP Aaron Rodgers.

What they’re saying: “Will McDonald IV goes to wreak havoc off the sting for the Jets,” ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper wrote. “He is one other one in every of my favourite prospects on this draft.”

Jack Campbell

Crew: Detroit Lions

Spherical: 1

Total choose: 18

Place rank: First inside linebacker drafted

Campbell’s telephone rang properly earlier than many mock drafts projected the Butkus Award winner to be taken. The Cedar Falls native’s movie speaks for itself, although, and he undoubtedly helped his case final month on the NFL Mix.

What they’re saying: “First time Jack, I sort of thought, ‘OK, I’ve seen these sort of linebackers earlier than,’” Lions common supervisor Holmes stated. “He’s large, and he’s a plugger. However really, no, he’s not. The extra you take a look at him, the extra athletic his traits got here out.”

Sam LaPorta

Crew: Detroit Lions

Spherical: 2

Total choose: 34

Place rank: Second tight finish drafted

Being the second tight finish chosen could be a powerful feat in any draft. It’s particularly spectacular contemplating the depth of this yr’s tight finish class. LaPorta will doubtless be a direct contributor in Detroit’s offense.

What they’re saying: “YAC monster, big-time athlete, sturdy palms,” CBS Sports activities draft author Chris Trapasso wrote. “Gave me George Kittle vibes. Simple match into the emptiness created by T.J. Hockenson commerce.”

Riley Moss

Crew: Denver Broncos

Spherical: 3

Total choose: 83

Place rank: eleventh cornerback drafted

Simply how a lot did the Denver Broncos worth Moss? Properly, they gave up an early fourth-rounder and future third-rounder — a hefty value — to commerce up and seize Moss. He’ll doubtless be no less than within the dialog for Denver’s beginning cornerback spot reverse of Pat Surtain II.

What they’re saying: “Adore this participant,” Trapasso wrote. “Hyper-twitchy. Instinctive. Ball expertise are superior. Quick too. Tremendous skilled. Overachiever. Some misses on movie. Older prospect.”

Xavier Hutchinson

Crew: Houston Texans

Spherical: 6

Total choose: 205

Positional rank: twenty sixth huge receiver drafted

Hutchinson fell farther than many consultants anticipated and will transform a high-value choose for the Texans. Houston has an issue with huge receiver depth, which ought to result in loads of alternatives for Hutchinson.

What they’re saying: “Following a strong exhibiting on the Reese’s Senior Bowl, Hutchinson seemed to be extra of a fourth-round prospect,” NFL.com’s Eric Edholm wrote.

Anthony Johnson Jr.

Crew: Inexperienced Bay Packers

Spherical: 7

Total choose: 242

Positional rank: 18th security drafted

Iowa State’s Johnson — to not be confused with Virginia defensive again Anthony Johnson — shall be heading to a Inexperienced Bay group that has a necessity at security.

What they’re saying: “In a shallower pool of security prospects, Johnson was a participant we had pegged to go two or three rounds earlier,” Edholm wrote. “We would not be shocked if Johnson finally ends up as a L’Jarius Sneed-like performer for the Packers.”

Notable undrafted gamers

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