Who is the next generational draft prospect? 9 names to
Jul 20, 2023, 06:35 AM ET Three significant sports have actually held their annual drafts over the previous thirty days, and 2 of the No. 1 overall picks– Victor Wembanyama in the NBA and Connor Bedard in the NHL– were hyped as generational talents. And it wasn’t that long ago that we heard similar discuss Trevor Lawrence in the NFL, Adley Rutschman in MLB and Sabrina Ionescu in the WNBA. When we set out to discover the all-time top possibility in each sport, it left us questioning who will be the next elite player to come up through the ranks and land the unusual “can’t miss out on” label.So we asked our
draft experts and analysts– Jonathan Givony, Kiley McDaniel, Matt Miller, M.A. Voepel and Greg Wyshynski– to pick out the next big-time prospects in all 5 significant draft sports. A few of them will be draft-eligible as early as next year, while others will need to wait a couple of years to hear their names called. But every player we noted has one thing in common: You’ll be hearing a lot about them in the lead-up to their particular drafts.Who is next?
Let’s take a look at the possible generational potential customers who are already getting buzz.Jump to a sport:
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Check out our all-time draft hype bracket