Consensus board vs. draft day: the full IOL class, charted.
The Steal
Will Clapp was ranked IOL13 on the consensus board (#171 overall) but lasted until pick 245, where the New Orleans Saints took him in Round 7. A 74-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any IOL in the class. Behind him, Wyatt Teller (+56) and Colby Gossett (+43) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Los Angeles Rams took Brian Allen at pick 111, 108 spots ahead of his #219 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Sam Jones (61 spots) and Braden Smith (24 spots).
The Cliff
After James Daniels went at pick 39, the next IOL didn't come off the board for 58 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 17 picks on IOL, 8 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 20.9 since 2018.
The Bet
The Indianapolis Colts spent more draft capital on IOL than any other club: picks 6 and 37, 38% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Skyler Phillips, ranked #192 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 256 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Quenton Nelson | IOL1 | #2 | +4 | Notre Dame | Indianapolis |
| 20 | Frank Ragnow | IOL6 | #41 | −21 | Arkansas | Detroit |
| 21 | Billy Price | IOL5 | #34 | −13 | Ohio State | Cincinnati |
| 23 | Isaiah Wynn | IOL2 | #15 | +8 | Georgia | New England |
| 33 | Austin Corbett | IOL7 | #51 | −18 | Nevada | Cleveland |
| 34 | Will Hernandez | IOL3 | #25 | +9 | Texas-El Paso | NY Giants |
| 37 | Braden Smith | IOL8 | #61 | −24 | Auburn | Indianapolis |
| 39 | James Daniels | IOL4 | #29 | +10 | Iowa | Chicago |
| 97 | Mason Cole | IOL9 | #108 | −11 | Michigan | Arizona |
| 111 | Brian Allen | IOL17 | #219 | −108 | Michigan State | LA Rams |
| 155 | Scott Quessenberry | IOL11 | #151 | +4 | UCLA | LA Chargers |
| 166 | Wyatt Teller | IOL10 | #110 | +56 | Virginia Tech | Buffalo |
| 183 | Sam Jones | IOL21 | #244 | −61 | Arizona State | Denver |
| 213 | Colby Gossett | IOL12 | #170 | +43 | Appalachian State | Minnesota |
| 215 | Bradley Bozeman | IOL19 | #230 | −15 | Alabama | Baltimore |
| 245 | Will Clapp | IOL13 | #171 | +74 | LSU | New Orleans |
| 252 | Rod Taylor | IOL | — | — | Mississippi | Cincinnati |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Skyler Phillips | IOL14 | #192 | — | Idaho State | — |
| — | Timon Parris | IOL15 | #200 | — | Stony Brook | — |
| — | Sean Welsh | IOL16 | #218 | — | Iowa | — |
| — | Taylor Hearn | IOL18 | #222 | — | Clemson | — |
| — | Tony Adams | IOL20 | #233 | — | — | — |
| — | Coleman Shelton | IOL22 | #249 | — | Washington | — |
| — | David Bright | IOL23 | #270 | — | Stanford | — |
| — | K.C. McDermott | IOL24 | #276 | — | Miami | — |
| — | Cody O'Connell | IOL25 | #283 | — | — | — |
| — | Maea Teuhema | IOL26 | #289 | — | — | — |
| — | Aaron Evans | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Aaron Stinnie | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Anthony Coyle | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Antonyo Woods | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Brendan Mahon | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ike Boettger | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jeremiah Kolone | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | K.J. Malone | IOL | — | — | LSU | — |
| — | Kyle Bosch | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Leka Uhatafe | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Matt Gono | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sam Mustipher | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tyrone Crowder | IOL | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.