2023 NFL Draft contest
 

I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for contests, and, with only 5 days until the draft, I haven’t seen one pop up here. So, I figured I’d step into the breech, so to speak.

This is actually a slimmed down version of Sherck’s contest from a few years ago that I dug up. He included extra points for correctly predicting trades and such, but, to the truth, I wanted to keep it simpler.

I wasn’t sure how or whether it was even possible to design a contest that makes allowances for Chris Ballard’s inevitable trades. Right now, the Colts have 9 draft picks, but who knows how many they’ll end up with. So, if Ballard trades away, say, the 3rd and 4th round picks in order to move up, the picks you make for those rounds will become wild cards, worth an extra 5 points if they’re picked. If he adds draft picks aund selects someone you’ve chosen in another round, you get 5 points.

Submit 3 choices for each draft selection:

Round 1
Choice A = 10 points
Choice B = 7 points
Choice C = 5 points

Round 2
Choice A =7 points
Choice B =5 points
Choice C =3 points

Round 3
Choice A = 7 points
Choice B = 5 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 4
Choice A = 7 points
Choice B = 5 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 5
Choice A = 5 points
Choice B = 4 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 5
Choice A = 5 points
Choice B = 4 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 5
Choice A = 5 points
Choice B = 4 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 7
Choice A = 5 points
Choice B = 4 points
Choice C = 3 points

Round 7
Choice A = 5 points
Choice B = 4 points
Choice C = 3 points

UDFA: Write down 5 names. Score 1 point each if we sign any of them. Score 2 points if we draft any of them.

I would have included a fictitious million dollar prize for the winner; but, frankly, the pillow guy’s experience with that scares the bejeezus out of me. ��

Enjoy

I'll bite, even though I know jack shit about the draft and am literally just throwing darts for any round past 1.

1)
Anthony Richardson, QB Florida
Will Levis, QB Kentucky
Will Anderson, DE Alabama

2)
Tyler Steen, OT/G Alabama
Deonte Banks, CB Maryland
Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee

3)
Julian Brents, CB Kansas State
Blake Freeland, OT BYU
Adetomiwa Adebawore, DE/DT Northwestern

4)
Andrei Iosivas, WR Princeton
Rakim Jarrett, WR Maryland
Dawand Jones, OT Ohio State

5)
Habakkuk Baldonado, DE/LB Pitt
Parker Washington, WR Penn State
Andrew Vorhees, G/OT USC

5)
Garrett Williams, CB Syracuse
Alex Forsyth, C Oregon
Ainias Smith, WR Texas A&M


5)
Jeremy Banks, LB Tennessee
Chandler Zavala, G NC State
Roschon Johnson, RB Texas

7)
Noah Daniels, CB TCU
Blake Whiteheart, TE Wake Forest
DeMarcco Hellams, S Alabama

7)

Atonio Mafi, G, UCLA
Carrington Valentine, CB Kentucky
Chris Smith, RB Louisiana

UFDA
Connor Galvin, OT Baylor
Jerrod Clark, DT Coastal Carolina
Terrell Smith, CB Minnesota
Jalen Moreno-Cropper, WR Fresno State
Jon Gains, G UCLA

Round 1
Choice A = Stroud
Choice B = Richardson
Choice C = Levis

Round 2
Choice A =Jaylin Hyatt, WR
Choice B =Steve Avila, OG
Choice C =Emmanuel Forbes, CB

Round 3
Choice A = Nathaniel Dell, WR
Choice B = Darius Rush, CC
Choice C = Marvin Mims, WR

Round 4
Choice A = Luke Schoonmaker, TE
Choice B = Cory Trice, CB
Choice C = KJ Henry, Edge

Round 5
Choice A = jaylon Jones, CB
Choice B = Anthony Johnson, S
Choice C = Chase Brown, RB

Round 5
Choice A = Olesegun Olowatimi, C
Choice B = Ronnie Hickman, S
Choice C = Viliami Fehoko, DE

Round 5
Choice A = John Gaines, OG
Choice B = Andrew Voorhees, OG
Choice C = Starling Thomas, CB

Round 7
Choice A = Grant DuBose, WR
Choice B = Levi Bell, DL
Choice C = Jake Witt, OT

Round 7
Choice A = Clayton Tune, QB
Choice B = Trey Dean, S
Choice C = Lonnie Phelps, Edge

UDFA: Juice Scruggs, C, Ronnie Bell, WR, Cameron Brown, CB, Jake Bobo, WR, Habakuk Baldonado, DE

Round 1
Choice A = Richardson
Choice B = Stroud
Choice C = Levis

Round 2
Choice A = O’Cyrus Torrence
Choice B = Ringo
Choice C = Cam Smith

Round 3
Choice A = Tyler Scott
Choice B = Brents
Choice C = Rush

Round 4
Choice A = Saldivieri
Choice B = Reed
Choice C = Yaya Diaby

Round 5
Choice A = Dorian Williams
Choice B = Overshown
Choice C = Owen Pappoe

Round 5
Choice A = Marte Mapu
Choice B = Garret Williams
Choice C = Riley Moss

Round 5
Choice A = Andrew Vorhees
Choice B = Jon Gaines II
Choice C = Chandler Zavala

