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.

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#PlayerPosCollege2nd-deal oddsAAV if signedActualDiff
1Tetairoa McMillanWRArizona95%$22.6M-$34.6M
2Malaki StarksSAFGeorgia90%$20.0M-$30.6M
3Jalon WalkerEDGEGeorgia97%$16.5M-$25.3M
4Luther BurdenWRMissouri94%$17.2M-$26.4M
5Tyler WarrenTEPenn St.92%$16.5M-$25.3M
6Colston LovelandTEMichigan89%$15.9M-$24.4M
7Jahdae BarronCBTexas96%$14.6M-$22.4M
8Kenneth GrantDTMichigan87%$16.0M-$24.5M
9Mike GreenEDGEMarshall95%$14.2M-$21.7M
10Mason GrahamDTMichigan93%$14.1M-$21.6M
11Donovan EzeiruakuEDGEBoston Col.95%$13.7M-$21.0M
12TreVeyon HendersonRBOhio St.91%$14.1M-$21.6M
13Nick EmmanworiSAFSouth Carolina93%$13.6M-$20.9M
14Mason TaylorTELSU87%$14.5M-$22.3M
15Travis HunterWRColorado97%$12.8M-$19.6M
16Jayden HigginsWRIowa St.95%$13.0M-$19.8M
17Will CampbellOTLSU92%$13.0M-$19.9M
18Kelvin BanksOLTexas92%$12.7M-$19.5M
19Abdul CarterEDGEPenn St.89%$12.6M-$19.3M
20Ashton JeantyRBBoise St.92%$12.1M-$18.6M
21Armand MembouOLMissouri90%$12.4M-$18.9M
22Mykel WilliamsDLGeorgia95%$11.4M-$17.4M
23Tyler BookerOLAlabama73%$14.3M-$21.9M
24Tory HortonWRColorado St.83%$12.4M-$19.1M
25Derrick HarmonDTOregon79%$13.0M-$19.9M
26Omarion HamptonRBNorth Carolina85%$12.1M-$18.5M
27Emeka EgbukaWROhio St.85%$12.2M-$18.6M
28Walter NolenDTMississippi85%$12.1M-$18.5M
29Jihaad CampbellLBAlabama81%$12.1M-$18.6M
30Will JohnsonCBMichigan80%$12.3M-$18.9M
31Tre HarrisWRMississippi95%$10.0M-$15.3M
32Shemar StewartEDGETexas A&M75%$12.5M-$19.2M
33Grey ZabelOTNorth Dakota St.87%$10.1M-$15.4M
34JT TuimoloauEDGEOhio St.83%$10.5M-$16.0M
35Xavier WattsSAFNotre Dame82%$10.1M-$15.4M
36Benjamin MorrisonCBNotre Dame84%$9.7M-$14.8M
37James PearceEDGETennessee73%$11.0M-$16.9M
38Landon JacksonEDGEArkansas82%$9.7M-$14.8M
39Shavon RevelCBEast Carolina77%$10.2M-$15.7M
40Trey AmosCBMississippi88%$8.9M-$13.6M
41Josh ConerlyOLOregon88%$8.9M-$13.6M
42Darius AlexanderDTToledo74%$10.5M-$16.1M
43Jonah SavaiinaeaOLArizona66%$11.7M-$18.0M
44Quinshon JudkinsRBOhio St.83%$9.0M-$13.8M
45Tai FeltonWRMaryland91%$7.8M-$12.0M
46Harold FanninTEBowling Green88%$8.1M-$12.4M
47Azareye'h ThomasCBFlorida St.76%$9.3M-$14.2M
48Jaylin LaneWRVirginia Tech93%$7.6M-$11.6M
49Carson SchwesingerLBUCLA83%$8.4M-$12.8M
50Josaiah StewartEDGEMichigan87%$7.8M-$12.0M
51Tyleik WilliamsDTOhio St.72%$9.4M-$14.4M
52Myles HintonOTMichigan81%$8.4M-$12.9M
53Andrew MukubaSAFTexas72%$9.2M-$14.1M
54Miles FrazierGLSU80%$8.3M-$12.6M
55Nic ScourtonEDGETexas A&M88%$7.5M-$11.5M
56Ashton GillotteEDGELouisville81%$8.0M-$12.2M
57Jaylin NoelWRIowa St.84%$7.6M-$11.7M
58Elijah ArroyoTEMiami (FL)49%$12.9M-$19.7M
59Josh SimmonsOLOhio St.81%$7.6M-$11.7M
60Oluwafemi OladejoEDGEUCLA78%$7.9M-$12.1M
61Tate RatledgeOLGeorgia83%$7.4M-$11.3M
62Ozzy TrapiloOLBoston Col.75%$8.2M-$12.5M
63Chris PaulLBMississippi74%$8.1M-$12.5M
64Donovan JacksonOLOhio St.80%$7.4M-$11.3M
65Kaleb JohnsonRBIowa80%$7.4M-$11.3M
66Anthony BeltonOTNorth Carolina St.66%$8.6M-$13.2M
67Jalen McLeodEDGEAuburn78%$7.2M-$11.0M
68Emery JonesOLLSU62%$8.8M-$13.5M
69Mac McWilliamsCBCentral Florida70%$7.4M-$11.3M
70Charles GrantOLWilliam & Mary57%$9.0M-$13.8M
71Deone WalkerDTKentucky66%$7.7M-$11.8M
72Demetrius KnightLBSouth Carolina71%$7.2M-$11.0M
73Bhayshul TutenRBVirginia Tech68%$7.3M-$11.1M
74Elic AyomanorWRStanford64%$7.6M-$11.6M
75Jaydon BlueRBTexas65%$7.1M-$10.9M
76Jeffrey BassaLBOregon60%$7.8M-$11.9M
77Wyatt MilumOLWest Virginia56%$8.0M-$12.3M
78Jack NelsonOTWisconsin59%$7.4M-$11.3M
79Robert LongerbeamCBRutgers62%$7.0M-$10.8M
80Dominic LovettWRGeorgia58%$7.4M-$11.3M
81Chimere DikeWRFlorida48%$8.6M-$13.1M
82Danny StutsmanLBOklahoma54%$7.5M-$11.5M
83R.J. MickensSAFClemson57%$6.9M-$10.6M
84Justin WalleyCBMinnesota55%$6.8M-$10.5M
85DJ GiddensRBKansas St.44%$7.0M-$10.8M
86Marcus MbowOLPurdue39%$7.9M-$12.1M
87Princely UmanmielenEDGEMississippi40%$7.3M-$11.1M
88Alfred CollinsDTTexas40%$7.1M-$10.9M
89Micah RobinsonCBTulane22%$9.9M-$15.2M
90Caleb RansawSAFTulane27%$7.7M-$11.8M
91Jaylen ReedSAFPenn St.22%$7.1M-$10.9M
92Dante TraderSAFMaryland21%$6.9M-$10.6M
93Kobee MinorCBMemphis16%$7.7M-$11.8M
94Donte KentCBCentral Michigan10%$7.0M-$10.7M

6 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.