 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika pakati pemwaka, Joeckel akafungidzirwa seSarudzo yepamusoro gumi mu2013 NFL Draft ne Sports Illustrated. Achimuisa pachinzvimbo che 1 pa Big Board, CBS Sports yakafungidzira Joeckel semunhu wekutanga kurwisa kurwisa kuti asarudzwe nekutanga kusarudzwa kwese kubvira Jake Long muna 2008. Musi waJanuary 8, 2013, Joeckel akazivisa chisarudzo chake chokurega gore rake rokupedzisira rokubvumirwa. Maererano neCBS Sports, Joeckel haana zvishandiso zvakasikwa zve2012Matt Kalil, asi anorangarirwa somuridzi wemitsetse akaisvonaka zvikuru mumapoka echikoro. Vaongorori veNFL.com Gil Brandt, Brian Billick, Scott Pioli, naCharles Davis vakafanotaura kuti Joeckel ndiye aizosarudzwa. Pakupera kwaJanuary, Sports Illustrated yakafungidzirawo Joeckel kuva sarudzo No. 1. 