Day 3 of the NFL draft is typically not where a team goes to fill needs. If a franchise expects one of those picks to start, that’s usually a bad thing. Yet, it still happens every year out of necessity. Fourteen players drafted on Day 3 in 2019 ended up playing 500-plus snaps as rookies and 13 more played between 300-500. These eight players below all landed in situations that either lend themselves to early playing time or will be great for their long-term development.
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