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
1Dylan StewartEDGESouth Carolina89%$18.3M-$28.1M
2Kyngstonn Viliamu-AsaLBNotre Dame88%$14.8M-$22.7M
3Adam TrickLBTexas Tech92%$13.0M-$20.0M
4David StoneDLOklahoma90%$13.0M-$19.9M
5Quincy Rhodes Jr.DLArkansas94%$12.1M-$18.5M
6Colin SimmonsEDGETexas95%$11.6M-$17.8M
7A'Mauri WashingtonDLOregon84%$13.2M-$20.2M
8William EcholesDLOle Miss88%$11.7M-$18.0M
9Rasheem BilesLBTexas97%$10.2M-$15.6M
10Boubacar TraoreDLNotre Dame90%$10.9M-$16.6M
11Maverick BaranowskiLBMinnesota66%$14.8M-$22.7M
12Will HeldtEDGEClemson80%$11.0M-$16.8M
13Ethan WesloskiLBOklahoma State94%$9.3M-$14.2M
14Jonathan MaldonadoEDGEOle Miss72%$11.7M-$17.9M
15Matayo UiagaleleiEDGEOregon85%$9.7M-$14.8M
16Bear AlexanderDLOregon92%$8.4M-$12.8M
17Chris ColeLBGeorgia74%$9.7M-$14.9M
18Suntarine PerkinsLBOle Miss76%$8.7M-$13.4M
19Sammy BrownLBClemson85%$7.8M-$11.9M
20Tony RojasLBPenn State74%$8.6M-$13.2M
21Justin ScottDLMiami76%$8.0M-$12.3M
22Ty'Anthony SmithLBTexas83%$6.8M-$10.5M
23Damon Wilson IIEDGEMiami66%$8.3M-$12.8M
24Malachi DavisDLRutgers77%$7.1M-$10.8M
25Kam RobinsonLBVirginia79%$6.2M-$9.5M
26Trey WhiteLBTexas Tech72%$6.7M-$10.3M
27Gabe PetersonLBHouston66%$7.2M-$11.0M
28TJ Bush Jr.DLMinnesota72%$6.3M-$9.6M
29Christian AlliegroLBOhio State65%$6.9M-$10.5M
30Yhonzae PierreEDGEAlabama82%$5.3M-$8.1M
31Luke MergottLBDuke76%$5.6M-$8.6M
32Daymion SanfordEDGETexas A&M54%$7.7M-$11.7M
33Nyjalik KellyDLUCF57%$7.3M-$11.2M
34Amare CampbellLBTennessee43%$9.1M-$13.9M
35John WalkerDLOhio State53%$7.0M-$10.7M
36Josiah RobinsonLBGeorgia State58%$6.2M-$9.5M
37J'Mond TappEDGEMemphis55%$6.4M-$9.8M
38Jordan NorwoodLBIncarnate Word$6.7M-$10.3M
39Teitum TuiotiEDGEOregon69%$5.0M-$7.6M
40Jordan HallLBMichigan State69%$4.8M-$7.4M
41Tony CarterLBWashington State$6.3M-$9.6M
42Jordan KwiatkowskiLBCentral Michigan46%$7.2M-$11.1M
43Fisher CamacLBVirginia48%$6.4M-$9.8M
44C.J. FiteDLArizona State65%$4.7M-$7.2M
45Jayden JacksonDLOklahoma73%$4.2M-$6.4M
46Kam FranklinDLOle Miss42%$6.9M-$10.6M
47Mekhi MasonLBKansas State45%$6.5M-$9.9M
48Jordan RossEDGELSU42%$6.8M-$10.4M
49James SmithDLOhio State52%$5.5M-$8.5M
50Markis DealDLTCU61%$4.7M-$7.2M
51Cole SullivanLBOklahoma46%$6.2M-$9.5M
52Michael WilliamsLBSouth Florida$5.0M-$7.7M
53Xavier AtkinsLBAuburn52%$4.9M-$7.5M
54Bryce YoungDLNotre Dame65%$3.9M-$6.0M
55Stephiylan GreenDLLSU40%$6.0M-$9.2M
56LJ McCrayDLFlorida59%$4.0M-$6.2M
57Harvey DysonDLTexas Tech38%$6.2M-$9.5M
58Kameryn FountainDLUSC30%$7.0M-$10.7M
59Vincent Anthony Jr.DLDuke27%$7.7M-$11.8M
60Kris JonesLBBoston College51%$3.6M-$5.5M
61Anto SakaEDGETexas A&M37%$4.8M-$7.3M
62Brian RobinsonDLKentucky$3.3M-$5.1M
63Derrick Brown Jr.LBDuke$3.2M-$5.0M
64Devin SmithLBKentucky27%$6.2M-$9.6M
65Trey SmithEDGEIllinois$3.1M-$4.8M
66Aaron JonesDLTemple$3.1M-$4.8M
67Owen LongLBArizona State20%$8.1M-$12.4M
68Marvin Jones Jr.EDGEOklahoma$3.1M-$4.7M
69Jalen ThompsonDLArizona State$3.0M-$4.6M
70Fred JohnsonLBSouth Carolina$3.0M-$4.5M
71Marquise LightfootEDGEMiami13%$11.6M-$17.8M
72Matt RoseLBStanford38%$3.9M-$6.0M
73Sam WilliamsDLMissouri$2.8M-$4.3M
74DJ Johnson Jr.LBEast Carolina$2.8M-$4.3M
75Anthony JohnsonLBRutgers$2.8M-$4.2M
76Keith Smith Jr.DLTyler J.C. $2.7M-$4.2M
77Anthony WalkerLBJames Madison$2.7M-$4.1M
78Nate JohnsonEDGEAuburn19%$7.4M-$11.3M
79Jordan PollardLBSan José State11%$12.3M-$18.8M
80Joshua WilliamsLBUtah State$2.6M-$4.0M
81Princewill UmanmielenEDGELSU27%$4.9M-$7.5M
82Nathan VoorhisEDGEBryant23%$5.3M-$8.1M
83Elinneus DavisDLWashington28%$4.3M-$6.5M
84Kip LewisLBOklahoma17%$6.5M-$9.9M
85Owen ChamblissLBNebraska20%$5.4M-$8.3M
86Ryan HendersonDLTexas A&M18%$5.8M-$8.8M
87MJ StroudEDGEGeorgia Southern27%$3.7M-$5.7M
88Jason MooreDLOhio State20%$3.8M-$5.8M
89Jeremiah HasleyLBDuke13%$5.8M-$8.9M
90Brandon SmithDLWestern Michigan30%$2.3M-$3.5M
91Kenyatta Jackson Jr.EDGEOhio State17%$3.8M-$5.8M
92Whit WeeksLBLSU10%$5.8M-$8.9M
93Ben RobertsDLMichigan State10%$5.7M-$8.7M
94Jordan NormanEDGETennessee7%$6.6M-$10.1M
95Qua BirdsongLBEast Tennessee State$0.9M-$1.3M
96Nathan MurphyDLWyoming$0.9M-$1.3M
97Jaylen WesterLBWestern Kentucky6%$6.1M-$9.4M
98Chris JonesLBFlorida State10%$2.5M-$3.8M
99Da'Shawn DavisDLGeorgia Southern5%$3.5M-$5.3M
100Isaac TerrellEDGEIowa State2%$2.6M-$3.9M

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.