Consensus board vs. draft day: the full S class, charted.
The Steal
James Wiggins was ranked S12 on the consensus board (#138 overall) but lasted until pick 243, where the Arizona Cardinals took him in Round 7. A 105-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any S in the class. Behind him, Hamsah Nasirildeen (+92) and Jamar Johnson (+68) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Indianapolis Colts took Shawn Davis at pick 165, 58 spots ahead of his #223 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Jamien Sherwood (48 spots) and Brady Breeze (38 spots).
The Cliff
After Divine Deablo went at pick 80, the next S didn't come off the board for 63 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 21 picks on S, 3 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 20.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Las Vegas Raiders spent more draft capital on S than any other club: picks 43, 80 and 143, 44% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Ar'Darius Washington, ranked #116 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 259 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Jevon Holland | S2 | #52 | −16 | Oregon | Miami |
| 40 | Richie Grant | S3 | #54 | −14 | UCF | Atlanta |
| 43 | Trevon Moehrig | S1 | #25 | +18 | TCU | Las Vegas |
| 65 | Andre Cisco | S4 | #88 | −23 | Syracuse | Jacksonville |
| 80 | Divine Deablo | S7 | #115 | −35 | Virginia Tech | Las Vegas |
| 143 | Tyree Gillespie | S10 | #135 | +8 | Missouri | Las Vegas |
| 146 | Jamien Sherwood | S16 | #194 | −48 | Auburn | NY Jets |
| 152 | Caden Sterns | S11 | #136 | +16 | Texas | Denver |
| 154 | Michael Carter II | S | — | — | Duke | NY Jets |
| 163 | Darrick Forrest | S15 | #192 | −29 | Cincinnati | Washington |
| 164 | Jamar Johnson | S6 | #96 | +68 | Indiana | Denver |
| 165 | Shawn Davis | S19 | #223 | −58 | Florida | Indianapolis |
| 169 | Richard LeCounte | S13 | #183 | −14 | Georgia | Cleveland |
| 180 | Talanoa Hufanga | S9 | #122 | +58 | USC | San Francisco |
| 186 | Hamsah Nasirildeen | S5 | #94 | +92 | Florida State | NY Jets |
| 188 | Joshuah Bledsoe | S18 | #207 | −19 | Missouri | New England |
| 212 | Damar Hamlin | S14 | #185 | +27 | Pittsburgh | Buffalo |
| 215 | Brady Breeze | S22 | #253 | −38 | Oregon | Tennessee |
| 224 | JaCoby Stevens | S17 | #206 | +18 | LSU | Philadelphia |
| 241 | Mark Webb | S23 | #254 | −13 | Georgia | LA Chargers |
| 243 | James Wiggins | S12 | #138 | +105 | Cincinnati | Arizona |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Ar'Darius Washington | S8 | #116 | — | TCU | — |
| — | Paris Ford | S20 | #230 | — | Pittsburgh | — |
| — | Christian Uphoff | S21 | #236 | — | — | — |
| — | Tariq Thompson | S24 | #274 | — | — | — |
| — | Aashari Crosswell | S | — | — | — | — |
| — | Brendon White | S | — | — | Rutgers | — |
| — | Chris Brown | S | — | — | Texas | — |
| — | D'Angelo Amos | S | — | — | — | — |
| — | Donovan Stiner | S | — | — | Florida | — |
| — | Patrick Peek | S | — | — | — | — |
| — | Scottie Young | S | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tyler Coyle | S | — | — | Purdue | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.