2022 NFL Draft Consensus Big Board: 82 lists, one ranking of the top 300 prospects

The NFL Draft has become a premier event in its own right, occupying a central place in the offseason conversation, consuming even more attention than the first round of the NBA playoffs. This attention has given fans more information than ever before. That makes it more likely that they’ll have strong opinions on who their team drafts on Day 3, but it can also be overwhelming to separate the players at the top.

Small differences in opinion can be exaggerated in draft discussions, and that can overstate the differences that analysts actually see between players likely to go in the early rounds. To combat that, we can collect data on what draft analysts genuinely believe about the players in the draft. By combining rankings from multiple experts, we can get a good understanding of what the draft landscape actually looks like.

We’ve compiled a list of the top 300 prospects in the NFL Draft, and we will continue to update it until the day of the draft. Right now, there’s input from 82 different draft analysts.

This method has done a phenomenal job of predicting how the draft will go and where players are generally slotted. The consensus of these experts does a better predictive job than individual experts, and among those 80-plus analysts, the board itself has ranked in the top 10 in predicting draft order in each of the last three years — which is not something any individual expert can claim.

We’ve generated a lot of great insights from this practice.
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• Jordan Davis, Malik Willis and the most polarizing players in the draft
• Where does Dane Brugler disagree with the consensus board?

You might notice some unusual positional designations as you read through the chart. “DL1T” refers to nose tackles, “DL3T” refers to defensive tackles with more pass-rushing responsibility and “DL5T” refers to players who can play 3-4 defensive end or could be either an edge rusher or interior pass rusher. We also have nickel corners listed as NCBs, those who will primarily be expected to play in the slot. Up until the day of the draft, we’ll publish additional insights that can be gleaned from the consensus rankings.

So without any further ado, here is the consensus list of the top 300 prospects.

