Consensus board vs. draft day: the full IOL class, charted.
The Steal
Trey Smith was ranked IOL7 on the consensus board (#72 overall) but lasted until pick 226, where the Kansas City Chiefs took him in Round 6. A 154-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any IOL in the class. Behind him, Deonte Brown (+91) and Jack Anderson (+46) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Atlanta Falcons took Drew Dalman at pick 114, 61 spots ahead of his #175 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Aaron Banks (42 spots) and Kendrick Green (17 spots).
The Cliff
After Drew Dalman went at pick 114, the next IOL didn't come off the board for 76 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 16 picks on IOL, 5 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 20.9 since 2018.
The Bet
The New York Jets spent more draft capital on IOL than any other club: pick 14, 22% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
David Moore, ranked #174 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 259 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Alijah Vera-Tucker | IOL1 | #16 | −2 | USC | NY Jets |
| 37 | Landon Dickerson | IOL2 | #32 | +5 | Alabama | Philadelphia |
| 48 | Aaron Banks | IOL8 | #90 | −42 | Notre Dame | San Francisco |
| 62 | Josh Myers | IOL6 | #71 | −9 | Ohio State | Green Bay |
| 63 | Creed Humphrey | IOL3 | #41 | +22 | Oklahoma | Kansas City |
| 86 | Wyatt Davis | IOL4 | #53 | +33 | Ohio State | Minnesota |
| 87 | Kendrick Green | IOL11 | #104 | −17 | Illinois | Pittsburgh |
| 94 | Ben Cleveland | IOL10 | #103 | −9 | Georgia | Baltimore |
| 98 | Quinn Meinerz | IOL5 | #65 | +33 | Wisconsin–Whitewater | Denver |
| 114 | Drew Dalman | IOL13 | #175 | −61 | Stanford | Atlanta |
| 190 | Trey Hill | IOL17 | #200 | −10 | Georgia | Cincinnati |
| 193 | Deonte Brown | IOL9 | #102 | +91 | Alabama | Carolina |
| 226 | Trey Smith | IOL7 | #72 | +154 | Tennessee | Kansas City |
| 230 | Jimmy Morrissey | IOL21 | #246 | −16 | Pittsburgh | Las Vegas |
| 236 | Jack Anderson | IOL16 | #190 | +46 | Texas Tech | Buffalo |
| 247 | Michal Menet | IOL18 | #215 | +32 | Penn State | Arizona |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | David Moore | IOL12 | #174 | — | Central Michigan | — |
| — | Drake Jackson | IOL14 | #181 | — | Kentucky | — |
| — | Sadarius Hutcherson | IOL15 | #189 | — | South Carolina | — |
| — | Tommy Kraemer | IOL19 | #218 | — | Notre Dame | — |
| — | Robert Jones | IOL20 | #242 | — | Middle Tennessee State | — |
| — | Kayode Awosika | IOL22 | #271 | — | Buffalo | — |
| — | Jared Hocker | IOL23 | #278 | — | — | — |
| — | Brett Heggie | IOL | — | — | Florida | — |
| — | Bryce Hargrove | IOL | — | — | Pittsburgh | — |
| — | Chase Behrndt | IOL | — | — | West Virginia | — |
| — | Harry Crider | IOL | — | — | Indiana | — |
| — | Kary Kutsch | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Matt Brayton | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ryan McCollum | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Samuel Cooper | IOL | — | — | — | — |
| — | Teton Saltes | IOL | — | — | New Mexico | — |
| — | Tristen Hoge | IOL | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.