Consensus board vs. draft day: the full RB class, charted.
The Steal
Rodney Anderson was ranked RB9 on the consensus board (#125 overall) but lasted until pick 211, where the Cincinnati Bengals took him in Round 6. A 86-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any RB in the class. Behind him, Trayveon Williams (+54) and Myles Gaskin (+41) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Minnesota Vikings took Alexander Mattison at pick 102, 65 spots ahead of his #167 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Benny Snell Jr. (44 spots) and Travis Homer (25 spots).
The Cliff
After Josh Jacobs went at pick 24, the next RB didn't come off the board for 29 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 25 picks on RB, 2 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 21.1 since 2018.
The Bet
The Las Vegas Raiders spent more draft capital on RB than any other club: pick 24, 17% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Devine Ozigbo, ranked #162 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 254 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Josh Jacobs | RB1 | #31 | −7 | Alabama | Las Vegas |
| 53 | Miles Sanders | RB3 | #63 | −10 | Penn State | Philadelphia |
| 70 | Darrell Henderson | RB5 | #83 | −13 | Memphis | LA Rams |
| 73 | David Montgomery | RB2 | #57 | +16 | Iowa State | Chicago |
| 74 | Devin Singletary | RB6 | #93 | −19 | Florida Atlantic | Buffalo |
| 87 | Damien Harris | RB4 | #76 | +11 | Alabama | New England |
| 102 | Alexander Mattison | RB14 | #167 | −65 | Boise State | Minnesota |
| 112 | Bryce Love | RB8 | #124 | −12 | Stanford | Washington |
| 113 | Justice Hill | RB7 | #110 | +3 | Oklahoma State | Baltimore |
| 122 | Benny Snell Jr. | RB13 | #166 | −44 | Kentucky | Pittsburgh |
| 128 | Tony Pollard | RB24 | #261 | −133 | Memphis | Dallas |
| 140 | Ryquell Armstead | RB11 | #146 | −6 | Temple | Jacksonville |
| 152 | Qadree Ollison | RB33 | #389 | −237 | Pittsburgh | Atlanta |
| 154 | Jordan Scarlett | RB27 | #287 | −133 | Florida | Carolina |
| 182 | Trayveon Williams | RB10 | #128 | +54 | Texas A&M | Cincinnati |
| 186 | Ty Johnson | RB35 | #400 | −214 | Maryland | Detroit |
| 194 | Dexter Williams | RB16 | #175 | +19 | Notre Dame | Green Bay |
| 204 | Travis Homer | RB21 | #229 | −25 | Miami | Seattle |
| 211 | Rodney Anderson | RB9 | #125 | +86 | Oklahoma | Cincinnati |
| 214 | Darwin Thompson | RB22 | #239 | −25 | Utah State | Kansas City |
| 218 | Mike Weber | RB18 | #194 | +24 | Ohio State | Dallas |
| 220 | Cullen Gillaspia | RB37 | #442 | −222 | Texas A&M | Houston |
| 222 | Kerrith Whyte Jr. | RB29 | #327 | −105 | Florida Atlantic | Chicago |
| 233 | Chandler Cox | RB36 | #436 | −203 | Auburn | Miami |
| 234 | Myles Gaskin | RB17 | #193 | +41 | Washington | Miami |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Devine Ozigbo | RB12 | #162 | — | — | — |
| — | Elijah Holyfield | RB15 | #168 | — | Georgia | — |
| — | Karan Higdon | RB19 | #208 | — | Michigan | — |
| — | James Williams | RB20 | #211 | — | Washington State | — |
| — | Jalin Moore | RB23 | #260 | — | Appalachian State | — |
| — | Alex Barnes | RB25 | #264 | — | Kansas State | — |
| — | L.J. Scott | RB26 | #266 | — | Michigan State | — |
| — | Bruce Anderson | RB28 | #326 | — | — | — |
| — | Alec Ingold | RB30 | #335 | — | Wisconsin | — |
| — | Aeris Williams | RB31 | #370 | — | — | — |
| — | Winston Dimel | RB32 | #374 | — | — | — |
| — | Marquis Young | RB34 | #392 | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections derive from Jack Lichtenstein's Consensus Big Board, an aggregation of published analyst boards.