welcome to AthleticismPick-by-pick grades for Rounds 2 and 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft. If you missed them, check out our notes for all 32 picks made in Thursday night’s first round.
Evaluating in the moment is a difficult (some might even say unfair) project, and it is true that it will take us several years to have a complete idea of the level of success of each choice. So, our instant reactions will try to take everything into account: the value of the choice, the negotiation costs, what the board looked like at the time of selection, etc.
Here’s how everyone fared on day two of the NFL Draft:
(Note: Scott Dochterman provided notes for odd choices, Nick Baumgardner for even choices.)
2024 NFL Draft Tracker: Live blog, notes and analysis selection by selection
Large table best available: Who’s left of Dane Brugler’s Top 300?
Complete order project: Team choice for the 257 selections
“The Athletic Football Show”: Watch live reactions to the project
2nd round
33. Buffalo Bills (from RCA): Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
Big, physical and capable of making game-winning catches, Coleman ran a 4.61-second 40-yard dash at the combine – a time that may have dropped him a few spots. But it’s a quality pickup to open the second round. In one season at Florida State, Coleman (6-3, 213) caught 50 passes for 658 yards and 11 touchdowns (13.2 yards per catch) with just two passes.
Grade: B-plus
(Illustration: Eamonn Dalton / Athleticism; Keon Coleman Photo: Don Juan Moore / Getty Images)