Linebacker LB
Tackle + PBU production combined with speed + agility. The most consensus-driven of the front-seven positions.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many linebackers land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.
The board.
All 3 linebackers with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2016 board, tier by tier.
The top shelf is bare: no linebacker in the 2016 class earns a blue-chip grade.
Nobody here. The class simply skips the first-round tier at linebacker.
Nobody here. The class simply skips the Day 2 tier at linebacker.
Blake Martinez out of Stanford fronts a three-man Day 3 tier at No. 109 overall, with Bates and Williams filling it out. Blake Martinez is the argument in this tier — No. 109 on our board against a consensus No. 154.