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
1Jamari JohnsonTEOregon94%$16.1M-$24.7M
2Jeremiah SmithWROhio State97%$15.4M-$23.5M
3Ryan WilliamsWRAlabama97%$15.1M-$23.1M
4Ryan WingoWRTexas78%$18.0M-$27.6M
5Cam ColemanWRTexas97%$13.8M-$21.2M
6Nick MarshWRIndiana93%$14.0M-$21.4M
7Javen JacobsRBNew Mexico93%$11.2M-$17.1M
8Kewan LacyRBOle Miss86%$10.6M-$16.2M
9Aaron AndersonWRLSU90%$10.1M-$15.4M
10Trey'Dez GreenTELSU85%$9.7M-$14.9M
11Mario CraverWRTexas A&M97%$8.3M-$12.6M
12Iverson HooksWROregon87%$9.3M-$14.2M
13Terrance Carter Jr.TETexas Tech85%$9.2M-$14.1M
14Omarion MillerWRArizona State82%$9.2M-$14.1M
15Bryant Wesco Jr.WRClemson93%$8.0M-$12.2M
16Isaac BrownRBLouisville71%$10.0M-$15.3M
17Jayce BrownWRLSU94%$7.3M-$11.1M
18Nate FrazierRBGeorgia86%$7.7M-$11.7M
19Isaiah BondWRTexas69%$9.3M-$14.2M
20Wyatt YoungWROklahoma State96%$6.6M-$10.1M
21Devin McCuinWROhio State93%$6.6M-$10.1M
22Coy EakinWRTexas Tech86%$7.2M-$11.0M
23Jayden GibsonWRSouth Carolina80%$7.2M-$11.1M
24Javon TracyWRMinnesota75%$7.6M-$11.6M
25Keshon SingletonWRAir Force90%$6.3M-$9.6M
26Isaiah SategnaWROklahoma64%$8.8M-$13.5M
27Jadan BaughRBFlorida74%$7.5M-$11.5M
28Braylin PresleyRBTulsa87%$6.1M-$9.4M
29Adrian NortonWRMarshall57%$8.9M-$13.7M
30Nyck HarborWRSouth Carolina74%$6.1M-$9.3M
31KJ DuffTERutgers59%$7.5M-$11.5M
32Parker KingstonWRBYU56%$8.0M-$12.2M
33Mike MatthewsWRTennessee85%$5.2M-$8.0M
34Duce RobinsonTEFlorida State72%$5.7M-$8.8M
35Junior SherrillWRVanderbilt86%$4.7M-$7.3M
36Andrew RappleyeaTEPenn State67%$6.0M-$9.3M
37Chico HoltTEStanford64%$6.2M-$9.4M
38Nikolas McMillanWRBuffalo56%$6.8M-$10.4M
39Tyler DostinTEWest Florida67%$5.7M-$8.7M
40Marquis JohnsonWRMississippi State40%$8.0M-$12.2M
41Jyzaiah RockwellWRWestern Kentucky64%$4.9M-$7.5M
42Benjamin BrahmerWRPenn State68%$4.1M-$6.2M
43Harvey Broussard IIIWRHouston45%$6.2M-$9.5M
44Jordan WilliamsTESacramento State$4.9M-$7.5M
45Junior Vandeross IIIWRToledo40%$5.8M-$8.8M
46Will Henderson IIIRBUTSA32%$7.2M-$11.1M
47David JohnsonWRWashington State$4.3M-$6.6M
48Johntay CookWRTexas41%$5.2M-$8.0M
49Jaden GreathouseWRNotre Dame49%$4.3M-$6.5M
50Jeremiah CobbRBAuburn35%$5.7M-$8.8M
51Cole SpenceTEVanderbilt35%$5.7M-$8.7M
52Evan StewartWROregon41%$4.6M-$7.1M
53Kam PerryWRIndiana30%$6.1M-$9.4M
54Dazmin JamesWRApp State43%$4.2M-$6.4M
55Brandon JohnsonRBNorthern Colorado$3.4M-$5.2M
56LJ MartinRBBYU35%$4.9M-$7.5M
57Fluff BothwellRBMississippi State52%$3.2M-$4.9M
58Luby MauriceWRFlorida International30%$5.4M-$8.3M
59Xavier WilliamsRBIowa$3.1M-$4.7M
60T.J. MooreWRClemson32%$4.9M-$7.6M
61Le'Veon MossRBTexas A&M51%$3.1M-$4.8M
62Dae'Quan WrightTEOle Miss35%$4.5M-$6.8M
63Traylon RayWROle Miss31%$5.1M-$7.7M
64Chrishon McCrayRBMichigan State24%$6.3M-$9.7M
65Elijah MooreWRFlorida State$2.9M-$4.4M
66Zach VigilRBNew Mexico$2.8M-$4.3M
67Jacob HarrisWRBowling Green$2.8M-$4.3M
68Cayden LeeWRMissouri28%$5.2M-$7.9M
69DeSean BishopRBTennessee40%$3.6M-$5.5M
70Ajay AllenRBMiami27%$5.2M-$8.0M
71Jeremy PayneRBTCU19%$7.4M-$11.4M
72Theo Melin OhrstromTESMU31%$4.5M-$6.9M
73Kory HallWRColorado State33%$4.2M-$6.4M
74Cam CookRBWest Virginia24%$5.5M-$8.4M
75Greg GainesWRIowa State32%$4.2M-$6.4M
76Mike MitchellRBArizona$2.4M-$3.7M
77London HumphreysWRGeorgia30%$4.2M-$6.5M
78Sam Martin Jr.RBWagner$2.4M-$3.7M
79Garrett OakleyTEKansas State11%$11.4M-$17.5M
80Josh PalmerTEVanderbilt$2.3M-$3.5M
81David Wells Jr.WRTulsa$2.2M-$3.3M
82Dane KeyWRNebraska34%$3.3M-$5.1M
83Duane Thomas Jr.WRUCF27%$4.2M-$6.4M
84Antonio Gates Jr.WRDelaware State$2.1M-$3.3M
85Eric SmithWRLiberty$2.1M-$3.2M
86George PettawayRBJames Madison29%$3.7M-$5.6M
87Nic AndersonWRKentucky20%$4.9M-$7.6M
88Darius TaylorRBMinnesota14%$6.8M-$10.3M
89Jordan HudsonWRSMU21%$4.1M-$6.3M
90Hank BeattyWRIllinois14%$4.6M-$7.1M
91Mark Fletcher Jr.RBMiami12%$4.9M-$7.5M
92Amari NiblackTETexas A&M18%$3.3M-$5.1M
93Cedric HawkinsRBArkansas State9%$5.1M-$7.8M
94Kendrick RaphaelRBSMU8%$4.9M-$7.5M
95J'Koby WilliamsRBTexas Tech4%$8.2M-$12.5M
96Turbo RichardRBIndiana7%$3.8M-$5.8M
97Major EverhartRBTCU3%$5.4M-$8.3M
98Jordan MarshallRBMichigan5%$3.8M-$5.7M
99Aneyas WilliamsRBNotre Dame5%$2.6M-$4.1M
100Will DixonTERhode Island2%$3.0M-$4.7M

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.