What about NFL rookies drafted in the top 100 players of a class?
One would expect them to be the core of your NFL team, with the majority of those players making your roster, as lower-draft selections are less and less likely to contribute to an NFL team.
There has been much talk of the Washington Commanders‘ first-round draft choices in Ron Rivera’s era, when Rivera had the final say on all personnel matters and served as head coach from 2020 to 2023. Even more so, what about when you take a look, not merely at only the first-round selections, but at each draft by Washington/Rivera when drafting players in the top 100 of that rookie class?
The quality and depth just isn’t there at all, and you can see it for yourself, as we provide the Washington drafts from 2020-2023 (Ron Rivera) and also 2024-25 by Adam Peters. We will go as far as the players selected in the top 100 of those draft classes.
2020
- Chase Young DE, (2 overall)
- Antonio Gibson RB, (66 overall)
2021
- Jamin Davis LB, (19 overall)
- Samuel Cosmi, OG (51 overall)
- Benjamin St-Juste CB, (74 overall)
- Dyami Brown WR, (82 overall)
2022
- Jahan Dotson WR, (16 overall)
- Phidarian Mathis, DT, (47 overall)
- Brian Robinson JR, (98 overall)
2023
- Emmanuel Forbes CB, (16 overall)
- Quan Martin, CB/S, (47 overall)
- Ricky Stromberg OL, (97 overall)
2024
- Jayden Daniels QB, (2 overall)
- Johnny Newton DT, (36 overall)
- Mike Sainristil CB, (50 overall)
- Ben Sinnott TE, (53 overall)
- Brandon Coleman OT, (67 overall)
- Luke McCaffrey WR, (100 overall)
2025
- Josh Conerly OT (29 overall)
- Troy Amos CB (61 overall)
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: How have they performed with top-100 picks?