* Updated Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

The Consensus Top-300 Big Board

Ovr	Fore	Eval	PLAYER	School	Position	Pos Rk	Variance
1	1	1	Aidan Hutchinson	Michigan	ED	1	101.6
2	2	3	Evan Neal	Alabama	OT	1	93.9
3	4	4	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon	ED	2	87.9
4	6	2	Kyle Hamilton	Notre Dame	S	1	89.4
5	3	5	Ikem Ekwonu	North Carolina State	OT	2	85.5
6	5	6	Ahmad Gardner	Cincinnati	CB	1	101.7
7	9	7	Derek Stingley Jr.	LSU	CB	2	94.1
8	7	8	Travon Walker	Georgia	ED	3	112.2
9	10	9	Charles Cross	Mississippi State	OT	3	84.8
10	8	11	Garrett Wilson	Ohio State	WR	1	103.0
11	11	10	Jermaine Johnson II	Florida State	ED	4	108.9
12	12	14	Drake London	USC	WR	2	90.3
13	15	12	Jameson Williams	Alabama	WR	3	78.1
14	18	13	Tyler Linderbaum	Iowa	OC	1	108.8
15	14	15	Jordan Davis	Georgia	DL1T	1	118.4
16	13	16	Devin Lloyd	Utah	LB	1	90.8
17	19	17	Chris Olave	Ohio State	WR	4	93.6
18	20	18	George Karlaftis	Purdue	ED	5	86.3
19	16	22	Trent McDuffie	Washington	CB	3	100.5
20	26	19	Zion Johnson	Boston College	OG	1	77.5
21	22	21	Treylon Burks	Arkansas	WR	5	85.3
22	28	20	Andrew Booth Jr.	Clemson	CB	4	84.5
23	17	24	Trevor Penning	Northern Iowa	OT	4	131.4
24	21	23	Nakobe Dean	Georgia	LB	2	73.0
25	25	25	Kenyon Green	Texas A&M	OG	2	100.1
26	27	26	Daxton Hill	Michigan	S	2	112.2
27	29	27	Devonte Wyatt	Georgia	DL3T	1	85.4
28	23	29	Malik Willis	Liberty	QB	1	118.7
29	35	28	David Ojabo	Michigan	ED	6	105.9
30	34	30	Kaiir Elam	Florida	CB	5	105.7
31	30	32	Jahan Dotson	Penn State	WR	6	81.6
32	24	33	Kenny Pickett	Pittsburgh	QB	2	101.3
33	38	31	Lewis Cine	Georgia	S	3	84.3
34	32	36	Arnold Ebiketie	Penn State	ED	7	137.5
35	33	35	Boye Mafe	Minnesota	ED	8	93.8
36	45	34	Kyler Gordon	Washington	CB	6	83.4
37	31	38	Breece Hall	Iowa State	RB	1	101.0
38	50	37	Jaquan Brisker	Penn State	S	4	94.3
39	41	42	Bernhard Raimann	Central Michigan	OT	5	102.9
40	36	44	Travis Jones	Connecticut	DL1T	2	112.9
41	43	39	Jalen Pitre	Baylor	S	5	89.6
42	44	43	Desmond Ridder	Cincinnati	QB	3	98.3
43	42	41	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	RB	2	85.7
44	37	46	Matt Corral	Mississippi	QB	4	97.1
45	47	45	Roger McCreary	Auburn	CB	7	77.9
46	55	40	George Pickens	Georgia	WR	7	84.2
47	40	50	Tyler Smith	Tulsa	OT	6	107.6
48	51	47	Logan Hall	Houston	DL5T	1	73.2
49	46	48	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	WR	8	91.3
50	54	49	Skyy Moore	Western Michigan	WR	9	105.3
51	39	54	Quay Walker	Georgia	LB	3	123.4
52	49	52	Trey McBride	Colorado State	TE	1	69.7
53	52	55	Perrion Winfrey	Oklahoma	DL3T	2	87.2
54	57	53	Chad Muma	Wyoming	LB	4	81.0
55	59	51	DeMarvin Leal	Texas A&M	DL5T	2	115.1
56	56	56	Sam Howell	North Carolina	QB	5	83.8
57	48	57	Christian Harris	Alabama	LB	5	140.2
58	53	58	Nik Bonitto	Oklahoma	LB	6	78.7
59	58	59	Drake Jackson	USC	ED	9	93.5
60	67	60	Daniel Faalele	Minnesota	OT	7	97.9
61	60	62	Leo Chenal	Wisconsin	LB	7	85.8
62	62	61	John Metchie III	Alabama	WR	10	87.8
