Consensus board vs. draft day — the full CB class, charted.
The Steal
Keith Abney was ranked CB9 on the consensus board — #66 overall — but lasted until pick 157, where the Detroit Lions took him in Round 5. A 91-spot fall, the largest gap between expectation and draft day of any CB in the class. Behind him, Jermod McCoy (+89) and Chandler Rivers (+74) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Buffalo Bills took Davison Igbinosun at pick 62 — 34 spots ahead of his #96 consensus rank. The league's biggest vote of confidence against the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Tacario Davis (33 spots) and Jadon Canady (20 spots).
The Cliff
After Hezekiah Masses went at pick 175, the next CB didn't come off the board for 26 picks. The sharpest drop in the class — teams that waited paid for it.
The Spend
Teams spent 27 picks on CB — 7 in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 32.8 since 2018.
The Bet
The Kansas City Chiefs spent more draft capital on CB than any other club — picks 6 and 109 — 43% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Thaddeus Dixon, ranked #208 on the consensus board, heard 257 names called — and not his.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mansoor Delane | CB1 | #8 | −2 | LSU | Kansas City |
| 27 | Chris Johnson | CB5 | #31 | −4 | San Diego State | Miami |
| 37 | Colton Hood | CB4 | #30 | +7 | Tennessee | New York Giants |
| 48 | Avieon Terrell | CB3 | #22 | +26 | Clemson | Atlanta |
| 50 | D'Angelo Ponds | CB6 | #39 | +11 | Indiana | New York Jets |
| 52 | Brandon Cisse | CB7 | #41 | +11 | South Carolina | Green Bay |
| 62 | Davison Igbinosun | CB13 | #96 | −34 | Ohio State | Buffalo |
| 72 | Tacario Davis | CB14 | #105 | −33 | Washington | Cincinnati |
| 85 | Daylen Everette | CB12 | #91 | −6 | Georgia | Pittsburgh |
| 99 | Julian Neal | CB17 | #117 | −18 | Arkansas | Seattle |
| 101 | Jermod McCoy | CB2 | #12 | +89 | Tennessee | Las Vegas |
| 109 | Jadon Canady | CB19 | #129 | −20 | Oregon | Kansas City |
| 114 | Devin Moore | CB15 | #110 | +4 | Florida | Dallas |
| 116 | Keionte Scott | CB8 | #56 | +60 | Miami | Tampa Bay |
| 124 | Malik Muhammad | CB10 | #68 | +56 | Texas | Chicago |
| 129 | Will Lee III | CB16 | #116 | +13 | Texas A&M | Carolina |
| 139 | Ephesians Prysock | CB18 | #124 | +15 | Washington | San Fransisco |
| 157 | Keith Abney | CB9 | #66 | +91 | Arizona State | Detroit |
| 162 | Chandler Rivers | CB11 | #88 | +74 | Duke | Baltimore |
| 163 | Charles Demmings | CB21 | #172 | −9 | Stephen F. Austin | Minnesota |
| 171 | Karon Prunty | CB38 | #497 | −326 | Wake Forest | New England |
| 175 | Hezekiah Masses | CB20 | #168 | +7 | California | Las Vegas |
| 201 | Domani Jackson | CB22 | #186 | +15 | Alabama | Green Bay |
| 219 | TJ Hall | CB24 | #236 | −17 | Iowa | New Orleans |
| 220 | Toriano Pride Jr. | CB29 | #325 | −105 | Missouri | Buffalo |
| 236 | Andre Fuller | CB25 | #262 | −26 | Toledo | Seattle |
| 255 | Michael Dansby | CB | — | — | Arizona | Seattle |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Thaddeus Dixon | CB23 | #208 | — | North Carolina | — |
| — | Collin Wright | CB26 | #298 | — | Stanford | — |
| — | Latrell McCutchin | CB27 | #316 | — | Houston | — |
| — | Jaylon Guilbeau | CB28 | #324 | — | Texas | — |
| — | Brent Austin | CB30 | #353 | — | California | — |
| — | Ahmari Harvey | CB31 | #366 | — | Georgia Tech | — |
| — | Avery Smith | CB32 | #383 | — | Toledo | — |
| — | Marcus Allen | CB33 | #386 | — | North Carolina | — |
| — | Michael Coats Jr. | CB34 | #445 | — | West Virginia | — |
| — | Jalen McMurray | CB35 | #448 | — | Tennessee | — |
| — | Jeadyn Lukus | CB36 | #467 | — | Clemson | — |
| — | Tyreek Chappell | CB37 | #490 | — | Texas A&M | — |
| — | Kolbey Taylor | CB | — | — | Vanderbilt | — |
| — | Ayden Garnes | CB | — | — | Arizona | — |
| — | Mory Bamba | CB | — | — | BYU | — |
| — | Elijah Culp | CB | — | — | James Madison | — |
| — | Stephen Hall | CB | — | — | Missouri | — |