Consensus board vs. draft day: the full EDGE class, charted.
The Steal
Kingsley Enagbare was ranked EDGE14 on the consensus board (#75 overall) but lasted until pick 179, where the Green Bay Packers took him in Round 5. A 104-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any EDGE in the class. Behind him, Isaiah Thomas (+60) and Jeffrey Gunter (+59) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Minnesota Vikings took Esezi Otomewo at pick 165, 61 spots ahead of his #226 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Alex Wright (45 spots) and Michael Clemons (29 spots).
The Cliff
After Michael Clemons went at pick 117, the next EDGE didn't come off the board for 41 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 26 picks on EDGE, 13 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 27.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Detroit Lions spent more draft capital on EDGE than any other club: picks 2 and 46, 48% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Christopher Allen, ranked #185 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 262 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travon Walker | EDGE3 | #8 | −7 | Georgia | Jacksonville |
| 2 | Aidan Hutchinson | EDGE1 | #1 | +1 | Michigan | Detroit |
| 5 | Kayvon Thibodeaux | EDGE2 | #3 | +2 | Oregon | NY Giants |
| 26 | Jermaine Johnson II | EDGE4 | #11 | +15 | Florida State | NY Jets |
| 30 | George Karlaftis | EDGE5 | #18 | +12 | Purdue | Kansas City |
| 33 | Logan Hall | EDGE9 | #48 | −15 | Houston | Tampa Bay |
| 38 | Arnold Ebiketie | EDGE7 | #34 | +4 | Penn State | Atlanta |
| 40 | Boye Mafe | EDGE8 | #35 | +5 | Minnesota | Seattle |
| 45 | David Ojabo | EDGE6 | #29 | +16 | Michigan | Baltimore |
| 46 | Josh Paschal | EDGE13 | #70 | −24 | Kentucky | Detroit |
| 56 | Sam Williams | EDGE15 | #83 | −27 | Mississippi | Dallas |
| 61 | Drake Jackson | EDGE11 | #59 | +2 | USC | San Francisco |
| 64 | Nik Bonitto | EDGE10 | #58 | +6 | Oklahoma | Denver |
| 78 | Alex Wright | EDGE18 | #123 | −45 | Alabama-Birmingham | Cleveland |
| 82 | DeAngelo Malone | EDGE17 | #106 | −24 | Western Kentucky | Atlanta |
| 87 | Cameron Thomas | EDGE12 | #65 | +22 | San Diego State | Arizona |
| 100 | Myjai Sanders | EDGE16 | #92 | +8 | Cincinnati | Arizona |
| 117 | Michael Clemons | EDGE22 | #146 | −29 | Texas A&M | NY Jets |
| 158 | Tyreke Smith | EDGE21 | #141 | +17 | Ohio State | Seattle |
| 165 | Esezi Otomewo | EDGE26 | #226 | −61 | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| 174 | Dominique Robinson | EDGE19 | #128 | +46 | Miami (OH) | Chicago |
| 179 | Kingsley Enagbare | EDGE14 | #75 | +104 | South Carolina | Green Bay |
| 189 | Amare Barno | EDGE20 | #138 | +51 | Virginia Tech | Carolina |
| 223 | Isaiah Thomas | EDGE23 | #163 | +60 | Oklahoma | Cleveland |
| 248 | Andre Anthony | EDGE | — | — | LSU | Tampa Bay |
| 252 | Jeffrey Gunter | EDGE25 | #193 | +59 | Coastal Carolina | Cincinnati |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Christopher Allen | EDGE24 | #185 | — | Alabama | — |
| — | David Anenih | EDGE27 | #251 | — | — | — |
| — | Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa | EDGE28 | #257 | — | Notre Dame | — |
| — | Tyree Johnson | EDGE29 | #278 | — | Texas A&M | — |
| — | Adam Anderson | EDGE30 | #295 | — | — | — |
| — | Ali Fayad | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Cade Hall | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | De'Shaan Dixon | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Durrell Johnson | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Luiji Vilain | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Michael Badejo | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mika Tafua | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mike Tufua | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Noah Burks | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tre Williams | EDGE | — | — | Arkansas | — |
| — | Zach VanValkenburg | EDGE | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.