Consensus board vs. draft day: the full OT class, charted.
The Steal
Christian Jones was ranked OT17 on the consensus board (#120 overall) but lasted until pick 162, where the Arizona Cardinals took him in Round 5. A 42-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any OT in the class. Behind him, Sataoa Laumea (+22) and Kingsley Suamataia (+20) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The New England Patriots took Caedan Wallace at pick 68, 118 spots ahead of his #186 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Delmar Glaze (73 spots) and Isaiah Adams (62 spots).
The Cliff
After Javon Foster went at pick 114, the next OT didn't come off the board for 48 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 29 picks on OT, 13 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 24 since 2018.
The Bet
The Los Angeles Chargers spent more draft capital on OT than any other club: pick 5, 31% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Garret Greenfield, ranked #215 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 257 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Joe Alt | OT1 | #5 | 0 | Notre Dame | LA Chargers |
| 7 | JC Latham | OT5 | #18 | −11 | Alabama | Tennessee |
| 11 | Olumuyiwa Fashanu | OT2 | #10 | +1 | Penn State | New York Jets |
| 14 | Taliese Fuaga | OT3 | #14 | 0 | Oregon State | New Orleans |
| 18 | Amarius Mims | OT6 | #21 | −3 | Georgia | Cincinnati |
| 20 | Troy Fautanu | OT4 | #17 | +3 | Washington | Pittsburgh |
| 25 | Jordan Morgan | OT9 | #35 | −10 | Arizona | Green Bay |
| 26 | Graham Barton | OT7 | #26 | 0 | Duke | Tampa Bay |
| 29 | Tyler Guyton | OT8 | #30 | −1 | Oklahoma | Dallas |
| 55 | Patrick Paul | OT11 | #61 | −6 | Houston | Miami |
| 59 | Blake Fisher | OT15 | #87 | −28 | Notre Dame | Houston |
| 62 | Roger Rosengarten | OT13 | #75 | −13 | Washington | Baltimore |
| 63 | Kingsley Suamataia | OT10 | #43 | +20 | BYU | Kansas City |
| 68 | Caedan Wallace | OT23 | #186 | −118 | Penn State | New England |
| 71 | Isaiah Adams | OT19 | #133 | −62 | Illinois | Arizona |
| 75 | Kiran Amegadjie | OT12 | #74 | +1 | Yale | Chicago |
| 77 | Delmar Glaze | OT21 | #150 | −73 | Maryland | Las Vegas |
| 79 | Matt Goncalves | OT20 | #134 | −55 | Pittsburgh | Indianapolis |
| 85 | Zak Zinter | OT16 | #112 | −27 | Michigan | Cleveland |
| 86 | Dominick Puni | OT14 | #78 | +8 | Kansas | San Francisco |
| 114 | Javon Foster | OT18 | #132 | −18 | Missouri | Jacksonville |
| 162 | Christian Jones | OT17 | #120 | +42 | Texas | Arizona |
| 177 | Walter Rouse | OT24 | #187 | −10 | Oklahoma | Minnesota |
| 179 | Sataoa Laumea | OT22 | #157 | +22 | Utah | Seattle |
| 202 | Travis Glover | OT31 | #267 | −65 | — | Green Bay |
| 204 | Tylan Grable | OT27 | #251 | −47 | UCF | Buffalo |
| 207 | Michael Jerrell | OT35 | #472 | −265 | — | Seattle |
| 221 | Travis Clayton | OT36 | #524 | −303 | — | Buffalo |
| 239 | Josiah Ezirim | OT33 | #289 | −50 | Eastern Kentucky | New Orleans |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Garret Greenfield | OT25 | #215 | — | South Dakota State | — |
| — | Julian Pearl | OT26 | #238 | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Ethan Driskell | OT28 | #256 | — | Marshall | — |
| — | Frank Crum | OT29 | #260 | — | Wyoming | — |
| — | Gottlieb Ayedze | OT30 | #263 | — | Maryland | — |
| — | Andrew Coker | OT32 | #282 | — | TCU | — |
| — | Trente Jones | OT34 | #293 | — | Michigan | — |
| — | Jeremy Flax | OT | — | — | Kentucky | — |
| — | Anim Dankwah | OT | — | — | Howard | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.