2023 NFL Draft Prospects: Risers After Week 2

ere are five of the top players in college football, starting with a couple of wide receivers and defensive linemen and a running back you need to know.

It’s never too early to look to the future. With that in mind, we at Sports Illustrated have our eyes on who’s up next and who you should keep in mind for the 2023 NFL draft with five players each week who stood out in college football.

The NFL may have gutted much of the Bulldogs’ defense, but there’s still a foundational piece left as the reigning champs reload. There are some NFL talent evaluators who actually thought Carter was better than all-world talent Jordan Davis due to being a bit more usable in pure passing situations. This space won’t serve to argue that point, but it will serve to show that guess what? He played only 18 snaps in Week 2 against FCS Samford because, well, it’s Samford. But his dominating showing against Oregon shows he’s still great as he takes over as the primary force in the middle for the Dawgs.

New place, same production by Addison. Even if you didn’t factor in Addison’s 75-yard blazing touchdown catch with an impressive broken tackle to boot, Addison still would have had six catches for 97 yards to lead the Trojans. But on the long touchdown you see him flat-out picking on a hopeless defender on an island. He sets the cornerback up and after being shown the middle of the field; he simply takes what the DB is giving him, not even breaking stride or slowing down as he breaks on what becomes a dead sprint down the field. The only thing that makes him break stride is a valiant effort by the DB to bring him down. But Addison uses his body control to get by him and waltz into the end zone.