Consensus board vs. draft day: the full WR class, charted.
The Steal
Charone Peake was ranked WR12 on the consensus board (#109 overall) but lasted until pick 241, where the New York Jets took him in Round 7. A 132-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any WR in the class. Behind him, Kenny Lawler (+121) and Rashard Higgins (+83) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Baltimore Ravens took Chris Moore at pick 107, 97 spots ahead of his #204 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Demarcus Robinson (52 spots) and Tajae Sharpe (22 spots).
The Cliff
After Tyler Boyd went at pick 55, the next WR didn't come off the board for 30 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 34 picks on WR, 7 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 32.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Cleveland Browns spent more draft capital on WR than any other club: picks 15, 114, 138, 154 and 172, 37% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Keyarris Garrett, ranked #138 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Corey Coleman | WR3 | #23 | −8 | Baylor | Cleveland |
| 21 | Will Fuller | WR5 | #41 | −20 | Notre Dame | Houston |
| 22 | Josh Doctson | WR2 | #17 | +5 | TCU | Washington |
| 23 | Laquon Treadwell | WR1 | #11 | +12 | Mississippi | Minnesota |
| 40 | Sterling Shepard | WR6 | #43 | −3 | Oklahoma | NY Giants |
| 47 | Michael Thomas | WR4 | #40 | +7 | Ohio State | New Orleans |
| 55 | Tyler Boyd | WR7 | #51 | +4 | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
| 85 | Braxton Miller | WR8 | #58 | +27 | Ohio State | Houston |
| 86 | Leonte Carroo | WR10 | #81 | +5 | Rutgers | Miami |
| 107 | Chris Moore | WR27 | #204 | −97 | Cincinnati | Baltimore |
| 112 | Malcolm Mitchell | WR13 | #116 | −4 | Georgia | New England |
| 114 | Ricardo Louis | WR38 | #273 | −159 | Auburn | Cleveland |
| 117 | Pharoh Cooper | WR9 | #79 | +38 | South Carolina | LA Rams |
| 126 | Demarcus Robinson | WR22 | #178 | −52 | Florida | Kansas City |
| 138 | Seth Devalve | WR | — | — | Princeton | Cleveland |
| 140 | Tajae Sharpe | WR18 | #162 | −22 | Massachusetts | Tennessee |
| 154 | Jordan Payton | WR17 | #157 | −3 | UCLA | Cleveland |
| 163 | Trevor Davis | WR37 | #265 | −102 | California | Green Bay |
| 165 | Tyreek Hill | WR | — | — | West Alabama | Kansas City |
| 172 | Rashard Higgins | WR11 | #89 | +83 | Colorado State | Cleveland |
| 180 | Moritz Boehringer | WR | — | — | — | Minnesota |
| 182 | Keenan Reynolds | WR | — | — | Navy | Baltimore |
| 186 | Jakeem Grant | WR44 | #293 | −107 | Texas Tech | Miami |
| 192 | Kolby Listenbee | WR16 | #150 | +42 | TCU | Buffalo |
| 199 | Cody Core | WR36 | #257 | −58 | Mississippi | Cincinnati |
| 206 | Mike Thomas | WR23 | #181 | +25 | Southern Miss | LA Rams |
| 213 | Aaron Burbridge | WR19 | #164 | +49 | Michigan State | San Francisco |
| 225 | Devin Lucien | WR | — | — | Arizona State | New England |
| 229 | Demarcus Ayers | WR | — | — | Houston | Pittsburgh |
| 230 | Daniel Braverman | WR24 | #187 | +43 | Western Michigan | Chicago |
| 231 | Thomas Duarte | WR21 | #176 | +55 | UCLA | Miami |
| 238 | Devin Fuller | WR | — | — | UCLA | Atlanta |
| 241 | Charone Peake | WR12 | #109 | +132 | Clemson | NY Jets |
| 243 | Kenny Lawler | WR14 | #122 | +121 | California | Seattle |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Keyarris Garrett | WR15 | #138 | — | Tulsa | — |
| — | Devon Cajuste | WR20 | #171 | — | Stanford | — |
| — | Bralon Addison | WR25 | #195 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Roger Lewis | WR26 | #196 | — | Bowling Green | — |
| — | Jalin Marshall | WR28 | #224 | — | Ohio State | — |
| — | Nelson Spruce | WR29 | #230 | — | Colorado | — |
| — | D.J. Foster | WR30 | #244 | — | Arizona State | — |
| — | De'Runnya Wilson | WR31 | #245 | — | Mississippi State | — |
| — | Cayleb Jones | WR32 | #246 | — | Arizona | — |
| — | Paul McRoberts | WR33 | #248 | — | — | — |
| — | Jay Lee | WR34 | #250 | — | — | — |
| — | Stephen Anderson | WR35 | #252 | — | California | — |
| — | Marquez North | WR39 | #275 | — | Tennessee | — |
| — | Jaydon Mickens | WR40 | #279 | — | — | — |
| — | Byron Marshall | WR41 | #282 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Chris Brown | WR42 | #284 | — | Notre Dame | — |
| — | Geronimo Allison | WR43 | #285 | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Hunter Sharp | WR45 | #296 | — | Utah State | — |
| — | Alex Erickson | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Alonzo Russell | WR | — | — | Toledo | — |
| — | Bryce Treggs | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Canaan Severin | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Davonte Allen | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Duke Williams | WR | — | — | Auburn | — |
| — | Jaydon Micken | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jenson Stoshak | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jordan Williams | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | K.J. Maye | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mekale McKay | WR | — | — | Cincinnati | — |
| — | Mitch Mathews | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Quinshad Davis | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Rashawn Scott | WR | — | — | Miami | — |
| — | Robby Anderson | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Teddy Ruben | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tevaun Smith | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Trae Boykin | WR | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.