63	61	63	Isaiah Spiller	Texas A&M	RB	3	83.6
64	68	65	Tariq Woolen	UTSA	CB	8	127.6
65	77	64	Cameron Thomas	San Diego State	ED	10	105.3
66	81	66	Darian Kinnard	Kentucky	OG	3	87.9
67	78	67	Dylan Parham (OG)	Memphis	OG	4	117.8
68	71	68	Phidarian Mathis	Alabama	DL1T	3	99.8
69	65	78	Troy Andersen	Montana State	LB	8	104.0
70	79	70	Josh Paschal	Kentucky	DL5T	3	100.6
71	70	77	Abraham Lucas	Washington State	OT	8	94.2
72	69	74	Nicholas Petit-Frere	Ohio State	OT	9	95.8
73	63	76	Greg Dulcich	UCLA	TE	2	84.5
74	72	73	Jalen Tolbert	South Alabama	WR	11	85.2
75	94	69	Kingsley Enagbare	South Carolina	ED	11	107.1
76	74	71	Cole Strange	Chattanooga	OC	2	108.8
77	80	75	Alec Pierce	Cincinnati	WR	12	89.8
78	64	80	Channing Tindall	Georgia	LB	9	91.3
79	91	72	Sean Rhyan	UCLA	OG	5	106.7
80	83	81	Jamaree Salyer	Georgia	OG	6	111.8
81	76	85	Nick Cross	Maryland	S	6	94.4
82	82	82	Jeremy Ruckert	Ohio State	TE	3	104.8
83	75	86	Sam Williams	Mississippi	ED	12	102.9
84	108	79	David Bell	Purdue	WR	13	100.8
85	85	84	Calvin Austin III	Memphis	WR	14	91.0
86	84	92	Cam Taylor-Britt	Nebraska	NCB	1	121.3
87	93	87	Bryan Cook	Cincinnati	S	7	96.1
88	86	91	Brian Asamoah	Oklahoma	LB	10	104.8
89	90	90	James Cook	Georgia	RB	4	94.3
90	95	89	Coby Bryant	Cincinnati	CB	9	105.9
91	98	93	Wan'Dale Robinson	Kentucky	WR	15	87.5
92	101	83	Myjai Sanders	Cincinnati	ED	13	91.9
93	73	97	Marcus Jones	Houston	NCB	2	90.2
94	106	94	Khalil Shakir	Boise State	WR	16	79.5
95	66	99	Cam Jurgens	Nebraska	OC	3	109.7
96	105	96	Kerby Joseph	Illinois	S	8	104.2
97	114	95	Isaiah Likely	Coastal Carolina	TE	4	94.7
98	88	98	Jelani Woods	Virginia	TE	5	81.6
99	113	88	Carson Strong	Nevada	QB	6	95.1
100	92	105	Luke Goedeke	Central Michigan	OG	7	106.4
101	111	101	Ed Ingram	LSU	OG	8	86.0
102	116	100	Martin Emerson	Mississippi State	CB	10	106.6
103	118	102	Damone Clark	LSU	LB	11	99.9
104	99	104	Cade Otton	Washington	TE	6	105.3
105	103	103	Brian Robinson Jr.	Alabama	RB	5	87.2
106	87	111	DeAngelo Malone	Western Kentucky	ED	14	90.3
107	102	106	Dameon Pierce	Florida	RB	6	85.8
108	89	108	Zyon McCollum	Sam Houston	CB	11	127.7
109	107	112	Brandon Smith (LB)	Penn State	LB	12	93.0
110	110	114	Jalyn Armour-Davis	Alabama	CB	12	123.1
111	130	107	Darrian Beavers	Cincinnati	LB	13	95.4
112	100	109	Alontae Taylor	Tennessee	CB	13	82.5
113	136	113	Rasheed Walker	Penn State	OT	10	129.3
114	104	120	Zamir White	Georgia	RB	7	110.5
115	112	116	Max Mitchell	Louisiana	OT	11	88.7
116	97	118	Luke Fortner	Kentucky	OC	4	114.1
117	117	115	Charlie Kolar	Iowa State	TE	7	83.7
118	148	110	Rachaad White	Arizona State	RB	8	89.0
119	170	117	Justyn Ross	Clemson	WR	17	94.9
120	139	119	Tyler Allgeier	Brigham Young	RB	9	97.1
121	120	122	Matthew Butler	Tennessee	DL3T	3	92.1
122	127	123	Verone McKinley III	Oregon	S	9	139.0
123	115	125	Alex Wright	Alabama-Birmingham	ED	15	111.0
124	134	124	Pierre Strong Jr.	South Dakota State	RB	10	146.3
