Consensus board vs. draft day: the full EDGE class, charted.
The Steal
Carl Lawson was ranked EDGE7 on the consensus board (#42 overall) but lasted until pick 116, where the Cincinnati Bengals took him in Round 4. A 74-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any EDGE in the class. Behind him, Josh Carraway (+49) and Ejuan Price (+49) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The New York Giants took Avery Moss at pick 167, 62 spots ahead of his #229 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Tanoh Kpassagnon (52 spots) and DeMarcus Walker (40 spots).
The Cliff
After Deatrich Wise Jr. went at pick 131, the next EDGE didn't come off the board for 36 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 24 picks on EDGE, 8 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 27.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Cleveland Browns spent more draft capital on EDGE than any other club: pick 1, 26% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Carroll Phillips, ranked #146 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myles Garrett | EDGE1 | #1 | 0 | Texas A&M | Cleveland |
| 3 | Solomon Thomas | EDGE2 | #2 | +1 | Stanford | San Francisco |
| 14 | Derek Barnett | EDGE3 | #15 | −1 | Tennessee | Philadelphia |
| 22 | Charles Harris | EDGE6 | #33 | −11 | Missouri | Miami |
| 26 | Takkarist McKinley | EDGE4 | #26 | 0 | UCLA | Atlanta |
| 28 | Taco Charlton | EDGE5 | #28 | 0 | Michigan | Dallas |
| 51 | DeMarcus Walker | EDGE11 | #91 | −40 | Florida State | Denver |
| 59 | Tanoh Kpassagnon | EDGE14 | #111 | −52 | Villanova | Kansas City |
| 68 | Dawuane Smoot | EDGE12 | #98 | −30 | Illinois | Jacksonville |
| 73 | Jordan Willis | EDGE8 | #51 | +22 | Kansas State | Cincinnati |
| 77 | Daeshon Hall | EDGE13 | #99 | −22 | Texas A&M | Carolina |
| 80 | Tarell Basham | EDGE10 | #74 | +6 | Ohio | Indianapolis |
| 83 | Derek Rivers | EDGE9 | #53 | +30 | Youngstown State | New England |
| 103 | Trey Hendrickson | EDGE15 | #121 | −18 | Florida Atlantic | New Orleans |
| 116 | Carl Lawson | EDGE7 | #42 | +74 | Auburn | Cincinnati |
| 125 | Samson Ebukam | EDGE | — | — | Eastern Washington | LA Rams |
| 131 | Deatrich Wise Jr. | EDGE17 | #148 | −17 | Arkansas | New England |
| 167 | Avery Moss | EDGE26 | #229 | −62 | Youngstown State | NY Giants |
| 181 | Dylan Donahue | EDGE31 | #286 | −105 | West Georgia | NY Jets |
| 196 | Al-Quadin Muhammad | EDGE30 | #272 | −76 | Miami | New Orleans |
| 220 | Ifeadi Odenigbo | EDGE28 | #260 | −40 | Northwestern | Minnesota |
| 227 | Josh Carraway | EDGE20 | #178 | +49 | TCU | Tennessee |
| 234 | Ejuan Price | EDGE21 | #185 | +49 | Pittsburgh | LA Rams |
| 250 | Pat O'Connor | EDGE | — | — | Eastern Michigan | Detroit |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Carroll Phillips | EDGE16 | #146 | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Joe Mathis | EDGE18 | #167 | — | Washington | — |
| — | Devonte Fields | EDGE19 | #168 | — | Louisville | — |
| — | Bryan Cox | EDGE22 | #186 | — | Florida | — |
| — | Keionta Davis | EDGE23 | #191 | — | Tenn-Chattanooga | — |
| — | Hunter Dimick | EDGE24 | #217 | — | — | — |
| — | Garrett Sickels | EDGE25 | #221 | — | Penn State | — |
| — | Noble Nwachukwu | EDGE27 | #254 | — | West Virginia | — |
| — | Tashawn Bower | EDGE29 | #271 | — | LSU | — |
| — | Lewis Neal | EDGE32 | #293 | — | — | — |
| — | A.J. Jefferson | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Corey Vereen | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Evan Schwan | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Fadol Brown | EDGE | — | — | Mississippi | — |
| — | John Stepec | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Karter Schult | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ken Ekanem | EDGE | — | — | Virginia Tech | — |
| — | Torrodney Prevot | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.