2021 NFL draft board: The Draft Wire 300
This last week is always the longest.
After months of rumors and hot takes, pro days and interviews, all-star games and trades, the 2021 NFL draft is just days away.
As all 32 teams put the finishing touches on their draft boards, we’re doing the same.
A couple of things you’ll notice here:
Yes, there are fewer than 32 first-round grades. That’s typical, especially within the league. Just because there are 32 first-round picks every year doesn’t mean there are 32 prospects worthy of first-round selection.
These rankings are based on my own grades on a macro level, which means they’re likely to vary in many ways from individual team boards that have to take different team-specific variables into account (scheme, position needs, philosophy, medical evaluations by team doctors, private interviews with prospects, etc.).
This is also not a mock draft. Just because a player has a particular number rank doesn’t mean that’s where I think he’ll be drafted, by the team that currently holds that pick.
Here’s how I rank the top 300 prospects in this year’s draft class:
1st Round Grades
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1. Trevor Lawrence | QB | Clemson 2. Kyle Pitts | TE | Florida 3. Justin Fields | QB | Ohio State 4. Ja'Marr Chase | WR | LSU 5. Penei Sewell | OT | Oregon 6. Micah Parsons | LB | Penn State 7. Rashawn Slater | OT | Northwestern 8. Jaylen Waddle | WR | Alabama 9. Patrick Surtain II | CB | Alabama 10. Alijah Vera-Tucker | OL | USC 11. DeVonta Smith | WR | Alabama 12. Jaycee Horn | CB | South Carolina 13. Zach Wilson | QB | BYU 14. Trey Lance | QB | North Dakota State 15. Christian Darrisaw | OT | Virginia Tech 16. Najee' Harris | RB | Alabama 17. Caleb Farley | CB | Virginia Tech 18. Kwity Paye | EDGE | Michigan 19. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | LB | Notre Dame 20. Azeez Ojulari | EDGE | Georgia 21. Rashod Bateman | WR | Minnesota 22. Greg Newsome II | CB | Northwestern 23. Trevon Moehrig | S | TCU
2nd Round Grades
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24. Teven Jenkins | OT | Oklahoma State 25. Zaven Collins | LB | Tulsa 26. Jaelan Phillips | EDGE | Miami (FL) 27. Travis Etienne | RB | Clemson 28. Javonte Williams | RB | North Carolina 29. Asante Samuel Jr. | CB | Florida State 30. Dillon Radunz | OT | North Dakota State 31. Joseph Ossai | EDGE | Texas 32. Quinn Meinerz | OL | Wisconsin-Whitewater 33. Terrace Marshall Jr. | WR | LSU 34. Eric Stokes | CB | Georgia 35. Pat Freiermuth | TE | Penn State 36. Creed Humphrey | OL | Oklahoma 37. Kadarius Toney | WR | Florida 38. Jamin Davis | LB | Kentucky 39. Carlos Basham Jr. | EDGE | Wake Forest 40. Alex Leatherwood | OT | Alabama 41. Wyatt Davis | OL | Ohio State 42. Samuel Cosmi | OT | Texas 43. Levi Onwuzurike | DL | Washington 44. Christian Barmore | DL | Alabama 45. Elijah Moore | WR | Ole Miss 46. Jayson Oweh | EDGE | Penn State 47. Landon Dickerson | OL | Alabama 48. Jevon Holland | S | Oregon 49. Gregory Rousseau | EDGE | Miami (FL) 50. Joe Tryon | EDGE | Washington 51. Mac Jones | QB | Alabama 52. Rondale Moore | WR | Purdue 53. Payton Turner | EDGE | Houston 54. Elijah Molden | CB | Washington 55. Liam Eichenberg | OT | Notre Dame 56. Nick Bolton | LB | Missouri 57. Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | USC 58. Kelvin Joseph | CB | Kentucky 59. Jackson Carman | OT | Clemson 60. Michael Carter | RB | North Carolina
