Consensus board vs. draft day: the full CB class, charted.
The Steal
Kalen King was ranked CB23 on the consensus board (#156 overall) but lasted until pick 255, where the Green Bay Packers took him in Round 7. A 99-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any CB in the class. Behind him, D.J. James (+79) and T.J. Tampa (+75) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Jacksonville Jaguars took Deantre Prince at pick 153, 89 spots ahead of his #242 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Marcellas Dial (61 spots) and Ryan Watts (57 spots).
The Cliff
After M.J. Devonshire went at pick 229, the next CB didn't come off the board for 26 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 36 picks on CB, 10 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 32.8 since 2018.
The Bet
The Philadelphia Eagles spent more draft capital on CB than any other club: picks 22 and 40, 48% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Dwight McGlothern, ranked #189 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 257 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Quinyon Mitchell | CB1 | #11 | +11 | Toledo | Philadelphia |
| 24 | Terrion Arnold | CB2 | #12 | +12 | Alabama | Detroit |
| 30 | Nate Wiggins | CB4 | #24 | +6 | Clemson | Baltimore |
| 40 | Cooper DeJean | CB3 | #22 | +18 | Iowa | Philadelphia |
| 41 | Kool-Aid McKinstry | CB5 | #27 | +14 | Alabama | New Orleans |
| 42 | Kamari Lassiter | CB7 | #50 | −8 | Georgia | Houston |
| 43 | Max Melton | CB10 | #65 | −22 | Rutgers | Arizona |
| 50 | Mike Sainristil | CB8 | #52 | −2 | Michigan | Washington |
| 61 | Ennis Rakestraw | CB6 | #40 | +21 | Missouri | Detroit |
| 64 | Renardo Green | CB15 | #110 | −46 | Florida State | San Francisco |
| 70 | Andru Phillips | CB12 | #96 | −26 | Kentucky | New York Giants |
| 90 | Elijah Jones | CB19 | #138 | −48 | Boston College | Arizona |
| 96 | Jarrian Jones | CB22 | #145 | −49 | Florida State | Jacksonville |
| 108 | Khyree Jackson | CB13 | #100 | +8 | Oregon | Minnesota |
| 112 | Decamerion Richardson | CB24 | #163 | −51 | Mississippi State | Las Vegas |
| 130 | T.J. Tampa | CB9 | #55 | +75 | Iowa State | Baltimore |
| 136 | Nehemiah Pritchett | CB21 | #141 | −5 | Auburn | Seattle |
| 137 | Tarheeb Still | CB36 | #265 | −128 | Maryland | LA Chargers |
| 140 | Cam Hart | CB14 | #102 | +38 | Notre Dame | LA Chargers |
| 145 | Kris Abrams-Draine | CB11 | #90 | +55 | Missouri | Denver |
| 146 | Jarvis Brownlee | CB18 | #129 | +17 | Louisville | Tennessee |
| 149 | Josh Newton | CB20 | #139 | +10 | TCU | Cincinnati |
| 153 | Deantre Prince | CB33 | #242 | −89 | Mississippi | Jacksonville |
| 157 | Chau Smith-Wade | CB25 | #184 | −27 | Washington State | Carolina |
| 174 | Caelen Carson | CB17 | #116 | +58 | Wake Forest | Dallas |
| 176 | Qwan'tez Stiggers | CB31 | #226 | −50 | — | New York Jets |
| 180 | Marcellas Dial | CB32 | #241 | −61 | South Carolina | New England |
| 192 | D.J. James | CB16 | #113 | +79 | Auburn | Seattle |
| 195 | Ryan Watts | CB35 | #252 | −57 | Texas | Pittsburgh |
| 201 | Micah Abraham | CB39 | #373 | −172 | — | Indianapolis |
| 211 | Kamal Hadden | CB28 | #203 | +8 | Tennessee | Kansas City |
| 219 | Daequan Hardy | CB34 | #248 | −29 | Penn State | Buffalo |
| 226 | Jaden Davis | CB40 | #454 | −228 | — | Arizona |
| 227 | Myles Harden | CB29 | #214 | +13 | South Dakota | Cleveland |
| 229 | M.J. Devonshire | CB27 | #201 | +28 | Pittsburgh | Las Vegas |
| 255 | Kalen King | CB23 | #156 | +99 | Penn State | Green Bay |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Dwight McGlothern | CB26 | #189 | — | Arkansas | — |
| — | Johnny Dixon | CB30 | #217 | — | Penn State | — |
| — | Willie Drew | CB37 | #266 | — | Virginia State | — |
| — | Carlton Johnson | CB38 | #273 | — | Fresno State | — |
| — | Christian Roland-Wallace | CB | — | — | USC | — |
| — | Ro Torrence | CB | — | — | Arizona State | — |
| — | Isaiah Johnson | CB | — | — | Syracuse | — |
| — | Ryan Cooper Jr. | CB | — | — | Oregon State | — |
| — | Josh Wallace | CB | — | — | Michigan | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.