Consensus board vs. draft day: the full RB class, charted.
The Steal
Kylin Hill was ranked RB10 on the consensus board (#141 overall) but lasted until pick 256, where the Green Bay Packers took him in Round 7. A 115-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any RB in the class. Behind him, Jermar Jefferson (+99) and Khalil Herbert (+88) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Baltimore Ravens took Ben Mason at pick 184, 63 spots ahead of his #247 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Larry Rountree III (26 spots) and Trey Sermon (12 spots).
The Cliff
After Javonte Williams went at pick 35, the next RB didn't come off the board for 53 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 19 picks on RB, 3 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 21.1 since 2018.
The Bet
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent more draft capital on RB than any other club: pick 24, 28% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Jaret Patterson, ranked #164 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 259 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Najee Harris | RB1 | #22 | +2 | Alabama | Pittsburgh |
| 25 | Travis Etienne | RB2 | #29 | −4 | Clemson | Jacksonville |
| 35 | Javonte Williams | RB3 | #36 | −1 | North Carolina | Denver |
| 88 | Trey Sermon | RB6 | #100 | −12 | Ohio State | San Francisco |
| 107 | Michael Carter | RB4 | #68 | +39 | North Carolina | NY Jets |
| 119 | Kene Nwangwu | RB22 | #293 | −174 | Iowa State | Minnesota |
| 120 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB9 | #130 | −10 | Oklahoma | New England |
| 126 | Chuba Hubbard | RB7 | #123 | +3 | Oklahoma State | Carolina |
| 150 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB5 | #87 | +63 | Memphis | Philadelphia |
| 184 | Ben Mason | RB18 | #247 | −63 | Michigan | Baltimore |
| 194 | Elijah Mitchell | RB14 | #188 | +6 | Louisiana | San Francisco |
| 196 | Gary Brightwell | RB | — | — | Arizona | NY Giants |
| 198 | Larry Rountree III | RB16 | #224 | −26 | Missouri | LA Chargers |
| 202 | Chris Evans | RB15 | #193 | +9 | Michigan | Cincinnati |
| 217 | Khalil Herbert | RB8 | #129 | +88 | Virginia Tech | Chicago |
| 233 | Jake Funk | RB | — | — | Maryland | LA Rams |
| 244 | Gerrid Doaks | RB19 | #284 | −40 | Cincinnati | Miami |
| 256 | Kylin Hill | RB10 | #141 | +115 | Mississippi State | Green Bay |
| 257 | Jermar Jefferson | RB11 | #158 | +99 | Oregon State | Detroit |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Jaret Patterson | RB12 | #164 | — | Buffalo | — |
| — | Javian Hawkins | RB13 | #176 | — | Louisville | — |
| — | Pooka Williams Jr. | RB17 | #234 | — | Kansas | — |
| — | Brenden Knox | RB20 | #288 | — | Marshall | — |
| — | Rakeem Boyd | RB21 | #291 | — | Arkansas | — |
| — | Asim Rose | RB | — | — | Kentucky | — |
| — | CJ Marable | RB | — | — | Coastal Carolina | — |
| — | Deon Jackson | RB | — | — | Duke | — |
| — | JaQuan Hardy | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Stevie Scott III | RB | — | — | Indiana | — |
| — | Tory Carter | RB | — | — | LSU | — |
| — | Trey Ragas | RB | — | — | Louisiana | — |
| — | Vavae Malepeai | RB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.