Consensus board vs. draft day: the full CB class, charted.
The Steal
Maurice Canady was ranked CB15 on the consensus board (#125 overall) but lasted until pick 209, where the Baltimore Ravens took him in Round 6. A 84-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any CB in the class. Behind him, Harlan Miller (+81) and Zack Sanchez (+38) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Carolina Panthers took Daryl Worley at pick 77, 105 spots ahead of his #182 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Ryan Smith (93 spots) and Juston Burris (90 spots).
The Cliff
After Kevon Seymour went at pick 218, the next CB didn't come off the board for 31 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 31 picks on CB, 9 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 32.8 since 2018.
The Bet
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers spent more draft capital on CB than any other club: picks 11 and 108, 43% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Jonathan Jones, ranked #155 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Jalen Ramsey | CB1 | #2 | +3 | Florida State | Jacksonville |
| 10 | Eli Apple | CB5 | #29 | −19 | Ohio State | NY Giants |
| 11 | Vernon Hargreaves III | CB2 | #9 | +2 | Florida | Tampa Bay |
| 24 | William Jackson III | CB3 | #24 | 0 | Houston | Cincinnati |
| 25 | Artie Burns | CB7 | #62 | −37 | Miami | Pittsburgh |
| 38 | Xavien Howard | CB8 | #69 | −31 | Baylor | Miami |
| 54 | Mackensie Alexander | CB4 | #26 | +28 | Clemson | Minnesota |
| 60 | Cyrus Jones | CB12 | #114 | −54 | Alabama | New England |
| 62 | James Bradberry | CB16 | #137 | −75 | Samford | Carolina |
| 68 | Will Redmond | CB9 | #94 | −26 | Mississippi State | San Francisco |
| 74 | Keivarae Russell | CB11 | #106 | −32 | Notre Dame | Kansas City |
| 77 | Daryl Worley | CB22 | #182 | −105 | West Virginia | Carolina |
| 84 | Kendall Fuller | CB6 | #47 | +37 | Virginia Tech | Washington |
| 92 | Brandon Williams | CB | — | — | Texas A&M | Arizona |
| 104 | Tavon Young | CB20 | #154 | −50 | Temple | Baltimore |
| 106 | Eric Murray | CB13 | #120 | −14 | Minnesota | Kansas City |
| 108 | Ryan Smith | CB23 | #201 | −93 | North Carolina Central | Tampa Bay |
| 118 | Juston Burris | CB24 | #208 | −90 | North Carolina State | NY Jets |
| 127 | Deiondre' Hall | CB17 | #144 | −17 | Northern Iowa | Chicago |
| 133 | Rashard Robinson | CB18 | #146 | −13 | Louisiana St | San Francisco |
| 141 | Zack Sanchez | CB10 | #103 | +38 | Oklahoma | Carolina |
| 157 | LeShaun Sims | CB28 | #219 | −62 | Southern Utah | Tennessee |
| 178 | D.J. White | CB19 | #153 | +25 | Georgia Tech | Kansas City |
| 189 | Anthony Brown | CB34 | #280 | −91 | Purdue | Dallas |
| 196 | Blake Countess | CB | — | — | Auburn | Philadelphia |
| 205 | Harlan Miller | CB14 | #124 | +81 | SE Louisiana | Arizona |
| 208 | Kamu Grugier-Hill | CB | — | — | Eastern Illinois | New England |
| 209 | Maurice Canady | CB15 | #125 | +84 | Virginia | Baltimore |
| 218 | Kevon Seymour | CB25 | #210 | +8 | USC | Buffalo |
| 249 | Prince Charles Iworah | CB | — | — | Western Kentucky | San Francisco |
| 253 | Kalan Reed | CB35 | #288 | −35 | Southern Miss | Tennessee |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Jonathan Jones | CB21 | #155 | — | Auburn | — |
| — | Kevin Peterson | CB26 | #217 | — | Oklahoma State | — |
| — | Briean Boddy-Calhoun | CB27 | #218 | — | Minnesota | — |
| — | Ken Crawley | CB29 | #262 | — | Colorado | — |
| — | Taveze Calhoun | CB30 | #267 | — | Mississippi State | — |
| — | Nick Vanhoose | CB31 | #268 | — | — | — |
| — | Morgan Burns | CB32 | #270 | — | — | — |
| — | Cre'Von LeBlanc | CB33 | #272 | — | — | — |
| — | Brian Poole | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Cheatham Norrils | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Cleveland Wallace III | CB | — | — | San Jose State | — |
| — | Corey Tindal | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | DeAndre Elliott | CB | — | — | Colorado State | — |
| — | De'Vante Harris | CB | — | — | Texas A&M | — |
| — | Donte Deayon | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Frankie Williams | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jimmy Pruitt | CB | — | — | San Jose State | — |
| — | Kelvin Peterson | CB | — | — | Oklahoma State | — |
| — | Lloyd Carrington | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Terrell Chestnut | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | V'Angelo Bentley | CB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.