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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - JANUARY 11: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Jacksonville Jaguars runs out prior to the AFC Wild Card Playoff game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills at EverBank Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) | Getty Images Five years is plenty of time to evaluate a draft class, and hoo boy is there a lot of room to correct what happened in 2021. It was a year of desperate quarterback reaches, mammoth busts at a variety of positions, and a plethora of teams that simply screwed up the process — but also gave us some of the best talent in all of the NFL.
Now’s our chance to right the wrongs of the past and re-draft the first round from 2021.
| 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Trevor Lawrence | QB | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 2 | New York Jets | Zach Wilson | QB | Micah Parsons | EDGE |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Trey Lance | QB | Patrick Surtain II | CB |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Kyle Pitts | TE | Ja’Marr Chase | WR |
| 5 | Cincinnati Bengals | Ja’Marr Chase | WR | Penei Sewell | OT |
| 6 | Miami Dolphins | Jaylen Waddle | WR | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR |
| 7 | Detroit Lions | Penei Sewell | OT | Jaylen Waddle | WR |
| 8 | Carolina Panthers | Jaycee Horn | CB | Landon Dickerson | OT |
| 9 | Denver Broncos | Patrick Surtain II | CB | Jaelan Phillips | EDGE |
| 10 | Philadelphia Eagles | DeVonta Smith | WR | Trey Smith | OL |
| 11 | Chicago Bears | Justin Fields | QB | Rashawn Slater | OT |
| 12 | Dallas Cowboys | Micah Parsons | EDGE | Travis Etienne | RB |
| 13 | Los Angeles Chargers | Rashawn Slater | OT | Creed Humphrey | OL |
| 14 | New York Jets | Alijah Vera-Tucker | OL | Spencer Brown | OL |
| 15 | New England Patriots | Mac Jones | QB | Gregory Rousseau | EDGE |
| 16 | Arizona Cardinals | Zaven Collins | LB | Kwity Paye | EDGE |
| 17 | Las Vegas Raiders | Alex Leatherwood | OT | Nico Collins | WR |
| 18 | Miami Dolphins | Jaelan Phillips | EDGE | Jonathon Cooper | EDGE |
| 19 | Washington Commanders | Jamin Davis | LB | Nick Bolton | LB |
| 20 | New York Giants | Kadarius Toney | WR | Kyle Pitts | TE |
| 21 | Indianapolis Colts | Kwity Paye | EDGE | Azeez Ojulari | LB |
| 22 | Tennessee Titans | Caleb Farley | CB | Jaycee Horn | CB |
| 23 | Minnesota Vikings | Christian Darrisaw | OT | Christian Darrisaw | OT |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Najee Harris | RB | Najee Harris | RB |
| 25 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Trevor Etienne | RB | Chuba Hubbard | RB |
| 26 | Cleveland Browns | Greg Newsome II | CB | Pete Werner | LB |
| 27 | Baltimore Ravens | Rashod Bateman | WR | Quinn Meinerz | CB |
| 28 | New Orleans Saints | Payton Turner | EDGE | Dan Moore | OL |
| 29 | Green Bay Packers | Eric Stokes | CB | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB |
| 30 | Buffalo Bills | Gregory Rousseau | EDGE | Talanoa Hufanga | S |
| 31 | Balitmore Ravens | Odafe Oweh | EDGE | Christian Barmore | DT |
| 32 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Joe Tryon-Shoyinka | LB | Odafe Oweh | EDGE |
- We went from four first round quarterbacks to one. Regardless of how great the other players in this class were, I still think the Jaguars go with Lawrence here to find their franchise QB.
- In total we had 15 players fall out of the first round who were originally first round picks.
- The biggest riser in the 2021 class was OL Trey Smith, who moves from pick No. 226 to No. 10.
- The biggest conceivable fall in the redraft would be OL Alex Leatherwood, who was the No. 17 pick, but out of the NFL in two years. He would fall to UDFA.
