The 2024 NFL Draft will be remembered for all of the offensive players flying off the board in the first round. There were plenty of quarterbacks and receivers to keep everyone buzzing.
It meant the defensive players had to wait a while.
The first defensive player in the 2024 NFL Draft was UCLA edge rusher Laiatu Latu. He went with the 15th pick to the Indianapolis Colts, which made some history. The latest the first defensive player had ever come off the board in the NFL Draft before this year was eighth overall, which happened in 2021.