DETROIT — The 2024 NFL Draft has wrapped, and the Cincinnati Bengals equally built up its offense and defense.
Cincinnati selected five offensive players and five defensive players with their 10 overall picks.
Here is everyone the Bengals selected in the NFL Draft:
First Round
To kick off the draft, the Bengals selected Georgia OT Amarius Mims, who arrived in Cincinnati on Friday.
Mims "could be a home run" pick for the Bengals, according to ESPN's Booger McFarland. Draft analysts believe Mims will be a "good starter" within a couple of years. He joins an already big o-line with fellow 6-foot-8, 340+ pound tackles Trent Brown and Orlando Brown Jr.
Second Round
With their second pick in the draft, Cincinnati selected Michigan DT Kris Jenkins in the second round.
The junior out of Maryland started all 15 games for last season's championship-winning team. He's 6-foot-3 and 299 pounds. His father, also named Kris, was a two-time All-Pro with the Carolina Panthers. He also went to four Pro Bowls.
Third Round
The Bengals nabbed another wide receiver for Joe Burrow with the 80th pick.
Former player T.J. Houzmanzada announced that Cincinnati picked Alabama WR Jermaine Burton in the third round Friday night. The California native led the Crimson Tide in 2023 with 798 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 39 receptions. He had a 4.45 40-yard dash at the combine.
The pick comes after receiver Tee Higgins requested a trade when the Bengals placed him under the franchise tag. Higgins said recently he still expects to play in Cincinnati this season.
With their last pick of Night 2, the Bengals selected Texas A&M DT McKinnley Jackson as the 97th pick.
A Mississippi native, Jackson was a team captain his last two years with the Aggies. He started in all 12 games in 2023, finishing with 27 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and a forced fumble.
Fourth Round
To start off Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Bengals selected Ohio native Erick All. All, a tight end, was the 115th pick in the fourth round.
All is a Fairfield, Ohio native who led the Hawkeyes in 2023 with 299 receiving yards, 3 receiving TDs and 14.2 yards per receptions (21 receptions) before he missed the rest of the season due to a torn ACL. Before his time with Iowa, All played four seasons with Michigan.
All will be joining former Fairfield High School teammate Jackson Carman in Cincinnati, who was drafted by the Bengals in 2021.
All spoke with WCPO 9 after he was drafted, saying that he was working out at his former high school when he received the call from the Bengals.
"We were doing a work out so it kind of caught me off guard," All said. "... I just couldn't believe it. I had to make sure, you know, I wasn't getting prank called for a second."
Fifth Round
With the 149th pick in the draft, the Bengals selected TCU corner Josh Newton in the fifth round.
The corner was Second-team All-Big 12 Conference in 2023. He led TCU with 8 PBUs and started all 12 games of the season for 33 tackles and one interception. Newton played with Louisiana-Monroe from 2018-2021 before transferring to TCU. He also ran a 4.51 second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine.
Sixth Round
The Bengals gave Joe Burrow another offensive option with their first pick of the sixth round by selecting TE Tanner McLachlan.
McLachlan was the 194th pick in the overall draft. He is the Bengals' second TE draft pick after they selected All in the fourth round.
The tight end played 8 games for Southern Utah between 2019-2021 before transferring to Arizona. In the 2023 season, he had 45 receptions for 528 yards and 4 TDs. During his career with Arizona, he set the record for most receptions by a TE with 79, breaking the record formally set by Rob Gronkowski.
To round out the sixth round, the Bengals drafted Cedric Johnson from Ole Miss.
Johnson was the 214th pick in the draft.
A three-year starter at Mississippi, Johnson is 6-foot-3 and 260 pounds. In the 2023 season he had 40 tackles with 6.5 for loss. He also had 5.5 sacks, 3 PBUs and a forced fumble.
Seventh Round
With their first pick in the seventh round, the Bengals selected Ole Miss safety Daijahn Anthony as the 224th pick.
Anthony will join his fellow Ole Miss teammate, Cedric Johnson, in Cincinnati.
The safety led Ole Miss in PBUs in the 2023 season with 8. He also tied the team lead with 3 interceptions. Throughout the season, he had 61 tackles with 2.5 for loss and a forced fumble. Prior to his time with Mississippi, Anthony played with Shepherd from 2019-2020 and Liberty from 2021-2022.
To close out the 2024 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals selected Matt Lee as the 237th pick.
The Miami center, who's 6-foot-4 and 301 pounds, finished Second-team All-ACC in the 2023 season. Prior to last season, Lee played at UCF from 2019-2022.
