2 prospects · 2021 draft
Tre Nixon and Simi Fehoko project within 8 picks of each other, and neither bust risk nor the historical comps can separate them. Take the one at the position of greater need.
The four numbers a GM checks first.
Each axis is the prospect's percentile among prospects at his position (0–100). Bigger shape = stronger across the board.
Top five historical comps per prospect. Shared comps highlighted.
Top three concerns and top two upside signals from the model.
Projected share of his team's snaps across the first four NFL seasons. Solid = seasons already played, dashed = the forecast.
The model's plain-English read.
Draftanomics projects Tre Nixon (age 23.3 at draft) as a mid-round flyer at #149 (range #126-#172, wide band). Bust probability sits at 65% — scary. The comp set is dangerous: 4 of 4 closest comps with known NFL outcomes washed out as backups or busts. Closest comps: J'Mon Moore (Bust), Amara Darboh (Bust), Jaleel Scott (Bust). Ceiling is Marcus Green; floor is J'Mon Moore (Bust). Drafted #242 by NWE in 2021 but recorded ZERO regular-season NFL snaps. Year-1 absence is one of the strongest single-signal bust predictors we have. The call is a conviction buy: the model has him 166 spots ahead of the room (board #149 vs consensus #315) — but size the bet for the 65% bust probability; this is a price edge, not a safety edge.
Draftanomics projects Simi Fehoko (age 23.5 at draft) as a Day 3 dart throw at #236 (range #198-#274, very wide band — too little on him yet to project tightly). Bust probability sits at 6% — low. The comp set is dangerous: 3 of 3 closest comps with known NFL outcomes washed out as backups or busts. Closest comps: Jalen Hurd (Bust), Dylan Cantrell, Amara Darboh (Bust). Ceiling is Dylan Cantrell; floor is Devin Lucien. 3 of 3 closest comps with NFL outcomes washed out: Jalen Hurd, Amara Darboh, Jaleel Scott. The neighborhood in feature space is dangerous. The call is a genuine fade: the room's consensus prices him around #136 and the model won't take him before #236 — a 100-spot markdown. The discount is earned — older prospect leads the case against.