Members of the 2023 NFL Draft class wasted little time finding the end zone in Week 1. Two of the first three quarterbacks selected and the first running back taken collected their first career scores in the first halves of their respective Sunday matchups. Here’s what you need to know:
- Indianapolis Colts QB Anthony Richardson, the No. 4 pick, scored his first touchdown on a 2-yard run in the second quarter of Sunday’s game vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young, the No. 1 pick, nabbed his first passing TD in the second quarter against Atlanta Falcons when he found Hayden Hurst with a 4-yard pass.
- In that same game, the Falcons’ Bijan Robinson, the first running back selected this year, scored on an 11-yard reception.
- Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Jordan Addison hauled in a 39-yard pass from Kirk Cousins for his first career score in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Highlights
Richardson scores on a two-yard run:
First of many.
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— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) September 10, 2023
Robinson evades defenders for first score:
Bijan Robinson’s FIRST NFL TOUCHDOWN!
📺: #CARvsATL on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/G4uoYVOqQn pic.twitter.com/e8jtos04Qs— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2023
Addison finds the end zone:
Jordan Addison’s first TD goes 39 yards!
📺: #TBvsMIN on CBS
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/G4uoYVOqQn pic.twitter.com/psoxEWmGX8— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2023
Young’s first career touchdown pass:
All tied up in Atlanta! @_bryce_young‘s first NFL TD pass is complete to @haydenrhurst 🙌
📺: #CARvsATL on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/G4uoYVOqQn pic.twitter.com/q8c5F00OeO— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2023
Required reading:
- NFL Week 1 live updates and scores: Odds, picks, injury news, schedule, predictions and highlights for opening week
- Left hanging: What Bryce Young’s viral moment from camp said about the Panthers rookie QB
- Panthers predictions: Bryce Young’s Year 1, breakout players and projected win total
- Ravens-Texans key matchups and subplots, plus a prediction: First-and-10
- Spotlight doesn’t faze Colts’ Anthony Richardson. For QB, pressure is a way of life
- Falcons’ Bijan Robinson, Texans’ Will Anderson favorites for NFL ROY honors
(Photo: Michael Hickey / Getty Images)
