Consensus board vs. draft day: the full EDGE class, charted.
The Steal
Max Llewellyn was ranked EDGE19 on the consensus board (#135 overall) but lasted until pick 238, where the Miami Dolphins took him in Round 7. A 103-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any EDGE in the class. Behind him, Joshua Josephs (+70) and Caden Curry (+53) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Jacksonville Jaguars took Wesley Williams at pick 119, 117 spots ahead of his #236 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on George Gumbs (79 spots) and Trey Moore (77 spots).
The Cliff
After George Gumbs went at pick 156, the next EDGE didn't come off the board for 58 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 26 picks on EDGE, 12 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 27.4 since 2018.
The Bet
The Dallas Cowboys spent more draft capital on EDGE than any other club: picks 23, 92 and 137, 45% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Anthony Lucas, ranked #160 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 257 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | David Bailey | EDGE3 | #7 | −5 | Texas Tech | New York Jets |
| 5 | Arvell Reese | EDGE1 | #2 | +3 | Ohio State | New York Giants |
| 15 | Rueben Bain Jr. | EDGE2 | #6 | +9 | Miami | Tampa Bay |
| 22 | Akheem Mesidor | EDGE5 | #22 | 0 | Miami | LA Chargers |
| 23 | Malachi Lawrence | EDGE10 | #48 | −25 | UCF | Dallas |
| 31 | Keldric Faulk | EDGE4 | #20 | +11 | Auburn | Tennessee |
| 35 | T.J. Parker | EDGE6 | #30 | +5 | Clemson | Buffalo |
| 40 | R Mason Thomas | EDGE9 | #47 | −7 | Oklahoma | Kansas City |
| 41 | Cashius Howell | EDGE7 | #36 | +5 | Texas A&M | Cincinnati |
| 44 | Derrick Moore | EDGE12 | #63 | −19 | Michigan | Detroit |
| 45 | Zion Young | EDGE8 | #39 | +6 | Missouri | Baltimore |
| 55 | Gabe Jacas | EDGE11 | #50 | +5 | Illinois | New England |
| 67 | Keyron Crawford | EDGE17 | #90 | −23 | Auburn | Las Vegas |
| 70 | Romello Height | EDGE15 | #78 | −8 | Texas Tech | San Fransisco |
| 92 | Jaishawn Barham | EDGE16 | #85 | +7 | Michigan | Dallas |
| 119 | Wesley Williams | EDGE29 | #236 | −117 | Duke | Jacksonville |
| 120 | Dani Dennis-Sutton | EDGE13 | #72 | +48 | Penn State | Green Bay |
| 130 | Trey Moore | EDGE25 | #207 | −77 | Texas | Miami |
| 137 | LT Overton | EDGE18 | #112 | +25 | Alabama | Dallas |
| 147 | Joshua Josephs | EDGE14 | #77 | +70 | Tennessee | Washington |
| 156 | George Gumbs | EDGE28 | #235 | −79 | Florida | Indianapolis |
| 214 | Caden Curry | EDGE21 | #161 | +53 | Ohio State | Indianapolis |
| 233 | Zach Durfee | EDGE36 | #412 | −179 | Washington | Jacksonville |
| 238 | Max Llewellyn | EDGE19 | #135 | +103 | Iowa | Miami |
| 247 | Quintayvious Hutchins | EDGE31 | #250 | −3 | Boston College | New England |
| 252 | Keyshawn James-Newby | EDGE35 | #303 | −51 | New Mexico | Philadelphia |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Anthony Lucas | EDGE20 | #160 | — | USC | — |
| — | Nadame Tucker | EDGE22 | #179 | — | Western Michigan | — |
| — | Mason Reiger | EDGE23 | #188 | — | Wisconsin | — |
| — | Tyreak Sapp | EDGE24 | #194 | — | Florida | — |
| — | Mikail Kamara | EDGE26 | #220 | — | Indiana | — |
| — | Vincent Anthony Jr. | EDGE27 | #231 | — | Duke | — |
| — | Logan Fano | EDGE30 | #238 | — | Utah | — |
| — | Patrick Payton | EDGE32 | #267 | — | LSU | — |
| — | Michael Heldman | EDGE33 | #289 | — | Central Michigan | — |
| — | Jack Pyburn | EDGE34 | #299 | — | LSU | — |
| — | Nyjalik Kelly | EDGE | — | — | UCF | — |
| — | Aidan Hubbard | EDGE | — | — | Northwestern | — |
| — | Marvin Jones Jr. | EDGE | — | — | Oklahoma | — |
| — | Cian Slone | EDGE | — | — | North Carolina State | — |
| — | Mitchell Melton | EDGE | — | — | Virginia | — |
| — | Khordae Sydnor | EDGE | — | — | Vanderbilt | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.