Consensus board vs. draft day — the full IOL class, charted.
The Steal
Brian Parker II was ranked IOL9 on the consensus board — #97 overall — but lasted until pick 189, where the Cincinnati Bengals took him in Round 6. A 92-spot fall, the largest gap between expectation and draft day of any IOL in the class. Behind him, Sam Hecht (+62) and Ar'maj Reed-Adams (+58) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Tennessee Titans took Fernando Carmona at pick 142 — 109 spots ahead of his #251 consensus rank. The league's biggest vote of confidence against the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Carver Willis (97 spots) and Febechi Nwaiwu (83 spots).
The Cliff
After Billy Schrauth went at pick 160, the next IOL didn't come off the board for 28 picks. The sharpest drop in the class — teams that waited paid for it.
The Spend
Teams spent 32 picks on IOL — 5 in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 20.9 since 2018.
The Bet
The Houston Texans spent more draft capital on IOL than any other club — picks 26 and 106 — 34% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Caden Barnett, ranked #274 on the consensus board, heard 257 names called — and not his.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Olaivavega Ioane | IOL1 | #16 | −2 | Penn State | Baltimore |
| 26 | Keylan Rutledge | IOL4 | #53 | −27 | Georgia Tech | Houston |
| 34 | Chase Bisontis | IOL2 | #40 | −6 | Texas A&M | Arizona |
| 57 | Logan Jones | IOL11 | #114 | −57 | Iowa | Chicago |
| 63 | Jake Slaughter | IOL8 | #83 | −20 | Florida | LA Rams |
| 88 | Emmanuel Pregnon | IOL3 | #43 | +45 | Oregon | Jacksonville |
| 91 | Trey Zuhn III | IOL14 | #132 | −41 | Texas A&M | Las Vegas |
| 93 | Keagen Trost | IOL15 | #149 | −56 | Missouri | LA Rams |
| 96 | Gennings Dunker | IOL5 | #74 | +22 | Iowa | Pittsburgh |
| 106 | Febechi Nwaiwu | IOL21 | #189 | −83 | Oklahoma | Houston |
| 113 | Jalen Farmer | IOL10 | #101 | +12 | Kentucky | Indianapolis |
| 127 | Carver Willis | IOL25 | #224 | −97 | Washington | San Fransisco |
| 128 | Connor Lew | IOL6 | #80 | +48 | Auburn | Cincinnati |
| 132 | Jeremiah Wright | IOL19 | #178 | −46 | Auburn | New Orleans |
| 142 | Fernando Carmona | IOL29 | #251 | −109 | Arkansas | Tennessee |
| 144 | Sam Hecht | IOL7 | #82 | +62 | Kansas State | Carolina |
| 146 | Parker Brailsford | IOL16 | #161 | −15 | Alabama | Cleveland |
| 148 | Beau Stephens | IOL13 | #130 | +18 | Iowa | Seattle |
| 153 | Jager Burton | IOL27 | #226 | −73 | Kentucky | Green Bay |
| 160 | Billy Schrauth | IOL12 | #125 | +35 | Notre Dame | Tampa Bay |
| 188 | Anez Cooper | IOL17 | #171 | +17 | Miami | New York Jets |
| 189 | Brian Parker II | IOL9 | #97 | +92 | Duke | Cincinnati |
| 194 | Pat Coogan | IOL24 | #222 | −28 | Indiana | Tennessee |
| 200 | DJ Campbell | IOL26 | #225 | −25 | Texas | Miami |
| 202 | Logan Taylor | IOL28 | #248 | −46 | Boston College | LA Chargers |
| 206 | Alex Harkey | IOL22 | #205 | +1 | Oregon | LA Chargers |
| 207 | Micah Morris | IOL23 | #220 | −13 | Georgia | Philadelphia |
| 209 | Matt Gulbin | IOL18 | #175 | +34 | Michigan State | Washington |
| 231 | Ethan Onianwa | IOL40 | #468 | −237 | Ohio State | Atlanta |
| 235 | Gavin Gerhardt | IOL | — | — | Cincinnati | Minnesota |
| 241 | Ar'maj Reed-Adams | IOL20 | #183 | +58 | Texas A&M | Buffalo |
| 253 | Evan Beerntsen | IOL32 | #319 | −66 | Northwestern | Baltimore |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Caden Barnett | IOL30 | #274 | — | Wyoming | — |
| — | Jaeden Roberts | IOL31 | #276 | — | Alabama | — |
| — | Garrett DiGiorgio | IOL33 | #361 | — | UCLA | — |
| — | James Brockermeyer | IOL34 | #380 | — | Miami | — |
| — | Delby Lemieux | IOL35 | #398 | — | Dartmouth | — |
| — | Dillon Wade | IOL36 | #427 | — | Auburn | — |
| — | Mason Randolph | IOL37 | #431 | — | Boise State | — |
| — | Josh Gesky | IOL38 | #439 | — | Illinois | — |
| — | Joshua Braun | IOL39 | #442 | — | Kentucky | — |
| — | Jaren Kump | IOL41 | #469 | — | Utah | — |
| — | Jordan White | IOL42 | #472 | — | Vanderbilt | — |
| — | Nick Dawkins | IOL | — | — | Penn State | — |
| — | Jack Walsh | IOL | — | — | Wyoming | — |