Tennessee Titans 2024 NFL Draft Guide: What you need to know

Attention Titans fans! Prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft with exclusive team insights and analysis.

Peruse the following information to gain insight into Tennessee’s anticipated draft picks, position requirements, selection history, notes from the General Manager on the draft, and more, all provided by the NFL’s research team.

And don’t forget to tune in on Thursday, April 25th at 8:00 p.m. ET for live coverage of the draft on NFL Network and NFL+.

Tennessee Titans Draft Overview

2023 record: 6-11
Fourth in AFC South; missed playoffs

Titans 2024 draft picks (7):

Round 1, pick 7
Round 2, pick 38
Round 4, pick 106
Round 5, pick 146 (acquired from Philadelphia Eagles in Kevin Byard trade)
Round 6, pick 182 (acquired from Philadelphia Eagles in Kevin Byard trade)
Round 7, pick 242 (acquired from Philadelphia Eagles in Ugo Amadi trade)
Round 7, pick 252 (acquired from Kansas City Chiefs in L’Jarius Sneed trade)

Titans team needs (according to Chad Reuter): Offensive Tackle, Edge, Defensive Tackle, Wide Receiver, Linebacker

Projected Titans first-round selection, via NFL.com draft analysts:

(See all projections at Mock Draft Central)

Titans 2024 Opponents

Home

Packers, Patriots, Colts, Bengals, Texans, Vikings, Jaguars, Jets

Away

Chargers, Commanders, Lions, Bears, Dolphins, Bills, Jaguars, Colts, Texans.

Titans Notable Activity Tracker (2024 offseason):

Titans Decision Makers

Amy Adams Strunk, Chairman of the Board of Directors

President and CEO: Burke Nihill

Executive VP/General Manager: Ran Carthon

Head Coach: Brian Callahan

Ran Carthon

Carthon is about to start his second season as the General Manager of the Titans.

– 2021-22: SF Director of Player Personnel

– 2017-20: SF Director of Pro Personnel

Director of Player Personnel for STL/LAR from 2012-2016

– 2018-11: ATL Pro Scout

– 2004-06: NFL RB with Colts

In 2023, which was Carthon’s first season as GM, TEN had a record of 6-10.

– Under Jon Robinson’s management from 2016-22, TEN had a record of 57-41.

During Carthon’s tenure as SF Director of player/pro personnel for 6 seasons, the 49ers drafted 5 first-team All-Pros.

Linebacker Fred Warner has been selected three times, tight end George Kittle twice, while wide receiver Deebo Samuel, defensive end Nick Bosa, and safety Talanoa Hufanga have each been chosen once. The San Francisco team has reached the NFC Championship in four of the past five seasons.

Under GM Jon Robinson, the Titans drafted 5 Pro Bowlers and 3 1st-Team All-Pros.

Pro Bowl: Safety Kevin Byard, Running Back Derrick Henry, Wide Receiver A.J. Brown, Linebacker Harold Landry, and Defensive Tackle Jeffery Simmons (Byard, Henry, and Brown have since left the team).

All-Pro players Byard, Henry, and T Jack Conklin are no longer on the team.

Only one of TEN’s first-round picks before 2021, DT Jeffery Simmons, is still on the team.

In the 2023 NFL Draft, Carthon made six draft selections, marking his first draft as the General Manager (GM) of TEN.

All 6 picks were used on offensive players, including 2 offensive linemen, a quarterback, a running back, a wide receiver, and a tight end.

– Peter Skoronski, an offensive lineman, was selected as the 11th overall pick. In 2023, he started in all 14 games he played as a left guard.

Moved up from 41st to 33rd overall in the 2nd Round to pick QB Will Levis, who started 9 games as a rookie with a 3-6 win-loss record, 8 touchdown passes, and 4 interceptions.

This offseason, Carthon signed Calvin Ridley, a free agent wide receiver, to a 4-year deal worth $92.0M, with an annual payout of $23.0M.

In 2023, Ridley led the JAX team with 1,016 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns.

During the first night of the 2022 NFL draft, the Tennessee Titans, under General Manager Jon Robinson, traded Wide Receiver A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles. In return, they received the 18th and 101st overall picks, and used the 18th pick to select Wide Receiver Treylon Burks.

This offseason, Carthon acquired former Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed through a trade.

Traded 2024 7th Round (No. 221) and 2025 3rd Round picks for Sneed and 2024 7th Round (No. 252) pick.

Sneed has won the Super Bowl twice (SB LVII & LVIII with the Chiefs).

NGS reports: In 2023, Sneed was the only player with 80+ targets who didn’t allow a single touchdown on 90 targets.

In the last five Drafts, the Titans have not selected an edge rusher, safety or tight end with a top-3 round pick.

Highest drafted Titans player by position, past 5 Drafts

Last time Titans picked each position in first round:

Compiled by the NFL Research team. All data current as of April 16, 2024.