Consensus board vs. draft day: the full RB class, charted.
The Steal
Alex Collins was ranked RB7 on the consensus board (#90 overall) but lasted until pick 171, where the Seattle Seahawks took him in Round 5. A 81-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any RB in the class. Behind him, Kenneth Dixon (+75) and Devontae Booker (+73) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Las Vegas Raiders took DeAndre Washington at pick 143, 79 spots ahead of his #222 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Wendell Smallwood (60 spots) and Kenyan Drake (50 spots).
The Cliff
After Ezekiel Elliott went at pick 4, the next RB didn't come off the board for 41 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 21 picks on RB, 2 of them in the first two rounds. That's right at the position's average of 21.1 since 2018.
The Bet
The Dallas Cowboys spent more draft capital on RB than any other club: picks 4 and 216, 36% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Josh Ferguson, ranked #177 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB1 | #5 | −1 | Ohio State | Dallas |
| 45 | Derrick Henry | RB2 | #39 | +6 | Alabama | Tennessee |
| 73 | Kenyan Drake | RB10 | #123 | −50 | Alabama | Miami |
| 90 | C.J. Prosise | RB8 | #91 | −1 | Notre Dame | Seattle |
| 119 | Tyler Ervin | RB11 | #156 | −37 | San Jose State | Houston |
| 134 | Kenneth Dixon | RB3 | #59 | +75 | Louisiana Tech | Baltimore |
| 136 | Devontae Booker | RB4 | #63 | +73 | Utah | Denver |
| 143 | DeAndre Washington | RB17 | #222 | −79 | Texas Tech | Las Vegas |
| 149 | Paul Perkins | RB5 | #86 | +63 | UCLA | NY Giants |
| 150 | Jordan Howard | RB6 | #87 | +63 | Indiana | Chicago |
| 153 | Wendell Smallwood | RB16 | #213 | −60 | West Virginia | Philadelphia |
| 156 | Jonathan Williams | RB9 | #112 | +44 | Arkansas | Buffalo |
| 171 | Alex Collins | RB7 | #90 | +81 | Arkansas | Seattle |
| 176 | Andy Janovich | RB | — | — | Nebraska | Denver |
| 198 | Derek Watt | RB | — | — | Wisconsin | San Diego |
| 211 | Kelvin Taylor | RB12 | #159 | +52 | Florida | San Francisco |
| 216 | Darius Jackson | RB | — | — | Eastern Michigan | Dallas |
| 236 | Dwayne Washington | RB | — | — | Washington | Detroit |
| 237 | Daniel Lasco | RB13 | #166 | +71 | California | New Orleans |
| 242 | Keith Marshall | RB15 | #206 | +36 | Georgia | Washington |
| 247 | Zac Brooks | RB | — | — | Clemson | Seattle |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Josh Ferguson | RB14 | #177 | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Aaron Green | RB18 | #235 | — | — | — |
| — | Glenn Gronkowski | RB19 | #240 | — | Kansas State | — |
| — | Devon Johnson | RB20 | #258 | — | Marshall | — |
| — | Peyton Barber | RB21 | #281 | — | Auburn | — |
| — | Tra Carson | RB22 | #286 | — | Texas A&M | — |
| — | Marshaun Coprich | RB23 | #292 | — | Illinois State | — |
| — | Tre Madden | RB24 | #299 | — | USC | — |
| — | Andrew Bonnet | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Brandon Wilds | RB | — | — | South Carolina | — |
| — | Chris Swain | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jhurell Pressley | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Johnathan Gray | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jordan Canzeri | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Quayvon Hicks | RB | — | — | Georgia | — |
| — | Will Ratelle | RB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.