C.J. Stroud, Paris Johnson Jr. and Jaxon Smith-Njigba don’t know what teams will select them in Thursday night’s first round of the 2023 NFL draft.
All three of them can feel confident they will be selected in the first round of the NFL draft, though, and all three of them will walk across the stage outside Union Station in Kansas City on Thursday night after their names are called. That leaves all of them with far more reason for excitement than anxiety going into what’s sure to be a life-changing night for all three of them.
“I'm gonna sleep like a baby,” Stroud said Wednesday when asked what his nerves would be like on the eve of the draft.