NEWSLETTER
The Bleacher Nation NFL 2023 Mock Draft will be a running mock draft that spans between now and round one of the NFL Draft. Each of the 31 picks (Miami forfeited their first-round pick due to tampering) will get a dedicated post. Here’s how it’ll work:
The Bills are on the clock in the Bleacher Nation NFL Mock Draft …
The Pick Is In
WR Jalin Hyatt — Tennessee
The Fit
The Bills have a huge void outside of Stefon Diggs at the wide receiver position. Gabe Davis and Khalil Shakir aren’t No. 2 options, so Buffalo adds a wide receiver here in Tennessee’s Jalin Hyatt.
Scouting Report
Jalin Hyatt has some of the best speed and explosiveness of any wide receiver in the draft class. His 4.4-second 40-yard dash is in the 88th percentile. Hyatt’s 40-inch vertical and 11’3″ broad jump rank in the 93rd and 98th percentile, respectively.
Hyatt won the Biletnikoff Award in 2022, hauling in 67 passes for 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Volunteers. Hyatt’s best game in his breakout season was a six-catch, 207-yard, five-touchdown performance against Alabama.
He has game-changing speed and field-tilting potential. His first step eats up corners at the line of scrimmage and makes him a home run threat on every snap.
Final Thoughts: Hyatt’s home run capability coupled with Josh Allen’s cannon arm and escapability gives the Bills quite the two-headed monster at WR in Hyatt and Stefon Diggs.
Bleacher Nation’s 2023 NFL Mock Draft
- Carolina Panthers (via CHI) — QB C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
- Houston Texans — QB Bryce Young, Alabama
- Arizona Cardinals — EDGE Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
- Indianapolis Colts — QB Anthony Richardson, Florida
- Seattle Seahawks (via DEN) — DT Jalen Carter, Georgia
- Detroit Lions (via LAR) — EDGE Tyree Wilson, Texas Tech
- Las Vegas Raiders — QB Will Levis, Kentucky
- Atlanta Falcons — EDGE Myles Murphy, Clemson
- Chicago Bears (via CAR) — CB Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
- Philadelphia Eagles (via NO) — DT Calijah Kancey, Pitt
- Tennessee Titans — T Paris Johnson Jr., Ohio State
- Houston Texans (via CLE) — WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
- New York Jets — T Broderick Jones, Georgia
- New England Patriots — CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon
- Green Bay Packers — TE Dalton Kincaid, Utah
- Washington Commanders — CB Deonte Banks, Maryland
- Pittsburgh Steelers — CB Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
- Detroit Lions — CB Kelee Ringo, Georgia
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers — S Brian Branch, Alabama
- Seattle Seahawks — EDGE Lukas Van Ness, Iowa
- Los Angeles Chargers — WR Jordan Addison, USC
- Baltimore Ravens — WR Zay Flowers, Boston College
- Minnesota Vikings — QB Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
- Jacksonville Jaguars — T/G Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
- New York Giants — WR Quentin Johnston, TCU
- Dallas Cowboys — RB Bijan Robinson, Texas
- Buffalo Bills — WR Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
- Cincinnati Bengals
- New Orleans Saints (via SF)
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Kansas City Chiefs
