Consensus board vs. draft day: the full EDGE class, charted.
The Steal
Alex McCalister was ranked EDGE19 on the consensus board (#205 overall) but lasted until pick 240, where the Philadelphia Eagles took him in Round 7. A 35-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any EDGE in the class. Behind him, Shilique Calhoun (+19) and Noah Spence (+17) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Jacksonville Jaguars took Tyrone Holmes at pick 181, 47 spots ahead of his #228 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Yannick Ngakoue (33 spots) and Dan Vitale (30 spots).
The Cliff
After Charles Tapper went at pick 101, the next EDGE didn't come off the board for 41 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 18 picks on EDGE, 6 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 27.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Baltimore Ravens spent more draft capital on EDGE than any other club: picks 42, 70 and 146, 32% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Jason Fanaika, ranked #160 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Joey Bosa | EDGE1 | #3 | 0 | Ohio State | SDG |
| 19 | Shaq Lawson | EDGE2 | #10 | +9 | Clemson | Buffalo |
| 32 | Emmanuel Ogbah | EDGE5 | #35 | −3 | Oklahoma State | Cleveland |
| 33 | Kevin Dodd | EDGE4 | #34 | −1 | Clemson | Tennessee |
| 39 | Noah Spence | EDGE3 | #22 | +17 | East. Kentucky | Tampa Bay |
| 42 | Kamalei Correa | EDGE6 | #53 | −11 | Boise State | Baltimore |
| 65 | Carl Nassib | EDGE10 | #85 | −20 | Penn State | Cleveland |
| 69 | Yannick Ngakoue | EDGE12 | #102 | −33 | Maryland | Jacksonville |
| 70 | Bronson Kaufusi | EDGE9 | #77 | −7 | BYU | Baltimore |
| 75 | Shilique Calhoun | EDGE7 | #56 | +19 | Michigan State | Las Vegas |
| 83 | Jordan Jenkins | EDGE8 | #67 | +16 | Georgia | NY Jets |
| 101 | Charles Tapper | EDGE11 | #101 | 0 | Oklahoma | Dallas |
| 142 | Ronald Blair | EDGE13 | #126 | +16 | Appalachian State | San Francisco |
| 146 | Matt Judon | EDGE14 | #152 | −6 | Grand Valley State | Baltimore |
| 181 | Tyrone Holmes | EDGE21 | #228 | −47 | Montana | Jacksonville |
| 197 | Dan Vitale | EDGE20 | #227 | −30 | Northwestern | Tampa Bay |
| 226 | Jonathan Woodard | EDGE | — | — | Central Arkansas | Jacksonville |
| 240 | Alex McCalister | EDGE19 | #205 | +35 | Florida | Philadelphia |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Jason Fanaika | EDGE15 | #160 | — | Utah | — |
| — | James Cowser | EDGE16 | #168 | — | Southern Utah | — |
| — | Shawn Oakman | EDGE17 | #184 | — | Baylor | — |
| — | Victor Ochi | EDGE18 | #188 | — | Stony Brook | — |
| — | Romeo Okwara | EDGE22 | #256 | — | Notre Dame | — |
| — | Ron Thompson | EDGE23 | #260 | — | Syracuse | — |
| — | D.J. Pettway | EDGE24 | #290 | — | Alabama | — |
| — | Branden Jackson | EDGE | — | — | Texas Tech | — |
| — | Bryson Allbright | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Caleb Azubike | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | David Perkins | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Drew Ott | EDGE | — | — | Iowa | — |
| — | Eddie Yarbrough | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ian Seau | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jimmy Bean | EDGE | — | — | Oklahoma State | — |
| — | Mehdi Abdesmad | EDGE | — | — | Boston College | — |
| — | Reggie Gilbert | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Roy Robertson-Harris | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Silverberry Mouhon | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sterling Bailey | EDGE | — | — | Georgia | — |
| — | Trent Corney | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ufomba Kamalu | EDGE | — | — | Miami | — |
| — | Ugonna Awuruonye | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Vontarrius Dora | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Will Anthony | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.