8 prospects whose stock is rising at the 2024 NFL Draft, from J.J. McCarthy to Kiran Amegadjie

The players selected in the NFL Draft don’t play a single game from the middle of January to the moment Roger Goodell announces the first selection. Despite this, their draft position can fluctuate wildly in those three-plus months.

The spring is the draft’s silly season, a chance for the break in football to allow scouts and writers to over-analyze game tape, pore over workouts and uncover strengths and flaws that may not exist or matter on Sundays. As a result, players who looked like first-round locks will plummet into the depths of Day 2 or beyond. In their place, a fast-rising cast of accomplished stars and high-potential projects will surface to a crowd of onlookers who wonder whether their selection was a reach or not.

Let’s talk about eight of the guys who’ve risen the highest this winter.