Consensus board vs. draft day: the full RB class, charted.
The Steal
Isaiah Spiller was ranked RB3 on the consensus board (#63 overall) but lasted until pick 123, where the Los Angeles Chargers took him in Round 4. A 60-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any RB in the class. Behind him, Tyler Badie (+47) and Kyren Williams (+35) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The San Francisco 49ers took Tyrion Davis-Price at pick 93, 137 spots ahead of his #230 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Kevin Harris (69 spots) and Keaontay Ingram (58 spots).
The Cliff
After Connor Heyward went at pick 208, the next RB didn't come off the board for 42 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 24 picks on RB, 3 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 21.1 since 2018.
The Bet
The New York Jets spent more draft capital on RB than any other club: pick 36, 16% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Abram Smith, ranked #179 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 262 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Breece Hall | RB1 | #37 | −1 | Iowa State | NY Jets |
| 41 | Ken Walker III | RB2 | #43 | −2 | Michigan State | Seattle |
| 63 | James Cook | RB4 | #89 | −26 | Georgia | Buffalo |
| 91 | Rachaad White | RB8 | #118 | −27 | Arizona State | Tampa Bay |
| 93 | Tyrion Davis-Price | RB22 | #230 | −137 | LSU | San Francisco |
| 98 | Brian Robinson Jr. | RB5 | #105 | −7 | Alabama | Washington |
| 107 | Dameon Pierce | RB6 | #107 | 0 | Florida | Houston |
| 122 | Zamir White | RB7 | #114 | +8 | Georgia | Las Vegas |
| 123 | Isaiah Spiller | RB3 | #63 | +60 | Texas A&M | LA Chargers |
| 127 | Pierre Strong Jr. | RB10 | #124 | +3 | South Dakota State | New England |
| 131 | Hassan Haskins | RB14 | #162 | −31 | Michigan | Tennessee |
| 151 | Tyler Allgeier | RB9 | #120 | +31 | BYU | Atlanta |
| 154 | Snoop Conner | RB31 | #288 | −134 | Mississippi | Jacksonville |
| 156 | Jerome Ford | RB12 | #130 | +26 | Cincinnati | Cleveland |
| 164 | Kyren Williams | RB11 | #129 | +35 | Notre Dame | LA Rams |
| 169 | Ty Chandler | RB16 | #181 | −12 | North Carolina | Minnesota |
| 183 | Kevin Harris | RB25 | #252 | −69 | South Carolina | New England |
| 196 | Tyler Badie | RB13 | #149 | +47 | Missouri | Baltimore |
| 201 | Keaontay Ingram | RB27 | #259 | −58 | USC | Arizona |
| 203 | Trestan Ebner | RB | — | — | Baylor | Chicago |
| 208 | Connor Heyward | RB30 | #271 | −63 | Michigan State | Pittsburgh |
| 250 | Brittain Brown | RB | — | — | UCLA | Las Vegas |
| 251 | Isaih Pacheco | RB26 | #253 | −2 | Rutgers | Kansas City |
| 260 | Zander Horvath | RB | — | — | Purdue | LA Chargers |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Abram Smith | RB15 | #179 | — | Baylor | — |
| — | D'Vonte Price | RB17 | #196 | — | Florida International | — |
| — | Kennedy Brooks | RB18 | #219 | — | Oklahoma | — |
| — | Tyler Goodson | RB19 | #221 | — | Iowa | — |
| — | Zonovan Knight | RB20 | #222 | — | North Carolina State | — |
| — | Jerrion Ealy | RB21 | #229 | — | Mississippi | — |
| — | Zaquandre White | RB23 | #231 | — | South Carolina | — |
| — | Sincere McCormick | RB24 | #237 | — | Texas-San Antonio | — |
| — | Max Borghi | RB28 | #262 | — | Washington State | — |
| — | Jashaun Corbin | RB29 | #269 | — | Florida State | — |
| — | CJ Verdell | RB | — | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Jaylen Wright | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Leddie Brown | RB | — | — | West Virginia | — |
| — | Master Teague III | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ronnie Rivers | RB | — | — | Fresno State | — |
| — | Shermari Jones | RB | — | — | — | — |
| — | T.J. Pledger | RB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.