Consensus board vs. draft day: the full EDGE class, charted.
The Steal
Duke Ejiofor was ranked EDGE11 on the consensus board (#76 overall) but lasted until pick 177, where the Houston Texans took him in Round 6. A 101-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any EDGE in the class. Behind him, Obo Okoronkwo (+95) and Josh Sweat (+72) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Indianapolis Colts took Tyquan Lewis at pick 64, 51 spots ahead of his #115 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Chad Thomas (49 spots) and Kentavius Street (45 spots).
The Cliff
After Marcus Davenport went at pick 14, the next EDGE didn't come off the board for 27 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 26 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 Denver Broncos spent more draft capital on EDGE than any other club: pick 5, 29% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Jeff Holland, ranked #119 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 256 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bradley Chubb | EDGE1 | #3 | +2 | North Carolina State | Denver |
| 14 | Marcus Davenport | EDGE3 | #26 | −12 | Texas-San Antonio | New Orleans |
| 41 | Harold Landry | EDGE2 | #13 | +28 | Boston College | Tennessee |
| 48 | Uchenna Nwosu | EDGE10 | #74 | −26 | USC | LA Chargers |
| 52 | Kemoko Turay | EDGE12 | #81 | −29 | Rutgers | Indianapolis |
| 64 | Tyquan Lewis | EDGE13 | #115 | −51 | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 66 | Lorenzo Carter | EDGE5 | #56 | +10 | Georgia | NY Giants |
| 67 | Chad Thomas | EDGE14 | #116 | −49 | Miami | Cleveland |
| 77 | Sam Hubbard | EDGE4 | #47 | +30 | Ohio State | Cincinnati |
| 79 | Rasheem Green | EDGE9 | #73 | +6 | USC | Seattle |
| 87 | Arden Key | EDGE8 | #66 | +21 | LSU | Las Vegas |
| 102 | Jalyn Holmes | EDGE17 | #138 | −36 | Ohio State | Minnesota |
| 116 | Dorance Armstrong Jr. | EDGE16 | #127 | −11 | Kansas | Dallas |
| 128 | Kentavius Street | EDGE20 | #173 | −45 | North Carolina State | San Francisco |
| 130 | Josh Sweat | EDGE6 | #58 | +72 | Florida State | Philadelphia |
| 135 | John Franklin-Myers | EDGE29 | #295 | −160 | Stephen F. Austin | LA Rams |
| 136 | Marquis Haynes | EDGE18 | #161 | −25 | Mississippi | Carolina |
| 160 | Obo Okoronkwo | EDGE7 | #65 | +95 | Oklahoma | LA Rams |
| 177 | Duke Ejiofor | EDGE11 | #76 | +101 | Wake Forest | Houston |
| 181 | Kylie Fitts | EDGE19 | #164 | +17 | Utah | Chicago |
| 186 | Jake Martin | EDGE | — | — | Temple | Seattle |
| 205 | Trevon Young | EDGE25 | #229 | −24 | Louisville | LA Rams |
| 218 | Ade Aruna | EDGE21 | #178 | +40 | Tulane | Minnesota |
| 238 | Zach Sieler | EDGE | — | — | Ferris St. | Baltimore |
| 244 | Justin Lawler | EDGE27 | #245 | −1 | SMU | LA Rams |
| 248 | Kendall Donnerson | EDGE | — | — | SE Missouri St. | Green Bay |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Jeff Holland | EDGE15 | #119 | — | Auburn | — |
| — | Joe Ostman | EDGE22 | #208 | — | — | — |
| — | Davin Bellamy | EDGE23 | #216 | — | Georgia | — |
| — | Ola Adeniyi | EDGE24 | #217 | — | Toledo | — |
| — | Marcell Frazier | EDGE26 | #237 | — | — | — |
| — | JaVon Rolland-Jones | EDGE28 | #274 | — | Arkansas State | — |
| — | Anthony Winbush | EDGE | — | — | Ball State | — |
| — | Darius Jackson | EDGE | — | — | Jacksonville State | — |
| — | Ebenezer Ogundeko | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mike Love | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ola Adenyi | EDGE | — | — | Toledo | — |
| — | Olubunmi Rotimi | EDGE | — | — | Old Dominion | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.