3rd Round Grades
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61. Dyami Brown | WR | North Carolina 62. Josh Myers | OL | Ohio State 63. Ronnie Perkins | EDGE | Oklahoma 64. Jalen Mayfield | OT | Michigan 65. Baron Browning | LB | Ohio State 66. Trey Smith | OL | Tennessee 67. Milton Williams | DL | Louisiana Tech 68. Jabril Cox | LB | LSU 69. Ifeatu Melifonwu | CB | Syracuse 70. Kenneth Gainwell | RB | Memphis 71. Jay Tufele | DL | USC 72. James Hudson | OT | Cincinnati 73. Richie Grant | S | UCF 74. Paulson Adebo | CB | Stanford 75. Deonte Brown | OL | Alabama 76. Daviyon Nixon | DL | Iowa 77. Tyson Campbell | CB | Georgia 78. Quincy Roche | EDGE | Miami (FL) 79. Israel Mukuamu | CB | South Carolina 80. Brady Christensen | OT | BYU 81. Tommy Togiai | DL | Ohio State 82. Chazz Surratt | LB | North Carolina 83. Ben Cleveland | OL | Georgia 84. Jamar Johnson | S | Indiana 85. Tommy Tremble | TE | Notre Dame 86. Demetric Felton | RB/WR | UCLA 87. Alim McNeill | DL | North Carolina State 88. Derrick Barnes | LB | Purdue 89. Nico Collins | WR | Michigan 90. Kellen Mond | QB | Texas A&M 91. Hamsah Nasirildeen | S | Florida State 92. Spencer Brown | OT | Northern Iowa 93. Tylan Wallace | WR | Oklahoma State
4th Round Grades
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94. Tutu Atwell | WR | Louisville 95. Walker Little | OT | Stanford 96. Andre Cisco | S | Syracuse 97. Marlon Tuipulotu | DL | USC 98. Trill Williams | CB | Syracuse 99. Khyiris Tonga | DL | BYU 100. Trey Sermon | RB | Ohio State 101. Dwayne Eskridge | WR | Western Michigan 102. Cameron McGrone | LB | Michigan 103. Aaron Banks | OL | Notre Dame 104. Kylin Hill | RB | Mississippi State 105. Janarius Robinson | EDGE | Florida State 106. Hunter Long | TE | Boston College 107. Benjamin St-Juste | CB | Minnesota 108. Hamilcar Rashed Jr. | EDGE | Oregon State 109. Seth Williams | WR | Auburn 110. Pete Werner | LB | Ohio State 111. Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | Oklahoma 112. Robert Hainsey | OT | Notre Dame 113. Aaron Robinson | CB | UCF 114. Stone Forsythe | OT | Florida 115. Dylan Moses | LB | Alabama 116. Sage Surratt | WR | Wake Forest 117. Patrick Jones II | EDGE | Pitt 118. Chuba Hubbard | RB | Oklahoma State 119. Talanoa Hufanga | S | USC 120. Jacob Harris | TE | UCF 121. Jordan Smith | EDGE | UAB 122. Paris Ford | S | Pitt 123. Jaret Patterson | RB | Buffalo 124. Drake Jackson | OL | Kentucky 125. Elerson Smith | EDGE | Northern Iowa 126. Tony Fields II | LB | West Virginia 127. David Moore | OL | Grambling 128. Richard LeCounte | S | Georgia 129. Amari Rodgers | WR | Clemson 130. Dazz Newsome | WR | North Carolina 131. Brendan Jaimes | OT | Nebraska 132. Deyo Odeyingbo | EDGE | Vanderbilt 133. Ar'Darius Washington | S | TCU 134. Marlon Williams | WR | UCF 135. Victor Dimukeje | EDGE | Duke 136. Kendrick Green | OL | Illinois 137. Anthony Schwartz | WR | Auburn 138. James Wiggins | S | Cincinnati 139. Rashad Weaver | EDGE | Pitt 140. Cornell Powell | WR | Clemson 141. Joshuah Bledsoe | S | Missouri 142. Divine Deablo | S | Virginia Tech 143. Kyle Trask | QB | Florida 144. Tyler Shelvin | DL | LSU 145. Shi Smith | WR | South Carolina 146. Caden Sterns | S | Texas 147. Osa Odighizuwa | DL | UCLA 148. Marvin Wilson III | DL | Florida State 149. Ihmir Smith-Marsette | WR | Iowa 150. Jamie Newman | QB | Wake Forest 151. Jaylen Twyman | DL | Pitt 152. Davis Mills | QB | Stanford
5th Round Grades
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153. Josh Imatorbhebhe | WR | Illinois 154. Robert Rochell | DB | Central Arkansas 155. Dan Moore Jr. | OT | Texas A&M 156. Kenny Yeboah | TE | Ole Miss 157. Simi Fehoko | WR | Stanford 158. Monty Rice | LB | Georgia 159. Jaelon Darden | WR | North Texas 160. Tommy Kraemer | OL | Notre Dame 161. Trey Hill | OL | Georgia 162. Darrick Forrest | S | Cincinnati 163. Tedarrell Slaton | DL | Florida 164. Tre' McKitty | TE | Georgia 165. Ambry Thomas | CB | Michigan 166. Shaun Wade | CB | Ohio State 167. Jermar Jefferson | RB | Oregon State 168. Cade Johnson | WR | South Dakota State 169. Jaylon Moore | OT | Western Michigan 170. Adetokunbo Ogundeji | EDGE | Notre Dame 171. Pooka Williams | RB | Kansas 172. JaCoby Stevens | S | LSU 173. Isaiah McDuffie | LB | Boston College 174. Austin Watkins | WR | UAB 175. Camryn Bynum | CB | Cal 176. Nick Eubanks | TE | Michigan 177. Malik Herring | DL | Georgia 178. Chris Evans | RB | Michigan 179. Josh Ball | OT | Marshall 180. Darius Stills | DL | West Virginia 181. Dax Milne | WR | BYU 182. Ernest Jones | LB | South Carolina 183. Cameron Sample | EDGE | Tulane 184. Thomas Graham Jr. | CB | Oregon 185. Quintin Morris | TE | Bowling Green 186. Kylen Granson | TE | SMU 187. Charles Snowden | LB | Virginia 188. Tre Norwood | CB | Oklahoma 189. Frank Darby | WR | Arizona State 190. Foster Sarell | OT | Stanford 191. Tarron Jackson | EDGE | Coastal Carolina 192. Olaijah Griffin | CB | USC 193. Pro Wells | TE | TCU 194. D'Ante Smith | OT | East Carolina 195. Josh Palmer | WR | Tennessee 196. Khalil Herbert | RB | Virginia Tech 197. Brian Mills | CB | North Carolina Central 198. Noah Gray | TE | Duke 199. Qwynterrio Cole | S | Alcorn State 200. Matt Bushman | TE | BYU 201. Patrick Johnson | EDGE | Tulane 202. Keith Taylor Jr. | CB | Washington 203. CJ Verdell | RB | Oregon 204. Sadarius Hutcherson | OL | South Carolina 205. Daelin Hayes | EDGE | Notre Dame 206. Rodarius Williams | CB | Oklahoma State 207. Shaka Toney | EDGE | Penn State 208. Elijah Mitchell | RB | Louisiana 209. Kary Vincent Jr. | CB | LSU 210. Chris Rumph II | EDGE | Duke 211. Javian Hawkins | RB | Louisville
6th Round Grades
