Draftanomics

AAV rankings

Two numbers per prospect, because a second contract is two bets. The odds column is the chance he earns a second NFL deal at all, priced at draft time — about 87 percent of first-rounders do, about 22 percent of seventh-rounders. The dollar figure is the deal's average annual value — the AAV in the page title — what it pays per season if it happens, in today's cap dollars, built from every real second contract signed by the 2015–2023 classes. We show them separately rather than blending them into one expected value: nobody signs the average of $60 million and nothing. The order does multiply them, though — a $17 million projection you collect one time in five is not worth more than a $17 million projection you collect almost surely, so the rank is odds × dollars even though the columns stay separate. For classes already through the league, compare the projection with what the player actually signed — both translated to the current cap, so a 2015 deal and a 2022 deal sit on the same scale.

#PlayerPosCollege2nd-deal oddsAAV if signedActualDiff
1KJ BoldenSGeorgia95%$18.6M-$28.4M
2Dylan StewartEDGESouth Carolina89%$18.3M-$28.1M
3Jamari JohnsonTEOregon94%$16.1M-$24.7M
4Jeremiah SmithWROhio State97%$15.4M-$23.5M
5Ryan WilliamsWRAlabama97%$15.1M-$23.1M
6Leonard MooreCBNotre Dame97%$14.8M-$22.6M
7Ryan WingoWRTexas78%$18.0M-$27.6M
8Cam ColemanWRTexas97%$13.8M-$21.2M
9Kyngstonn Viliamu-AsaLBNotre Dame88%$14.8M-$22.7M
10Nick MarshWRIndiana93%$14.0M-$21.4M
11Kelley JonesSMississippi State95%$12.8M-$19.6M
12Adam TrickLBTexas Tech92%$13.0M-$20.0M
13Koi PerichSOregon91%$12.9M-$19.7M
14David StoneDLOklahoma90%$13.0M-$19.9M
15Quincy Rhodes Jr.DLArkansas94%$12.1M-$18.5M
16Austin SiereveldGOhio State89%$12.7M-$19.4M
17Colin SimmonsEDGETexas95%$11.6M-$17.8M
18A'Mauri WashingtonDLOregon84%$13.2M-$20.2M
19OJ Frederique Jr.CBMiami97%$11.1M-$16.9M
20Brauntae JohnsonSNotre Dame97%$10.8M-$16.5M
21Javen JacobsRBNew Mexico93%$11.2M-$17.1M
22William EcholesDLOle Miss88%$11.7M-$18.0M
23Rasheem BilesLBTexas97%$10.2M-$15.6M
24Boubacar TraoreDLNotre Dame90%$10.9M-$16.6M
25Maverick BaranowskiLBMinnesota66%$14.8M-$22.7M
26Kade PieperCIowa85%$11.4M-$17.4M
27Xavier ScottCBIllinois97%$9.8M-$15.0M
28Kewan LacyRBOle Miss86%$10.6M-$16.2M
29Trevor GoosbyOTTexas77%$11.9M-$18.2M
30Aaron AndersonWRLSU90%$10.1M-$15.4M
31Will HeldtEDGEClemson80%$11.0M-$16.8M
32Jordan SeatonOTLSU84%$10.3M-$15.8M
33Ethan WesloskiLBOklahoma State94%$9.3M-$14.2M
34Dashawn SpearsSLSU89%$9.7M-$14.8M
35Jonathan MaldonadoEDGEOle Miss72%$11.7M-$17.9M
36Trey'Dez GreenTELSU85%$9.7M-$14.9M
37Matayo UiagaleleiEDGEOregon85%$9.7M-$14.8M
38Mario CraverWRTexas A&M97%$8.3M-$12.6M
39Iverson HooksWROregon87%$9.3M-$14.2M
40Terrance Carter Jr.TETexas Tech85%$9.2M-$14.1M
41Bear AlexanderDLOregon92%$8.4M-$12.8M
42Omarion MillerWRArizona State82%$9.2M-$14.1M
43Bryant Wesco Jr.WRClemson93%$8.0M-$12.2M
44Chris PealCBSyracuse97%$7.6M-$11.6M
45Chris ColeLBGeorgia74%$9.7M-$14.9M
46Cayden GreenOTMissouri77%$9.2M-$14.1M
47Isaac BrownRBLouisville71%$10.0M-$15.3M
48Adon ShulerSNotre Dame80%$8.8M-$13.5M
49Jontez WilliamsCBUSC69%$10.1M-$15.5M
50Suntarine PerkinsLBOle Miss76%$8.7M-$13.4M
51Jelani McDonaldCBTexas73%$9.0M-$13.8M
52Nate FrazierRBGeorgia86%$7.7M-$11.7M
53Sammy BrownLBClemson85%$7.8M-$11.9M
54Samson OkunlolaOTMiami69%$9.3M-$14.2M
55Isaiah BondWRTexas69%$9.3M-$14.2M
56Iapani LalouluGOregon73%$8.8M-$13.5M
57Tony RojasLBPenn State74%$8.6M-$13.2M
58Ashton HamptonSClemson81%$7.8M-$11.9M
59Trevor LauckOTIowa59%$10.5M-$16.1M
60Justin ScottDLMiami76%$8.0M-$12.3M
61Ian MooreGOhio State75%$7.9M-$12.1M
62Javon TracyWRMinnesota75%$7.6M-$11.6M
63Isaiah SategnaWROklahoma64%$8.8M-$13.5M
64Damon Wilson IIEDGEMiami66%$8.3M-$12.8M
65Jacarrius PeakGSouth Carolina67%$7.9M-$12.2M
66Adrian NortonWRMarshall57%$8.9M-$13.7M
67KJ DuffTERutgers59%$7.5M-$11.5M
68Parker KingstonWRBYU56%$8.0M-$12.2M
69Daymion SanfordEDGETexas A&M54%$7.7M-$11.7M
70Amare CampbellLBTennessee43%$9.1M-$13.9M
71Marquis JohnsonWRMississippi State40%$8.0M-$12.2M
72A.J. HarrisCBIndiana31%$7.8M-$11.9M
73Vincent Anthony Jr.DLDuke27%$7.7M-$11.8M
74Owen LongLBArizona State20%$8.1M-$12.4M
75Marquise LightfootEDGEMiami13%$11.6M-$17.8M
76Jordan PollardLBSan José State11%$12.3M-$18.8M
77Garrett OakleyTEKansas State11%$11.4M-$17.5M
78Cam JohnsonCBVirginia Tech8%$9.6M-$14.7M
79J'Koby WilliamsRBTexas Tech4%$8.2M-$12.5M

21 quarterbacks are held off this ranking. Second-deal money at the position misses by more than a whole rookie contract on average, so we show a dash there sitewide rather than a number we can’t stand behind.

How these numbers are made. Two models, both built from real second contracts (as logged by Over the Cap) signed by the 2015–2023 draft classes. The odds column asks one question — does a drafted player earn a second NFL deal? — using only what is knowable on draft night: projected slot, bust risk, size, position. Tested on draft classes it never saw, it lands within a few points of the real round-by-round rates. The dollar column projects what the deal pays as a slice of that year's salary cap, then converts to today's cap — so it answers “what does the deal look like if he earns one,” not a blended expectation. Prospects who haven't played an NFL snap are projected on draft-night information alone; prospects who never cracked the consensus board get the rookie-scale figure and no odds, because the model has nothing honest to say about them. See methodology for how closely the projected odds track what actually happened.