125	126	128	Joshua Williams	Fayetteville State	CB	14	85.8
126	141	126	Zach Tom	Wake Forest	OG	9	101.1
127	124	129	JoJo Domann	Nebraska	LB	14	96.6
128	96	134	Dominique Robinson	Miami (OH)	ED	16	99.1
129	150	127	Kyren Williams	Notre Dame	RB	11	89.0
130	182	121	Jerome Ford	Cincinnati	RB	12	87.8
131	146	132	Zachary Carter	Florida	ED	17	91.9
132	119	142	Josh Jobe	Alabama	CB	15	84.4
133	109	140	JT Woods	Baylor	S	10	128.0
134	143	137	Braxton Jones	Southern Utah	OT	12	77.3
135	155	133	Jake Ferguson	Wisconsin	TE	8	85.7
136	151	135	Kyle Philips	UCLA	WR	18	91.3
137	135	138	Danny Gray	SMU	WR	19	86.0
138	123	143	Amaré Barno	Virginia Tech	ED	18	101.7
139	172	131	Romeo Doubs	Nevada	WR	20	97.8
140	140	144	Marquis Hayes	Oklahoma	OG	10	121.2
141	162	130	Tyreke Smith	Ohio State	ED	19	95.2
142	142	145	John Ridgeway	Arkansas	DL1T	4	96.0
143	137	146	Kellen Diesch	Arizona State	OT	13	103.2
144	133	147	Tariq Castro-Fields	Penn State	CB	16	102.4
145	121	154	Damarri Mathis	Pittsburgh	CB	17	100.3
146	125	155	Micheal Clemons	Texas A&M	ED	20	87.4
147	190	139	Bailey Zappe	Western Kentucky	QB	7	94.7
148	178	150	Dohnovan West	Arizona State	OC	5	100.3
149	187	136	Tyler Badie	Missouri	RB	13	92.1
150	154	149	Thayer Munford	Ohio State	OT	14	91.4
151	128	157	Velus Jones Jr.	Tennessee	WR	21	89.2
152	183	151	Matt Waletzko	North Dakota	OT	15	85.0
153	180	141	Derion Kendrick	Georgia	CB	18	97.1
154	186	152	Akayleb Evans	Missouri	CB	19	85.3
155	144	164	Tyquan Thornton	Baylor	WR	22	87.3
156	185	148	Lecitus Smith	Virginia Tech	OG	11	92.7
157	131	165	Daniel Bellinger	San Diego State	TE	9	87.5
158	189	153	Mario Goodrich	Clemson	CB	20	88.3
159	152	160	Terrel Bernard	Baylor	LB	15	89.2
160	158	159	Jesse Luketa	Penn State	ED	21	87.5
161	129	168	Tycen Anderson	Toledo	S	11	94.0
162	193	156	Hassan Haskins	Michigan	RB	14	84.7
163	176	158	Isaiah Thomas (ED)	Oklahoma	ED	22	97.4
164	156	167	Bo Melton	Rutgers	WR	23	76.0
165	169	166	Chigoziem Okonkwo	Maryland	FB	1	79.9
166	174	162	Haskell Garrett	Ohio State	DL3T	4	85.2
167	204	161	Spencer Burford	UTSA	OG	12	95.1
168	173	163	Erik Ezukanma	Texas Tech	WR	24	92.0
169	138	171	Joshua Ezeudu	North Carolina	OG	13	119.1
170	132	172	Malcolm Rodriguez	Oklahoma State	LB	16	95.1
171	145	176	Eyioma Uwazurike	Iowa State	DL1T	5	106.3
172	163	178	Justin Shaffer	Georgia	OG	14	78.0
173	153	183	Neil Farrell Jr.	LSU	DL1T	6	91.8
174	166	180	Otito Ogbonnia	UCLA	DL1T	7	79.5
175	179	174	Chris Paul	Tulsa	OG	15	94.8
176	175	181	Mike Rose	Iowa State	LB	17	81.1
177	192	173	Thomas Booker	Stanford	DL3T	5	100.7
178	194	170	Jalen Wydermyer	Texas A&M	TE	10	95.4
179	149	175	Abram Smith	Baylor	RB	15	97.2
180	184	182	Cole Turner	Nevada	TE	11	80.5
181	160	179	Ty Chandler	North Carolina	RB	16	87.3
182	195	169	Alec Lindstrom	Boston College	OC	6	82.3
183	205	177	Cade Mays	Tennessee	OT	16	91.0
184	159	188	Kevin Austin Jr.	Notre Dame	WR	25	91.1
185	157	189	Christopher Allen	Alabama	ED	23	84.6
