Consensus board vs. draft day: the full RB class, charted.
The Steal
Damien Martinez was ranked RB9 on the consensus board (#103 overall) but lasted until pick 223, where the Seattle Seahawks took him in Round 7. A 120-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any RB in the class. Behind him, Brashard Smith (+86) and LeQuint Allen (+64) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Houston Texans took Woody Marks at pick 116, 80 spots ahead of his #196 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Kalel Mullings (45 spots) and Jarquez Hunter (43 spots).
The Cliff
After Tahj Brooks went at pick 193, the next RB didn't come off the board for 30 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 25 picks on RB, 5 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 21.1 since 2018.
The Bet
The Las Vegas Raiders spent more draft capital on RB than any other club: pick 6, 28% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Montrell Johnson Jr., ranked #291 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 257 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ashton Jeanty | RB1 | #3 | +3 | Boise State | Las Vegas |
| 22 | Omarion Hampton | RB2 | #27 | −5 | North Carolina | LA Chargers |
| 36 | Quinshon Judkins | RB4 | #50 | −14 | Ohio State | Cleveland |
| 38 | TreVeyon Henderson | RB3 | #40 | −2 | Ohio State | New England |
| 60 | RJ Harvey | RB8 | #100 | −40 | UCF | Denver |
| 83 | Kaleb Johnson | RB5 | #54 | +29 | Iowa | Pittsburgh |
| 104 | Bhayshul Tuten | RB10 | #109 | −5 | Virginia Tech | Jacksonville |
| 105 | Cam Skattebo | RB7 | #86 | +19 | Arizona State | New York Giants |
| 114 | Trevor Etienne | RB14 | #138 | −24 | Georgia | Carolina |
| 116 | Woody Marks | RB22 | #196 | −80 | USC | Houston |
| 117 | Jarquez Hunter | RB18 | #160 | −43 | Auburn | LA Rams |
| 126 | Dylan Sampson | RB6 | #76 | +50 | Tennessee | Cleveland |
| 147 | Jordan James | RB13 | #136 | +11 | Oregon | San Fransisco |
| 149 | Jaydon Blue | RB16 | #145 | +4 | Texas | Dallas |
| 151 | DJ Giddens | RB11 | #111 | +40 | Kansas State | Indianapolis |
| 179 | Ollie Gordon II | RB17 | #156 | +23 | Oklahoma State | Miami |
| 184 | Devin Neal | RB12 | #121 | +63 | Kansas | New Orleans |
| 188 | Kalel Mullings | RB23 | #233 | −45 | Michigan | Tennessee |
| 193 | Tahj Brooks | RB21 | #191 | +2 | Texas Tech | Cincinnati |
| 223 | Damien Martinez | RB9 | #103 | +120 | Miami | Seattle |
| 228 | Brashard Smith | RB15 | #142 | +86 | SMU | Kansas City |
| 233 | Kyle Monangai | RB20 | #190 | +43 | Rutgers | Chicago |
| 236 | LeQuint Allen | RB19 | #172 | +64 | Syracuse | Jacksonville |
| 239 | Phil Mafah | RB25 | #286 | −47 | Clemson | Dallas |
| 245 | Jacory Croskey-Merritt | RB24 | #236 | +9 | Arizona | Washington |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Montrell Johnson Jr. | RB26 | #291 | — | Florida | — |
| — | Josh Williams | RB | — | — | LSU | — |
| — | Ulysses Bentley IV | RB | — | — | Mississippi | — |
| — | Lan Larison | RB | — | — | UC Davis | — |
| — | Jacardia Wright | RB | — | — | Missouri State | — |
| — | Giye Jenkins | RB | — | — | New Haven | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.