Commanders select OL Brandon Coleman, WR Luke McCaffrey in Round 3 of 2024 NFL Draft
A mid-Day 2 trade left Washington with a pair of third-round picks, and they used them to select TCU OL Brandon Coleman at No. 67 overall and Rice WR Luke McCaffrey, son of former NFL WR Ed and brother of Niners RB Christian, at No. 100 overall, the final pick of the night.
Coleman was profiled by PFF as “the ideal developmental offensive line prospect, whose high-percentile athleticism and measurables give him the ceiling of an NFL starter if he can improve his fundamentals,” and ESPN’s broadcast pegged him as ideally a guard at the pro level.
He played about two-thirds of his snaps at LT and one-third at LG in his final season in Fort Worth, and did not allow a sack in 445 pass blocking snaps.
McCaffrey is the third son of Ed to reach the NFL, behind Christian and Max, who had one NFL catch and is now a Dolphins assistant. Luke played WR/DB in his underclassman HS days, as brother Dylan was the QB, but he became the signal caller as a junior and was actually a quarterback for two years at Nebraska and one at Rice before switching to receiver in 2022.
Luke had a 58-723-6 line in 11 games (10 starts) in 2022 and improved in 2023, posting 68 catches for 963 yards and 12 TD. He also had 15 rushes for 249 yards and a score in his two years at receiver, and he was First Team All-AAC this past year.
And, with five picks on Day 2 in the books, as well as Jayden Daniels at No. 2 overall, Washington heads into Day 3 with four picks, three in Round 5; they have their selection at No. 139, Seattle’s fifth from the Sam Howell trade at No. 152, and the No. 161 pick they got from the Eagles when they traded out of No. 40 early Friday night.
Washington will finish their draft, as of now, with the No. 222 overall pick in Round 7.
