Gavin Adler Selected First Overall in 2023 Premier Lacrosse League College Draft

May 9, 2023

Kenny DeJohn

Rich Barnes

Gavin Adler was selected first overall in the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League College Draft, broadcast live Tuesday night on ESPNU.

Adler, a two-time USA Lacrosse Magazine first-team All-American, is arguably the best mark-up defensemen in college lacrosse. He reminds analyst Paul Carcaterra of Pat McCabe and Ryan McClay.

“Underestimate him due to his size, and he will eat you up and spit you out,” Carcaterra said when he broke down Adler’s game in April.

Adler was the first of three-straight defensemen taken to open the draft, an unprecedented run on lock-down players at the position in a professional lacrosse draft. Owen Grant was selected second by the Redwoods, followed by Brett Makar at No. 3 by the Atlas. The Atlas now have two rookie, day-one starters on defense under new head coach Mike Pressler.

Sam Handley fell to No. 4, and Chrome head coach Tim Soudan pounced at the opportunity to take the Penn midfielder.

Continue below to see live updates as the 32-player draft develops.

PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE
2023 COLLEGE DRAFT RESULTS

Pick	Team	Player	Pos.	School
1	Atlas	Gavin Adler	D	Cornell
2	Redwoods	Owen Grant	D	Delaware
3	Atlas	Brett Makar	D	Maryland
4	Chrome	Sam Handley	M	Penn
5	Archers	Mike Sisselberger	FO	Lehigh
6	Whipsnakes	Tucker Dordevic	A	Georgetown
7	Chaos	Will Bowen	D	Georgetown
8	Waterdogs	Thomas McConvey	M	Virginia

9	Cannons	Matt Campbell	M	Villanova
10	Redwoods	Brian Tevlin	M	Notre Dame
11	Atlas	Xander Dickson	A	Virginia
12	Chrome	Troy Hettinger	LSM	Jacksonville
13	Archers	Connor Maher	SSDM	North Carolina
14	Whipsnakes	Petey LaSalla	FO	Virginia
15	Chaos	Brian Minicus	A	Georgetown
16	Waterdogs	Alex Mazzone	LSM	Johns Hopkins

17	Chaos	Tye Kurtz	A	Delaware
18	Redwoods	Cole Kirst	A/M	Syracuse
19	Atlas	Payton Rezanka	SSDM	Loyola
20	Chrome	Jack Myers	A	Ohio State
21	Archers	Piper Bond	SSDM	Penn
22	Whipsnakes	Garrett Leadmon	M	Duke
23	Chaos	Nick Rowlett	FO	Michigan
24	Waterdogs	Chris Fake	D	Notre Dame

25	Cannons	Grant Ammann	D	High Point
26	Redwoods	Zach Cole	FO	Saint Joseph's
27	Atlas	Kyle Long	M	Maryland
28	Chrome	Cross Ferrara	A	Salisbury
29	Archers	Cam Wyers	D	Loyola
30	Whipsnakes	Elijah Gash	LSM	Albany
31	Chaos	Levi Anderson	M	Saint Joseph's
32	Waterdogs	James Reilly	FO	Georgetown

PICKS ACQUIRED VIA TRADE

No. 1: Acquired by Atlas from Cannons on May 10, 2022, in a trade for the 11th and 24th picks in the 2022 College Draft.
No. 17: Acquired by Chaos from Cannons on January 19, 2022, in a trade for Jake Froccaro.

Written By

Kenny DeJohn

Kenny DeJohn has been the Digital Content Editor at USA Lacrosse since 2019. First introduced to lacrosse in 2016 as a Newsday Sports reporter on Long Island (yes, ON Long Island), DeJohn specializes in women's game coverage. His search for New York quality pizza in Baltimore is ongoing.