2024 NFL draft: Latest buzz, prospect risers, Round 1 rumors - ESPN

We're less than one month from Round 1 of the 2024 NFL draft. Draft boards are starting to firm up, team needs are becoming more clear and prospects are making their final on-field statements at pro days across the country. And along the way, intrigue around what every team is going to do on Day 1 is picking up.

We've heard a lot of buzz about early picks, standout players, potential trades and the quarterback market. So we asked NFL draft analysts Matt Miller, Jordan Reid and Field Yates to break down the latest intel from around the league and dish on what they've heard on the road at pro days this month.

Who are the biggest pro day risers? Which prospects are our experts higher or lower on than general consensus? And what are the wild-card teams that could surprise everyone in the first round? We get into all that and then let Matt, Jordan and Field empty their scouting notebooks with what they're hearing, seeing and thinking as we near April.

Jump to:
Prospects rising after their pro days
Prospects we like more — or less — than most
Round 1's biggest wild-card teams
Everything else we're hearing this week

Miller: Audric Estime, RB, Notre Dame. One of the biggest surprises of the combine was Estime's 40-yard dash time of 4.71 seconds. No one expected him to break Chris Johnson's 4.24 running back record (2008), but that speed was concerning — even for a big back at 5-foot-11 and 221 pounds. Estime got redemption at the Notre Dame pro day, though, with a 4.58-second run that is more in line with the speed he has shown on tape. Currently ranked as a late-Round 3 pick on my board, Estime has the power, patience, vision and contact balance of an NFL starting running back. It wouldn't be a surprise to see him among the top