186	167	187	D'Marco Jackson	Appalachian State	LB	18	89.3
187	188	190	Kalon Barnes	Baylor	NCB	3	78.7
188	207	184	Dare Rosenthal	Kentucky	OT	17	89.7
189	161	196	Logan Bruss	Wisconsin	OT	18	106.7
190	198	185	Smoke Monday	Auburn	S	12	77.8
191	231	186	Jack Sanborn	Wisconsin	LB	19	81.6
192	181	192	Jack Coan	Notre Dame	QB	8	86.2
193	221	193	Jeffrey Gunter	Coastal Carolina	ED	24	78.7
194	202	195	Jaylen Watson	Washington State	CB	21	98.8
195	165	198	Aaron Hansford	Texas A&M	LB	20	90.6
196	215	194	D'Vonte Price	Florida International	RB	17	73.9
197	210	197	Yusuf Corker	Kentucky	S	13	82.5
198	171	199	Dane Belton	Iowa	S	14	105.7
199	222	191	Leon O'Neal Jr.	Texas A&M	S	15	108.8
200	191	211	Eric Johnson	Missouri State	DL3T	6	88.0
201	122	252	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	P	1	120.4
202	219	200	Obinna Eze	Texas Christian	OT	19	82.0
203	217	204	Jalen Nailor	Michigan State	WR	26	87.4
204	214	203	Grant Calcaterra	SMU	TE	12	78.6
205	209	205	Charleston Rambo	Miami (FL)	WR	27	78.1
206	220	210	Micah McFadden	Indiana	LB	21	81.6
207	218	202	Mykael Wright	Oregon	NCB	4	94.2
208	147	212	Cordale Flott	LSU	CB	22	128.7
209	252	201	Cordell Volson	North Dakota State	OG	16	82.3
210	177	226	Percy Butler	Louisiana	S	16	86.8
211	216	215	Markquese Bell	Florida AM	S	17	87.2
212	200	217	Zakoby McClain	Auburn	LB	22	89.5
213	229	209	Andrew Stueber	Michigan	OT	20	72.4
214	246	207	Chase Lucas	Arizona State	NCB	5	90.9
215	228	216	Tre Turner	Virginia Tech	WR	28	73.4
216	212	208	James Mitchell	Virginia Tech	TE	13	84.8
217	168	225	Makai Polk	Mississippi State	WR	29	91.8
218	260	206	Kaleb Eleby	Western Michigan	QB	9	85.2
219	251	220	Kennedy Brooks	Oklahoma	RB	18	79.8
220	203	224	Jayden Peevy	Texas A&M	DL3T	7	91.0
221	255	214	Tyler Goodson	Iowa	RB	19	84.8
222	271	213	Zonovan Knight	North Carolina State	RB	20	84.8
223	292	218	Sterling Weatherford	Miami (OH)	LB	23	116.4
224	211	230	Christopher Hinton	Michigan	DL3T	8	98.5
225	223	227	Vederian Lowe	Illinois	OT	21	85.4
226	237	219	Esezi Otomewo	Minnesota	DL5T	4	92.4
227	269	228	Bubba Bolden	Miami (FL)	S	18	118.9
228	213	229	Kalia Davis	Central Florida	DL3T	9	107.7
229	256	223	Jerrion Ealy	Mississippi	RB	21	72.7
230	196	242	Tyrion Davis-Price	LSU	RB	22	117.1
231	295	222	ZaQuandre White	South Carolina	RB	23	79.9
232	197	249	Delarrin Turner-Yell	Oklahoma	S	19	97.7
233	224	243	Chasen Hines	LSU	OG	17	91.1
234	276	231	Dontario Drummond	Mississippi	WR	30	76.5
235	249	232	Jack Jones	Arizona State	NCB	6	81.5
236	264	235	Austin Allen	Nebraska	TE	14	116.4
237	326	221	Sincere McCormick	UTSA	RB	24	100.3
238	201	248	Decobie Durant	South Carolina State	NCB	7	89.2
239	263	236	Montaric Brown	Arkansas	NCB	8	102.5
240	240	234	Jeremiah Gemmel	North Carolina	LB	24	106.1
241	225	245	Juanyeh Thomas	Georgia Tech	S	20	88.1
242	234	256	Isaiah Weston	Northern Iowa	WR	31	97.7
243	278	244	Dawson Deaton	Texas Tech	OC	7	80.4
