Consensus board vs. draft day: the full CB class, charted.
The Steal
Thomas Graham Jr. was ranked CB17 on the consensus board (#137 overall) but lasted until pick 228, where the Chicago Bears took him in Round 6. A 91-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any CB in the class. Behind him, Israel Mukuamu (+88) and Kary Vincent Jr. (+84) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Baltimore Ravens took Brandon Stephens at pick 104, 151 spots ahead of his #255 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Darren Hall (118 spots) and Zech McPhearson (97 spots).
The Cliff
After Asante Samuel Jr. went at pick 47, the next CB didn't come off the board for 24 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 38 picks on CB, 8 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 32.8 since 2018.
The Bet
The Carolina Panthers spent more draft capital on CB than any other club: picks 8 and 166, 34% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Trill Williams, ranked #140 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 259 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Jaycee Horn | CB2 | #13 | −5 | South Carolina | Carolina |
| 9 | Pat Surtain II | CB1 | #10 | −1 | Alabama | Denver |
| 22 | Caleb Farley | CB3 | #18 | +4 | Virginia Tech | Tennessee |
| 26 | Greg Newsome II | CB4 | #23 | +3 | Northwestern | Cleveland |
| 29 | Eric Stokes | CB6 | #46 | −17 | Georgia | Green Bay |
| 33 | Tyson Campbell | CB8 | #57 | −24 | Georgia | Jacksonville |
| 44 | Kelvin Joseph | CB11 | #66 | −22 | Kentucky | Dallas |
| 47 | Asante Samuel Jr. | CB5 | #40 | +7 | Florida State | LA Chargers |
| 71 | Aaron Robinson | CB10 | #63 | +8 | UCF | NY Giants |
| 74 | Benjamin St-Juste | CB14 | #117 | −43 | Minnesota | Washington |
| 76 | Paulson Adebo | CB12 | #82 | −6 | Stanford | New Orleans |
| 99 | Nahshon Wright | CB | — | — | Oregon State | Dallas |
| 100 | Elijah Molden | CB9 | #59 | +41 | Washington | Tennessee |
| 101 | Ifeatu Melifonwu | CB7 | #56 | +45 | Syracuse | Detroit |
| 102 | Ambry Thomas | CB15 | #121 | −19 | Michigan | San Francisco |
| 104 | Brandon Stephens | CB33 | #255 | −151 | SMU | Baltimore |
| 108 | Darren Hall | CB32 | #226 | −118 | San Diego State | Atlanta |
| 123 | Zech McPhearson | CB31 | #220 | −97 | Texas Tech | Philadelphia |
| 125 | Camryn Bynum | CB23 | #167 | −42 | California | Minnesota |
| 130 | Robert Rochell | CB16 | #127 | +3 | Central Arkansas | LA Rams |
| 136 | Marco Wilson | CB25 | #169 | −33 | Florida | Arizona |
| 137 | Tre Brown | CB24 | #168 | −31 | Oklahoma | Seattle |
| 160 | Shaun Wade | CB13 | #114 | +46 | Ohio State | Baltimore |
| 166 | Keith Taylor | CB22 | #154 | +12 | Washington | Carolina |
| 167 | Nate Hobbs | CB40 | #275 | −108 | Illinois | Las Vegas |
| 172 | Deommodore Lenoir | CB28 | #203 | −31 | Oregon | San Francisco |
| 175 | Jason Pinnock | CB42 | #292 | −117 | Pittsburgh | NY Jets |
| 178 | Shemar Jean-Charles | CB38 | #266 | −88 | Appalachian State | Green Bay |
| 183 | Avery Williams | CB35 | #260 | −77 | Boise State | Atlanta |
| 200 | Brandin Echols | CB39 | #273 | −73 | Kentucky | NY Jets |
| 201 | Rodarius Williams | CB26 | #172 | +29 | Oklahoma State | NY Giants |
| 213 | Rachad Wildgoose | CB37 | #262 | −49 | Wisconsin | Buffalo |
| 223 | Tay Gowan | CB29 | #213 | +10 | UCF | Arizona |
| 227 | Israel Mukuamu | CB18 | #139 | +88 | South Carolina | Dallas |
| 228 | Thomas Graham Jr. | CB17 | #137 | +91 | Oregon | Chicago |
| 237 | Kary Vincent Jr. | CB21 | #153 | +84 | LSU | Denver |
| 245 | Tre Norwood | CB41 | #280 | −35 | Oklahoma | Pittsburgh |
| 251 | Chris Wilcox | CB | — | — | BYU | Tampa Bay |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Trill Williams | CB19 | #140 | — | Syracuse | — |
| — | Shakur Brown | CB20 | #144 | — | Michigan State | — |
| — | DJ Daniel | CB27 | #191 | — | Georgia | — |
| — | Olaijah Griffin | CB30 | #214 | — | — | — |
| — | Bryce Thompson | CB34 | #256 | — | — | — |
| — | Bryan Mills | CB36 | #261 | — | — | — |
| — | Mark Gilbert | CB43 | #296 | — | Duke | — |
| — | Antonio Phillips | CB44 | #298 | — | — | — |
| — | Dicaprio Bootle | CB | — | — | Nebraska | — |
| — | E.J. Muhammad | CB | — | — | Nevada | — |
| — | Jalen Walker | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mac McCain III | CB | — | — | North Carolina A&T | — |
| — | Manny Rugamba | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nick McCloud | CB | — | — | Notre Dame | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.