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212. Jimmy Morrissey | OL | Pitt 213. Shakur Brown | CB | Michigan State 214. Bobby Brown III | DL | Texas A&M 215. Rakeem Boyd | RB | Arkansas 216. Kayode Awosika | OT | Buffalo 217. Bryce Thompson | CB | Tennessee 218. Jack Anderson | OL | Texas Tech 219. Whop Philyor | WR | Indiana 220. Tre Brown | CB | Oklahoma 221. Avery Williams | CB | Boise State 222. Jonathan Cooper | EDGE | Ohio State 223. Naquan Jones | DL | Michigan State 224. Tommy Doyle | OT | Miami (OH) 225. Antonio Phillips | CB | Ball State 226. Bryce Hargrove | OL | Pitt 227. Deommodore Lenoir | CB | Oregon 228. Caleb Huntley | RB | Ball State 229. Dez Fitzpatrick | WR | Louisville 230. Mark Gilbert | CB | Duke 231. Miller Forristall | TE | Alabama 232. Adrian Ealy | OT | Oklahoma 233. Garret Wallow | LB | TCU 234. Tony Poljan | TE | Virginia 235. Drew Dalman | OL | Stanford 236. Chauncey Golston | EDGE | Purdue 237. Justin Hilliard | LB | Ohio State 238. Malcolm Koonce | EDGE | Buffalo 239. Manny Rugamba | CB | Miami (OH) 240. Grant Stuard | LB | Houston 241. Sam Ehlinger | QB | Texas 242. Brady Breeze | S | Oregon 243. Cary Angeline | TE | North Carolina State 244. Feleipe Franks | QB | Arkansas 245. Tyree Gillespie | S | Missouri 246. CJ Marable | RB | Coastal Carolina 247. Brady Davis | QB | Ball State 248. Shemar Jean-Charles | CB | Appalachian State 249. Rico Bussey Jr. | WR | Hawai'i 250. Marquez Stevenson | WR | Houston 251. Tay Gowan | CB | UCF
7th Round Grades
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252. K.J. Britt | LB | Auburn 253. Shane Buechele | QB | SMU 254. William Bradley-King | EDGE | Baylor 255. Royce Newman | OT | Ole Miss 256. Ian Book | QB | Notre Dame 257. Jordon Scott | DL | Oregon 258. Trevon Grimes | WR | Florida 259. Tamorrion Terry | WR | Florida State 260. Lorenzo Burns | CB | Arizona 261. Brady White | QB | Memphis 262. John Bates | TE | Boise State 263. Drew Himmelman | OT | Illinois State 264. Shaun Beyer | TE | Iowa 265. Carlo Kemp | DL | Michigan 266. Tariq Thompson | S | San Diego State 267. Wyatt Hubert | EDGE | Kansas State 268. Zech McPhearson | CB | Texas Tech 269. Jonathan Adams Jr. | WR | Arkansas State 270. Larry Rountree III | RB | Missouri 271. Nate Hobbs | CB | Illinois 272. K.J. Costello | QB | Mississippi State 273. Robert Jones | OL | Middle Tennessee State 274. Paddy Fisher | LB | Northwestern 275. Peyton Ramsey | QB | Indiana 276. Damon Hazelton Jr. | WR | Ball State 277. Gerrid Doaks | RB | Cincinnati 278. Carson Green | OL | Texas A&M 279. JaQuan Bailey | EDGE | Iowa State 280. Briley Moore | TE | Kansas State 281. Zac Thomas | QB | Appalachian State 282. Mustafa Johnson | DL | Colorado 283. Ryan McCollum | OL | Texas A&M 284. Damonte Coxie | WR | Memphis 285. Damar Hamlin | S | Pitt 286. Trey Ragas | RB | Louisiana 287. Rachad Wildgoose Jr. | CB | Wisconsin 288. Alaric Jackson | OT | Iowa 289. Luke Farrell | TE | Ohio State 290. Jonathan Marshall | EDGE | Arkansas 291. Stevie Scott III | RB | Indiana 292. Zach Smith | QB | Tulsa 293. Marco Wilson | CB | Florida 294. Connor Wedington | WR | Stanford 295. Joshua Kaindoh | EDGE | Florida State 296. Zach Davidson | TE | Central Missouri 297. Tim Jones | WR | Southern Mississippi 298. D'Antne Demery | OL | FIU 299. Donnie Corley | WR | Texas Southern 300. Franklin McCain III | CB | North Carolina A&T
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