The opinions expressed in this article are based solely on Logan Paulsen's opinions and expertise as a draft analyst and do not reflect those of the Commanders' front office.
The NFL Draft is finally upon us. In just a few hours, the Washington Commanders will be on the clock at No. 29 overall to decide who they want to add to their roster.
This year is going to be a bit different, though, as the Commanders haven't picked this low in the draft in decades. They will not have their pick of the top prospects in the class, as they have in previous years, and will need to watch as the 28 teams ahead of them make their picks. General manager Adam Peters said there's little certainty about how the first round will go after the first few picks, and several analysts agree. Many of them have said that the quality of player between Nos. 11 and 40 isn't drastically different.
Fortunately, the Commanders can still get a good player where they're picking in the draft, and Command Center analyst Logan Paulsen has been giving his take on the class. He's already released his top 100 big board and tier-by-tier breakdown, which can be found HERE and HERE. Now, we're taking a look at his top players in each position group, based on his top 100. Let's dive into it.
Quarterbacks
- Cam Ward, Miami, No. 7 overall
- Shedeur Sanders, Colorado, No. 33 overall
- Tyler Shough, Louisville, No. 84 overall
Running back
- Ashton Jeanty, No. 2 overall
- Omarion Hampton, No. 24 overall
- Treveyon Henderson, No. 44 overall
- Kaleb Johnson, No. 56 overall
- Dylan Sampson, No. 60 overall
- Quinshon Judkins, No. 69 overall
- Cam Skattebo, No. 81 overall
- RJ Harvey, No. 95 overall
Wide receiver
- Travis Hunter, No. 3 overall
- Matthew Golden, No. 11 overall
- Tetairoa McMillan, No. 18 overall
- Emeka Egbuka, No. 25 overall
- Luther Burden III, No. 30 overall
- Jayden Higgins, No. 39 overall
- Jaylen Noel, No. 47 overall
- Jack Bech, No. 49 overall
- Tre Harris, No. 64 overall
- Kyle Williams, No. 73 overall
- Tory Horton, No. 79 overall
- Jalen Royals, No. 80 overall
- Elic Ayomanor, No. 83 overall
- Savion Williams, No. 93 overall
- Tez Johnson, No. 96 overall
Tight end
- Colston Loveland, No. 6 overall
- Tyler Warren, No. 14 overall
- Mason Taylor, No. 37 overall
- Elijah Arroyo, No. 61 overall
- Terrance Ferguson, No. 67 overall
- Mitchell Evans, No. 92 overall
Offensive tackle
- Will Campbell, No. 5 overall
- Armand Membou, No. 8 overall
- Josh Simmons, No. 21 overall
- Grey Zabel, No. 28 overall
- Josh Conerly Jr., No. 35 overall
- Aireontae Ersery, No. 51 overall
- Ozzy Trapilo, No. 66 overall
- Charles Grant, No. 78 overall
- Anthony Belton, No. 88 overall
- Jalen Travis, No. 100 overall
Guard
- Donovan Jackson, No. 29 overall
- Tyler Booker, No. 32 overall
- Jonah Savaiinaea, No. 52 overall
- Marcus Mbow, No. 63 overall
- Tate Ratledge, No. 65 overall
- Emery Jones, No. 90 overall
- Jalen Rivers, No. 98 overall
Center
- Jared Wilson, No. 79 overall
Defensive tackle
- Mason Graham, No. 4 overall
- Derrick Harmon, No. 10 overall
- Kenneth Grant, No. 27 overall
- Walter Nolan, No. 34 overall
- Alfred Collins, No. 42 overall
- Omarr Norman-Lott, No. 46 overall
- Darius Alexander, No. 55 overall
- Tyleik Williams, No. 68 overall
- Jamaree Caldwell, No. 97 overall
Defensive end/EDGE
- Abdul Carter, No. 1 overall
- Mike Green, No. 13 overall
- Mykel Williams, No. 20 overall
- Shemar Steward, No. 22 overall
- Donovan Ezeiruaku, No. 23 overall
- James Pearce Jr., No. 38 overall
- Nic Scourton, No. 40 overall
- Landon Jackson, No. 41 overall
- JT Tuimoloau, No. 45 overall
- Oluwafemi Oladejo, No. 58 overall
- Princely Umanmielen, No. 70 overall
- Braydn Swinson, No. 74 overall
- Jordan Burch, No. 75 overall
- Jack Sawyer, No. 77 overall
- Jared Ivey, No. 86 overall
- David Walker, No. 94 overall
- Sai'vion Jones, No. 99 overall
Linebacker
- Jalon Walker, No. 16 overall
- Jihaad Campbell, No. 17 overall
- Caron Schwesinger, No. 53 overall
- Demetrius Knight, Jr., No. 62 overall
- Kain Madrano, No. 87 overall
- Jeffrey Bassa, No. 91 overall
Cornerback
- Travis Hunter, No. 3 overall
- Will Johnson, No. 12 overall
- Jahdae Barron, No. 15 overall
- Shavon Revel, Jr., No. 31 overall
- Maxwell Hairston, No. 36 overall
- Trey Amos, No. 43 overall
- Benjamin Morrison, No. 48 overall
- Azareye'h Thomas, No. 54 overall
- Jacob Parrish, No. 72 overall
- Nohl Williams, No. 82 overall
- Darien Porter, No. 89 overall
Safety
- Malaki Starks, No. 9 overall
- Nick Emmanwori, No. 26 overall
- Xavier Watts, No. 50 overall
- Kevin Winston Jr., No. 57 overall
- Andrew Mukuba, No. 71 overall
- Latham Ransom, No. 85 overall