Round 7
Choice A = Mohamed Ibrahim
Choice B = Michael Jefferson
Choice C = Keondre Coburn

Round 7
Choice A = Evan Hull
Choice B = Nick Herbig
Choice C = Gervarrius Owens

UDFA
Earl Bostick Jr
Josh Whyle
Yasir Abdullah
Anfernee Orji
Chamarri Conner

:cool:

Round 1 (4)
Choice A = Anthony Richardson QB
Choice B = C.J. Stroud QB
Choice C = Will Levis QB

Round 2 (35)
Choice A = O'Cyrus Torrence OL
Choice B = Cody Mauch OL
Choice C = John Michael Schmitz OL

Round 3 (79)
Choice A = Kelee Ringo CB
Choice B = Terrell Smith CB
Choice C = Riley Moss CB

Round 4 (106)
Choice A = Charlie Jones WR
Choice B = Tyler Scott WR
Choice C = Jayden Reed WR

Round 5 (138)
Choice A = Kayshon Boutte WR
Choice B = Starling Thomas V CB
Choice C = Sidy Sow OL

Round 5 (162)
Choice A = Cam Jones LB
Choice B = Xavier Hutchinson WR
Choice C = Dorian Thompson-Robinson QB

Round 5 (176)
Choice A = Jon Gaines II OL
Choice B = Jaylon Jones CB
Choice C = Ryan Hayes OL

Round 7 (221)
Choice A = Brodric Martin DL
Choice B = Kenny McIntosh RB
Choice C = Ali Gaye EDGE

Round 7 (236)
Choice A = Jarrett Patterson OL
Choice B = Drake Thomas LB
Choice C = Thomas Incoom EDGE

UDFA:
Richard Gouraige OL
Anthony Johnson CB
Justin Shorter WR
Cameron Brown CB
Ryan Swoboda OL

Round 1
Choice A Will Levis, QB Kentucky
Choice B CJ Stroud, QB Ohio St
Choice C Will Andersen, Edge Alabama

Round 2
Choice A Kelee Ringo, CB Georgia
Choice B Emanuel Forbes, CB Mississippi St
Choice C John Michael Schmitz, C Minnesota

Round 3
Choice A Marvin Mims, WR Oklahoma
Choice B Julius Brents, CB Kansas State
Choice C BJ Ojulari, Edge, Auburn

Round 4
Choice A Riley Moss, CB Iowa
Choice B Jayden Reed, WR Michigan St
Choice C Payne Durham, TE Purdue

Round 5
Choice A YaYa Diaby, Edge Louisville
Choice B Evan Hull, RB Northwestern
Choice C Charlie Jones, WR Purdue

Round 5
Choice A Deuce Vaughn, RB Kansas St
Choice B John Gaines II, OG UCLA
Choice C Chamarri Conner, SAF Virginia Tech

Round 5
Choice A Joey Fisher, OT Shepard
Choice B Dante Stills, DT West Virginia
Choice C Aidan O’Connell, QB Purdue

Round 7
Choice A Chris Rodriguez, RB Kentucky
Choice B Lance Boykin, CB Coastal Carolina
Choice C Dorian Williams, OLB Tulane

Round 7
Choice A Deslin Alexandre, Edge Pittsburgh
Choice B Jerome Carvin, OG Tennessee
Choice C Yasir Abdullah, ILB Louisville

UFDA
Jalen Wayne, WR, South Alabama
Aubrey Miller Jr LB, Jackson St
Khalan Laborn RB, Marshall
Ben Sims, TE Baylor
Ricky Stromberg, OG Arkansas

Round 1
Choice A = Will Levis qb
Choice B = Anthony Richardson qb
Choice C = C.J. Stroud qb

Round 2
Choice A = Ringo cb
Choice B = Hyatt wr
Choice C = Torrance ol

Round 3
Choice A = Tillman wr
Choice B = Freeland ol
Choice C = Brents cb

Round 4
Choice A = Ekiyor ol
Choice B = Bennett cb
Choice C = Mingo wr

Round 5
Choice A = Thomas cb
Choice B = Diaby edge
Choice C = Stromberg ol

Round 5
Choice A = Whyle te
Choice B = Saldiverdi ol
Choice C = Valentine cb

Round 5
Choice A = Baldonado edge
Choice B = Orji lb
Choice C = Johnson Jr. S

Round 7
Choice A = Merriwether S
Choice B = Stills dt
Choice C = Abdullah edge

Round 7
Choice A = Tavai dt
Choice B = Murphy edge
Choice C = Conner s

UDFA:
Ibrahim rb
Witt t
Dale dt
Land edge
Torrance S

Hilarious. I called all three of these guys, but not one in the 3rd round.

So, has anybody tallied the final score?

Still impressive!