2024 NFL Draft: Ten rookies in the best situations to succeed in Year 1 and beyond

Last year in this space, I selected 10 rookies who I thought were in the best positions to succeed. Admittedly, I spectacularly whiffed on my first pick (Bryce Young) and definitely could have made a few better choices (SEE: C.J. Stroud and Sam LaPorta, to name a couple of glaring omissions).

Now I'm ready for my Raven Johnson redemption season.

In case you are among the increasingly smaller percentage of people who don't pay any attention to women's college basketball, let me fill you in. In Johnson's redshirt freshman campaign for South Carolina, the Gamecocks' season ended in a national semifinal loss to Iowa. During that game, Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark left Johnson wide open behind the 3-point line, waiving off her opponent to signify she wasn't at all worried about Johnson as a shooting threat. Johnson turned down the shot, and the moment went viral. Fast-forward to this year's national championship game. Johnson redeemed herself late in the first half, stealing the ball away Clark and making a layup, sending South Carolina into the break with a three-point lead. Johnson and the Gamecocks would go on to win 87-75, completing the revenge tour in style.

So, I'm channeling my inner Raven Johnson and am ready to hit this exercise out of the park. Here are 10 rookies in the most favorable positions to succeed in Year 1 and beyond.