2024 NFL Draft: Top 20 Senior Bowl prospects as college football approaches midseason

Back in August, Reese's Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy and his experienced scouting staff released their watch list for next year’s game, which included 720 prospects from more than 100 college football programs.

Below, I rank my top 20 players from that list and provide 30 other 2024 NFL Draft hopefuls who could crack the rankings when I update this list at the end of the season.

The 2024 Senior Bowl will be held at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, on Feb. 3, 2024 and broadcast live on NFL Network (1 p.m. ET).

NOTE: Heights and weights are via school measurements.

Eichenberg is an intelligent leader who always seems to be around the ball. He quarterbacked the Buckeyes' defense in their marquee matchup at Notre Dame last month, making calls, aligning defensive linemen and moving from sideline to sideline to make plays. He perfectly timed his downhill movement on a run blitz early on (as he did on a zone blitz in the second quarter). He hit his spot dropping in zone coverage, carried receivers across the field and looked for backs going out into routes. The brother of Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg, Tommy shed run blockers, though his average size allowed offensive tackles to subdue him at times. I expect Eichenberg to start on Sundays for a long time.

Wilson scored twice in the first quarter of Florida State's win over Virginia Tech on Saturday, first going low (despite being listed at 6-foot-7) to grab a Jordan Travis pass and later gaining position with a double move that became a corner route. He caught two other passes before leaving the game with an injury. The good news is head coach Mike Norvell told reporters he's hopeful Wilson will be able to return this week. Wilson needs to