In early May last year, about two weeks after the draft, we published an article titled “Why the Cowboys’ 2024 rookie class could see more playing time than most recent rookie classes.” At the time, as the author, I wondered if the 2024 draft class could “yield four eventual starters,” even if the 2024 class might not have the star power of some successful previous draft classes.
The projection at the time was for the 2024 rookie class to account for 13.6% of total snaps. In reality, the draft class came in with 12.9% of all snaps, which isn’t very far off the initial projection.