Consensus board vs. draft day: the full DT class, charted.
The Steal
Caleb Brantley was ranked DT4 on the consensus board (#61 overall) but lasted until pick 185, where the Cleveland Browns took him in Round 6. A 124-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any DT in the class. Behind him, Elijah Qualls (+91) and Vincent Taylor (+57) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Seattle Seahawks took Nazair Jones at pick 102, 34 spots ahead of his #136 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Eddie Vanderdoes (30 spots) and Dalvin Tomlinson (24 spots).
The Cliff
After Grover Stewart went at pick 144, the next DT didn't come off the board for 34 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 24 picks on DT, 3 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 23.3 since 2018.
The Bet
The Seattle Seahawks spent more draft capital on DT than any other club: picks 35 and 102, 30% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Jarron Jones, ranked #170 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Jonathan Allen | DT1 | #4 | +13 | Alabama | Washington |
| 35 | Malik McDowell | DT2 | #25 | +10 | Michigan State | Seattle |
| 55 | Dalvin Tomlinson | DT5 | #79 | −24 | Alabama | NY Giants |
| 65 | Larry Ogunjobi | DT7 | #84 | −19 | Charlotte | Cleveland |
| 74 | Chris Wormley | DT3 | #50 | +24 | Michigan | Baltimore |
| 88 | Eddie Vanderdoes | DT10 | #118 | −30 | UCLA | Las Vegas |
| 93 | Montravius Adams | DT8 | #88 | +5 | Auburn | Green Bay |
| 102 | Nazair Jones | DT12 | #136 | −34 | North Carolina | Seattle |
| 109 | Jaleel Johnson | DT6 | #83 | +26 | Iowa | Minnesota |
| 138 | Ryan Glasgow | DT14 | #143 | −5 | Michigan | Cincinnati |
| 142 | Carlos Watkins | DT9 | #104 | +38 | Clemson | Houston |
| 144 | Grover Stewart | DT25 | #264 | −120 | Albany State (GA) | Indianapolis |
| 178 | Davon Godchaux | DT15 | #152 | +26 | — | Miami |
| 185 | Caleb Brantley | DT4 | #61 | +124 | Florida | Cleveland |
| 189 | Tanzel Smart | DT16 | #165 | +24 | Tulane | LA Rams |
| 194 | Vincent Taylor | DT13 | #137 | +57 | Oklahoma State | Miami |
| 198 | D.J. Jones | DT20 | #193 | +5 | Akron | San Francisco |
| 205 | Jeremiah Ledbetter | DT23 | #219 | −14 | Arkansas | Detroit |
| 214 | Elijah Qualls | DT11 | #123 | +91 | Washington | Philadelphia |
| 223 | Stevie Tu'Ikolovatu | DT21 | #205 | +18 | USC | Tampa Bay |
| 225 | Isaac Rochell | DT18 | #183 | +42 | Notre Dame | LA Chargers |
| 228 | Joey Ivie | DT | — | — | Florida | Dallas |
| 244 | Treyvon Hester | DT24 | #228 | +16 | Toledo | Las Vegas |
| 246 | Jordan Carrell | DT | — | — | Colorado | Dallas |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Jarron Jones | DT17 | #170 | — | Notre Dame | — |
| — | Charles Walker | DT19 | #184 | — | Oklahoma | — |
| — | DeAngelo Brown | DT22 | #212 | — | — | — |
| — | Josh Tupou | DT26 | #272 | — | — | — |
| — | A.J. Wolf | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Aaron Curry | DT | — | — | Wake Forest | — |
| — | Adam Butler | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | B.J. Singleton | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Casey Sayles | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Christian Brown | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Chunky Clements | DT | — | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Collin Bevins | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Darius Hamilton | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Donald Pennington | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Dylan Bradley | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jason Carr | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jelani Hamilton | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Josh Banks | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Josh Toupu | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Kevin Maurice | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Matthew Godin | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mikal Myers | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nick D'Avanzo | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Omarius Bryant | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Patrick Gamble | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Patrick Ricard | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ralph Green III | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Roderick Henderson | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Winston Craig | DT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Woody Baron | DT | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.