Consensus board vs. draft day: the full CB class, charted.
The Steal
Tariq Woolen was ranked CB8 on the consensus board (#64 overall) but lasted until pick 153, where the Seattle Seahawks took him in Round 5. A 89-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any CB in the class. Behind him, Tariq Castro-Fields (+77) and Derion Kendrick (+59) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The New York Giants took Cordale Flott at pick 81, 127 spots ahead of his #208 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Damarion Williams (115 spots) and Jack Jones (114 spots).
The Cliff
After Marcus Jones went at pick 85, 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, 9 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 32.8 since 2018.
The Bet
The Kansas City Chiefs spent more draft capital on CB than any other club: picks 21, 135 and 243, 31% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Josh Jobe, ranked #132 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 262 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Derek Stingley Jr. | CB2 | #7 | −4 | LSU | Houston |
| 4 | Ahmad Gardner | CB1 | #6 | −2 | Cincinnati | NY Jets |
| 21 | Trent McDuffie | CB3 | #19 | +2 | Washington | Kansas City |
| 23 | Kaiir Elam | CB5 | #30 | −7 | Florida | Buffalo |
| 35 | Roger McCreary | CB7 | #45 | −10 | Auburn | Tennessee |
| 39 | Kyler Gordon | CB6 | #36 | +3 | Washington | Chicago |
| 42 | Andrew Booth Jr. | CB4 | #22 | +20 | Clemson | Minnesota |
| 49 | Alontae Taylor | CB15 | #112 | −63 | Tennessee | New Orleans |
| 60 | Cam Taylor-Britt | CB9 | #86 | −26 | Nebraska | Cincinnati |
| 68 | Martin Emerson | CB12 | #102 | −34 | Mississippi State | Cleveland |
| 81 | Cordale Flott | CB26 | #208 | −127 | LSU | NY Giants |
| 85 | Marcus Jones | CB11 | #93 | −8 | Houston | New England |
| 109 | Coby Bryant | CB10 | #90 | +19 | Cincinnati | Seattle |
| 115 | Damarri Mathis | CB19 | #145 | −30 | Pittsburgh | Denver |
| 118 | Akayleb Evans | CB21 | #154 | −36 | Missouri | Minnesota |
| 119 | Jalyn Armour-Davis | CB14 | #110 | +9 | Alabama | Baltimore |
| 121 | Jack Jones | CB28 | #235 | −114 | Arizona State | New England |
| 135 | Joshua Williams | CB16 | #125 | +10 | Fayetteville St. University | Kansas City |
| 141 | Damarion Williams | CB33 | #256 | −115 | Houston | Baltimore |
| 142 | Cobie Durant | CB29 | #238 | −96 | South Carolina State | LA Rams |
| 153 | Tariq Woolen | CB8 | #64 | +89 | Texas-San Antonio | Seattle |
| 157 | Zyon McCollum | CB13 | #108 | +49 | Sam Houston St. | Tampa Bay |
| 167 | DaRon Bland | CB | — | — | Fresno State | Dallas |
| 172 | Samuel Womack | CB | — | — | Toledo | San Francisco |
| 185 | Christian Benford | CB | — | — | Villanova | Buffalo |
| 197 | Gregory Junior | CB36 | #292 | −95 | Ouachita Baptist | Jacksonville |
| 204 | Theo Jackson | CB | — | — | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| 212 | Derion Kendrick | CB20 | #153 | +59 | Georgia | LA Rams |
| 214 | Ja'Sir Taylor | CB | — | — | Wake Forest | LA Chargers |
| 221 | Tariq Castro-Fields | CB18 | #144 | +77 | Penn State | San Francisco |
| 222 | Montaric Brown | CB30 | #239 | −17 | Arkansas | Jacksonville |
| 232 | Faion Hicks | CB | — | — | Wisconsin | Denver |
| 236 | Deane Leonard | CB | — | — | Mississippi | LA Chargers |
| 237 | Chase Lucas | CB27 | #214 | +23 | Arizona State | Detroit |
| 240 | Christian Holmes | CB | — | — | Oklahoma State | Washington |
| 242 | Kalon Barnes | CB23 | #187 | +55 | Baylor | Carolina |
| 243 | Jaylen Watson | CB24 | #194 | +49 | Washington State | Kansas City |
| 244 | Christian Matthew | CB | — | — | Valdosta St. | Arizona |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Josh Jobe | CB17 | #132 | — | Alabama | — |
| — | Mario Goodrich | CB22 | #158 | — | Clemson | — |
| — | Mykael Wright | CB25 | #207 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Vincent Gray | CB31 | #248 | — | Michigan | — |
| — | Josh Thompson | CB32 | #249 | — | Texas | — |
| — | Isaac Taylor-Stuart | CB34 | #265 | — | USC | — |
| — | Jermaine Waller | CB35 | #267 | — | Virginia Tech | — |
| — | Chris Steele | CB37 | #299 | — | USC | — |
| — | Dallis Flowers | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | DaMarcus Fields | CB | — | — | Texas Tech | — |
| — | Devin Taylor | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Dishon McNary | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Evan Fields | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jalen Green | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ja'Quan McMillian | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Josh Blackwell | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sam Webb | CB | — | — | Missouri Western | — |
| — | Shaun Jolly | CB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tayler Hawkins | CB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.