2023 NFL draft comps: Our best prospect-to-pro matches

It's NFL draft month, which means you'll be hearing a lot of comps for the top prospects in the 2023 class. These matches are typically based on the way prospects play the game, their physical measurements, their production, their versatility and role, similar traits or some combination of those lines of thought.

Prospect-to-player comparisons are useful because they give fans a sense of a player's style of play. They aren't always exact — and in most cases they don't suggest the prospect will share the same level of success as the NFLer, for better or worse. But they can be helpful in better understanding prospects and how they project to the next level. So we asked 15 of our NFL analysts for their favorite comp in this year's class.

It's rare that we can compare a prospect to a future Hall of Famer, but I think this edge rush pairing fits. Anderson (Alabama) is 6-foot-4 and 253 pounds with a stunning first step, powerhouse hands and an awesome motor. And when Miller was coming out of Texas A&M, he measured at 6-foot-3, 246 pounds and wowed scouts in space with his speed. Anderson — my No. 1 overall prospect — has the same traits to be a league-leading sack artist. — Matt Miller, NFL draft analyst

The arm strength, the build, the gunslinger mentality — I see a lot of Stafford in Levis, my second-ranked quarterback in this class. Stafford threw 33 picks in three seasons at Georgia, often because he tried to squeeze passes into tight windows. He and Levis (Kentucky) both can make rare throws, but that also leads them into mistakes. — Mel Kiper Jr., NFL draft analyst

It's the upper-tier physical tools and playmaking traits at the QB position that stand out for me. Just like we saw when Allen was coming out of Wyoming,