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Only five states have more NFL players per capita than Utah does. As of the opening kickoff to the 2022 season there were 25 players that went to high school in Utah on NFL rosters. Then add on the 42 others under contract with NFL teams that played college ball at either Utah, BYU, Utah State, Weber State or Southern Utah and you can’t deny the NFL hotbed that the state of Utah has become. The 2023 NFL draft will add to that total and it will start early where for the fifth time in the last six NFL Drafts a local player will be taken in the first round. Here’s my 2023 Mock Draft.