Consensus board vs. draft day: the full OT class, charted.
The Steal
Rasheed Walker was ranked OT12 on the consensus board (#113 overall) but lasted until pick 249, where the Green Bay Packers took him in Round 7. A 136-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any OT in the class. Behind him, Daniel Faalele (+50) and Bernhard Raimann (+38) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Cincinnati Bengals took Cordell Volson at pick 136, 73 spots ahead of his #209 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Nick Zakelj (73 spots) and Luke Goedeke (43 spots).
The Cliff
After Tyler Smith went at pick 24, the next OT didn't come off the board for 33 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 26 picks on OT, 6 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 24 since 2018.
The Bet
The Seattle Seahawks spent more draft capital on OT than any other club: picks 9 and 72, 40% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Kellen Diesch, ranked #143 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 262 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ikem Ekwonu | OT2 | #5 | +1 | North Carolina State | Carolina |
| 7 | Evan Neal | OT1 | #2 | +5 | Alabama | NY Giants |
| 9 | Charles Cross | OT3 | #9 | 0 | Mississippi State | Seattle |
| 19 | Trevor Penning | OT4 | #23 | −4 | Northern Iowa | New Orleans |
| 24 | Tyler Smith | OT6 | #47 | −23 | Tulsa | Dallas |
| 57 | Luke Goedeke | OT11 | #100 | −43 | Central Michigan | Tampa Bay |
| 69 | Nicholas Petit-Frere | OT9 | #72 | −3 | Ohio State | Tennessee |
| 72 | Abraham Lucas | OT8 | #71 | +1 | Washington State | Seattle |
| 77 | Bernhard Raimann | OT5 | #39 | +38 | Central Michigan | Indianapolis |
| 92 | Sean Rhyan | OT10 | #79 | +13 | UCLA | Green Bay |
| 110 | Daniel Faalele | OT7 | #60 | +50 | Minnesota | Baltimore |
| 111 | Max Mitchell | OT13 | #115 | −4 | Louisiana | NY Jets |
| 134 | Spencer Burford | OT18 | #167 | −33 | Texas-San Antonio | San Francisco |
| 136 | Cordell Volson | OT21 | #209 | −73 | North Dakota State | Cincinnati |
| 140 | Zach Tom | OT14 | #126 | +14 | Wake Forest | Green Bay |
| 155 | Matt Waletzko | OT17 | #152 | +3 | North Dakota | Dallas |
| 168 | Braxton Jones | OT15 | #134 | +34 | Southern Utah | Chicago |
| 184 | Vederian Lowe | OT23 | #225 | −41 | Illinois | Minnesota |
| 186 | Zachary Thomas | OT26 | #268 | −82 | San Diego State | Chicago |
| 187 | Nick Zakelj | OT24 | #260 | −73 | Fordham | San Francisco |
| 205 | Austin Deculus | OT | — | — | LSU | Houston |
| 209 | Luke Tenuta | OT28 | #297 | −88 | Virginia Tech | Buffalo |
| 226 | J'Atyre Carter | OT25 | #261 | −35 | Southern | Chicago |
| 245 | Andrew Stueber | OT22 | #213 | +32 | Michigan | New England |
| 249 | Rasheed Walker | OT12 | #113 | +136 | Penn State | Green Bay |
| 261 | AJ Arcuri | OT | — | — | Michigan State | LA Rams |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Kellen Diesch | OT16 | #143 | — | Arizona State | — |
| — | Dare Rosenthal | OT19 | #188 | — | Kentucky | — |
| — | Obinna Eze | OT20 | #202 | — | TCU | — |
| — | Myron Cunningham | OT27 | #286 | — | Arkansas | — |
| — | Andrew Rupcich | OT | — | — | Culver-Stockton College | — |
| — | Bamidele Olaseni | OT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Devin Cochran | OT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jean Delance | OT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ryan Van Demark | OT | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tyler Vrabel | OT | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.