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Jayden Daniels Taken Before Caleb Williams in Mel Kiper's Re-Draft of 2024 NFL Picks

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Now halfway through the 2024 NFL season, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. did a redraft of this past April's draft during Thursday's First Draft and bumped quarterback Jayden Daniels to No. 1 overall ahead of Caleb Williams.

The Chicago Bears quarterback only dropped one slot to No. 2, followed by Drake Maye, Marvin Harrison Jr., Joe Alt, Malik Nabers, JC Latham, Michael Penix Jr., Rome Odunze and Bo Nix.

That left his redraft identical to the actual draft from Nos. 3-9 in terms of the order of players selected, with Nix bumping out J.