244	238	253	Quentin Lake	UCLA	S	21	81.4
245	279	241	Noah Elliss	Idaho	DL1T	8	89.5
246	281	239	Jeremiah Moon	Florida	ED	25	104.9
247	253	238	Reggie Roberson Jr.	SMU	WR	32	76.4
248	233	251	Vincent Gray	Michigan	CB	23	91.1
249	275	237	Josh Thompson	Texas	NCB	9	104.4
250	351	233	Jaivon Heiligh	Coastal Carolina	WR	33	98.9
251	230	260	David Anenih	Houston	ED	26	119.9
252	232	255	Kevin Harris	South Carolina	RB	25	88.1
253	236	254	Isaih Pacheco	Rutgers	RB	26	84.6
254	325	240	Luke Wattenberg	Washington	OC	8	82.7
255	291	246	Cole Kelley	Southeastern Louisiana	QB	10	90.6
256	254	264	Damarion Williams	Houston	NCB	10	121.9
257	272	257	Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa	Notre Dame	ED	27	91.6
258	277	258	Marquan McCall	Kentucky	DL1T	9	74.2
259	239	267	Keaontay Ingram	USC	RB	27	90.0
260	257	261	Nick Zakelj	Fordham	OG	18	92.8
261	282	263	Ja'Tyre Carter	Southern	OG	19	81.6
262	244	266	Max Borghi	Washington State	RB	28	89.9
263	381	250	Matt Henningsen	Wisconsin	DL5T	5	93.7
264	342	276	Tyrese Robinson	Oklahoma	OG	20	86.5
265	289	259	Isaac Taylor-Stuart	USC	CB	24	83.0
266	227	268	Kyron Johnson	Kansas	LB	25	83.0
267	331	247	Jermaine Waller	Virginia Tech	CB	25	99.6
268	245	272	Zachary Thomas	San Diego State	OT	22	91.5
269	327	262	Jashaun Corbin	Florida State	RB	29	115.7
270	262	269	E.J. Perry	Brown	QB	11	95.3
271	199	284	Connor Heyward	Michigan State	FB	2	94.5
272	266	273	Chance Campbell	Mississippi	LB	26	110.7
273	258	275	Dai'Jean Dixon	Nicholls	WR	34	89.4
274	299	271	Skylar Thompson	Kansas State	QB	12	92.4
275	306	270	Gerrit Prince	Alabama-Birmingham	TE	15	110.3
276	164	307	Jordan Stout	Penn State	P	2	84.3
277	226	282	Ben Brown	Mississippi	OG	21	85.7
278	248	283	Tyree Johnson	Texas A&M	ED	28	100.5
279	242	291	Josh Johnson	Tulsa	WR	35	91.7
280	280	281	Braylon Sanders	Mississippi	WR	36	85.1
281	287	280	Kolby Harvell-Peel	Oklahoma State	S	22	82.6
282	319	277	Derrick Deese Jr.	San Jose State	TE	16	91.8
283	310	278	Curtis Brooks	Cincinnati	DL5T	6	110.6
284	300	279	William Dunkle	San Diego State	OG	22	91.0
285	480	274	Reed Blankenship	Middle Tennessee	S	23	113.4
286	302	265	Myron Cunningham	Arkansas	OT	23	106.7
287	290	289	Dustin Crum	Kent State	QB	13	85.8
288	243	299	Snoop Conner	Mississippi	RB	30	99.8
289	206	328	Cade York	LSU	K	1	89.3
290	324	287	Brock Purdy	Iowa State	QB	14	82.2
291	307	288	Samori Toure	Nebraska	WR	37	94.6
292	298	290	Gregory Junior	Ouachita Baptist	CB	26	87.9
293	349	286	Jaquarii Roberson	Wake Forest	WR	38	92.8
294	294	292	Nephi Sewell	Utah	LB	27	81.4
295	265	301	Adam Anderson	Georgia	LB	28	118.5
296	430	285	Jerreth Sterns	Western Kentucky	WR	39	104.3
297	321	293	Luke Tenuta	Virginia Tech	OT	24	80.4
298	303	297	Ty Fryfogle	Indiana	WR	40	85.1
299	313	295	Chris Steele	USC	CB	27	120.3
300	285	303	Marcus McKethan	North Carolina	OT	25	89.9

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