Consensus board vs. draft day: the full WR class, charted.
The Steal
Equanimeous St. Brown was ranked WR10 on the consensus board (#80 overall) but lasted until pick 207, where the Green Bay Packers took him in Round 6. A 127-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any WR in the class. Behind him, Marcell Ateman (+103) and Auden Tate (+100) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Justin Watson at pick 144, 108 spots ahead of his #252 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Jaleel Scott (64 spots) and Daurice Fountain (40 spots).
The Cliff
After D.J. Chark went at pick 61, the next WR didn't come off the board for 20 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 33 picks on WR, 8 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 32.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Denver Broncos spent more draft capital on WR than any other club: picks 40 and 113, 24% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Allen Lazard, ranked #145 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 256 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | D.J. Moore | WR3 | #32 | −8 | Maryland | Carolina |
| 26 | Calvin Ridley | WR1 | #20 | +6 | Alabama | Atlanta |
| 40 | Courtland Sutton | WR2 | #31 | +9 | SMU | Denver |
| 44 | Dante Pettis | WR8 | #67 | −23 | Washington | San Francisco |
| 47 | Christian Kirk | WR4 | #44 | +3 | Texas A&M | Arizona |
| 51 | Anthony Miller | WR5 | #48 | +3 | Memphis | Chicago |
| 60 | James Washington | WR6 | #50 | +10 | Oklahoma State | Pittsburgh |
| 61 | D.J. Chark | WR7 | #60 | +1 | LSU | Jacksonville |
| 81 | Michael Gallup | WR9 | #71 | +10 | Colorado State | Dallas |
| 91 | Tre'Quan Smith | WR13 | #112 | −21 | UCF | New Orleans |
| 103 | Keke Coutee | WR17 | #139 | −36 | Texas Tech | Houston |
| 105 | Antonio Callaway | WR15 | #131 | −26 | Florida | Cleveland |
| 113 | DaeSean Hamilton | WR11 | #84 | +29 | Penn State | Denver |
| 132 | Jaleel Scott | WR26 | #196 | −64 | New Mexico State | Baltimore |
| 133 | J'Mon Moore | WR19 | #152 | −19 | Missouri | Green Bay |
| 144 | Justin Watson | WR36 | #252 | −108 | Pennsylvania | Tampa Bay |
| 159 | Daurice Fountain | WR29 | #199 | −40 | Northern Iowa | Indianapolis |
| 162 | Jordan Lasley | WR24 | #175 | −13 | UCLA | Baltimore |
| 174 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | — | — | South Florida | Green Bay |
| 175 | Damion Ratley | WR | — | — | Texas A&M | Cleveland |
| 185 | Deon Cain | WR12 | #94 | +91 | Clemson | Indianapolis |
| 187 | Ray-Ray McCloud | WR | — | — | Clemson | Buffalo |
| 191 | Dylan Cantrell | WR30 | #203 | −12 | Texas Tech | LA Chargers |
| 194 | Russell Gage | WR | — | — | LSU | Atlanta |
| 207 | Equanimeous St. Brown | WR10 | #80 | +127 | Notre Dame | Green Bay |
| 208 | Cedrick Wilson | WR16 | #133 | +75 | Boise State | Dallas |
| 210 | Braxton Berrios | WR32 | #224 | −14 | Miami | New England |
| 224 | Javon Wims | WR27 | #197 | +27 | Georgia | Chicago |
| 228 | Marcell Ateman | WR14 | #125 | +103 | Oklahoma State | Las Vegas |
| 240 | Richie James | WR31 | #205 | +35 | Middle Tennessee State | San Francisco |
| 253 | Auden Tate | WR20 | #153 | +100 | Florida State | Cincinnati |
| 255 | Austin Proehl | WR | — | — | North Carolina | Buffalo |
| 256 | Trey Quinn | WR22 | #165 | +91 | SMU | Washington |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Allen Lazard | WR18 | #145 | — | Iowa State | — |
| — | Simmie Cobbs | WR21 | #158 | — | Indiana | — |
| — | Deontay Burnett | WR23 | #166 | — | USC | — |
| — | Korey Robertson | WR25 | #189 | — | Southern Miss | — |
| — | Byron Pringle | WR28 | #198 | — | Kansas State | — |
| — | Jester Weah | WR33 | #225 | — | Pittsburgh | — |
| — | Darren Carrington | WR34 | #227 | — | Utah | — |
| — | Jake Wieneke | WR35 | #243 | — | South Dakota State | — |
| — | Quadree Henderson | WR37 | #279 | — | Pittsburgh | — |
| — | Cam Phillips | WR | — | — | Virginia Tech | — |
| — | Davon Grayson | WR | — | — | East Carolina | — |
| — | Gary McKnight | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jalen Tolliver | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ka'Raun White | WR | — | — | West Virginia | — |
| — | Keith Kirkwood | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Steve Ishmael | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Teo Redding | WR | — | — | — | — |
| — | Vyncint Smith | WR | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.